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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The Space Needle behind Pier 70, Seattle
SeattleThe Space Needle behind Pier 70

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Seattle by Caio, Pexels License.

Cannes or Seattle?

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 Seattle for

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Seattle’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, Seattle 30: Cannes leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Seattle 66: Seattle leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Seattle 50: Seattle leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Seattle 55: Seattle leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Seattle 87: Seattle leads by 15 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Seattle 55: Cannes leads by 31 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Seattle 64: Seattle leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Seattle 60: Cannes leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Seattle 52: Cannes leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Cannes and Seattle are level on 22.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Seattle 70: Seattle leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Seattle 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 Seattle.

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.

Seattle
54match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Seattle in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
15 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesSeattle

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). Seattle: 1991-2020 normals, Seattle-Tacoma Airport (17.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesSeattle
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m40 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSeattle–Tacoma International Airport (SEA)18 km from centre135 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesSeattle
City population74,350737,015
People per km²3,7931,996
Museums within 10 km1627
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.