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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cannes or Tangier?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Tangier for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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, Tangier 50: Cannes leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Tangier 30: Cannes leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Tangier 55: Cannes leads by 17 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Tangier 72: Cannes leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Tangier 35: Cannes leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Tangier 40: Cannes leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Tangier 42: Cannes leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Tangier 28: Cannes leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Tangier.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °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). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesTangier
Official languageFrenchArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1
Emergency number112Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation0 m56 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesTangier
City population74,3501,275,428
People per km²3,7936,393
Museums within 10 km166
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 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.