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Vieux Nice and the Baie des Anges, Nice
NiceVieux Nice and the Baie des Anges
The Croatian National Theatre, Zagreb
ZagrebThe Croatian National Theatre

Photos: Nice by Daniel Stockman, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Zagreb by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Nice or Zagreb?

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 Zagreb for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Zagreb’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, Zagreb 10: Nice leads by 65 points.
Food & drink. Nice 66, Zagreb 55: Nice leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Nice 64, Zagreb 56: Nice leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Nice and Zagreb are level on 47.
Nature & outdoors. Nice 80, Zagreb 62: Nice leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Nice 87, Zagreb 60: Nice leads by 27 points.
Good for families. Nice 57, Zagreb 52: Nice leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Nice 74, Zagreb 70: Nice leads by 4 points.
Shopping & style. Nice 55, Zagreb 40: Nice leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Nice 35, Zagreb 60: Zagreb leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Nice 45, Zagreb 52: Zagreb leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Nice 40, Zagreb 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 Zagreb.

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.

Zagreb
50match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts 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

Zagreb in July

29 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
87 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
No seasea
15 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). Zagreb: 1991-2020 normals, Zagreb / Gric (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureNiceZagreb
Official languageFrenchCroatian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation0 m127 m
Main airportNice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE)6 km from centre130 non-stop destinationsZagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport (ZAG)11 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureNiceZagreb
City population357,737767,131
People per km²4,975-
Museums within 10 km1727
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.