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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Monaco or Philadelphia?

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
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Monaco leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Philadelphia 52: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Philadelphia 80: Monaco leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Philadelphia 66: Monaco leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Philadelphia 40: Philadelphia leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Philadelphia 26: Monaco leads by 29 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Philadelphia.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Monaco
58match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Philadelphia
57match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoPhiladelphia
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation68 m12 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoPhiladelphia
City population38,8571,603,797
People per km²18,5034,339
Museums within 10 km1454
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.