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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
The old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river, Tampa
TampaThe old Tampa Bay Hotel across the river

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Tampa by Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Nice or Tampa?

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

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Tampa for

  • families
  • nightlife
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Tampa’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, Tampa 70: Nice leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Tampa 57: Nice leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Tampa 42: Nice leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Tampa 52: Tampa leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Tampa 55: Nice leads by 25 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Tampa 54: Nice leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Tampa 78: Tampa leads by 21 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Tampa 22: Nice leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Tampa 40: Nice leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Tampa 40: Tampa leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Tampa 47: Tampa leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Tampa 30: Nice leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Tampa.

Your match

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

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

Tampa
49match

Wins on families 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

Tampa in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °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). Tampa: 1991-2020 normals, Tampa International Airport (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceTampa
Official languageFrench-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m30 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsTampa International Airport (TPA)8 km from centre101 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceTampa
City population357,737384,959
People per km²4,975848
Museums within 10 km176
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months8 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.