Winter sunrise from the Promenade des Anglais, Nice
From the Promenade des Anglais, the famous seafront of Nice, you look south-east over the pebble beach and the Baie des Anges, with the hill of Mont Boron and Cap de Nice on the left. Pick a date and time to see where the sun will rise in this view.
Where is the sun?
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Sunrise forecast
Estimated from cloud forecasts for this viewpoint and for the sky about 40 km towards the horizon. Forecasts more than 2–3 days ahead are less precise. Pick a day to see it in the view above.
Weather data: MET Norway (opens in a new tab) (CC BY 4.0 (opens in a new tab)); scores calculated by getasunrise.com.
When the sun rises in this view
This is a view for autumn and winter sunrises: the sun rises inside this frame from late September to mid-March. From mid-October to late February it comes straight out of the sea to the right of Cap de Nice, a minute or two after the official sunrise time.
In late September and early October, and again in March, the sun appears from behind the hill of Mont Boron on the left, up to ten minutes after the official time. From late March to late September it rises beyond the left edge of this view.
Sunrise from here
Photos taken at this viewpoint.
Where it is
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Promenade des Anglais, 06000 Nice, France · Open in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
The photo was taken on the promenade a little west of the city centre; any spot on the seafront nearby gives a very similar view, and the promenade is open at all hours.