The cities with the most weeks a year of comfortable, dry weather for being outdoors. Of 2,596 towns and cities that draw visitors around the world, 2,095 have at least one Good stretch; these are the ones where it lasts longest.
The list
- 1Good all yearNairobiKenya
Easy outdoors rates Good or better in every ten-day section of the year. Its weakest stretch still averages 85, Ideal. At its best in late May.
- 2Good all yearHuarazPeru
There is no bad season here: every part of the year rates Good or better for being outside. Its weakest stretch still averages 78, Good. At its best in early May.
- 3Good all yearTexcocoMexico
Easy outdoors rates Good or better in every ten-day section of the year. Its weakest stretch still averages 69, Good. At its best in late February.
- 4Good all yearChincha AltaPeru
There is no bad season here: every part of the year rates Good or better for being outside. Its weakest stretch still averages 65, Good. At its best in mid November.
- 5Good all yearManizalesColombia
Easy outdoors rates Good or better in every ten-day section of the year. Its weakest stretch still averages 77, Good. At its best in late February.
- 6Good all year
There is no bad season here: every part of the year rates Good or better for being outside. Its weakest stretch still averages 69, Good. At its best in early May.
- 7Good all yearSan Juan de los LagosMexico
Easy outdoors rates Good or better in every ten-day section of the year. Its weakest stretch still averages 59, Good. At its best in late February.
- 8Good all yearAgadirMorocco
There is no bad season here: every part of the year rates Good or better for being outside. Its weakest stretch still averages 56, Good. At its best in mid December.
- 9Good all yearQuitoEcuador
Easy outdoors rates Good or better in every ten-day section of the year. Its weakest stretch still averages 64, Good. At its best in mid October.
- 10Good all yearFunchalPortugal
There is no bad season here: every part of the year rates Good or better for being outside. Its weakest stretch still averages 61, Good. At its best in early June.
- 11Good all yearGuatemala CityGuatemala
There is no bad season here: every part of the year rates Good or better for being outside. Its weakest stretch still averages 67, Good. At its best in early July.
- 12Good all yearWindhoekNamibia
Easy outdoors rates Good or better in every ten-day section of the year. Its weakest stretch still averages 55, Good. At its best in mid April.
- 13Good all yearPolokwaneSouth Africa
There is no bad season here: every part of the year rates Good or better for being outside. Its weakest stretch still averages 57, Good. At its best in mid May.
- 14Good all yearSan JoséCosta Rica
Easy outdoors rates Good or better in every ten-day section of the year. Its weakest stretch still averages 56, Good. At its best in early December.
- 15Good 35 of 36ArrecifeSpain
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 35 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about eleven and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 54, Fair. At its best in late November.
- 16Good 35 of 36CuritibaBrazil
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 35 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about eleven and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 52, Fair. At its best in mid April.
- 17Good 34 of 36EntebbeUganda
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 34 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about eleven and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 47, Fair. At its best in early July.
- 18Good 33 of 36KnysnaSouth Africa
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 33 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about eleven months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 47, Fair. At its best in early May.
- 19Good 29 of 36CarlsbadCalifornia, United States
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 29 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about nine and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 48, Fair. At its best in early June.
- 20Good 27 of 36Port MacquarieAustralia
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 27 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about nine months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 32, Poor. At its best in mid October.
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 across the whole year; a city missing a reading for any part of that stretch is left out rather than scored on part of it.
The rating
Easy outdoors: A comfortable feels-like gates the score — best 16–26 °C for an easy day out (strolling, sitting out, sightseeing). Dryness matters most; strong wind knocks it back. Sun is a bonus, not required.
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.
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