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The opera house on Place de la Comédie, Montpellier
MontpellierThe opera house on Place de la Comédie
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Montpellier by Peter, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Montpellier or Zagreb?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Zagreb for

  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Montpellier leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Montpellier 64, Zagreb 55: Montpellier leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Montpellier 60, Zagreb 56: Montpellier leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Montpellier 56, Zagreb 47: Montpellier leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Montpellier 72, Zagreb 62: Montpellier leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Montpellier 85, Zagreb 60: Montpellier leads by 25 points.
Good for families. Montpellier 62, Zagreb 52: Montpellier leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Montpellier 74, Zagreb 70: Montpellier leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Montpellier 47, Zagreb 40: Montpellier leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Montpellier 50, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Montpellier 63, Zagreb 52: Montpellier leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Montpellier 42, Zagreb 33: Montpellier leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Montpellier and Zagreb.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on prices 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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 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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MontpellierZagreb

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Montpellier: 1991-2020 normals, Montpellier (7.8 km from centre). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMontpellierZagreb
Official languageFrenchCroatian
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 m127 m
Main airportMontpellier-Méditerranée Airport (MPL)8 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMontpellierZagreb
City population310,240767,131
People per km²5,452-
Museums within 10 km1427
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.