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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
Ushuaia below snow-capped mountains, Ushuaia
UshuaiaUshuaia below snow-capped mountains

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Ushuaia by Jan Tang, Pexels License.

Nice or Ushuaia?

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

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Ushuaia for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Ushuaia’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, Ushuaia 3: Nice leads by 72 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Ushuaia 40: Nice leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Ushuaia 22: Nice leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Ushuaia 18: Nice leads by 29 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Ushuaia 88: Ushuaia leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Ushuaia 14: Nice leads by 73 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Ushuaia 40: Nice leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Ushuaia 45: Nice leads by 29 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Ushuaia 22: Nice leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Ushuaia 42: Ushuaia leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Ushuaia 10: Nice leads by 35 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Ushuaia 26: Nice leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Ushuaia.

Your match

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

Nice
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Ushuaia
31match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices 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

Ushuaia in July

4 °Cdaytime high
0 °Cnight-time low
36 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
No seasea
8 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). Ushuaia: 1991-2020 normals, Ushuaia Aerodrome (1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceUshuaia
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112117 or 911
Elevation0 m23 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsUshuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)4 km from centre9 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceUshuaia
City population357,73782,615
People per km²4,9753,592
Museums within 10 km175
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.