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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cannes or Tampa?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Tampa for

  • families
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Cannes leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Tampa 57: Tampa leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Tampa 42: Tampa leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Tampa 55: Cannes leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Tampa 54: Cannes leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Tampa 22: Cannes leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Tampa 40: Cannes leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Tampa 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 Tampa.

Your match

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

Cannes
Best match
55match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on families 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesTampa
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m30 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesTampa
City population74,350384,959
People per km²3,793848
Museums within 10 km166
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months8 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.