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The cathedral from the Torre Tavira, Cadiz
CadizThe cathedral from the Torre Tavira
The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet

Photos: Cadiz by Bronch, CC BY-SA 3.0 ES, cropped; Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cadiz 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 Cadiz for

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

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

Choose Cannes for

  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Cadiz and Cannes are level on 80.
Food & drink. Cadiz 68, Cannes 55: Cadiz leads by 13 points.
Culture & sights. Cadiz 62, Cannes 38: Cadiz leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Cadiz 45, Cannes 42: Cadiz leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cadiz 66, Cannes 72: Cannes leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cadiz 80, Cannes 86: Cannes leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Cadiz 60, Cannes 56: Cadiz leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Cadiz 70, Cannes 68: Cadiz leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Cadiz 35, Cannes 60: Cannes leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Cadiz 58, Cannes 22: Cadiz leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cadiz 52, Cannes 38: Cadiz leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cadiz and Cannes are level on 42.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cadiz and Cannes.

Your match

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

Cadiz
Best match
60match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Cannes
55match

Wins on shopping 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.

Cadiz in July

28 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cadiz: 1991-2020 normals, Cadiz Bay / Puntales (5.2 km from centre). Cannes: 2004-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cannes (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCadizCannes
Official languageSpanishFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation11 m0 m
Main airportJerez Airport (XRY)31 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCadizCannes
City population109,95074,350
People per km²9,0873,793
Museums within 10 km1116
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months4 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). 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. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

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.