The least cloud anywhere that also feels warm at midday in February. All 2,596 towns and cities that draw visitors around the world were compared in February; these 20 lead.
The list
- 17% cloudDiuIndia
Midday in February feels like 29°C with only 7% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 33, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 27% cloudSoyāgaonIndia
The sky is typically 7% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 31°C. For simply being outside it rates 27, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 317% cloudCox’s BāzārBangladesh
Midday in February feels like 29°C with only 17% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 32, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 419% cloudBan Pang MuThailand
The sky is typically 19% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 29°C. For simply being outside it rates 36, Fair. See mid February on the map.
- 523% cloudAlice SpringsAustralia
Midday in February feels like 31°C with only 23% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 25, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 623% cloudIztapaGuatemala
The sky is typically 23% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 30°C. For simply being outside it rates 15, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 724% cloudSpringbokSouth Africa
Midday in February feels like 24°C with only 24% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 66, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 824% cloudAcapulco de JuárezMexico
The sky is typically 24% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 32°C. For simply being outside it rates 10, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 924% cloudNanThailand
Midday in February feels like 31°C with only 24% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 16, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1024% cloudSantiagoChile
The sky is typically 24% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 25°C. For simply being outside it rates 65, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 1124% cloudPuerto EscondidoMexico
The sky is typically 24% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 31°C. For simply being outside it rates 13, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1225% cloudChillánChile
Midday in February feels like 23°C with only 25% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 82, Ideal. See mid February on the map.
- 1326% cloudButwālNepal
The sky is typically 26% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 21°C. For simply being outside it rates 83, Ideal. See mid February on the map.
- 1427% cloudDhakaBangladesh
Midday in February feels like 28°C with only 27% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 51, Fair. See mid February on the map.
- 1528% cloudDubaiUnited Arab Emirates
The sky is typically 28% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 22°C. For simply being outside it rates 82, Ideal. See mid February on the map.
- 1628% cloudMeccaSaudi Arabia
Midday in February feels like 28°C with only 28% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 37, Fair. See mid February on the map.
- 1729% cloudSardinalCosta Rica
The sky is typically 29% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 30°C. For simply being outside it rates 23, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1829% cloudMarco IslandFlorida, United States
Midday in February feels like 25°C with only 29% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 60, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 1930% cloudUpingtonSouth Africa
The sky is typically 30% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 31°C. For simply being outside it rates 20, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 2031% cloudSaliSenegal
Midday in February feels like 26°C with only 31% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 57, Good. See mid February on the map.
Among the best-known places
The list above favours whatever the weather favours, which is often a smaller town. These are the best of the places with a guide of their own.
By region
How this list is worked out
The data
Every figure comes from a decade of weather-station observations, blended into one typical year and read at midday, local solar time. Scores here are averaged in February; a city missing a reading for any part of that stretch is left out rather than scored on part of it.
The reading
Cloud cover is the share of the sky covered at midday. It is not hours of sunshine, which the observations do not record. Only places that feel between 20°C and 32°C at midday are compared.
The spread
To keep the list from being one coastline, entries are at least 300 km apart, no more than five come from any one region of the world, and no more than two from one country unless the list would otherwise run short. A higher-scoring place can be left out for that reason.
Only places that draw visitors
Towns and cities with plenty of hotels, guest houses and holiday lets nearby for their size, or a great many of them in all, counted from Overture Maps Places, an open dataset. That keeps out places the weather favours but nobody travels to. Where two places share one resort or city, the one a visitor would name is kept.
The dotted links open the map at that place and time of year, on the same layer. The map remembers the time of day you last chose there; set it to midday to see these exact numbers.