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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montpellier or Quebec City?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Quebec City for

  • wellness
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Montpellier leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Quebec City 57: Montpellier leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Quebec City 42: Montpellier leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Quebec City 58: Montpellier leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Quebec City 50: Montpellier leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Quebec City 45: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Quebec City 45: Montpellier leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Quebec City 52: Montpellier leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Quebec City.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Quebec City
53match

Wins on wellness and culture and sights 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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontpellierQuebec City

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

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierQuebec City
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 m98 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierQuebec City
City population310,240574,482
People per km²5,4521,184
Museums within 10 km1416
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.