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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The beach promenade in Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Tel AvivThe beach promenade in Tel Aviv

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tel Aviv by israeltourism, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Cannes or Tel Aviv?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

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

Choose Tel Aviv for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Tel Aviv’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, Tel Aviv 86: Tel Aviv leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Tel Aviv 80: Tel Aviv leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Tel Aviv 57: Tel Aviv leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Tel Aviv 82: Tel Aviv leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Tel Aviv 52: Cannes leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Tel Aviv 84: Cannes leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Tel Aviv 68: Tel Aviv leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Tel Aviv 64: Cannes leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Tel Aviv 55: Cannes leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Tel Aviv 14: Cannes leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Tel Aviv 70: Tel Aviv leads by 32 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Tel Aviv 35: Cannes leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Tel Aviv.

Your match

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

Cannes
55match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Tel Aviv
Best match
62match

Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts 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

Tel Aviv in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesTel Aviv

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). Tel Aviv: 1991-2020 normals, Bet Dagan (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesTel Aviv
Official languageFrenchHebrew
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Israeli Sheqel (ILS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCHM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 100, fire 102
Elevation0 m5 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)13 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureCannesTel Aviv
City population74,350467,875
People per km²3,7938,998
Museums within 10 km1698
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km22
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months7 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.