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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Nice or Osaka?

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 Nice for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Osaka for

  • nightlife
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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. Nice 75, Osaka 34: Nice leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Osaka 63: Nice leads by 1 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Osaka 58: Nice leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Osaka 60: Osaka leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Osaka.

Your match

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

Nice
60match

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

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on nightlife and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 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. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceOsaka
Official languageFrenchJapanese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation0 m20 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceOsaka
City population357,7372,751,862
People per km²4,97512,340
Museums within 10 km1744
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km26
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 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). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.