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General information - Location

CountryFrance
Location in country Southeast
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 7.2733,Lat: 43.7076 marker
Elevation meter above sea level
Local time2:56:19am
Population344000 (4th largest city in country)
Name province/regionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Name SubregionAlpes-Maritimes
Name Sub(sub)region - municipalityNice
Name Nice

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Villefranche-sur-Mer2.8 km EastSouthEast
2 Saint-André-de-la-Roche3.8 km NorthNorthEast
3 La Trinité4.6 km NorthEast
4 Falicon4.7 km North
5 Beaulieu-sur-Mer4.7 km East

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Monte Carlo   Monaco12 km EastNorthEast
2 Bern   Switzerland360 km North
3 San Marino   San-marino418 km East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Nice lies at the Mediterranean Sea (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone coastal: Argens, Var, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake is Lac de Saint-Cassien (3.8 km2 at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 37.6 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Monegasque-French border with a straight distance of 11.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 16 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 71%, hill: 26%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)
Name
Sous les corniches - De Nice à Monaco

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (at a distance of 7.2 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cannes-Mandelieu Airport (at a distance of 32 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   7.9 km2 
 13.7% 
 Nature   3.2 km2 
 5.5% 
 Agriculture   4.3 km2 
 7.4% 
 Urban area   39.4 km2 
 68.7% 
 Infrastructure   0.7 km2 
 1.2% 
 Rock-Sand   0.3 km2 
 0.6% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Nice in country France


Nice at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Nice, Winter Resort Town of the RivieraFrance0.7 km South
2 Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and MonferratoItaly114 km NorthNorthEast
3 Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei RolliItaly154 km EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Corniches de la RiviraFR2 km EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Nice

Type of weather in Niceclear sky weericoon
Current temperature: 17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction: West South West
Air pressure: 1009 mb
Humidity: 64 %
Daylength at 22 May 2024:14 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :05:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:56 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Nice - FR (longitude: 7.2733, latitude: 43.7076)
Distance weather station to place (direction NNO): 0 Kilometers

5:00
17 degrees
1010 mbar
clear skyweericoon
8:00
19 degrees
1012 mbar
clear skyweericoon
11:00
19 degrees
1012 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
14:00
21 degrees
1011 mbar
light rainweericoon
17:00
19 degrees
1012 mbar
light rainweericoon
20:00
17 degrees
1013 mbar
few cloudsweericoon
23:00
16 degrees
1014 mbar
clear skyweericoon
2:00
15 degrees
1015 mbar
few cloudsweericoon










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