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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz, Nuremberg
NurembergThe Weinstadel and the water tower on the Pegnitz

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Nuremberg by Horst Gutmann, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cannes or Nuremberg?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • shopping

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

Choose Nuremberg for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuremberg’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, Nuremberg 14: Cannes leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Nuremberg 53: Cannes leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Nuremberg 69: Nuremberg leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Nuremberg 40: Cannes leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Nuremberg 56: Cannes leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Nuremberg 80: Cannes leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Nuremberg 64: Nuremberg leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Nuremberg 78: Nuremberg leads by 10 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Nuremberg 45: Cannes leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Nuremberg 50: Nuremberg leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Nuremberg 52: Nuremberg leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Nuremberg 47: Nuremberg leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Nuremberg.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Nuremberg
54match

Wins on culture and sights and prices 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

Nuremberg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 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). Nuremberg: 1991-2020 normals, Nuernberg (5.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesNuremberg
Official languageFrenchGerman
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m209 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsNuremberg Airport (NUE)5 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesNuremberg
City population74,350531,159
People per km²3,7932,848
Museums within 10 km1650
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.