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The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky
Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges

Photos: Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License; Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Mumbai 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 Mumbai for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • shopping

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

Choose Nice for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • getting around

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. Mumbai 18, Nice 75: Nice leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Mumbai 82, Nice 66: Mumbai leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Mumbai 70, Nice 64: Mumbai leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Mumbai 52, Nice 47: Mumbai leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Mumbai 55, Nice 80: Nice leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Mumbai 48, Nice 87: Nice leads by 39 points.
Good for families. Mumbai 35, Nice 57: Nice leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Mumbai 38, Nice 74: Nice leads by 36 points.
Shopping & style. Mumbai 66, Nice 55: Mumbai leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Mumbai 72, Nice 35: Mumbai leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Mumbai 55, Nice 45: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Mumbai 24, Nice 40: Nice leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Mumbai and Nice.

Your match

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

Mumbai
51match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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. Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre). Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMumbaiNice
Official languageHindi, EnglishFrench
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number108 or 112112
Elevation14 m0 m
Main airportChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-11 days

By the numbers

MeasureMumbaiNice
City population15,414,288357,737
People per km²25,5634,975
Museums within 10 km117
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km32
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months4 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.