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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The skyline reflected in the water, The Hague
The HagueThe skyline reflected in the water

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; The Hague by Bráulio jardim, Pexels License.

Montpellier or The Hague?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose The Hague for

  • families
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on The Hague’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, The Hague 38: Montpellier leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, The Hague 48: Montpellier leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, The Hague 66: The Hague leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, The Hague 38: Montpellier leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, The Hague 52: Montpellier leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, The Hague 86: The Hague leads by 1 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, The Hague 72: The Hague leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, The Hague 78: The Hague leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, The Hague 55: The Hague leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, The Hague 35: Montpellier leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, The Hague 58: Montpellier leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, The Hague 45: The Hague leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and The Hague.

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.

The Hague
56match

Wins on families 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

The Hague in July

21 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

The Hague has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

The Hague's sunshine is measured 60 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). The Hague: 1991-2020 normals, Valkenburg (13.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierThe Hague
Official languageFrenchDutch
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m1 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)16 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierThe Hague
City population310,240548,320
People per km²5,4525,589
Museums within 10 km1454
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.