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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License.

Cannes or Honolulu?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Honolulu for

  • families
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Honolulu’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, Honolulu 91: Honolulu leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Honolulu 70: Honolulu leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Honolulu 55: Honolulu leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Honolulu 45: Honolulu leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Honolulu 88: Honolulu leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Honolulu 38: Cannes leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Honolulu 80: Honolulu leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Honolulu 52: Cannes leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes and Honolulu are level on 60.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Honolulu 15: Cannes leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Honolulu 40: Honolulu leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Honolulu 50: Honolulu leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Honolulu.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cannes
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Honolulu
57match

Wins on families 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

Honolulu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesHonolulu

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). Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesHonolulu
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-10
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m12 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesHonolulu
City population74,350350,964
People per km²3,7931,981
Museums within 10 km1612
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.