Nice DOOH · Promenade des Anglais · Vieux Nice · Jean-Médecin · June 2026

Billboards on the promenade by the Mediterranean

Nice has 271 screens on Blindspot across 7 formats, near the Promenade des Anglais, Place Masséna and Avenue Jean-Médecin. Most are urban panels, about $0.05 a play; airport screens add 80 more at about $2.57. Bookable by the hour, priced per play.

Updated July 27, 2026By Blindspot · location intelligence

354K

Nice city residents (2024)

14.8M

Nice Côte d'Azur Airport passengers (2024)

2.2M

tourist stays in Nice (2024)

$0.35

puts you on a Nice screen via Blindspot

Nice, large-format DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
The Promenade des Anglais, Nice · JCDecauxBooked by the hour
The short answer● Quotable

Nice billboard and DOOH (digital out-of-home) costs span from a few cents per play on urban panels to premium Promenade des Anglais, Vieux Nice and landmark networks. On Blindspot, Nice screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.35, with no contracts or minimums.

The smart Nice play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the arteries at commute peak, the malls through the afternoon, the nightlife and tourist cores after dark.

BookingBy the hour
PricingPer play · upfront
MinimumsNone
Go liveWithin hours
DeliveryVerified play logs

Billboard ranking points

Nice's billboard spots, ranked

Directional 1–10 scores based on zone type and footfall, not audited measurements. Every zone is bookable by the hour on the platform.

01

Promenade des Anglais

Best for: Tourism · Dwell · Footfall

The palm-lined seafront boulevard along the Baie des Anges.

Visibility9
Dwell time9
Footfall9
02

Place Masséna

Best for: Transit · Footfall · Reach

The red-ochre central square where the tram lines and the city meet.

Visibility9
Dwell time8
Footfall10
03

Avenue Jean-Médecin

Best for: Retail · Transit · Footfall

The main shopping avenue and tram corridor running north from Masséna.

Visibility9
Dwell time7
Footfall9
04

Vieux Nice & Cours Saleya

Best for: Tourism · Nightlife · Dwell

The old town of ochre lanes, the flower market and evening crowds.

Visibility8
Dwell time8
Footfall8
05

Gare de Nice-Ville

Best for: Transit · Reach · Footfall

The main rail station and arrivals point for the wider Riviera.

Visibility8
Dwell time6
Footfall9
06

Port Lympia

Best for: Nightlife · Drive-time · Dwell

The harbour district of restaurants and ferries east of the old town.

Visibility7
Dwell time7
Footfall6

The media estate · operator partners

Nice screens, in the wild

Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Nice's media owners, JCDecaux France, Clear Channel France, Mediatransports among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.

Nice, Promenade des Anglais · seafront digital, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Promenade des Anglais · seafront digitalJCDecaux
Nice, Place Masséna · large format, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Place Masséna · large formatJCDecaux
Nice, Avenue Jean-Médecin · tram corridor, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Avenue Jean-Médecin · tram corridorJCDecaux
Nice, Vieux Nice · street furniture, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Vieux Nice · street furnitureJCDecaux
Nice, Gare de Nice-Ville · station network, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Gare de Nice-Ville · station networkJCDecaux
Nice, Port Lympia · roadside digital, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Port Lympia · roadside digitalJCDecaux

Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.

Formats

Every Nice format, one map

From a highway bulletin to a single mall screen, Blindspot puts Nice's digital out-of-home and classic OOH formats on one map, each priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter here:

Digital billboards & LED

Large-format LED on highways, bridges and boulevards, motion, dayparting and dynamic triggers.

Street-level & urban panels

Pedestrian-scale panels and citylights in high-footfall retail and downtown corridors.

Bulletins & roadside

Highway and arterial bulletins built for commuter frequency on the busiest routes.

Mall & retail screens

High-intent shoppers from midday to evening across the city's retail destinations.

Transit & place-based

Lignes d'Azur tram platform screens plus stations and place-based screens with captive dwell.

Iconic & landmark

Landmark and spectacular placements for brand statements in the city's signature locations.

Location insights

Where Nice moves

Nice strings out along the Baie des Anges, the Promenade des Anglais running the length of the seafront. Place Masséna is the hinge, with Avenue Jean-Médecin running north for shopping and the Lignes d'Azur trams threading the centre. Vieux Nice packs the old town with markets and bars, and the Côte d'Azur airport feeds a steady international audience. The Carnival in February and the high summer season swing footfall hard. Buy the Promenade and Masséna on warm evenings; pair with Jean-Médecin for daytime retail.

Nice footfall heatmap · typical weekday● Stylized
Promenade
Masséna
Jean-Médecin
Vieux Nice
Gare Nice
Port
Garibaldi
Liberté
Cimiez
Le Port
Magnan
Riquier
Acropolis
Fabron
Carré d'Or
Saint-Roch
QuietPeak flow
Nice · DOOH coverage map · stylized● per-play pricing
Stylized map of Blindspot DOOH screen locations across Nice Per-play price pins across prime Nice advertising zones over a footfall density wash. Stylized; live availability and per-screen pricing are shown in the Blindspot platform. Promenade ◊ Baie des Anges 60+ $0.51$0.47$0.43$0.39$0.36 $0.55 MassénaJean-MédecinVieux NiceGare NicePortPromenade
FootfallPeak

Footfall rhythm · by hour

Commuterspeaks 7:30–10 AM & 5–8 PM
Shoppers & mallspeaks 12–8 PM
Nightlife & diningpeaks 8 PM–1 AM
12AM6AM12PM6PM11PM
Commuter tide, twice a day

Place Masséna and the main arteries surge 7:30–10 AM and 5–8 PM. Book exactly those hours and your frequency climbs for the same budget.

Retail plateau, all afternoon

Vieux Nice and the city's malls hold heavy footfall from noon to evening, long windows where dwell and shopping intent, not rush, do the work.

Evenings change the audience

Promenade des Anglais shifts from daytime to social and tourism after dark. Different audience, same screens, swap the creative, not the location.

Location intelligence summary

One city, several audiences a day

Nice doesn't have one rush hour; it has rotating audiences sharing the same streets. The only buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the windows when your audience owns the city, skip the ones when it doesn't.

ObjectiveBook these zonesBest hours
Brand launchPromenade des Anglais + Place Masséna6–11 PM
Commuter frequencyAvenue Jean-Médecin, Place Masséna7:30–10 AM · 5–8 PM
Retail foot trafficVieux Nice, Promenade des Anglais12–8 PM
B2B / decision-makersGare de Nice-Ville, Place MassénaWeekdays 9 AM–6 PM
Tourism & eventsPromenade des Anglais, Port Lympia10 AM–8 PM
Match the tide, not the calendar

A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Nice’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.

Creative by daypart

Morning commuters read in 2 seconds; evening crowds dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.

Proof, not vibes

Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.

The zones above already draw a specific buyer: cruise and yachting travelers through Port Lympia, the Mediterranean harbour that ranks as France's second-busiest continental cruise port with roughly 500,000 passengers a year, and healthcare professionals moving through Avenue Jean-Médecin and Gare de Nice-Ville toward the CHU de Nice hospital network, which employs more than 7,500 staff across the city (see DOOH for Healthcare).

Book Nice by the hour

Cite this

Key facts at a glance

Quotable, self-contained, sourced, Blindspot, June 2026

  • Nice is home to about 354,000 people, the fifth-largest city in France and the capital of the Côte d'Azur.
  • The Promenade des Anglais runs the length of the Baie des Anges seafront and is the city's signature address.
  • The whole winter resort town centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, recognised in 2021 for its Riviera heritage.
  • Nice Côte d'Azur Airport set a record 14.8 million passengers in 2024, the third-busiest airport in France.
  • Nice logged about 2.2 million tourist stays in 2024, with more than half of guests coming from abroad.
  • On Blindspot, Nice screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays from ~$0.35, no contracts or minimums.

Pricing · updated June 2026

Nice billboards: priced honestly

Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.

FormatPrice per playTypical presenceWhy it works
Roadside & arterial digitalfrom ~$0.35 per playThe Voie Mathis, the airport approach and the cornichesdrive-time reach
Promenade & seafrontfrom ~$0.55 per playThe Promenade des Anglais along the Baie des Angestourism footfall
Place Masséna & Jean-Médecin retailfrom ~$0.47 per playThe central square and main shopping avenuehigh footfall
Lignes d'Azur tramfrom ~$0.37 per playPlatform and tram-stop screens across the networkcaptive transit
Gare de Nice-Villefrom ~$0.39 per playThe main rail station and Riviera arrivals pointtransit footfall

No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen

Four things move the price on any Nice screen: the format (pricing runs higher on gare de Nice-Ville than on roadside & arterial digital), the zone (Promenade des Anglais carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.

What a campaign costs

Nice budgets, three ways

Because you pay per play and schedule by the hour, your budget buys the exposure you actually need, not filler plays, so it works as hard on a big campaign as on a small one, with no minimum. Here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.

City test

$500–$1,800

A short run across the Promenade and Place Masséna to read response.

Multi-zone Nice push

$6,000–$20,000

The Promenade, Masséna, Jean-Médecin and Vieux Nice together for a city-wide week.

Nice flagship

$32,000+

Sustained presence across the seafront during the Carnival or peak summer season.

FAQ

Nice billboard FAQs

Do I need a permit to advertise on a Nice billboard?

No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, JCDecaux France, Clear Channel France, Mediatransports among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.

What creative specs do I need for a Nice screen?

Specs vary by screen: orientation, resolution and file format differ from one panel to the next. Every screen shows its exact requirements in the platform before you upload, so there's no separate spec sheet to track down before you book.

Can I book a Nice billboard for just a few hours?

Yes. Every Nice screen on Blindspot is bookable by the hour, with no minimum contract and no retainer. You pick the exact windows, so you can buy the morning commute on Place Masséna, the afternoon retail stretch around Vieux Nice & Cours Saleya, or the evening social hours in Promenade des Anglais, and skip everything between. Because you pay per play instead of for a fixed four-week flight, the same budget concentrated into proven peak windows buys more useful frequency than the same money spread across every hour including the overnight ones nobody sees. Availability and the per-play price are visible before you commit, and you can start with one screen and one daypart.

Which DOOH networks can I reach in Nice?

Blindspot puts the bookable digital out-of-home screens across Nice on a single map: roadside and boulevard LED, street-level panels and citylights, transit and station screens, mall and place-based displays, and landmark placements, all priced per play and bookable by the hour. That spans zones from Promenade des Anglais through to Port Lympia. The underlying screens are owned and run by media operators such as JCDecaux France, Clear Channel France and Mediatransports, and Blindspot books time on their existing, already-permitted structures rather than reselling a fixed package. You see each screen, its zone, its per-play price and its live availability before committing, so you are choosing specific screens and hours rather than buying an unspecified network bundle.

How fast can my ad go live in Nice?

Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Content approval typically averages around two business days across networks.

What can I get in Nice for $500?

More than most people expect, because you are buying plays rather than weeks. A $500 budget in Nice typically funds a multi-day hourly presence on a high-traffic corridor such as Place Masséna, a concentrated burst across the busiest retail and transit screens at peak hours only, or thousands of plays on central urban panels where the per-play price is lowest. At entry prices around $0.35 per play, the arithmetic is straightforward and visible before you commit. What it will not stretch to is 24/7 coverage of a landmark spectacular, and that is the point of hourly buying: concentrate a small budget where and when it is seen instead of thinning it across hours with no audience.

Is there a minimum spend for Nice billboards?

No. Blindspot has no minimums, retainers or platform fees; you can run a focused hourly burst on a single screen or a full multi-zone Nice campaign.

How to book

Live on a Nice screen in three steps

No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.

01

Pick screens & hours

Open the map, filter Nice by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.

02

See the per-play price

Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.

03

Upload & go live

Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.

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