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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
The beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier, Virginia Beach
Virginia BeachThe beach and the oceanfront hotels from the fishing pier

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Virginia Beach by SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Nice or Virginia Beach?

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
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

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

Choose Virginia Beach for

  • families
  • prices
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Virginia Beach’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, Virginia Beach 77: Virginia Beach leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Virginia Beach 42: Nice leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Virginia Beach 30: Nice leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Virginia Beach 37: Nice leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Virginia Beach 56: Nice leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Virginia Beach 64: Nice leads by 23 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Virginia Beach 75: Virginia Beach leads by 18 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Virginia Beach 27: Nice leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Virginia Beach 32: Nice leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Virginia Beach 40: Virginia Beach leads by 5 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Virginia Beach 38: Nice leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Virginia Beach 32: Nice leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Nice and Virginia Beach.

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 culture and sights with your weighting.

Virginia Beach
46match

Wins on families 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

Virginia Beach in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
152 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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NiceVirginia Beach

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Virginia Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Virginia Beach / Gatewood Park (5.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceVirginia Beach
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 m7 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsNorfolk International Airport (ORF)20 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceVirginia Beach
City population357,737459,470
People per km²4,975-
Museums within 10 km172
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months4 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.