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Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge
Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges

Photos: London by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

London 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 London for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

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

Choose Nice for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. London 25, Nice 75: Nice leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. London 84, Nice 66: London leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. London 94, Nice 64: London leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. London 88, Nice 47: London leads by 41 points.
Nature & outdoors. London 57, Nice 80: Nice leads by 23 points.
Day trips. London 90, Nice 87: London leads by 3 points.
Good for families. London 82, Nice 57: London leads by 25 points.
Getting around. London 85, Nice 74: London leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. London 95, Nice 55: London leads by 40 points.
Affordability. London 15, Nice 35: Nice leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. London 98, Nice 45: London leads by 53 points.
Wellness & relaxation. London and Nice are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: London and Nice.

Your match

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

London
Best match
71match

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

Nice
60match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 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. London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre). Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLondonNice
Official languageEnglishFrench
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112 or 999112
Elevation4 m0 m
Main airportLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year8 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureLondonNice
City population8,799,728357,737
People per km²5,5984,975
Museums within 10 km21617
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 months

Where else could you go?

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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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

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.