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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License.

Cannes or Chiang Mai?

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 Cannes for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Chiang Mai for

  • prices
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Chiang Mai’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. Cannes 80, Chiang Mai 6: Cannes leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Chiang Mai 78: Chiang Mai leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Chiang Mai 65: Chiang Mai leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Chiang Mai 45: Chiang Mai leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Chiang Mai 73: Chiang Mai leads by 1 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Chiang Mai 48: Cannes leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Chiang Mai 55: Cannes leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Chiang Mai 38: Cannes leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Chiang Mai 62: Chiang Mai leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Chiang Mai 90: Chiang Mai leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Chiang Mai 30: Cannes leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Chiang Mai 82: Chiang Mai leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Chiang Mai.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cannes
55match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Chiang Mai
56match

Wins on prices and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesChiang Mai

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cannes: 2004-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cannes (5.8 km from centre). Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesChiang Mai
Official languageFrenchThai
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Baht (THB)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation0 m310 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCannesChiang Mai
City population74,3501,198,000
People per km²3,7932,958
Museums within 10 km166
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.