Weather in Nice in July

Prime time. July is about as good as Nice gets. Highs average 25.5 °C, lows 23 °C, and rain falls on 4 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

July is the highest-scoring month of the twelve. The nearest rival is August, and the month at the other end of the year is February.

Rain falls on only 4 days, so an itinerary with no wet-weather fallback is a reasonable risk. Nothing specialised needed — this is the month you pack for the trip rather than for the weather.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: it never really gets hot: not one day in an average July reaches 30 °C; the day barely swings — 2.4 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest July day reached 31 °C and the coldest night fell to 18.5 °C.

This is the volatile part. July rainfall has ranged from 1 mm to 42 mm across the twenty years measured — a 41 mm spread around an average of 17 mm. The average is real but almost no individual July looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind is light at 9.7 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 74%.

How July sits in the year

Temperatures hold steady either side: 22.8 °C in June, 25.5 here, 25.8 in August. Nothing about the timing within the month matters much.

Daylight in July

July is at or near the longest days of Nice's year: 15.2 hours of daylight, losing 0.7 hours across the month. Evenings are the real gain — dinner outdoors still happens in full light.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 23.5 °C in July — comfortable for a proper swim. This is the warmest the water gets all year.

How busy it gets

Peak season. Expect the highest prices of the year and to be booking well ahead. If the dates are flexible, May is the trade worth considering — 12 points weaker on weather, and materially quieter.

Crowd levels are estimated from climate desirability and school-holiday calendars, not from visitor numbers.

July in Nice versus nearby

If Nice is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Genoa is the weaker option in July — 5.3 °C warmer, 3 days more rain. Marseille is the weaker option in July — 7.7 °C warmer, 1 day less rain.

So: July is the answer for Nice. If it is booked out or priced out, August is the next best thing at 2 points behind, and February is the month to keep off the shortlist.

Every month in Nice

See all twelve months in Nice, or where else to go in July.