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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
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Saint-Tropez or Valencia?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping
  • beaches

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

Choose Valencia for

  • prices
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Saint-Tropez leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Saint-Tropez 48, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Saint-Tropez 35, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Saint-Tropez 60, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Saint-Tropez 72, Valencia 60: Saint-Tropez leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Saint-Tropez 57, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Saint-Tropez 42, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Saint-Tropez 32, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 44 points.
Shopping & style. Saint-Tropez 64, Valencia 57: Saint-Tropez leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Saint-Tropez 8, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Saint-Tropez 18, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Saint-Tropez 35, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Saint-Tropez and Valencia.

Your match

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

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and shopping with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on prices and getting around 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °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. Saint-Tropez: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Le Luc (24.2 km from centre). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSaint-TropezValencia
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m15 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureSaint-TropezValencia
City population3,582840,792
People per km²3206,242
Museums within 10 km445
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months5 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.