Where to live in Nice as a student

Ranking of Nice's 44 areas with CityPulse's “Student” profile. What matters most: services on foot, protected cycle lanes, public green space and tree canopy. Preferred density: high.

What is the best area of Nice to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Valrose (88), Grosso (88) and Carabacel (86).

Nice areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Valrose	88 · excellent	Services on foot
2	Grosso	88 · excellent	Services on foot
3	Carabacel	86 · excellent	Services on foot
4	Vieux Nice	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
5	Evêché	84 · excellent	Services on foot
6	Parc Impérial	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
7	Libération	83 · excellent	Services on foot
8	Riquier	82 · excellent	Services on foot
9	Le Port	82 · excellent	Services on foot
10	La Buffa	80 · excellent	Services on foot
11	Les Moulins	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
12	Saint-Barthélémy	79 · good	Services on foot
13	Carras	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
14	Le Piol	78 · good	Services on foot
15	Thiers	77 · good	Protected cycle lanes
16	L'Ariane	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
17	Mantega	75 · good	Services on foot
18	Cimiez	74 · good	Services on foot
19	Les Baumettes	72 · good	Services on foot
20	Magnan	69 · good	Services on foot
21	Le Ray	67 · good	Services on foot
22	Fabron	64 · good	Services on foot
23	Saint-Roch	61 · good	Services on foot
24	Pasteur - Saint Pons	51 · fair	Tree canopy
25	Caucade	28 · poor	Public green space
26	Saint-Sylvestre	27 · poor	Services on foot
27	Saint-Maurice	27 · poor	Public green space
28	Cyrnos	26 · poor	Tree canopy
29	La Lanterne	26 · poor	Tree canopy
30	Rimiez	25 · poor	Tree canopy
31	Fabron Supérieur	25 · poor	Tree canopy
32	Henri Sappia	24 · poor	Services on foot
33	Vallon des Fleurs	24 · poor	Tree canopy
34	Pessicart	23 · poor	Tree canopy
35	Las Planas	22 · poor	Tree canopy
36	La Madeleine	20 · poor	Tree canopy
37	L'Archet	20 · poor	Tree canopy
38	Terron	19 · poor	Tree canopy
39	Saint-Pierre-de-Féric	14 · poor	Tree canopy
40	Saint-Antoine de Ginestière	11 · poor	Tree canopy
41	La Costière	10 · poor	Tree canopy
42	Saint-Pancrace	5 · poor	Tree canopy
43	Saint-Isidore	5 · poor	Tree canopy
44	Bellet	4 · poor	Tree canopy

What it does not consider

The ranking does not account for rents and house prices, noise, safety, or distance from university or work. Use it to decide where to look, then check the individual address.

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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-04. Method and sources