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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 Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
CuscoThe Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cusco by Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antibes or Cusco?

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
  • families
  • getting around

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

Choose Cusco for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Cusco’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, Cusco 3: Antibes leads by 77 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Cusco 56: Cusco leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Cusco 81: Cusco leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Cusco 42: Cusco leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Cusco 86: Cusco leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Cusco 78: Antibes leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Cusco 10: Antibes leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Cusco 48: Antibes leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Cusco 52: Cusco leads by 17 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Cusco 73: Cusco leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Cusco 30: Antibes leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Cusco 33: Antibes leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Cusco.

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 families with your weighting.

Cusco
49match

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

Cusco in July

20 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesCusco
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation0 m3,399 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesCusco
City population77,637428,450
People per km²2,930-
Museums within 10 km1411
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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.