Nice Airport Transfer: Taxi or Private Driver?

Nice Côte d'Azur Airport's taxi page lists these fixed fares for 2026, tax included and excluding supplements (for example for a booking made in advance). Destinations not on the list are charged on the meter.

Taxis wait at the signposted rank outside arrivals at Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. No booking is needed, but the queue depends on how many flights have just landed, and most taxis take up to four passengers, with limited room for luggage, golf bags or skis.

A private driver (a chauffeur privé, or VTC for voiture de transport avec chauffeur, in French) is booked before you fly, at a fixed fare agreed in advance. The driver follows your flight, waits for you inside the arrivals hall with a name board, takes your luggage and drives you to the door of your hotel or villa.

With Kokolimo, one hour of waiting is included from the pickup time stated in your reservation, so a late landing or a long wait at baggage claim costs nothing extra, and cancellation is free until five days before the ride.

The taxi fares below are the airport's 2026 fixed fares, excluding supplements. Kokolimo's prices are starting fares for a Mercedes E-Class with up to 3 passengers, confirmed as a fixed fare before the ride.

For families and groups, a Mercedes V-Class carries up to 7 passengers with their luggage in one vehicle: from €110 to central Nice, €150 to Antibes and €180 to Cannes or Monaco. It avoids splitting the group between two taxis and waiting twice at the rank.

Monaco is about 30 km east of Nice Côte d'Azur Airport. On the A8 motorway the drive takes about 30 minutes off-peak and 45 to 50 minutes in traffic; the coastal Basse Corniche is slower but far more scenic.

A Nice to Monaco taxi costs €95 at the airport's fixed 2026 fare, excluding supplements. A Nice Airport to Monaco transfer with Kokolimo starts from €150 in a Mercedes E-Class for up to 3 passengers, or €180 in a V-Class for up to 7, with your driver waiting in arrivals and one hour of waiting included. During the Monaco Grand Prix and the Monaco Yacht Show, booking ahead matters most: streets close for the events and taxi queues grow.

If you travel light, land in the daytime and are going to central Nice, the €32 taxi is hard to beat, and the rank is usually quick outside the busiest hours. A taxi also suits a last-minute change of plan when nothing is booked.

A private driver is the only one of the two that can stay with you: the same driver can wait during a stop, continue to a second address or be booked by the hour. It is worth it when:

Book online with your flight number, terminal and number of passengers. Your confirmation sets out the terminal, vehicle and fixed fare. Your driver tracks the flight and is waiting when you come through arrivals at Terminal 1 or Terminal 2, for a Nice airport transfer to Nice, Antibes, Cannes, Monaco, Saint-Tropez or anywhere on the Côte d'Azur.

In French, the same service is a transfert aéroport Nice with a chauffeur privé: the booking, the fixed fare and the meeting in arrivals are the same.