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The city from Hallgrímskirkja, Reykjavik
ReykjavikThe city from Hallgrímskirkja
The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: Reykjavik by Atlantic Ambience, Pexels License; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Reykjavik 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 Reykjavik for

  • wellness
  • live music and the arts
  • getting around

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

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • day trips

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. Reykjavik 12, Saint-Tropez 82: Saint-Tropez leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Reykjavik 42, Saint-Tropez 48: Saint-Tropez leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Reykjavik 25, Saint-Tropez 35: Saint-Tropez leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Reykjavik 45, Saint-Tropez 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Reykjavik 92, Saint-Tropez 72: Reykjavik leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Reykjavik 35, Saint-Tropez 57: Saint-Tropez leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Reykjavik 55, Saint-Tropez 42: Reykjavik leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Reykjavik 55, Saint-Tropez 32: Reykjavik leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Reykjavik 25, Saint-Tropez 64: Saint-Tropez leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Reykjavik 6, Saint-Tropez 8: Saint-Tropez leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Reykjavik 45, Saint-Tropez 18: Reykjavik leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Reykjavik 88, Saint-Tropez 35: Reykjavik leads by 53 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Reykjavik and Saint-Tropez.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Reykjavik
44match

Wins on wellness and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Reykjavik in July

15 °Cdaytime high
9 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
20 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. Reykjavik: 1991-2020 normals, Reykjavik (2.3 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureReykjavikSaint-Tropez
Official languageIcelandicFrench
CurrencyIceland Krona (ISK)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTCUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation8 m0 m
Main airportKeflavik International Airport (KEF)37 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureReykjavikSaint-Tropez
City population138,7723,582
People per km²569320
Museums within 10 km234
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone3 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). 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. 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.