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The Old Port and Le Suquet, Cannes
CannesThe Old Port and Le Suquet
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Cannes by qwesy qwesy, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Cannes or Wellington?

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
  • shopping

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

Choose Wellington for

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

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Cannes leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Cannes 55, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Cannes 38, Wellington 44: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Cannes 42, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cannes 72, Wellington 78: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Cannes 86, Wellington 40: Cannes leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Cannes 56, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Getting around. Cannes and Wellington are level on 68.
Shopping & style. Cannes 60, Wellington 42: Cannes leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Cannes 22, Wellington 33: Wellington leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cannes 38, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cannes 42, Wellington 30: Cannes leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cannes and Wellington.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Wellington
49match

Wins on live music and the arts 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

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). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCannesWellington
Official languageFrenchEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)20 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureCannesWellington
City population74,350216,200
People per km²3,793487
Museums within 10 km1612
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.