Climate averages 1991–2020
Nice weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Nice: daytime highs average 16.9°C and nights cool to about 9.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Monaco (13 km away). In April its highs average 16.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Nice, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Nice ranks joint 11th of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 49th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Nice is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Nice climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 67 | 7.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 12.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 59 | 7.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 63 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 81 | 10.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 64 | 10.5 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 50 | 9.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 27.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 27 | 6.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 31 | 6.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 76 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.5°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 113 | 9.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 15.2°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 133 | 10.3 | 9.710 h |
| December | 12.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 82 | 8.4 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Monaco in AprilMonaco · 13 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 9.8°C · 74 mm rain
- Antibes in AprilFrance · 18 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Cannes in AprilFrance · 26 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Toulon in AprilFrance · 126 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in AprilFrance · 148 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Asti in AprilItaly · 153 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 7.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Genoa in AprilItaly · 155 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 9.6°C · 105 mm rain
- Turin in AprilItaly · 156 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 101 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Nice) is explained once on the Nice year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.