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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 skyline over the Schuylkill, Philadelphia
PhiladelphiaThe skyline over the Schuylkill

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Philadelphia by Trev W. Adams, Pexels License.

Antibes or Philadelphia?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

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

Choose Philadelphia for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Philadelphia’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, Philadelphia 36: Antibes leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Philadelphia 62: Philadelphia leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Philadelphia 55: Philadelphia leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Philadelphia 52: Antibes leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Philadelphia 80: Antibes leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Philadelphia 68: Philadelphia leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Philadelphia 66: Philadelphia leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Philadelphia 57: Philadelphia leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Philadelphia 40: Philadelphia leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Philadelphia 72: Philadelphia leads by 37 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Philadelphia 26: Antibes leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Philadelphia.

Your match

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

Antibes
52match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Philadelphia
Best match
57match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Philadelphia in July

31 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntibesPhiladelphia

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Philadelphia: 1991-2020 normals, Philadelphia International Airport (11.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesPhiladelphia
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 m12 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsPhiladelphia International Airport (PHL)11 km from centre129 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesPhiladelphia
City population77,6371,603,797
People per km²2,9304,339
Museums within 10 km1454
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. 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.