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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montpellier or Montreal?

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 Montpellier for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Montreal for

  • nightlife
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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. Montpellier 64, Montreal 25: Montpellier leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier and Montreal are level on 60.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Montreal 66: Montpellier leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Montreal 55: Montpellier leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Montreal 72: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Montreal 45: Montpellier leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Montreal.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Montpellier
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Montreal
61match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Montpellier in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
17 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierMontreal
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m31 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierMontreal
City population310,2401,895,211
People per km²5,4523,806
Museums within 10 km1437
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months-

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), 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. 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.