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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
The old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds, Sapporo
SapporoThe old Hokkaido Government Office and its flower beds

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Sapporo by Feri88, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Nice or Sapporo?

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
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

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

Choose Sapporo for

  • wellness
  • prices
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Sapporo’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, Sapporo 28: Nice leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Sapporo 40: Nice leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Sapporo 62: Sapporo leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Sapporo 86: Sapporo leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Sapporo 64: Nice leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Sapporo 72: Sapporo leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Sapporo 58: Sapporo leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Sapporo 60: Sapporo leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Sapporo 44: Nice leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Sapporo 80: Sapporo leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Sapporo.

Your match

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

Nice
60match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights with your weighting.

Sapporo
Best match
63match

Wins on wellness 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

Sapporo in July

25 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
19 °Csea
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). Sapporo: 1991-2020 normals, Sapporo (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceSapporo
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 m5 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsNew Chitose Airport (CTS)42 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceSapporo
City population357,7371,959,313
People per km²4,9751,747
Museums within 10 km1733
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months1 month

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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.