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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The Hofburg and Heldenplatz, Vienna
ViennaThe Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Vienna by C.Stadler/Bwag, CC BY-SA 3.0 AT, cropped.

Montpellier or Vienna?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Vienna for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Vienna’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, Vienna 27: Montpellier leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Vienna 68: Vienna leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Vienna 89: Vienna leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Vienna 50: Montpellier leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Vienna 62: Montpellier leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Vienna 74: Montpellier leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Vienna 77: Vienna leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Vienna 90: Vienna leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Vienna 62: Vienna leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Vienna 44: Montpellier leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Vienna 96: Vienna leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Vienna 58: Vienna leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Vienna.

Your match

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

Montpellier
62match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Vienna
Best match
66match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Vienna in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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MontpellierVienna

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Vienna: 1991-2020 normals, Wien / Hohe Warte (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierVienna
Official languageFrenchGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m151 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsVienna International Airport (VIE)18 km from centre202 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierVienna
City population310,2402,028,289
People per km²5,4524,890
Museums within 10 km14152
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.