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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 red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Saint-Tropez or Wellington?

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
  • shopping
  • day trips

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

Choose Wellington for

  • live music and the arts
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Saint-Tropez leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Saint-Tropez 48, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Saint-Tropez 35, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Saint-Tropez 60, Wellington 45: Saint-Tropez leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Saint-Tropez 72, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Saint-Tropez 57, Wellington 40: Saint-Tropez leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Saint-Tropez 42, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Saint-Tropez 32, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Saint-Tropez 64, Wellington 42: Saint-Tropez leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Saint-Tropez 8, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Saint-Tropez 18, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Saint-Tropez 35, Wellington 30: Saint-Tropez leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Saint-Tropez and Wellington.

Your match

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

Saint-Tropez
46match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Wellington
Best match
49match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 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.

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

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). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSaint-TropezWellington
Official languageFrenchEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureSaint-TropezWellington
City population3,582216,200
People per km²320487
Museums within 10 km412
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 monthsNone

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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.