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The Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower, Nairobi
NairobiThe Nairobi skyline with the KICC tower
Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges

Photos: Nairobi by Lmwangi, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Nairobi 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 Nairobi for

  • prices
  • nightlife
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Nairobi’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. Nairobi 4, Nice 75: Nice leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Nairobi 48, Nice 66: Nice leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Nairobi 35, Nice 64: Nice leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Nairobi 58, Nice 47: Nairobi leads by 11 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nairobi 84, Nice 80: Nairobi leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Nairobi 28, Nice 87: Nice leads by 59 points.
Good for families. Nairobi 55, Nice 57: Nice leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Nairobi 20, Nice 74: Nice leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Nairobi 45, Nice 55: Nice leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Nairobi 60, Nice 35: Nairobi leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nairobi 35, Nice 45: Nice leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nairobi 25, Nice 40: Nice leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nairobi and Nice.

Your match

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

Nairobi
41match

Wins on prices and nightlife 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.

Nairobi in July

24 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 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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NairobiNice

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nairobi: 1991-2020 normals, Nairobi ACC/FIC/RCC/MET/COM/ (13.3 km from centre). Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNairobiNice
Official languageEnglish, SwahiliFrench
CurrencyKenyan Shilling (KES)Euro (EUR)
SocketsG240 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 112/999, ambulance 112/999, fire 112/999112
Elevation1,661 m0 m
Main airportJomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO)13 km from centre60 non-stop destinationsNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNairobiNice
City population5,545,000357,737
People per km²7,9674,975
Museums within 10 km417
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km02
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). 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. 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. 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.