Climate averages 1991–2020
Nice weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Nice: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 06 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Monaco (13 km away). In July its highs average 26.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Nice, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Nice ranks joint 11th of 57 for the warmest July highs and 12th of 57 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 57 cities is 24.9°C; Nice is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Monaco in JulyMonaco · 13 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Antibes in JulyFrance · 18 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 13 mm rain
- Cannes in JulyFrance · 26 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Toulon in JulyFrance · 126 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in JulyFrance · 148 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 19 mm rain
- Asti in JulyItaly · 153 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Genoa in JulyItaly · 155 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Turin in JulyItaly · 156 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 49 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.