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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 Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License.

Antibes or Macau?

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
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Macau for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Macau’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, Macau 24: Antibes leads by 56 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Macau 77: Macau leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Macau 62: Macau leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Antibes and Macau are level on 40.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Macau 5: Antibes leads by 65 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Macau 52: Antibes leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Macau 48: Antibes leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Macau 60: Antibes leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Macau 58: Macau leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Macau 44: Macau leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Macau 36: Macau leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes and Macau are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Macau.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Macau
46match

Wins on food and drink and shopping 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

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntibesMacau

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesMacau
Official languageFrenchPortuguese, Cantonese, Standard Chinese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pataca (MOP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzFGM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112999
Elevation0 m22 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesMacau
City population77,637682,100
People per km²2,9305,916
Museums within 10 km1428
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months8 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.