Climate averages 1991–2020
Nice weather
in February.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Nice: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 27 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Monaco (13 km away). In February its highs average 11.6°C, about as warm as Nice, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Nice ranks 2nd of 57 for the warmest February highs and 45th of 57 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 57 cities is 9.0°C; Nice is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 14.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 59 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Monaco in FebruaryMonaco · 13 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 58 mm rain
- Antibes in FebruaryFrance · 18 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 4.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Cannes in FebruaryFrance · 26 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Toulon in FebruaryFrance · 126 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 5.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in FebruaryFrance · 148 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Asti in FebruaryItaly · 153 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Genoa in FebruaryItaly · 155 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 4.0°C · 73 mm rain
- Turin in FebruaryItaly · 156 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -1.2°C · 57 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.