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The harbour front with the church tower above the houses, Saint-Tropez
Saint-TropezThe harbour front with the church tower above the houses
Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Saint-Tropez or Ubud?

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 Saint-Tropez for

  • nightlife
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Saint-Tropez’s own page.

Choose Ubud for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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. Saint-Tropez 82, Ubud 38: Saint-Tropez leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Saint-Tropez 48, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Saint-Tropez 35, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 23 points.
Nightlife. Saint-Tropez 60, Ubud 15: Saint-Tropez leads by 45 points.
Nature & outdoors. Saint-Tropez 72, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Saint-Tropez 57, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Saint-Tropez 42, Ubud 48: Ubud leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Saint-Tropez 32, Ubud 10: Saint-Tropez leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Saint-Tropez 64, Ubud 52: Saint-Tropez leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Saint-Tropez 8, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 72 points.
Live music & performing arts. Saint-Tropez 18, Ubud 47: Ubud leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Saint-Tropez 35, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 61 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Saint-Tropez and Ubud.

Your match

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

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on nightlife and beaches with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Saint-TropezUbud

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.

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSaint-TropezUbud
Official languageFrenchIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m210 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureSaint-TropezUbud
City population3,582-
People per km²320-
Museums within 10 km414
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months12 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.