Nice
Reaching Nice from London emits 30.4 kg CO₂e return by rail (11h 30m each way) against 259 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 25.8 °C in August and 8.9 °C in January.
Nice (pronounced like the English word "niece") is a large city in France on the French Riviera. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Nice is warmest in August (25.8 °C), sunniest in July (14.3 h a day); coldest in January (8.9 °C). Month by month
Getting there
By air: nearest airport Nice Côte d'Azur (NCE), about 7 km away. Direct from London: yes (LCY, LGW, LHR, LTN, STN). Tram or airport bus to central Nice. source
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 980 km | 28.9 kg | 11h 54m | 247 kg | 4h 48m |
| Barcelona | 491 km | 14.5 kg | 8h 54m | 124 kg | 4h 12m |
| Berlin | 1,081 km | 31.9 kg | 15h | 272 kg | 4h 54m |
| Birmingham | 1,188 km | 43.4 kg | 14h 12m | 299 kg | 5h 6m |
| Bristol | 1,134 km | 44.1 kg | 14h 30m | 285 kg | 5h |
| Brussels | 824 km | 24.3 kg | 10h | 207 kg | 4h 36m |
| Cardiff | 1,165 km | 47.3 kg | 14h 48m | 293 kg | 5h 6m |
| Copenhagen | 1,384 km | 40.8 kg | 22h | 348 kg | 5h 18m |
| Dublin | 1,457 km | — | — | 367 kg | 5h 24m |
| Edinburgh | 1,551 km | 73.3 kg | 17h 12m | 390 kg | 5h 36m |
| Frankfurt | 721 km | 21.3 kg | 11h 42m | 181 kg | 4h 30m |
| Glasgow | 1,581 km | 75.0 kg | 17h 24m | 398 kg | 5h 36m |
| Leeds | 1,293 km | 52.2 kg | 15h 6m | 325 kg | 5h 12m |
| Lisbon | 1,477 km | 43.6 kg | 23h 18m | 372 kg | 5h 30m |
| Liverpool | 1,314 km | 53.4 kg | 15h 6m | 331 kg | 5h 18m |
| London | 1,029 km | 30.4 kg | 11h 30m | 259 kg | 4h 54m |
| Madrid | 976 km | 28.8 kg | 12h 12m | 245 kg | 4h 48m |
| Manchester | 1,290 km | 51.4 kg | 15h | 325 kg | 5h 12m |
| Milan | 248 km | 7.3 kg | 5h 36m | 62.4 kg | 3h 48m |
| Munich | 595 km | 17.6 kg | 10h 36m | 150 kg | 4h 18m |
| Newcastle | 1,406 km | 62.3 kg | 15h 48m | 354 kg | 5h 24m |
| Nottingham | 1,200 km | 44.4 kg | 14h 36m | 302 kg | 5h 6m |
| Oslo | 1,818 km | 53.6 kg | 28h 18m | 457 kg | 5h 54m |
| Paris | 686 km | 20.2 kg | 7h 12m | 173 kg | 4h 24m |
| Prague | 893 km | 26.4 kg | 14h 54m | 225 kg | 4h 42m |
| Rome | 473 km | 14.0 kg | 8h 48m | 119 kg | 4h 6m |
| Sheffield | 1,252 km | 48.6 kg | 14h 54m | 315 kg | 5h 12m |
| Southampton | 1,032 km | 39.3 kg | 14h 12m | 260 kg | 4h 54m |
| Stockholm | 1,886 km | 55.7 kg | 27h | 474 kg | 6h |
| Vienna | 863 km | 25.5 kg | 14h 18m | 217 kg | 4h 42m |
| Warsaw | 1,391 km | 41.0 kg | 22h 6m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Zurich | 419 km | 12.4 kg | 8h 6m | 106 kg | 4h 6m |
The year in Nice
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 8.9 | 9.7 | 12.2 | 14.4 | 17.6 | 21.6 | 25.2 | 25.8 | 21.2 | 18.3 | 12.5 | 9.2 |
| Sun h/day | 7.1 | 8.1 | 9.2 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 7.5 |
| Rain mm/day | 1.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Sea °C | 14.7 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 15.4 | 17.8 | 21.8 | 25.4 | 26.7 | 24.2 | 21.5 | 18.6 | 15.8 |
When to go
Nice is warmest in August at 25.8 °C but brightest in July, averaging 14.3 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 8.9 °C.
On these lists
- Sunniest from London in July · #1
- Sunniest from London in December · #3 by train
- Warmest from London in August · #4 by train
- Warmest from London in May · #5 by train
- Warmest from London in October · #5 by train
- Sunniest from London in September · #5 by train
- Warmest from London in January · #6 by train
- Warmest from London in February · #6 by train
Three months worth booking
The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.
Staying there
A hotel room in France emits about 6.7 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors — a country average per occupied room, not this or any particular hotel. 7 nights in one room adds roughly 47 kg — about 6.4× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Milan. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Alpes-Maritimes records 12.2 overnight stays per resident a year (13,984,430 nights in 2025). A well-visited region, busy in season but not overwhelmed.
Eurostat, nights spent at tourist accommodation by NUTS 3 region, against resident population. Shown for context only — it plays no part in which destinations appear or in what order. Eurostat does not cover the United Kingdom after 2016, nor North Africa or the Levant at all, so this figure is absent for roughly a third of the destinations here.
Where to stay in Nice
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Distances are great-circle. Rail assumes international rail at 0.01135 kg CO₂e per passenger-km with a 1.3× track detour allowance; flights use 0.12576 kg per passenger-km including radiative forcing. Journey times are modelled, not timetabled. Full method.