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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The Great Mosque with the mountains behind, Tirana
TiranaThe Great Mosque with the mountains behind

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Tirana by Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cannes or Tirana?

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
  • shopping
  • day trips

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

Choose Tirana for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tirana’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, Tirana 46: Cannes leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Tirana 57: Tirana leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Tirana 42: Tirana leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Tirana 58: Tirana leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Tirana 62: Cannes leads by 10 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Tirana 64: Cannes leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Tirana 40: Cannes leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Tirana 54: Cannes leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Tirana 32: Cannes leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Tirana 76: Tirana leads by 54 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Tirana 32: Cannes leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Tirana 27: Cannes leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Tirana.

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 shopping with your weighting.

Tirana
49match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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

Tirana in July

31 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
43 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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CannesTirana

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). Tirana: 1961-1990 normals, Tirana (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesTirana
Official languageFrenchAlbanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Lek (ALL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m110 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsTirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)13 km from centre121 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesTirana
City population74,350389,323
People per km²3,7939,314
Museums within 10 km1611
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 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.