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When to go to Nice

Twelve months of averages for Nice, and what they say about when to go.

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What the averages say

Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.

On these averages, Nice has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in May to October.

Of those months, it is also dry (under 50 mm of rain) and not humid in May, June and September.

Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): July and August.
The warmest month is August (25°C) and the coolest February (12°C). The wettest is November (123 mm) and the driest July (17 mm); about 682 mm of rain falls in a year.

How these sentences are worded

Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.

Nice: highs, lows and rainHighLowRain

The model's grid cell here is mostly sea, so the daily high and low sit closer together than they do on land: afternoons ashore are usually warmer, and nights cooler.

The year at a glance

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

JanCool
FebCool
MarCool
AprCool
MayMild–warm, dry
JunMild–warm, dry
JulMild–warm, mixed
AugMild–warm, mixed
SeptMild–warm, dry
OctMild–warm, mixed
NovCool
DecCool

Month by month

Every month in Nice

The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.

Climate in Nice by month: mean daily high and low, rain, and what the month is like
Month	High	Low	Rain	Humidity	Cloud	Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)	High in Dubai	What it is like
January	12°C	10°C	55 mm	72%	60%	1.8	23°C	Cool
February	12°C	9°C	53 mm	72%	58%	2.6	24°C	Cool
March	13°C	11°C	62 mm	74%	53%	4	27°C	Cool
April	15°C	13°C	56 mm	77%	53%	5.2	31°C	Cool
May	19°C	16°C	48 mm	77%	52%	6.2	35°C	Mild to warm and dry
June	23°C	20°C	29 mm	77%	39%	7.1	37°C	Mild to warm and dry
July	25°C	23°C	17 mm	74%	28%	7.2	39°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
August	25°C	23°C	23 mm	73%	30%	6.3	39°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
September	23°C	20°C	47 mm	72%	41%	4.7	37°C	Mild to warm and dry
October	19°C	17°C	88 mm	75%	52%	3.1	34°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
November	16°C	14°C	123 mm	73%	59%	1.9	29°C	Cool
December	13°C	11°C	81 mm	71%	57%	1.5	25°C	Cool

The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.

Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.

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Month

High

Low

Rain

Humidity

Cloud

Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)

High in Dubai

What it is like

January

12°C

10°C

55 mm

72%

60%

1.8

23°C

Cool

February

12°C

9°C

53 mm

72%

58%

2.6

24°C

Cool

March

13°C

11°C

62 mm

74%

53%

27°C

Cool

April

15°C

13°C

56 mm

77%

53%

5.2

31°C

Cool

May

19°C

16°C

48 mm

77%

52%

6.2

35°C

Mild to warm and dry

June

23°C

20°C

29 mm

77%

39%

7.1

37°C

Mild to warm and dry

July

25°C

23°C

17 mm

74%

28%

7.2

39°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

August

25°C

23°C

23 mm

73%

30%

6.3

39°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

September

23°C

20°C

47 mm

72%

41%

4.7

37°C

Mild to warm and dry

October

19°C

17°C

88 mm

75%

52%

3.1

34°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

November

16°C

14°C

123 mm

73%

59%

1.9

29°C

Cool

December

13°C

11°C

81 mm

71%

57%

1.5

25°C

Cool