The least cloud anywhere that also feels warm at midday in February. All 133 towns and cities that draw visitors in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean were compared in February; these 15 lead.
The shortlist
- 123% 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.
- 224% cloudAcapulco de JuárezMexico
Midday in February feels like 32°C with only 24% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 10, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 324% 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.
- 426% cloudZihuatanejoMexico
Midday in February feels like 31°C with only 26% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 9, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 529% 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.
- 631% cloudSan JoséCosta Rica
Midday in February feels like 23°C with only 31% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 72, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 733% cloudPuerto VallartaMexico
The sky is typically 33% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 26°C. For simply being outside it rates 69, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 840% cloudPanama CityPanama
Midday in February feels like 32°C with only 40% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 4, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 941% cloudScarboroughTrinidad and Tobago
The sky is typically 41% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 29°C. For simply being outside it rates 32, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1042% cloudPoncePuerto Rico
Midday in February feels like 29°C with only 42% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 22, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1143% cloudKingstonJamaica
Midday in February feels like 29°C with only 43% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 30, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1244% cloudWillemstadCuraçao
The sky is typically 44% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 29°C. For simply being outside it rates 27, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1344% cloudGeorge TownCayman Islands
Midday in February feels like 29°C with only 44% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 32, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1450% cloudCienfuegosCuba
The sky is typically 50% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 27°C. For simply being outside it rates 45, Fair. See mid February on the map.
- 1554% cloudBridgetownBarbados
Midday in February feels like 27°C with only 54% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 53, Fair. See mid February on the map.
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.