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The Semperoper, Dresden
DresdenThe Semperoper
Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges

Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Dresden or Nice?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Dresden for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Dresden’s own page.

Choose Nice for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Nice’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Dresden 10, Nice 75: Nice leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Nice 66: Nice leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Nice 64: Dresden leads by 15 points.
Nightlife. Dresden and Nice are level on 47.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Nice 80: Nice leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Nice 87: Nice leads by 11 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Nice 57: Dresden leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Dresden and Nice are level on 74.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Nice 55: Nice leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Nice 35: Dresden leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Nice 45: Dresden leads by 31 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Nice 40: Dresden leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Nice.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Dresden
57match

Wins on live music and the arts and prices with your weighting.

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
16 hdaylight a day

Nice in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenNice
Official languageGermanFrench
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation126 m0 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenNice
City population562,764357,737
People per km²1,7134,975
Museums within 10 km7017
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.