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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Cannes or Valletta?

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

  • shopping
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Valletta for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Cannes leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Cannes and Valletta are level on 55.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Valletta 56: Cannes leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Valletta 76: Cannes leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Cannes 68, Valletta 62: Cannes leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Valletta 38: Cannes leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Valletta 50: Valletta leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Valletta 44: Valletta leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Valletta 32: Cannes leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Valletta.

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 shopping and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Valletta
55match

Wins on culture and sights 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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesValletta
Official languageFrenchEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m56 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesValletta
City population74,3505,197
People per km²3,7936,496
Museums within 10 km1616
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km23
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months6 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.