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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
Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License.

Antibes or Colombo?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Colombo for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Colombo’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, Colombo 55: Antibes leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Colombo 66: Colombo leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Colombo 45: Colombo leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Colombo 35: Antibes leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Colombo 32: Antibes leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Colombo 50: Antibes leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Colombo 35: Antibes leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Colombo 35: Antibes leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Colombo 45: Colombo leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Colombo 78: Colombo leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Colombo 30: Antibes leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Colombo 48: Colombo leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Colombo.

Your match

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

Antibes
Best match
52match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Colombo
46match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 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. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesColombo
Official languageFrenchTamil, Sinhala
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzGM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112Police 119, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation0 m1 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesColombo
City population77,637647,557
People per km²2,93017,361
Museums within 10 km1410
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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. 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.