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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 Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia
SofiaThe Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Sofia by Jose Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antibes or Sofia?

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
  • families

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

Choose Sofia for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Sofia’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, Sofia 5: Antibes leads by 75 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Sofia 45: Antibes leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Sofia 60: Sofia leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Sofia 50: Sofia leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Sofia 80: Sofia leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Sofia 60: Antibes leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Sofia 40: Antibes leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Sofia 65: Sofia leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Sofia 38: Sofia leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Sofia 78: Sofia leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Sofia 50: Sofia leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Sofia 45: Sofia leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Sofia.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Antibes
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Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Sofia
51match

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

Sofia in July

28 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
64 mmrain in the month
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Sofia: 1991-2020 normals, Sofia Observ. (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesSofia
Official languageFrenchBulgarian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m560 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSofia Airport (SOF)8 km from centre97 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesSofia
City population77,6371,213,134
People per km²2,9302,466
Museums within 10 km1442
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.