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The Massachusetts State House, Boston
BostonThe Massachusetts State House
The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet

Photos: Boston by Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Boston 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 Boston for

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

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

Choose Cannes for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Boston 35, Cannes 80: Cannes leads by 45 points.
Food & drink. Boston 64, Cannes 55: Boston leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Boston 72, Cannes 38: Boston leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Boston 47, Cannes 42: Boston leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Boston 60, Cannes 72: Cannes leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Boston 72, Cannes 86: Cannes leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Boston 72, Cannes 56: Boston leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Boston 70, Cannes 68: Boston leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Boston 55, Cannes 60: Cannes leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Boston 18, Cannes 22: Cannes leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Boston 72, Cannes 38: Boston leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Boston 30, Cannes 42: Cannes leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Boston and Cannes.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Boston
56match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Cannes
55match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Boston in July

28 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Boston: 1991-2020 normals, Boston Logan International (3.5 km from centre). Cannes: 2004-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cannes (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBostonCannes
Official language-French
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number911112
Elevation43 m0 m
Main airportBoston Logan International Airport (BOS)4 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBostonCannes
City population675,64774,350
People per km²2,9103,793
Museums within 10 km5116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone4 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). 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.