Weather in Nice in November

A good month. November works. It is not the peak, but nothing about it fights you. Highs average 16.1 °C, lows 13.9 °C, and rain falls on 11 days — nothing in the month is working against you.

November ranks 9 of 12 in Nice: past the worst of the year but short of July, which is the month to book if the dates are open.

Rain on 11 days, 4 of them heavy. Enough to need a plan B, not enough to need a plan around it. Pack for 16.1 °C days and 13.9 °C nights; the spread matters more here than any single number.

What the averages hide

Averages flatten a month, and this one hides a few things: the day barely swings — 2.2 °C between the overnight low and the afternoon high. Across the twenty years measured, the hottest November day reached 22 °C and the coldest night fell to 6.2 °C, and the wettest single day dropped 99 mm — roughly 80% of the month's rain in one day.

This is the volatile part. November rainfall has ranged from 20 mm to 373 mm across the twenty years measured — a 353 mm spread around an average of 123 mm. The average is real but almost no individual November looks like it, so treat the figure as the middle of a wide range rather than a forecast.

Wind is light at 15.5 km/h, so the temperature on the page is close to the temperature on your skin, and humidity is unremarkable at 73%.

How November sits in the year

The month is on the way down: 3.6 °C cooler than October, with December dropping another 2.7 °C. The first week and the last are not the same trip.

Daylight in November

9.7 hours of daylight, losing 1.1 hours across the month. That is between Nice's extremes of 15.4 and 9 hours, so days are long enough not to constrain the plan.

Sea temperature

The sea sits at about 16.9 °C in November — cold — a quick dip rather than a swim, and a wetsuit if you are in for longer. The sea peaks at 24 °C in August and bottoms out at 13.1 °C — water lags the air by a month or two, which is why the best swimming often comes after the best weather.

How busy it gets

Off season. The genuine off season: cheapest by a distance, with the caveat that some tours and restaurants close entirely.

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

November in Nice versus nearby

If Nice is one option among several, the nearby comparison is worth making. Genoa is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 1 day more rain. Marseille is close enough to be a coin toss — within a degree on temperature, 2 days less rain.

So: November is a compromise. July is 30 points better and is what Nice is actually like at its best — worth moving the trip for if that is possible, and worth adjusting expectations for if it is not.

Every month in Nice

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