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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Cannes or Faro?

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

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • nightlife

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

Choose Faro for

  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Faro’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, Faro 74: Cannes leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Faro 48: Cannes leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Faro 35: Cannes leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Faro 32: Cannes leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Faro 62: Cannes leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Faro 64: Cannes leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Faro 60: Faro leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Faro 60: Cannes leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Faro 35: Cannes leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Faro 60: Faro leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Faro 30: Cannes leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Faro 33: Cannes leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Faro.

Your match

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

Cannes
Best match
55match

Wins on shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Faro
49match

Wins on prices and families 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

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesFaro

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). Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesFaro
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m10 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesFaro
City population74,35064,560
People per km²3,793319
Museums within 10 km162
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 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.