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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The Römer, the old city hall, Frankfurt
FrankfurtThe Römer, the old city hall

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Frankfurt by Thomas Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped.

Cannes or Frankfurt?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Frankfurt for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Frankfurt’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, Frankfurt 8: Cannes leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Frankfurt 52: Cannes leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Frankfurt 60: Frankfurt leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Frankfurt 58: Cannes leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Cannes and Frankfurt are level on 86.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Frankfurt 62: Frankfurt leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Frankfurt 78: Frankfurt leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Frankfurt 56: Cannes leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Frankfurt 38: Frankfurt leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Frankfurt 68: Frankfurt leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Frankfurt 52: Frankfurt leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Frankfurt.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cannes
55match

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

Frankfurt
56match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Frankfurt in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesFrankfurt

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). Frankfurt: 1991-2020 normals, Frankfurt Westend (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesFrankfurt
Official languageFrenchGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m101 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsFrankfurt Main Airport (FRA)13 km from centre281 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesFrankfurt
City population74,350760,656
People per km²3,7933,063
Museums within 10 km1653
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. 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.