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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License.

Montpellier or Reykjavik?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Reykjavik’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, Reykjavik 12: Montpellier leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Reykjavik 42: Montpellier leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Reykjavik 25: Montpellier leads by 35 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Reykjavik 45: Montpellier leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Reykjavik 92: Reykjavik leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Reykjavik 35: Montpellier leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Reykjavik 55: Montpellier leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Reykjavik 55: Montpellier leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Reykjavik 25: Montpellier leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Reykjavik 6: Montpellier leads by 44 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Reykjavik 45: Montpellier leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Reykjavik 88: Reykjavik leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Reykjavik.

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.

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness 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.

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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontpellierReykjavik

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierReykjavik
Official languageFrenchIcelandic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Iceland Krona (ISK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m8 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierReykjavik
City population310,240138,772
People per km²5,452569
Museums within 10 km1423
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 monthsNone

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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.