Weather in Alpes-Maritimes

Calculated from weather data of Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (LFMN) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	13.4	13.8	13.6	13.6	11.8	14.4
February	14.1	15.0	13.5	14.6	14.5	15.6
March	15.5	15.5	16.8	14.5	15.4	14.8
April	17.3	17.8	17.8	17.1	16.1	17.6
May	20.9		21.5	22.1	20.5	21.6
June	25.4		25.6	26.6	25.3	23.8
July	28.0		28.6	29.5	27.0	27.3
August	28.4		27.8	28.8	27.6	28.6
September	25.4		26.0	25.8	25.3	25.6
October	21.5		22.8	22.1	21.1	19.3
November	17.2		17.1	18.3	17.1	18.0
December	14.0		14.5	12.8	13.9	12.6
Average	19.5	15.6	20.5	20.8	19.6	19.9

27th highest temperature of France

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.2	7	7	6	5	8
February	7.5	9	7	7	8	8
March	8.8	10	10	9	8	9
April	11.4	12	12	11	10	12
May	15.3		16	17	14	16
June	20.1		21	22	20	18
July	22.7		24	25	22	22
August	22.6		23	23	22	23
September	19.2		20	19	20	19
October	15.2		17	17	14	13
November	10.4		10	11	10	11
December	7.1		8	7	7	7
Average	13.3	9.4	14.3	14.7	13.3	13.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	0	11	14	7	5
25 °C or warmer	0	97	108	83	88
20 °C or warmer	5	180	178	159	152
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.9	8	4	0	10	6
February	5.5	10	3	3	3	1
March	6.2	14	1	4	1	5
April	6.4	5	4	4	6	9
May	5.6		8	3	7	8
June	2.0		1	3	2	5
July	0.7		0	0	2	1
August	1.6		3	2	3	1
September	3.0		3	4	2	4
October	6.4		7	5	6	7
November	8.0		10	5	7	0
December	8.5		10	15	4	11
Average	5.0	8.7	4.1	3.2	4.1	4.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	16.3	14	17	14	16	18
February	15.4	13	17	14	17	17
March	16.1	16	17	20	15	14
April	14.7	16	15	16	14	13
May	12.5		13	11	16	13
June	12.5		13	13	12	13
July	12.4		16	12	12	11
August	12.2		13	13	13	12
September	14.1		14	18	13	13
October	14.9		17	12	15	15
November	16.1		18	16	19	13
December	15.8		15	16	13	15
Average	14.3	14.9	15.1	14.4	14.3	13.7

46th highest wind speed of France

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	NW	NW	NW	NW	N
February	NW	NE	W	E	W
March	E	S	E	E	E
April	E	SE	SE	E	E
May		E	SE	S	E
June		E	E	SE	SE
July		SE	SE	SE	SE
August		SE	E	SE	SE
September		SE	S	E	E
October		SW	NE	NW	SW
November		W	NW	N	N
December		NW	N	NW	NW

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Alpes-Maritimes weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Alpes-Maritimes?

The warmest month is August with an average temperature of 28 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Alpes-Maritimes?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 13 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Alpes-Maritimes?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 8.5 %.

Which month is the driest in Alpes-Maritimes?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in July. The probability is about 0.8 %.