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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Nice or Wellington?

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 Wellington for

  • live music and the arts
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Nice leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Wellington 62: Nice leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Wellington 44: Nice leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Nice 47, Wellington 45: Nice leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Wellington 78: Nice leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Wellington 40: Nice leads by 47 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Wellington 68: Nice leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Wellington 42: Nice leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Wellington 33: Nice leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Wellington 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 Wellington.

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.

Wellington
49match

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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Nice: 1991-2020 normals, Nice (8 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceWellington
Official languageFrenchEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyEuro (EUR)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency number112111
Elevation0 m0 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceWellington
City population357,737216,200
People per km²4,975487
Museums within 10 km1712
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km20
Swim season, months above 21 °C4 monthsNone

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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.