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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Montpellier or Tampa?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Tampa for

  • families
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Tampa leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Tampa 57: Montpellier leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Tampa 42: Montpellier leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Tampa 52: Montpellier leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Tampa 55: Montpellier leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Tampa 54: Montpellier leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Tampa 22: Montpellier leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Tampa 40: Montpellier leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Tampa 40: Montpellier leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Tampa 47: Montpellier leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Tampa 30: Montpellier leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Tampa.

Your match

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

Montpellier
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierTampa
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 m30 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierTampa
City population310,240384,959
People per km²5,452848
Museums within 10 km146
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months8 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.