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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cannes or Oslo?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Oslo for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Cannes leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Cannes and Oslo are level on 55.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Oslo 82: Oslo leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Oslo 52: Cannes leads by 34 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Oslo 50: Cannes leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Oslo 14: Cannes leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Oslo.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Oslo
56match

Wins on culture and sights and live music and the arts 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesOslo

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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesOslo
Official languageFrenchNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation0 m23 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesOslo
City population74,350717,710
People per km²3,793-
Museums within 10 km1660
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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.