Photo: Olivier Cleynen · CC BY-SA 4.0Few mainland French towns have milder winter nights than Cap-d'Ail
Expect July afternoons of about 27.5°C. The rainiest month is November; the driest is July. Warm afternoons come more often than in 79% of mainland French towns. From April to June and September to November, highs of 17–25°C make it easy to spend the day outdoors.
Figures from Météo-France’s Nice station, 18 km south-west.
A year in Cap-d'Ail at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Nice station.
What a year in Cap-d'Ail feels like
Typical highs and lows by season and by month, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nice.
About 791 mm of rain a year
November is the wettest month and July the driest. About 24 days a year bring 10 mm or more. 40th wettest of 51 towns of 2,500+ in Alpes-Maritimes.
Rain by month
Millimeters
Sunshine by month
Hours of sunshine at Nice
1 frosts and 88 days of 25°C a year
On about 1 nights a year the air drops to 0°C or below; days that stay below freezing are rare. About 88 days a year reach 25°C, and 9 reach 30°C.
Day counts are Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Nice: a frost is a night of 0°C or below, a summer day (jour d’été) 25°C or more, a hot day (forte chaleur) 30°C or more.
The Météo-France station at Nice
Nice is 18 km south-west of Cap-d'Ail. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Cap-d'Ail itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Nice (06088001) |
| Distance from the town | 18 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 2 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 176 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 5.8 km |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
Cap-d'Ail sits 174 m higher than the station. Air usually cools by about 0.65°C every 100 m, so expect Cap-d'Ail to run about 1.1°C cooler than these figures.
TownRatings matches each commune to one station with at least 24 years of temperature and rain records: the nearest, counting every 100 m of height difference as 10 km, never across the sea.
How Cap-d'Ail compares
Against the 4,385 towns of 2,500 or more in mainland France, each read from its own matched station. The dots are the other towns of 2,500+ in Alpes-Maritimes.
Nearby towns’ climate
The nearest towns of 2,500+ within 29 km. Where a neighbor uses the same station its figures are the same: the differences you’d feel over a few kilometers aren’t in the normals.
| Town | Station | July high | January low | Rain a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-d'Ail | Nice | 27.5°C | 5.8°C | 791 mm |
| La Turbie 2.2 km | Tende | 27.2°C about the same | −0.6°C 6.4°C colder | 1,048 mm |
| Beausoleil 2.4 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 5.8°C about the same | 791 mm |
| Beaulieu-sur-Mer 6.4 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 5.8°C about the same | 791 mm |
| Roquebrune-Cap-Martin 6.9 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 5.8°C about the same | 791 mm |
| La Trinité 7.2 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 5.8°C about the same | 791 mm |
| Drap 7.4 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 5.9°C about the same | 920 mm |
Cap-d'Ail weather by month
Average daily high and low, mean temperature and rain, 1991–2020, at the Nice station.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Rain | Sun (hours) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.3°C | 5.8°C | 9.5°C | 74 mm | 157 |
| February | 13.5°C | 6.1°C | 9.8°C | 54 mm | 166 |
| March | 15.4°C | 8.3°C | 11.8°C | 51 mm | 218 |
| April | 17.4°C | 10.8°C | 14.1°C | 69 mm | 229 |
| May | 21.0°C | 14.5°C | 17.7°C | 40 mm | 271 |
| June | 24.7°C | 18.1°C | 21.4°C | 36 mm | 310 |
| July | 27.5°C | 20.8°C | 24.1°C | 14 mm | 349 |
| August | 27.9°C | 21.1°C | 24.5°C | 17 mm | 323 |
| September | 24.8°C | 17.7°C | 21.2°C | 81 mm | 250 |
| October | 21.0°C | 14.0°C | 17.5°C | 128 mm | 191 |
| November | 17.0°C | 9.7°C | 13.3°C | 138 mm | 152 |
| December | 14.1°C | 6.6°C | 10.3°C | 90 mm | 145 |
| Year | 19.8°C | 12.8°C | 16.3°C | 791 mm | 2,761 |
Where Cap-d'Ail’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Nice, 18 km away: statistics for 1991–2020.
- Which station: among stations with at least 24 of the 30 years of temperature and rain, the nearest to the commune’s population-weighted center, counting each 100 m of height difference as 10 km; mainland towns use mainland stations and each overseas département its own.
- Altitudes: the town’s from IGN’s RGE ALTI® at its population-weighted center; the station’s from Météo-France.
- Sunshine: the nearest station with at least 10 years of sunshine records, Nice, 18 km away.
- Comparisons: every town of 2,500 or more in mainland France, read the same way; the dots are the towns of 2,500+ in Alpes-Maritimes.
Météo-France fiches climatologiques · IGN RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0.
Questions about Cap-d'Ail’s climate
How warm does Cap-d'Ail get in summer?
August is the warmest month, with average highs of 27.9°C. About 88 days a year reach 25°C, more than 79% of mainland French towns, and about 9 reach 30°C.
How cold does Cap-d'Ail get in winter?
January nights average 5.8°C. The air drops to 0°C or below on about 1 nights a year, and about 0 days a year stay below freezing all day.
How much rain does Cap-d'Ail get?
About 791 mm a year, more than 58% of mainland French towns. November is the wettest month (138 mm) and July the driest (14 mm).
How sunny is it?
The nearest Météo-France station that records sunshine, Nice (18 km away), averages 2,761 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Cap-d'Ail itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Cap-d'Ail, Nice, 18 km away. France publishes its climate normals by station, not by commune; a valley, a hill or the sea can make a difference over a few kilometers.
Where do these figures come from?
Météo-France’s fiches climatologiques: 30-year averages (1991–2020) for each of its long-running stations, published as open data since 2024. They are normals, not a forecast.
Source: Météo-France, fiches climatologiques, 1991–2020 statistics (station NICE, edited 15/10/2026); altitude: IGN, RGE ALTI®. Licence Ouverte 2.0. Today’s forecast for Cap-d'Ail →
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.