France / Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cannes
Cannes is a coastal resort area in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 1.3 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 24.7 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.4 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–September.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 547Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 11Public toilets
- –Showers
- 26Drinking water
- 42Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 184Hotels & guesthouses
- 75Grocery shops
- 7Water-sports spots
- 5Marinas & slipways
- 104Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 12Pharmacies & clinics
- 5Cash machines
- 3Bike rental
- 3Viewpoints
- 5Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 391 restaurants, 43 cafés, 95 bars and 18 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 184 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Midi”, 470 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 8 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Good
- 2021Good
- 2022Good
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Excellent
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
Month by month
October at Cannes
Beach-day index 4.4/10 · France median 4.9
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.0 °C | 13.4 °C | 13.6 °C | 14.7 °C | 17.5 °C | 21.1 °C | 23.7 °C | 24.7 °C | 22.6 °C | 20.0 °C | 17.7 °C | 15.6 °C |
| High °C | 6° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 24° | 27° | 27° | 22° | 17° | 11° | 7° |
| Low °C | -1° | -1° | 2° | 5° | 9° | 14° | 16° | 16° | 12° | 8° | 3° | 0° |
| Rain mm | 51 | 51 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 42 | 28 | 30 | 52 | 84 | 120 | 77 |
| Cloud % | 60 | 58 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 39 | 28 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 59 | 57 |
| Wind m/s | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| Daylight h | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| Record high/low | 18°/-8° | 18°/-16° | 21°/-11° | 23°/-2° | 28°/1° | 36°/5° | 33°/9° | 34°/9° | 30°/4° | 27°/-1° | 20°/-5° | 17°/-8° |
| Beach index | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 8.2 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in July–August; July scores 9.5/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 23.7 °C and 28 mm of rain.
In July that is 1.6 points above the median of the 625 beaches in France covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 2.6 °C warmer than the France median for August (22.1 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 18.2 °C, cooler than 56% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (120 mm) and July the driest (28 mm); the yearly total is about 720 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.0 hours in December to 15.4 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:03 and sets at 21:11 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south (175°). Open water fills about 33% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 238° to 304°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in November–January.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the south, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 20 m deep and 154 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 35 m above sea level 500 m inland and 69 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 83% built-up land and 15% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 29% of that circle.
- Built 83%
- Tree 15%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport Nice, Alpes-Maritimes | NCE | 20.2 km | north-east |
| Toulon-Hyères Airport Hyères, Var | TLN | 86.5 km | south-west |
| Cuneo International Airport Levaldigi (CN) | CUF | 121 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 104 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Cannes (600 m), rail station Cannes-la-Bocca (2.2 km), ferry terminal Cruise Terminal (520 m) and 42 mapped car parks within 1 km.
14 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 365.7K residents); within 30 km there are 83 (about 1.4M).
From above
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Place de la Castre 250 m SW
- Jetée Albert Edouard Sud 480 m SE
Attractions & museums
- Esplanade Pantiero attraction 90 m SE
- La Grand' Roue attraction 110 m SE
- Musées de Cannes museum 220 m N
- Musée de la Castre museum 260 m SW
- Moulin Forville Musée Victor Tuby museum 260 m W
- Ville de Cannes museum 310 m SW
Historic sites
- Monument aux Morts de Cannes monument 70 m SW
- Tour du Suquet monument 230 m SW
- L'Ancien Château de Cannes monument 290 m SW
- Château De La Castre fort 300 m SW
- Jetee Albert Edouard monument 340 m SE
Lighthouses & piers
- A pier 120 m S
- B pier 140 m S
- Quai des Pêcheurs pier 140 m S
- K pier 150 m SE
- Peigne Pantiero pier 160 m SE
- J pier 190 m SE
Marinas
- IGY Vieux-Port de Cannes 190 m SE
- Puerto De Cannes 270 m E
- Cannes Yacht Club 290 m S
- Motor Yacht Bettina 410 m SE
- Cannes Marina 550 m S
Diving & boat hire
- SH Prestige Yachts 320 m S
- Arthaud Yachting 380 m W
- Segway - Mobilboard Cannes 440 m S
- Ocean Five Yachts 610 m E
- LE WARF Sports 810 m E
- Cannes Water World 940 m E
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannes | – | 24.7 °C | 1.3 km | Sand |
| Juan-les-Pins | 8.3 km E | 24.7 °C | 1.2 km | Sand |
| Plage Keller | 9.9 km E | 24.7 °C | 79 m | Sand |
- Juan-les-Pins8.3 km ECompare
- Plage Keller9.9 km ECompare
Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 12.1 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r4075713; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_32TLP_20230926_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site FRL0306029M006115).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 4.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.