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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
The Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower, Shanghai
ShanghaiThe Oriental Pearl Tower and Shanghai Tower

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Shanghai by xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Nice or Shanghai?

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

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

Choose Shanghai for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Shanghai’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, Shanghai 10: Nice leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Shanghai 88: Shanghai leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Shanghai 72: Shanghai leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Shanghai 25: Nice leads by 55 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Shanghai 90: Shanghai leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Shanghai 80: Shanghai leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Shanghai 85: Shanghai leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Shanghai 82: Shanghai leads by 27 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 20 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Shanghai 66: Shanghai leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Shanghai 55: Shanghai leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Shanghai.

Your match

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

Nice
60match

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

Shanghai
Best match
66match

Wins on nightlife and shopping 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

Shanghai in July

33 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
151 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
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). Shanghai: 1991-2020 normals, Shanghai / Hongqiao (8.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceShanghai
Official languageFrenchPutonghua
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation0 m4 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsShanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)33 km from centre207 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceShanghai
City population357,73724,870,895
People per km²4,9753,922
Museums within 10 km1745
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.