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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta
JakartaThe Istiqlal Mosque

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Jakarta by Antonyus Bunjamin, Pexels License.

Cannes or Jakarta?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Jakarta for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Jakarta’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, Jakarta 28: Cannes leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Jakarta 78: Jakarta leads by 23 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Jakarta 48: Jakarta leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Jakarta 66: Jakarta leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Jakarta 30: Cannes leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Jakarta 45: Cannes leads by 41 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Jakarta 50: Cannes leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Jakarta 36: Cannes leads by 32 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Jakarta 64: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Jakarta 80: Jakarta leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Jakarta 42: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Jakarta 46: Jakarta leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Jakarta.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Jakarta
51match

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

Jakarta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
85 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesJakarta

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). Jakarta: 1991-2020 normals, Jakarta / Observatory (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesJakarta
Official languageFrenchIndonesian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m91 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSoekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK)20 km from centre89 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCannesJakarta
City population74,35011,135,191
People per km²3,79316,821
Museums within 10 km1644
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.