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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
Hobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington, Hobart
HobartHobart below kunanyi/Mount Wellington

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Hobart by Gary Houston, CC0.

Cannes or Hobart?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Hobart for

  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Hobart’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, Hobart 30: Cannes leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Hobart 60: Hobart leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Hobart 56: Hobart leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Hobart 30: Cannes leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Hobart 85: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Hobart 60: Cannes leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Cannes and Hobart are level on 56.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Hobart 45: Cannes leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Hobart 38: Cannes leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Hobart 35: Hobart leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Hobart 45: Hobart leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Hobart 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 Hobart.

Your match

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

Cannes
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Hobart
48match

Wins on culture and sights and nature and the outdoors 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

Hobart in July

13 °Cdaytime high
5 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
13 °Csea
9 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesHobart

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). Hobart: 1991-2020 normals, Hobart (2.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesHobart
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+10, UTC+11 in summer
Emergency number112000
Elevation0 m54 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsHobart International Airport (HBA)17 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesHobart
City population74,350197,451
People per km²3,793116
Museums within 10 km168
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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.