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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace, Split
SplitThe Riva in front of Diocletian's Palace

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Split by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cannes or Split?

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

  • shopping
  • day trips
  • beaches

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

Choose Split for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Split’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, Split 75: Cannes leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Split 57: Split leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Split 66: Split leads by 28 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Split 52: Split leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Split 77: Split leads by 5 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Split 78: Cannes leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Split 54: Cannes leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Split 67: Cannes leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Split 32: Cannes leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Split 45: Split leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Split 37: Cannes leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Split 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 Split.

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 shopping and day trips with your weighting.

Split
57match

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

Split in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
25 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 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). Split: 1991-2020 normals, Split / Marjan (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesSplit
Official languageFrenchCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSplit Saint Jerome Airport (SPU)12 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesSplit
City population74,350160,577
People per km²3,793-
Museums within 10 km1611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 months

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.