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Haedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea, Busan
BusanHaedong Yonggungsa temple on the rocks by the sea
The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet

Photos: Busan by Andrea De Santis, Pexels License; Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Busan 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 Busan for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • nightlife

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

Choose Cannes for

  • beaches
  • day trips

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. Busan 68, Cannes 80: Cannes leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Busan 72, Cannes 55: Busan leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Busan 52, Cannes 38: Busan leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Busan 60, Cannes 42: Busan leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Busan 74, Cannes 72: Busan leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Busan 74, Cannes 86: Cannes leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Busan 70, Cannes 56: Busan leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Busan and Cannes are level on 68.
Shopping & style. Busan and Cannes are level on 60.
Affordability. Busan 56, Cannes 22: Busan leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Busan 42, Cannes 38: Busan leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Busan 78, Cannes 42: Busan leads by 36 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Busan and Cannes.

Your match

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

Busan
Best match
65match

Wins on wellness and prices 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.

Busan in July

27 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
352 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
14 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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BusanCannes

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Busan: 1991-2020 normals, Pusan (9.7 km from centre). Cannes: 2004-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cannes (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBusanCannes
Official languageKorean, Korean Sign LanguageFrench
CurrencyWon (KRW)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF220 V, 60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112, ambulance 119, fire 119112
Elevation30 m0 m
Main airportGimhae International Airport (PUS)12 km from centre49 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year18 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureBusanCannes
City population3,453,19874,350
People per km²4,4863,793
Museums within 10 km716
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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.