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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cannes or Toronto?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Cannes leads by 46 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Toronto 50: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Toronto 52: Cannes leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Toronto 50: Cannes leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Toronto 65: Cannes leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Toronto 34: Toronto leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Toronto 33: Cannes leads by 9 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Toronto.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Cannes
55match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CannesToronto

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). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesToronto
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m76 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesToronto
City population74,3502,794,356
People per km²3,7934,434
Museums within 10 km1632
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months1 month

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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.