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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Cannes or Delhi?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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

Choose Delhi for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Delhi’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, Delhi 4: Cannes leads by 76 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 47 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Delhi 44: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Delhi 20: Cannes leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Delhi 68: Cannes leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Delhi 32: Cannes leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Delhi 55: Cannes leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 68 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Delhi 25: Cannes leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Delhi.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cannes
55match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Delhi
53match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 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. Cannes: 2004-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Cannes (5.8 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesDelhi
Official languageFrenchHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation0 m221 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCannesDelhi
City population74,35026,495,000
People per km²3,79318,962
Museums within 10 km1623
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
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.