Nice

Nissa La Bella | Nice the Beautiful

Why visit

Nice gives the Riviera a practical center: old town, Promenade des Anglais, museums, beaches, rail day trips, and a city scale that supports more than one lazy coastal day.

When to avoid

Do not assume Nice can be handled as a simple cluster of adjacent stops. Use Nice with a local route rather than a constantly expanding one. In Nice, a local replacement usually keeps the route clearer than a cross-town detour. The route should leave enough slack for closures, delays, and the distance between neighborhoods.

Plan Nice

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Nice

7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).

Today

Overcast

30° / 25°

UV High

Wed

Partly cloudy

30° / 25°

UV High

Thu

Overcast

30° / 25°

UV High

Fri

Overcast

30° / 26°

UV High

Sat

Partly cloudy

30° / 26°

UV High

Sun

Overcast

32° / 26°

1.2 mm

UV High

Mon

Partly cloudy

30° / 25°

UV High

Climate

Cool and wet season (Oct-Dec)

About 43% of the year's rain falls in these months. Typical highs around 16°C, lows around 14°C.

Warmer dry season (Apr-Sep)

Typical highs around 22°C, lows around 19°C. About 37mm of rain a month.

In August 4

Drag to scrub across the year.

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Weather

25° / 23°

Typical high / low

1 mm rainfall this month

Daylight

14.0h

06:34 – 20:37local

Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest NCE · 7 km

Getting around Nice

Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.

Local transit operators

RBS/FMORVSLEXFlixBus-euDB Regio AG NRWHessische LandesbahnBlaBlaCar BusFlixBus-deFlixBus-deSNCF Voyageurs

About Nice

Nice is a city located in the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million over an area of approximately 744 km2 (287 sq mi) or about the size of Singapore. Located on the French Riviera, the southeastern coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the French Alps, Nice is the second-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast and second-largest city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region after Marseille. It is approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) from the principality of Monaco and 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the French–Italian border. Nice's airport serves as a gateway to the region.

Area: 72 km²
Mayor: Christian Estrosi
Airport codes: NCE

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References5

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