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Cannes or Cusco?

Two destinations compared in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities. Weight what matters to you and the verdict follows.

The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
Cannes

Photo: qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped

The Plaza de Armas with the cathedral and La Compañía, Cusco
Cusco

Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

Your match

Cannes
✓ Best match
55
match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Cusco
49
match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders. The match scores above update as you do.

Scoreboard

Our verdict on each category, scored 0 to 100 against fixed benchmark cities.

CannesCusco
Beaches & swimming. Cannes leads by 77 points.77
Food & drink. Cusco leads by 1 points.1
Culture & sights. Cusco leads by 43 points.43
Nightlife. Cannes and Cusco are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Cusco leads by 14 points.14
Day trips. Cannes leads by 8 points.8
Good for families. Cannes leads by 46 points.46
Getting around. Cannes leads by 20 points.20
Shopping & style. Cannes leads by 8 points.8
Affordability. Cusco leads by 51 points.51
Live music & performing arts. Cannes leads by 8 points.8
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes leads by 9 points.9
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Cusco.

When should you go?

Pick the month you can travel and see both cities side by side. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Climate figures for July
JulyCannesCusco
Daytime high28 °C20 °C
Night-time low21 °C1 °C
Rainfall in the month13 mm5 mm
Sunshine11 hours a dayNo figure
Sea temperature24 °CNo sea
Daylight15 hours a day11 hours a day

The whole year

Each row is shaded against that destination’s own year, so the deepest cell is its best month for that figure and the palest its weakest. Shades are not comparable between the two rows.

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Daytime high, °C
Cannes
13
14
15
17
21
25
28
28
25
21
17
14
Cusco
20
19
20
20
21
21
20
21
21
21
22
20
Sea temperature, °C
Cannes
14
13
14
15
18
21
24
25
23
20
18
16
Cusco
No coastline within reach
Rainfall, mm
Cannes
74
53
51
69
42
34
13
18
84
124
138
91
Cusco
159
133
106
36
7
3
5
6
17
50
78
127
Daylight, hours per day
Cannes
9
11
12
13
15
15
15
14
13
11
10
9
Cusco
13
13
12
12
12
11
11
12
12
12
13
13
Sunshine, hours per day
Cannes
5
6
7
7
9
10
11
11
8
6
5
5
Cusco
No sunshine record

Where the figures come from

Cusco's station stands 151 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cannes: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (18 km from centre). Cusco: 1991-2020 normals, Cuzco (3.7 km from centre).

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Before you go

MeasureCannesCusco
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation0 m3,399 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsAlejandro Velasco Astete International Airport (CUZ)5 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesCusco
City population74,350428,450
People per km²3,793-
Museums within 10 km1611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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. 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. Typical fares from Travelpayouts (Aviasales data). Route-level air passenger statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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 and flight figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-27. Typical prices can be up to 7 days old. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.