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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The Viru Gate, Tallinn
TallinnThe Viru Gate

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tallinn by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Cannes or Tallinn?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Tallinn for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Tallinn’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, Tallinn 28: Cannes leads by 52 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Tallinn 52: Cannes leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Tallinn 68: Tallinn leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Tallinn 44: Tallinn leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Tallinn 55: Cannes leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Tallinn 58: Cannes leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Tallinn 60: Tallinn leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Tallinn 72: Tallinn leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Tallinn 40: Cannes leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Tallinn 47: Tallinn leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Tallinn 50: Tallinn leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Tallinn.

Your match

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

Cannes
Best match
55match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Tallinn
52match

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

Tallinn in July

22 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesTallinn

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). Tallinn: 1991-2020 normals, Tallin / Harku (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesTallinn
Official languageFrenchEstonian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m28 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsLennart Meri Tallinn Airport (TLL)6 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesTallinn
City population74,350457,572
People per km²3,7932,871
Museums within 10 km1616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
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. 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.