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The skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill
The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Philadelphia or Saint-Tropez?

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 Philadelphia for

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

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

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Saint-Tropez’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. Philadelphia 36, Saint-Tropez 82: Saint-Tropez leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Philadelphia 62, Saint-Tropez 48: Philadelphia leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Philadelphia 72, Saint-Tropez 35: Philadelphia leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Philadelphia 55, Saint-Tropez 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Philadelphia 52, Saint-Tropez 72: Saint-Tropez leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Philadelphia 80, Saint-Tropez 57: Philadelphia leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Philadelphia 68, Saint-Tropez 42: Philadelphia leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Philadelphia 66, Saint-Tropez 32: Philadelphia leads by 34 points.
Shopping & style. Philadelphia 57, Saint-Tropez 64: Saint-Tropez leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Philadelphia 40, Saint-Tropez 8: Philadelphia leads by 32 points.
Live music & performing arts. Philadelphia 72, Saint-Tropez 18: Philadelphia leads by 54 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Philadelphia 26, Saint-Tropez 35: Saint-Tropez leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Philadelphia and Saint-Tropez.

Your match

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

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Saint-Tropez
46match

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.

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Saint-Tropez in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
10 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Saint-Tropez has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Saint-Tropez's sunshine is measured 62 km from the centre, at Nice.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasurePhiladelphiaSaint-Tropez
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation12 m0 m
Main airportPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasurePhiladelphiaSaint-Tropez
City population1,603,7973,582
People per km²4,339320
Museums within 10 km544
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.