Hardly any mainland French towns see softer January nights than Nice
Midsummer highs settle at about 27.5°C. Wet weather is most frequent in November and least in July. Warm days come often: about 88 a year reach 25°C, more than in 79% of mainland French towns. Central heating does most of its work from January to February, in months below 10°C on average.
These are the figures of Météo-France’s Nice station, 7.6 km south-west.
A year in Nice at a glance
Each month’s typical high and low in °C, at the Nice station.
What a year in Nice 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 7.6 km south-west of Nice. Every figure on this page is the station’s, not a measurement in Nice itself.
| Station (Météo-France number) | Nice (06088001) |
| Distance from the town | 7.6 km south-west |
| Station altitude | 2 m |
| Town altitude (its center) | 18 m |
| Period | 1991–2020 |
| Nearest station of any kind | 3.9 km |
| Sunshine measured at | the same station |
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 Nice 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nice | Nice | 27.5°C | 5.8°C | 791 mm |
| Villefranche-sur-Mer 4.2 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 5.8°C about the same | 791 mm |
| Saint-André-de-la-Roche 4.7 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 5.8°C about the same | 791 mm |
| Beaulieu-sur-Mer 5.8 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 5.8°C about the same | 791 mm |
| La Trinité 6.2 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 5.8°C about the same | 791 mm |
| Colomars 6.4 km | Valbonne-Sophia | 28.4°C 0.9°C warmer | 5.9°C about the same | 920 mm |
| Saint-Laurent-du-Var 6.9 km | same station | 27.5°C about the same | 5.8°C about the same | 791 mm |
Nice 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 Nice’s numbers come from
Averages over 30 years, not a forecast.
- Temperature, rain and day counts: Météo-France’s fiche climatologique for Nice, 7.6 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, 7.6 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 Nice’s climate
How warm does Nice 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 Nice 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 Nice 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 (7.6 km away), averages 2,761 hours of sunshine a year.
Are these figures for Nice itself?
No: they are the normals of the Météo-France station matched to Nice, Nice, 7.6 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 Nice →
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.