The least cloud anywhere that also feels warm at midday in February. All 68 towns and cities that draw visitors in Australia and the Pacific were compared in February; these 15 lead.
The shortlist
- 123% cloudAlice SpringsAustralia
The sky is typically 23% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 31°C. For simply being outside it rates 25, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 232% cloudWodongaAustralia
Midday in February feels like 25°C with only 32% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 61, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 333% cloudMandurahAustralia
The sky is typically 33% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 26°C. For simply being outside it rates 59, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 437% cloudBroken HillAustralia
Midday in February feels like 26°C with only 37% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 54, Fair. See mid February on the map.
- 540% cloudDubboAustralia
The sky is typically 40% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 27°C. For simply being outside it rates 49, Fair. See mid February on the map.
- 652% cloudCoffs HarbourAustralia
Midday in February feels like 27°C with only 52% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 52, Fair. See mid February on the map.
- 756% cloudGold CoastAustralia
The sky is typically 56% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 28°C. For simply being outside it rates 37, Fair. See mid February on the map.
- 858% cloudTownsvilleAustralia
Midday in February feels like 32°C with only 58% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 10, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 959% cloudHamiltonNew Zealand
The sky is typically 59% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 22°C. For simply being outside it rates 87, Ideal. See mid February on the map.
- 1062% cloudAvaruaCook Islands
Midday in February feels like 31°C with only 62% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 11, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1162% cloudNapierNew Zealand
Midday in February feels like 20°C with only 62% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 84, Ideal. See mid February on the map.
- 1263% cloudKerikeriNew Zealand
The sky is typically 63% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 22°C. For simply being outside it rates 90, Ideal. See mid February on the map.
- 1370% cloudPort LincolnAustralia
Midday in February feels like 20°C with only 70% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 77, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 1474% cloudAlbanyAustralia
The sky is typically 74% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 21°C. For simply being outside it rates 79, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 1574% cloudKororPalau
Midday in February feels like 32°C with only 74% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 7, Poor. See mid February on the map.
Places with a guide of their own
Ranked the same way, but only among the places that have a guide of their own:
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 one warm corner from filling the list, entries are at least 150 km apart, no more than three sit within 1,000 km of each other, and no more than three come from one country unless the list would otherwise run short.
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.