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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
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Saint-Tropez by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Saint-Tropez or Whistler?

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 Whistler for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Saint-Tropez leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Saint-Tropez 48, Whistler 40: Saint-Tropez leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Saint-Tropez 35, Whistler 20: Saint-Tropez leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Saint-Tropez 60, Whistler 42: Saint-Tropez leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Saint-Tropez 72, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Saint-Tropez 57, Whistler 30: Saint-Tropez leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Saint-Tropez 42, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Saint-Tropez 32, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Saint-Tropez 64, Whistler 30: Saint-Tropez leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Saint-Tropez 8, Whistler 12: Whistler leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Saint-Tropez 18, Whistler 15: Saint-Tropez leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Saint-Tropez 35, Whistler 60: Whistler leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Saint-Tropez and Whistler.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Whistler
43match

Wins on getting around and families 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

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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.

Whistler 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). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSaint-TropezWhistler
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m670 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)64 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSaint-TropezWhistler
City population3,58213,982
People per km²32058
Museums within 10 km41
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. 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.