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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
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Saint-Tropez or Ushuaia?

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

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Saint-Tropez leads by 79 points.
Food & drink. Saint-Tropez 48, Ushuaia 40: Saint-Tropez leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Saint-Tropez 35, Ushuaia 22: Saint-Tropez leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Saint-Tropez 60, Ushuaia 18: Saint-Tropez leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Saint-Tropez 72, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Saint-Tropez 57, Ushuaia 14: Saint-Tropez leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Saint-Tropez 42, Ushuaia 40: Saint-Tropez leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Saint-Tropez 32, Ushuaia 45: Ushuaia leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Saint-Tropez 64, Ushuaia 22: Saint-Tropez leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Saint-Tropez 8, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Saint-Tropez 18, Ushuaia 10: Saint-Tropez leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Saint-Tropez 35, Ushuaia 26: Saint-Tropez leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Saint-Tropez and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Saint-Tropez
Best match
46match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on prices 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.

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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 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. Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSaint-TropezUshuaia
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation0 m23 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureSaint-TropezUshuaia
City population3,58282,615
People per km²3203,592
Museums within 10 km45
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.