France · 43.70°N 7.27°E · 30-year monthly averages, judged against the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers)
The best time to visit Nice is May to September, with highs of 20–27 °C68–81 °F and nights of 13–20 °C55–68 °F, and rainfall of 16–72 mm0.6–2.8 in a month.
The monsoon season is October, with 136 mm5.4 in a month and a peak in October (136 mm5.4 in). August is the hottest month (highs of 27 °C81 °F) and January the coldest (12 °C54 °F).
The figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at 43.70, 7.27. This is a climate guide, not a forecast.
Pick the weather you like. Every month is then judged against it: temperature above the month names, rain below.
Good time to go for a Warm holiday: May to September.
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Reading the chart. Gold means good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour shows the reason it does not. The temperature bar can be too cold or too hot; the rain bar can be too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar means that half fits but the other half does not. A gold month name means both halves fit.
What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the month's average daily high (the afternoon), judged against the preset's band (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F for Warm). Rain is judged by each month's class within Nice's own year, not by raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and at least 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month that the preset does not allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season: 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest. Every monsoon month is also a rainy-season month; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.
| Month | Rain | High | Low | Season | Warm verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 803.1 | 1253 | 540 | showers | too cold |
| February | 642.5 | 1254 | 642 | showers | too cold |
| March | 642.5 | 1456 | 745 | showers | too cold |
| April | 642.5 | 1660 | 1049 | showers | too cold |
| May | 562.2 | 2067 | 1355 | dry | good |
| June | 401.6 | 2373 | 1762 | dry | good |
| July | 160.6 | 2679 | 2067 | dry | good |
| August | 321.3 | 2780 | 2067 | dry | good |
| September | 722.8 | 2373 | 1762 | showers | good |
| October | 1365.4 | 1966 | 1355 | monsoon | monsoon |
| November | 963.8 | 1558 | 846 | showers | too cold |
| December | 883.5 | 1254 | 642 | showers | too cold |
| Looking for | Rule | Months that fit |
|---|---|---|
| Warm | highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers | May to September |
| Tropical | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon | |
| Beach | highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers | |
| Cool | highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon | November to April |
| Snow | highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain |
Yes. The monsoon season is October, with 136 mm5.4 in a month and a peak in October (136 mm5.4 in). Outside the rainy season, May to August is dry.
August is the hottest month (highs of 27 °C81 °F) and January the coldest (12 °C54 °F). Annual rainfall is about 808 mm32 in.
The nearest destinations that fit the Warm preset in the months when Nice does not:
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