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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Monaco or Pensacola?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Pensacola 45: Monaco leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Pensacola 45: Monaco leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Pensacola 42: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Pensacola 62: Monaco leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Pensacola 45: Monaco leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Pensacola 18: Monaco leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Pensacola 28: Monaco leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Pensacola 44: Pensacola leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Pensacola 36: Monaco leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Pensacola 30: Monaco leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Monaco
Best match
58match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Pensacola
45match

Wins on prices and beaches 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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MonacoPensacola

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoPensacola
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation68 m31 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoPensacola
City population38,85754,312
People per km²18,503515
Museums within 10 km145
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months7 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.