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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
The US Capitol, Washington DC
Washington DCThe US Capitol

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Nice or Washington DC?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Nice leads by 63 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Washington DC 64: Nice leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Washington DC 73: Nice leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Washington DC 72: Nice leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Washington DC 52: Nice leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Washington DC 28: Nice leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Washington DC 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 Washington DC.

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 nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Washington DC
56match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights 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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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NiceWashington DC

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceWashington DC
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 m72 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceWashington DC
City population357,737689,545
People per km²4,9753,896
Museums within 10 km1798
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 months3 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.