Climate averages 1991–2020
Nice weather
in May.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a mild month in Nice: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 13.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes May a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 42 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Monaco (13 km away). In May its highs average 20.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Nice, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Nice ranks joint 11th of 57 for the warmest May highs and joint 25th of 57 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 57 cities is 18.9°C; Nice is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 3.9°C to 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 64 mm to 50 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Monaco in MayMonaco · 13 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 13.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Antibes in MayFrance · 18 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 12.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Cannes in MayFrance · 26 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 12.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Toulon in MayFrance · 126 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 13.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in MayFrance · 148 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 11.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Asti in MayItaly · 153 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Genoa in MayItaly · 155 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 103 mm rain
- Turin in MayItaly · 156 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 115 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.