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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Montpellier or Osaka?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Osaka for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Montpellier leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Osaka 63: Osaka leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Osaka 58: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Osaka 60: Osaka leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Osaka.

Your match

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

Montpellier
62match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on shopping and food and drink 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontpellierOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierOsaka
Official languageFrenchJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE230 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
Elevation7 m20 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierOsaka
City population310,2402,751,862
People per km²5,45212,340
Museums within 10 km1444
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km26
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months5 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.