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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Monaco or Scottsdale?

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 Scottsdale for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Monaco leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Scottsdale 46: Monaco leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Scottsdale 38: Monaco leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Scottsdale 68: Monaco leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Scottsdale 50: Monaco leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Monaco and Scottsdale are level on 60.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Scottsdale 20: Monaco leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Scottsdale 32: Scottsdale leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Scottsdale 40: Monaco leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Scottsdale.

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.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on prices and wellness 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MonacoScottsdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoScottsdale
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation68 m380 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoScottsdale
City population38,857241,361
People per km²18,503-
Museums within 10 km1410
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.