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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
White sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach, Pensacola
PensacolaWhite sand and turquoise water at Pensacola Beach

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Pensacola by Jason Meredith, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Nice or Pensacola?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Pensacola for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Pensacola’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, Pensacola 84: Pensacola leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Pensacola 45: Nice leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Pensacola 45: Nice leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Pensacola 42: Nice leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Pensacola 62: Nice leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Pensacola 45: Nice leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Pensacola 62: Pensacola leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Pensacola 18: Nice leads by 56 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Pensacola 28: Nice leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Pensacola 44: Pensacola leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Pensacola 36: Nice leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Pensacola 30: Nice leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Pensacola.

Your match

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

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Pensacola
45match

Wins on beaches and prices 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

Pensacola in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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NicePensacola

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Pensacola: 1991-2020 normals, Pensacola / Pleasant Grove (12.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNicePensacola
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m31 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)6 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNicePensacola
City population357,73754,312
People per km²4,975515
Museums within 10 km175
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months7 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.