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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Cannes or Mumbai?

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 Mumbai for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Cannes leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 27 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Mumbai 55: Cannes leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Mumbai 48: Cannes leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Mumbai 35: Cannes leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Mumbai 38: Cannes leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 50 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Mumbai 24: Cannes leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Mumbai.

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.

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesMumbai

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). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesMumbai
Official languageFrenchHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation0 m14 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCannesMumbai
City population74,35015,414,288
People per km²3,79325,563
Museums within 10 km161
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
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.