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The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro
A cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan, San Juan
San JuanA cobbled street of painted houses in Old San Juan

Photos: Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; San Juan by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels License.

Paris or San Juan?

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 Paris for

  • getting around
  • shopping
  • day trips

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

Choose San Juan for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on San Juan’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. Paris 9, San Juan 84: San Juan leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Paris 96, San Juan 66: Paris leads by 30 points.
Culture & sights. Paris 97, San Juan 64: Paris leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Paris 80, San Juan 70: Paris leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Paris 52, San Juan 74: San Juan leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Paris 92, San Juan 52: Paris leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Paris 79, San Juan 58: Paris leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Paris 88, San Juan 38: Paris leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Paris 98, San Juan 50: Paris leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Paris 25, San Juan 38: San Juan leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Paris 88, San Juan 55: Paris leads by 33 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Paris and San Juan are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Paris and San Juan.

Your match

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

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on getting around and shopping with your weighting.

San Juan
57match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

San Juan in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ParisSan Juan

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre). San Juan: 1991-2020 normals, San Juan / Int., Puerto Rico (12.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureParisSan Juan
Official languageFrenchSpanish, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112911
Elevation27 m3 m
Main airportCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinationsLuis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)12 km from centre59 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureParisSan Juan
City population2,103,778342,259
People per km²19,9602,847
Museums within 10 km25118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.