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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Cannes or Perth?

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

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • getting around

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

Choose Perth for

  • families
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Perth 58: Perth leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Perth 42: Perth leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cannes and Perth are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes and Perth are level on 72.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Perth 48: Cannes leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Perth 74: Perth leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Perth 55: Cannes leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Perth 44: Cannes leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Perth 28: Perth leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Perth 50: Perth leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Perth 38: Cannes leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Perth.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cannes
55match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Perth
53match

Wins on families 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesPerth
Official languageFrenchEnglish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112000
Elevation0 m2 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesPerth
City population74,3502,141,834
People per km²3,793334
Museums within 10 km1615
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 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.