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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The cathedral of Santa Marta, Santa Marta
Santa MartaThe cathedral of Santa Marta

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Santa Marta by Oliver H, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Cannes or Santa Marta?

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 Santa Marta for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Santa Marta’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, Santa Marta 70: Cannes leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Santa Marta 44: Cannes leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Santa Marta 34: Cannes leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Santa Marta 50: Santa Marta leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Santa Marta 84: Santa Marta leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Santa Marta 38: Cannes leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Santa Marta 40: Cannes leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Santa Marta 38: Cannes leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Santa Marta 27: Cannes leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Santa Marta 80: Santa Marta leads by 58 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Santa Marta 17: Cannes leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Santa Marta 30: Cannes leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Santa Marta.

Your match

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

Cannes
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and shopping with your weighting.

Santa Marta
46match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors 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

Santa Marta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesSanta Marta

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). Santa Marta: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Marta / Simon Bolivar (11.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesSanta Marta
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Colombian Peso (COP)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112123
Elevation0 m8 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSimón Bolívar International Airport (SMR)13 km from centre6 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days19 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesSanta Marta
City population74,350505,915
People per km²3,7931,723
Museums within 10 km163
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months12 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.