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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Nice or Scottsdale?

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
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Nice leads by 67 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Scottsdale 46: Nice leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Scottsdale 38: Nice leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Scottsdale 68: Nice leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Scottsdale 50: Nice leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Scottsdale 20: Nice leads by 54 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 5 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Scottsdale 32: Nice leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Scottsdale 40: Nice leads by 5 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 32 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Scottsdale.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Scottsdale
46match

Wins on wellness and nightlife 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

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
No seasea
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). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceScottsdale
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m380 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceScottsdale
City population357,737241,361
People per km²4,975-
Museums within 10 km1710
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.