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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
Château Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace, Quebec City
Quebec CityChâteau Frontenac from Dufferin Terrace

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Quebec City by Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cannes or Quebec City?

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 Quebec City for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Quebec City’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, Quebec City 18: Cannes leads by 62 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Quebec City 57: Quebec City leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Quebec City 70: Quebec City leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Cannes and Quebec City are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Quebec City 79: Quebec City leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Quebec City 58: Cannes leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Quebec City 64: Quebec City leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Quebec City 50: Cannes leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Quebec City 45: Cannes leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Quebec City 45: Quebec City leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Quebec City 52: Quebec City leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Quebec City 55: Quebec City leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Quebec City.

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 beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Quebec City
53match

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

Quebec City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
119 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesQuebec City

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). Quebec City: 1991-2020 normals, Beauport (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesQuebec City
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m98 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsQuebec Jean Lesage International Airport (YQB)13 km from centre34 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesQuebec City
City population74,350574,482
People per km²3,7931,184
Museums within 10 km1616
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.