Climate averages 1991–2020
Nice weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Nice: daytime highs average 12.3°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Monaco (13 km away). In December its highs average 12.0°C, about as warm as Nice, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Nice ranks 1st of 57 for the warmest December highs and 43rd of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Nice is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 11.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Monaco in DecemberMonaco · 13 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 6.4°C · 87 mm rain
- Antibes in DecemberFrance · 18 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 5.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Cannes in DecemberFrance · 26 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 5.2°C · 79 mm rain
- Toulon in DecemberFrance · 126 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 7.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in DecemberFrance · 148 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Asti in DecemberItaly · 153 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 0.2°C · 65 mm rain
- Genoa in DecemberItaly · 155 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 4.9°C · 119 mm rain
- Turin in DecemberItaly · 156 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 58 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.