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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Nice or Ottawa?

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
  • day trips
  • food and drink

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

Choose Ottawa for

  • wellness
  • families
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Ottawa’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, Ottawa 35: Nice leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Ottawa 45: Nice leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Ottawa 62: Nice leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Ottawa 35: Nice leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Ottawa 68: Nice leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Ottawa 55: Nice leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 11 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Ottawa 62: Nice leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Ottawa 40: Nice leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Ottawa 40: Ottawa leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Ottawa 52: Ottawa leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Ottawa.

Your match

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

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Ottawa
51match

Wins on wellness 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

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceOttawa
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m70 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceOttawa
City population357,7371,017,449
People per km²4,975366
Museums within 10 km1720
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 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. 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.