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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cannes or Fort Lauderdale?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Fort Lauderdale for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Fort Lauderdale’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, Fort Lauderdale 88: Fort Lauderdale leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Fort Lauderdale 47: Cannes leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Fort Lauderdale 28: Cannes leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Fort Lauderdale 52: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Fort Lauderdale 62: Cannes leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Fort Lauderdale 58: Cannes leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Fort Lauderdale 66: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Fort Lauderdale 32: Cannes leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Fort Lauderdale 52: Cannes leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Fort Lauderdale 32: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Fort Lauderdale 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Fort Lauderdale 40: Cannes leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Fort Lauderdale.

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.

Fort Lauderdale
50match

Wins on nightlife 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

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesFort Lauderdale

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). Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesFort Lauderdale
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m11 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesFort Lauderdale
City population74,350182,760
People per km²3,7931,829
Museums within 10 km166
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.