Mild in May
23°C average high
avg high · 15° at night
25°C+ on 2 in 10 days
France
Nice & the Riviera weather in May
Is it warm? Mostly. May in Nice & the Riviera is mild: afternoons average 21°C and nights 15°C. Most days (80%) peak between 18°C and 25°C.
Mild · average high
21°C
25°C or more on about one in ten days; 20°C or more on about seven in ten days.
- Average low15°overnight
- Sea18°average, 2022–2025
- Rainy days658 mm in the month
- SkyOften cloudy55% cloud · 18% clear days
How warm it really gets
Every May afternoon from 2011–2025: 465 days. Most (80%) peaked between 18° and 25°.
May, year by year
The average May high in each year. The warmest, 2022, averaged 23°C; the coolest, 2019, 19°C.
Compared with home
Average May highs. Expect rain on about 6 days (58 mm in a typical month).
- Nice & the Riviera21°
- London19°
- Glasgow17°
- Manchester16°
- Cork16°
- Belfast16°
- Dublin16°
Warmer in May, not much further
Flying times are estimates from Dublin; Nice & the Riviera is about 2h 15m.
Warm in May
25°C average high
avg high · 15° at night
25°C+ on 5 in 10 days
Warm in May
25°C average high
avg high · 16° at night
25°C+ on 5 in 10 days
Air: Copernicus ERA5-Land, 2011–2025, matched to the official averages for Nice airport. Sea: Copernicus ERA5, 2022–2025. Rainy days = days with 1 mm of rain or more, as weather stations count them. Clear day = average cloud cover of 30% or less. These are averages of past weather, not a forecast. Methodology