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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cannes or Lima?

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 Lima for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Cannes leads by 38 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Lima 88: Lima leads by 33 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Lima 66: Lima leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Lima 62: Lima leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Lima 45: Cannes leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Lima 34: Cannes leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Lima 42: Cannes leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Lima 35: Cannes leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Lima 52: Cannes leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Lima 70: Lima leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Lima 53: Lima leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Lima 25: Cannes leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Lima.

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.

Lima
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink 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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesLima

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). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesLima
Official languageFrenchSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation0 m154 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesLima
City population74,3509,943,800
People per km²3,7933,721
Museums within 10 km1647
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months2 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.