The cities with the most weeks a year of comfortable, dry weather for being outdoors. Of 1,033 towns and cities that draw visitors in Europe, 997 have at least one Good stretch; these are the ones where it lasts longest.
Where to go
- 1Good 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.
- 2Good all yearLas PalmasSpain
Easy outdoors rates Good or better in every ten-day section of the year. Its weakest stretch still averages 62, Good. At its best in late December.
- 3Good 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.
- 4Good 24 of 36FaroPortugal
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 24 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about eight months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 23, Poor. At its best in early October.
- 5Good 23 of 36Angra do HeroísmoPortugal
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 23 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about seven and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 33, Poor. At its best in early July.
- 6Good 22 of 36SiteíaGreece
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 22 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about seven and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 10, Poor. At its best in late May.
- 7Good 21 of 36GibraltarGibraltar
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 21 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about seven months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 19, Poor. At its best in early June.
- 8Good 19 of 36AlmeríaSpain
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 19 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about six and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 7, Poor. At its best in late October.
- 9Good 18 of 36PaphosCyprus
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 18 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about six months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 2, Poor. At its best in mid November.
- 10Good 18 of 36Brive-la-GaillardeFrance
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 18 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about six months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 0, Poor. At its best in early June.
- 11Good 17 of 36RódosGreece
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 17 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about five and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 8, Poor. At its best in early November.
- 12Good 17 of 36La Teste-de-BuchFrance
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 17 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about five and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 1, Poor. At its best in late September.
- 13Good 15 of 36CannesFrance
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 15 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about five months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 5, Poor. At its best in mid October.
- 14Good 15 of 36LipariItaly
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 15 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about five months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 6, Poor. At its best in late May.
- 15Good 15 of 36CastrovillariItaly
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 15 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about five months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 1, Poor. At its best in mid June.
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 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.
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