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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
Plaza de España, Seville
SevillePlaza de España

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Seville by Tibor Kovacs, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Nice or Seville?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Seville for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Seville’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, Seville 18: Nice leads by 57 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Seville 73: Seville leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Seville 82: Seville leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Seville 62: Seville leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Seville 52: Nice leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Seville 80: Nice leads by 7 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Seville 55: Nice leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Seville 72: Nice leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Nice and Seville are level on 55.
Affordability. Nice 35, Seville 58: Seville leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Seville 68: Seville leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice and Seville are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Seville.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Nice
60match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Seville
60match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts 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

Seville in July

36 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
1 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Seville: 1991-2020 normals, Sevilla / San Pablo (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceSeville
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m18 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsSeville Airport (SVQ)9 km from centre96 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceSeville
City population357,737689,423
People per km²4,9754,896
Museums within 10 km1724
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.