Best time to visit Nice

July is the best month in Nice, scoring 94 out of 100, with February the weakest at 60. The 34-point spread means timing is worth planning around without being decisive. The good window runs June to September — 4 months within ten points of the best.

August is the warmest month at 25.8 °C and February the coolest at 12 °C — a 13.8 °C spread across the year. It never reaches 30 °C in an average year, which takes heat off the list of reasons to avoid any particular month.

There is a real wet season here. November carries the rain — up to 11 wet days in a month — while July to August drop as low as 4. That 7-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Nice, and it moves further than the temperature does.

The sea is comfortable for swimming in June to September — 24 °C at its warmest against 13.1 °C at its coldest. The water peaks a month or two after the air does, so the best swimming falls later in the year than the best weather. Daylight runs from 9 hours in winter to 15.4 in summer, enough to notice on a sightseeing itinerary.

The three strongest months are July, August, June. The one to think twice about is February. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight, sea temperature and crowd levels.

Nice month by month