The least cloud anywhere that also feels warm at midday in February. All 68 towns and cities that draw visitors in Africa south of the Sahara were compared in February; these 15 lead.
The shortlist
- 124% cloudSpringbokSouth Africa
The sky is typically 24% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 24°C. For simply being outside it rates 66, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 230% cloudUpingtonSouth Africa
Midday in February feels like 31°C with only 30% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 20, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 331% cloudSaliSenegal
The sky is typically 31% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 26°C. For simply being outside it rates 57, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 434% cloudStellenboschSouth Africa
Midday in February feels like 25°C with only 34% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 58, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 543% cloudEntebbeUganda
The sky is typically 43% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 27°C. For simply being outside it rates 51, Fair. See mid February on the map.
- 644% cloudSwakopmundNamibia
Midday in February feels like 23°C with only 44% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 80, Ideal. See mid February on the map.
- 750% cloudSal ReiCabo Verde
The sky is typically 50% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 20°C. For simply being outside it rates 78, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 851% cloudNanyukiKenya
Midday in February feels like 23°C with only 51% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 83, Ideal. See mid February on the map.
- 951% cloudMalindiKenya
The sky is typically 51% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 32°C. For simply being outside it rates 5, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1059% cloudGaboroneBotswana
Midday in February feels like 27°C with only 59% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 47, Fair. See mid February on the map.
- 1160% cloudLivingstoneZambia
Midday in February feels like 28°C with only 60% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 39, Fair. See mid February on the map.
- 1266% cloudMaputoMozambique
The sky is typically 66% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 31°C. For simply being outside it rates 15, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1372% cloudBel AirMauritius
Midday in February feels like 30°C with only 72% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 15, Poor. See mid February on the map.
- 1474% cloudAntananarivoMadagascar
The sky is typically 74% covered at midday in February, and it feels like 24°C. For simply being outside it rates 67, Good. See mid February on the map.
- 1584% cloudNdolaZambia
Midday in February feels like 26°C with only 84% cloud cover on a typical day. For simply being outside it rates 65, Good. 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.