Nice
City in France: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Port Of Nice, Côte d'Azur: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Nice is a city in France, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. About 342,669 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of France in our atlas.
It lies at 43.70° N, 7.27° E, about 25 m (82 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Paris time zone.
Location
Red dot: Nice. Green dots: other major cities of France. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Nice has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 25°C (78°F); the coolest nights come in Feb at about 9°C (49°F). Around 681 mm (27 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in FranceNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Marseille · 158 km
- Montpellier · 272 km
- Lyon · 299 km
- Toulouse · 467 km
- Strasbourg · 543 km
- Bordeaux · 642 km
- Reims · 670 km
- Marne La Vallée · 680 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2990440 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q33959 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Port Of Nice, Côte d'Azur: Moody Dreiza (Moody751 at English Wikipedia), CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)