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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
FlorianopolisPraia Mole in Florianopolis

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0.

Cannes or Florianopolis?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Florianopolis for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Florianopolis’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, Florianopolis 85: Florianopolis leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Florianopolis 58: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Florianopolis 33: Cannes leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Florianopolis 78: Florianopolis leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Florianopolis 50: Cannes leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Florianopolis 28: Cannes leads by 40 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Florianopolis 33: Cannes leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Florianopolis 60: Florianopolis leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Florianopolis 28: Cannes leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Florianopolis 45: Florianopolis leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Florianopolis.

Your match

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

Cannes
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Florianopolis
52match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesFlorianopolis

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). Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesFlorianopolis
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation0 m3 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesFlorianopolis
City population74,350587,486
People per km²3,793870
Museums within 10 km1611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months7 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.