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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
Castelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige, Verona
VeronaCastelvecchio and Ponte Scaligero over the Adige

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Verona by NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montpellier or Verona?

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
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Verona for

  • culture and sights
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Verona’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, Verona 44: Montpellier leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Verona 66: Verona leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Verona 76: Verona leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Verona 37: Montpellier leads by 19 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Verona 65: Montpellier leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Verona 92: Verona leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Verona 66: Verona leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Verona 68: Montpellier leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Verona 52: Verona leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Verona 46: Montpellier leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Verona 66: Verona leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Verona 48: Verona leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Verona.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Montpellier
62match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Verona
61match

Wins on culture and sights and day trips 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

Verona in July

30 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontpellierVerona

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Verona: 1991-2020 normals, Verona / Villafranca (11.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierVerona
Official languageFrenchItalian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m59 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport (VRN)10 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierVerona
City population310,240255,588
People per km²5,4521,285
Museums within 10 km1418
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km25
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. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.