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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Cannes or Manchester?

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
  • wellness
  • day trips

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

Choose Manchester for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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, Manchester 9: Cannes leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Manchester 51: Cannes leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Manchester 50: Manchester leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Manchester 72: Manchester leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Manchester 64: Cannes leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Manchester 77: Cannes leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Manchester 58: Manchester leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cannes and Manchester are level on 68.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Manchester 62: Manchester leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Manchester 42: Manchester leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Manchester 15: Cannes leads by 27 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Manchester.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Cannes
55match

Wins on beaches and wellness with your weighting.

Manchester
54match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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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). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesManchester
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation0 m38 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesManchester
City population74,350547,627
People per km²3,7934,737
Museums within 10 km1628
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.