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Nice in December

Cool and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Nice is cool: highs near 58°F, lows near 43°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 59 minutes.December in Nice is cool: highs near 14°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 59 minutes.

High
58°F14°Caverage
Low
43°F6°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 31% of days
Daylight
8h 59mon average

Is December a good time to visit Nice?

December sits outside Nice's best months, which run in two parts: May to June, or September to October. Expect cool days and rain on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 58°F in December, against 56°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 14°C in December, against 13°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

31% of days in December, against 13% to 35% through the year.

Cloud cover

47% cover in December, against 27% to 53% through the year.

Daylight

8h 59m in December, against 8h 59m to 15h 23m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November64°18°low 50°low 10°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December58°14°low 43°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January56°13°low 41°low 5°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Nice sits, in December

Europe/Paris
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:57 AMsets 4:55 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
43.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Vence13 km west

The land around Nice, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in France in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Nice

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 6 km west of Nice. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (159 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (159 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.