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The Casino de Monte-Carlo, Monaco
MonacoThe Casino de Monte-Carlo
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Monaco by otterboris, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Monaco or Victoria?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Victoria for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Monaco leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Monaco 57, Victoria 50: Monaco leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Monaco 55, Victoria 42: Monaco leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Monaco 48, Victoria 30: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Monaco 70, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Monaco 84, Victoria 54: Monaco leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Monaco 60, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Monaco 78, Victoria 60: Monaco leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Monaco 52, Victoria 40: Monaco leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Monaco 3, Victoria 34: Victoria leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Monaco 63, Victoria 40: Monaco leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Monaco 55, Victoria 48: Monaco leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Monaco and Victoria.

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.

Victoria
47match

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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

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

Before you go

MeasureMonacoVictoria
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCEF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation68 m23 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)18 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMonacoVictoria
City population38,85791,867
People per km²18,5034,711
Museums within 10 km146
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.