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The Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls, Antibes
AntibesThe Château Grimaldi, home of the Musée Picasso, on the sea walls
The pyramids of Giza, Cairo
CairoThe pyramids of Giza

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cairo by Ricardo Liberato, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antibes or Cairo?

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 Antibes for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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

Choose Cairo for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Cairo’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. Antibes 80, Cairo 10: Antibes leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Cairo 60: Cairo leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Cairo 96: Cairo leads by 54 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Cairo 48: Cairo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Cairo 30: Antibes leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Cairo 66: Antibes leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Cairo 32: Antibes leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Cairo 35: Antibes leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Cairo 58: Cairo leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Cairo 95: Cairo leads by 65 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Cairo 50: Cairo leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Cairo 15: Antibes leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Cairo.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Antibes
52match

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

Cairo
50match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Antibes in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Cairo in July

36 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntibesCairo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Cairo: 1991-2020 normals, Helwan (21.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesCairo
Official languageFrenchArabic
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation0 m23 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsCairo International Airport (CAI)17 km from centre127 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesCairo
City population77,6379,801,536
People per km²2,93018,564
Museums within 10 km1448
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months-

Where else could you go?

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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.