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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 Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza, Calgary
CalgaryThe Calgary Tower above Olympic Plaza

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Calgary by abdallahh, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antibes or Calgary?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Calgary for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • families
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Calgary’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, Calgary 8: Antibes leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Calgary 45: Antibes leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Calgary 35: Antibes leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Antibes and Calgary are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Calgary 88: Calgary leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Calgary 55: Antibes leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Calgary 68: Calgary leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Calgary 42: Antibes leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Calgary 42: Calgary leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Calgary 42: Calgary leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Calgary 46: Calgary leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Calgary 42: Calgary leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Calgary.

Your match

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

Antibes
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Calgary
46match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

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

Calgary in July

25 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 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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AntibesCalgary

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Calgary: 1991-2020 normals, Calgary Int'l CS (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesCalgary
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m1,045 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsCalgary International Airport (YYC)9 km from centre102 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesCalgary
City population77,6371,306,784
People per km²2,9301,583
Museums within 10 km1413
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.