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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
The CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands, Toronto
TorontoThe CN Tower and skyline from the Toronto Islands

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Toronto by Dillan Payne, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Nice or Toronto?

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
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Toronto for

  • live music and the arts
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Toronto’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, Toronto 34: Nice leads by 41 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Toronto 70: Toronto leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Toronto 50: Nice leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Toronto 62: Toronto leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Toronto 52: Nice leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Toronto 50: Nice leads by 37 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Toronto 74: Toronto leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Toronto 65: Nice leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Toronto 66: Toronto leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Toronto 34: Nice leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Toronto 72: Toronto leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Toronto 33: Nice leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Toronto.

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 day trips with your weighting.

Toronto
55match

Wins on live music and the arts and families 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

Toronto in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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NiceToronto

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Toronto: 1991-2020 normals, Toronto City (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceToronto
Official languageFrenchFrench, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m76 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsToronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ)20 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceToronto
City population357,7372,794,356
People per km²4,9754,434
Museums within 10 km1732
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months1 month

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.