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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Cannes for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • 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. Brisbane 55, Cannes 80: Cannes leads by 25 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Cannes 55: Brisbane leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Cannes 38: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Cannes 42: Brisbane leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Cannes 72: Brisbane leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Cannes 86: Cannes leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Cannes 56: Brisbane leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Cannes 68: Cannes leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Cannes 60: Cannes leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Cannes 22: Brisbane leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Cannes 38: Brisbane leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Cannes 42: Cannes leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane 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

Brisbane
54match

Wins on families and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Cannes
55match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Cannes: 2004-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cannes (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneCannes
Official languageEnglishFrench
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Euro (EUR)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number000112
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneCannes
City population2,706,96674,350
People per km²1713,793
Museums within 10 km1616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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.