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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
A madrasa and its minarets on the Registan, Samarkand
SamarkandA madrasa and its minarets on the Registan

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Samarkand by Yaşar Başkurt, Pexels License.

Nice or Samarkand?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Samarkand for

  • prices
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Samarkand’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, Samarkand 4: Nice leads by 71 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Samarkand 54: Nice leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Samarkand 84: Samarkand leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Samarkand 14: Nice leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Samarkand 40: Nice leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Samarkand 72: Nice leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Samarkand 30: Nice leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Samarkand 58: Nice leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Samarkand 42: Nice leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Samarkand 80: Samarkand leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Samarkand 24: Nice leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Samarkand 32: Nice leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Samarkand.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Samarkand
45match

Wins on prices and culture and sights 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

Samarkand in July

34 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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NiceSamarkand

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Samarkand: 1991-2020 normals, Samarkand (10 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceSamarkand
Official languageFrenchUzbek
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Uzbekistan Sum (UZS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCFI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m702 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSamarkand International Airport (SKD)5 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days-

By the numbers

MeasureNiceSamarkand
City population357,737546,303
People per km²4,9755,058
Museums within 10 km1711
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. 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.