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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Monaco or Seattle?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Seattle for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Monaco leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Seattle 50: Monaco leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Seattle 55: Monaco leads by 29 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Seattle 60: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco and Seattle are level on 52.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Seattle 22: Seattle leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Seattle 40: Monaco leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Seattle.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Seattle
54match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MonacoSeattle

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoSeattle
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation68 m40 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoSeattle
City population38,857737,015
People per km²18,5031,996
Museums within 10 km1427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.