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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Cannes or Manila?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Manila for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Manila’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, Manila 12: Cannes leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Manila 64: Manila leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Manila 54: Manila leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Manila 64: Manila leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Manila 40: Cannes leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Manila 42: Cannes leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Manila 42: Cannes leads by 14 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Manila 26: Cannes leads by 42 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes and Manila are level on 60.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Manila 77: Manila leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Manila 50: Manila leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Manila 40: Cannes leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Manila.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Manila
48match

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

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesManila

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). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesManila
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m9 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesManila
City population74,3501,902,590
People per km²3,79376,104
Museums within 10 km1627
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 months

Where else could you go?

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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.