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Flat to km 30, a slow rise of 11 m to km 37, then downhill home.
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The baggage area at the start is on Place Masséna, a few hundred metres from the line on the Promenade des Anglais.
km 15.9mile 9.9
The course runs along the seafront past Marina Baie des Anges, near 16 km.
Photo: avu-edm, CC BY 3.0
km 21.2mile 13.2
Around 21 km the course passes Fort Carré at Antibes.
Photo: G CHP, CC BY 2.5
km 27.9mile 17.3
The course comes within about 300 m of the Cap d'Antibes peninsula near 28 km.
km 42.2mile 26.2
The finish is on the Boulevard de la Croisette, 300 m from the Palais des Festivals.
Photo: Timantha102938, Public domain
Height drawn many times taller than life. Heights: GEDTM30.
Dashed: bridge
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The marathon starts on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice at 4.9 m and finishes on the Boulevard de la Croisette in Cannes at 3.8 m, a metre lower. Between them the road is almost level: the lowest point is 1.8 m near km 17.9, and the highest is 29.5 m at about km 28.2.
The organiser puts the total climb at 100 m (“100 m de D+ cumulé”). Along the road itself the rises add up to about 70 m, and nearly all of that is in two places, after km 27 and after km 35.
Measured
After 26 km close to sea level the course lifts. From about km 26.8 it rises roughly 24 m in 1.4 km, to a top of 29.5 m at about km 28.2, close to where the road passes the Cap d’Antibes. The descent is as short as the climb: by km 29.6 the road is back at about 3.3 m and stays there.
It is the highest point of the whole course, and it comes with 14 km still to run.
Measured
The second and last rise starts at about km 35.2, from 2.7 m, and tops out at 14.2 m around km 37.2. It is gentler than the one at km 27, about 11 m over 2 km. By km 38.9 the road is back at 3 m, and the final 3 km into Cannes are level.
Measured
A coastal point-to-point along the French Riviera, starting on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice and finishing by the Palais des Festivals in Cannes.
The Nice-Cannes Marathon is a point-to-point course of 42.2 km with 71.4 m of climbing. Its lowest point is 2 m and its highest 29 m above sea level. Next race: Sunday 8 November 2026, starting at 08:00.
08:008:00 AM
Times as published by Azur Sport Organisation, in Nice time, checked .
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Sold out for the 2026 race As read 27 October 2026.
Azur Sport Organisation, a third party. We take no entries and have no part in the race.
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Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.
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Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.
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Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.
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Photo: Turin, by Uccio “Uccio2” D'Ago…, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it.
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Sun 6 Dec42.2 kmClimb 70 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Marina Bay Sands, by Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Sun 9 May 202742.2 kmClimb 69 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Nyhavn, by kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Xiamen, China
Sun 10 Jan 202742.2 kmClimb 75 m
Climb summed after smoothing the heights over 1 km. The edge is this course's height profile on one scale for every race: 250 m above its lowest point fills it. Photo: Xiamen, by 螺钉, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.Not entirely. It has 71.4 m of climbing over 42.2 km. The highest point is 28 m above the lowest.
Sunday 8 November 2026. The start is at 08:00.
The 2026 race is sold out. Entry details on the organiser’s site
Runners have 6 hours to finish.
Start: Promenade des Anglais à Nice à 500 m du Hyatt Regency Palais de la Méditerranée.
10,415 runners finished in 2025.
Yes. A 3D flyover film of the whole course, start to finish (1:14), plays at the top of this page.
