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Cliff-top hotels above the harbour, Sorrento
SorrentoCliff-top hotels above the harbour
The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses

Photos: Sorrento by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Sorrento 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 Sorrento for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Saint-Tropez for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • beaches

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. Sorrento 60, Saint-Tropez 82: Saint-Tropez leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Sorrento 60, Saint-Tropez 48: Sorrento leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Sorrento 32, Saint-Tropez 35: Saint-Tropez leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Sorrento 28, Saint-Tropez 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Sorrento 80, Saint-Tropez 72: Sorrento leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Sorrento 95, Saint-Tropez 57: Sorrento leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Sorrento and Saint-Tropez are level on 42.
Getting around. Sorrento 58, Saint-Tropez 32: Sorrento leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Sorrento 38, Saint-Tropez 64: Saint-Tropez leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Sorrento 32, Saint-Tropez 8: Sorrento leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Sorrento 20, Saint-Tropez 18: Sorrento leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Sorrento 48, Saint-Tropez 35: Sorrento leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Sorrento and Saint-Tropez.

Your match

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

Sorrento
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on nightlife 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.

Sorrento in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

Sorrento 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.

Sorrento's sunshine is measured 54 km from the centre, at Grazzanise.

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. Sorrento: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Capri (17 km from centre). Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSorrentoSaint-Tropez
Official languageItalianFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation50 m0 m
Main airportNaples International Airport (NAP)30 km from centre131 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSorrentoSaint-Tropez
City population15,4073,582
People per km²1,541320
Museums within 10 km64
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km50
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months3 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.