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The Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour, Auckland
AucklandThe Auckland skyline and Sky Tower from the Waitematā Harbour
The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet

Photos: Auckland by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia, Public domain; Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Auckland or Cannes?

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 Auckland for

  • families
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Cannes for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Cannes’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. Auckland 68, Cannes 80: Cannes leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Auckland 62, Cannes 55: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Auckland 44, Cannes 38: Auckland leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Auckland and Cannes are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Auckland 83, Cannes 72: Auckland leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Auckland 55, Cannes 86: Cannes leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Auckland 70, Cannes 56: Auckland leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Auckland 42, Cannes 68: Cannes leads by 26 points.
Shopping & style. Auckland 45, Cannes 60: Cannes leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Auckland 32, Cannes 22: Auckland leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Auckland 45, Cannes 38: Auckland leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Auckland 45, Cannes 42: Auckland leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Auckland and Cannes.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Auckland
53match

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

Cannes
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Auckland in July

14 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
135 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Cannes in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Auckland's station stands 189 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Auckland: 1961-1990 normals, Auckland Aerodrome Aws (17 km from centre). Cannes: 2004-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cannes (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAucklandCannes
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriFrench
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number111112
Elevation196 m0 m
Main airportAuckland International Airport (AKL)18 km from centre63 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureAucklandCannes
City population1,470,10074,350
People per km²2,6303,793
Museums within 10 km1516
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month4 months

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Auckland or Cannes somewhere new.

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.