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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Monaco or Quebec City?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Monaco leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Monaco and Quebec City are level on 57.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Quebec City 42: Monaco leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Quebec City 58: Monaco leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Quebec City 50: Monaco leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Quebec City 45: Monaco leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 42 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Quebec City 52: Monaco leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco and Quebec City are level on 55.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Quebec City.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Quebec City
53match

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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MonacoQuebec City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoQuebec City
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation68 m98 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoQuebec City
City population38,857574,482
People per km²18,5031,184
Museums within 10 km1416
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.