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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
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo
TokyoShibuya Crossing

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tokyo by Benh LIEU SONG, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Antibes or Tokyo?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tokyo for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tokyo’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, Tokyo 40: Antibes leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Antibes 50, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Antibes 42, Tokyo 84: Tokyo leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Tokyo 68: Antibes leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Tokyo 85: Antibes leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Tokyo 95: Tokyo leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Tokyo 98: Tokyo leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Tokyo 99: Tokyo leads by 64 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Tokyo 48: Tokyo leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Tokyo 86: Tokyo leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Tokyo 78: Tokyo leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Tokyo.

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.

Tokyo
Best match
80match

Wins on shopping and live music and the arts 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

Tokyo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
157 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AntibesTokyo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antibes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (9.9 km from centre). Tokyo: 1991-2020 normals, Tokyo (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntibesTokyo
Official languageFrenchJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation0 m6 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsTokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)18 km from centre98 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesTokyo
City population77,63714,264,798
People per km²2,9306,501
Museums within 10 km14192
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 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.