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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 British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Antibes by Johan Allard, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Antibes or Victoria?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Victoria for

  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Antibes leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Antibes and Victoria are level on 50.
Culture & sights. Antibes and Victoria are level on 42.
Nightlife. Antibes 40, Victoria 30: Antibes leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antibes 70, Victoria 77: Victoria leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Antibes 88, Victoria 54: Antibes leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Antibes 55, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Antibes 62, Victoria 60: Antibes leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Antibes 35, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Antibes 30, Victoria 34: Victoria leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antibes 35, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antibes 40, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antibes and Victoria.

Your match

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

Antibes
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Victoria
47match

Wins on wellness and nature and the outdoors 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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

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

Before you go

MeasureAntibesVictoria
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m23 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)11 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntibesVictoria
City population77,63791,867
People per km²2,9304,711
Museums within 10 km146
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.