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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Montpellier or Philadelphia?

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
  • wellness

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Montpellier leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Philadelphia 62: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Philadelphia 55: Montpellier leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Philadelphia 52: Montpellier leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Philadelphia 80: Montpellier leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Philadelphia 66: Montpellier leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Philadelphia 40: Montpellier leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Philadelphia 26: Montpellier leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Philadelphia.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

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

Philadelphia
57match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping 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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 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). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierPhiladelphia
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation7 m12 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierPhiladelphia
City population310,2401,603,797
People per km²5,4524,339
Museums within 10 km1454
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.