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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
Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antibes or Kathmandu?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Kathmandu for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Kathmandu’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, Kathmandu 4: Antibes leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Kathmandu 82: Kathmandu leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Kathmandu 36: Antibes leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes and Kathmandu are level on 70.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Kathmandu 56: Antibes leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Kathmandu 20: Antibes leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Kathmandu 25: Antibes leads by 37 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Kathmandu 55: Kathmandu leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Kathmandu 97: Kathmandu leads by 67 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Kathmandu 28: Antibes leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Kathmandu 45: Kathmandu leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Kathmandu.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Kathmandu
48match

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

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 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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AntibesKathmandu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesKathmandu
Official languageFrenchNepali
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Nepalese Rupee (NPR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:45
Emergency number112Police 100, ambulance 102, fire 101
Elevation0 m1,300 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesKathmandu
City population77,637845,767
People per km²2,93017,121
Museums within 10 km149
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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.