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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
Santo Domingo church behind agaves, Oaxaca
OaxacaSanto Domingo church behind agaves

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Oaxaca by Öskr Rck, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Monaco or Oaxaca?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Monaco for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Monaco’s own page.

Choose Oaxaca for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Oaxaca’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Monaco 68, Oaxaca 5: Monaco leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Oaxaca 84: Oaxaca leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Oaxaca 74: Oaxaca leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Oaxaca 40: Monaco leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Oaxaca 62: Monaco leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Oaxaca 65: Monaco leads by 19 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Oaxaca 40: Monaco leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Oaxaca 55: Monaco leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Oaxaca 62: Oaxaca leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Oaxaca 77: Oaxaca leads by 74 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Oaxaca 38: Monaco leads by 25 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Oaxaca 50: Monaco leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Oaxaca.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Oaxaca
54match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Monaco in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Oaxaca in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MonacoOaxaca

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Oaxaca: 1961-1990 normals, Oaxaca, Oax. (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoOaxaca
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation68 m1,555 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsXoxocotlán International Airport (OAX)7 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoOaxaca
City population38,857258,913
People per km²18,5033,028
Museums within 10 km1410
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.