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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
Durban

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cannes or Durban?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Durban for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Durban’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 and Durban are level on 80.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Durban 60: Durban leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes and Durban are level on 38.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Durban 40: Cannes leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Durban 68: Cannes leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Durban 38: Cannes leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Durban 60: Durban leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Durban 20: Cannes leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Durban 42: Cannes leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Durban 72: Durban leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Durban 40: Durban leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Durban 30: Cannes leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Durban.

Your match

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

Cannes
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Durban
49match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Durban in July

23 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
44 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
10 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). Durban: 1991-2020 normals, Durban, Durban International Airport (14.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesDurban
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Venda, Northern Sotho, Swazi, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Southern Ndebele, South African Sign Language
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rand (ZAR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCMN230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m22 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsKing Shaka International Airport (DUR)29 km from centre13 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesDurban
City population74,350595,061
People per km²3,7932,634
Museums within 10 km161
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.