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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Monaco or Tokyo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • prices
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Monaco leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Tokyo 68: Monaco leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Tokyo 85: Tokyo leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 47 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Monaco
58match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and prices 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MonacoTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Monaco: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (19.9 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMonacoTokyo
Official languageFrenchJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation68 m6 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoTokyo
City population38,85714,264,798
People per km²18,5036,501
Museums within 10 km14192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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.