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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
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Antibes or New York?

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
  • prices

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

Choose New York for

  • live music and the arts
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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, New York 50: Antibes leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, New York 92: New York leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, New York 89: New York leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, New York 97: New York leads by 57 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, New York 55: Antibes leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, New York 68: Antibes leads by 20 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, New York 70: New York leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, New York 82: New York leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, New York 97: New York leads by 62 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, New York 12: Antibes leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, New York 99: New York leads by 64 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, New York 42: New York leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and New York.

Your match

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

Antibes
52match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

New York
Best match
71match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
22 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntibesNew York

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesNew York
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m25 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesNew York
City population77,6378,804,190
People per km²2,9307,256
Museums within 10 km14157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 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.