VacationSelector
The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Montpellier or Tokyo?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Montpellier leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Tokyo 68: Montpellier leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Montpellier and Tokyo are level on 85.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 52 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Tokyo 48: Montpellier leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Tokyo.

Your match

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

Montpellier
62match

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

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and wellness 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

050100150200250JFMAMJJASOND
MontpellierTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierTokyo
Official languageFrenchJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation7 m6 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierTokyo
City population310,24014,264,798
People per km²5,4526,501
Museums within 10 km14192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C2 months4 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Montpellier or Tokyo somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.