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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
A skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin, Jasper
JasperA skier in powder among snow-covered firs at Marmot Basin

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Jasper by Marmot Basin, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cannes or Jasper?

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
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Jasper for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Jasper’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, Jasper 25: Cannes leads by 55 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Jasper 22: Cannes leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Jasper 10: Cannes leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Jasper 14: Cannes leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Jasper 95: Jasper leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Jasper 8: Cannes leads by 78 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Jasper 42: Cannes leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Jasper 18: Cannes leads by 50 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Jasper 12: Cannes leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Jasper 20: Cannes leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Jasper 7: Cannes leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Jasper 46: Jasper leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Jasper.

Your match

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

Cannes
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Jasper
27match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and wellness 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

Jasper in July

24 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
50 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesJasper

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). Jasper: 1991-2020 normals, Jasper Warden (7.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesJasper
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m1,060 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsEdmonton International Airport (YEG)304 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesJasper
City population74,3504,738
People per km²3,7935
Museums within 10 km161
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.