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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower, Prague
PragueCharles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Prague by Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cannes or Prague?

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 Prague for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Prague’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, Prague 10: Cannes leads by 70 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Prague 50: Cannes leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Prague 83: Prague leads by 45 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Prague 65: Prague leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Prague 58: Cannes leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Prague 77: Cannes leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Prague 50: Cannes leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Prague 83: Prague leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Prague 50: Cannes leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Prague 62: Prague leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Prague 76: Prague leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Prague 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 Prague.

Your match

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

Cannes
55match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Prague
Best match
59match

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

Prague in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
76 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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CannesPrague

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). Prague: 1991-2020 normals, Praha-Libus (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesPrague
Official languageFrenchCzech
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Czech Koruna (CZK)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m235 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsVáclav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)12 km from centre178 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesPrague
City population74,3501,397,880
People per km²3,7932,817
Museums within 10 km1688
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. 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.