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The skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind, Anchorage
AnchorageThe skyline across the water with the Chugach Mountains behind
The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet

Photos: Anchorage by Frank K., CC BY 2.0, cropped; Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Anchorage or Cannes?

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 Anchorage for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Anchorage’s own page.

Choose Cannes for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Cannes’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. Anchorage 8, Cannes 80: Cannes leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Anchorage 40, Cannes 55: Cannes leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Anchorage 35, Cannes 38: Cannes leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Anchorage 30, Cannes 42: Cannes leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Anchorage 93, Cannes 72: Anchorage leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Anchorage 33, Cannes 86: Cannes leads by 53 points.
Good for families. Anchorage 55, Cannes 56: Cannes leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Anchorage 22, Cannes 68: Cannes leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Anchorage 28, Cannes 60: Cannes leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Anchorage 28, Cannes 22: Anchorage leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Anchorage 34, Cannes 38: Cannes leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Anchorage 32, Cannes 42: Cannes leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Anchorage and Cannes.

Your match

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

Anchorage
37match

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

Cannes
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Anchorage in July

20 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
13 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Cannes in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Anchorage: 1991-2020 normals, Anchorage Air Force Base (7 km from centre). Cannes: 2004-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cannes (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAnchorageCannes
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-9, UTC-8 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation31 m0 m
Main airportTed Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)7 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAnchorageCannes
City population291,24774,350
People per km²583,793
Museums within 10 km516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.