The cities with the most weeks a year of comfortable, dry weather for being outdoors. Of 86 towns and cities that draw visitors in North Africa and the Middle East, 85 have at least one Good stretch; these are the ones where it lasts longest.
Where to go
- 1Good 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.
- 2Good 23 of 36MarrakechMorocco
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 7, Poor. At its best in early April.
- 3Good 18 of 36MaţrūḩEgypt
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 5, Poor. At its best in late April.
- 4Good 18 of 36Sharm ash ShaykhEgypt
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 5, Poor. At its best in early December.
- 5Good 17 of 36ChefchaoueneMorocco
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 26, Poor. At its best in early May.
- 6Good 17 of 36FinikeTurkey
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 April.
- 7Good 17 of 36AfyonkarahisarTurkey
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 0, Poor. At its best in early June.
- 8Good 16 of 36SousseTunisia
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 16 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about five and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 5, Poor. At its best in late April.
- 9Good 16 of 36MidounTunisia
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 16 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about five and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 5, Poor. At its best in late April.
- 10Good 16 of 36KayseriTurkey
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 16 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about five and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 0, Poor. At its best in mid June.
- 11Good 15 of 36LuxorEgypt
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 0, Poor. At its best in early December.
- 12Good 14 of 36MedinaSaudi Arabia
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 14 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about four and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 0, Poor. At its best in early December.
- 13Good 14 of 36ManamaBahrain
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 14 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about four and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 0, Poor. At its best in late December.
- 14Good 12 of 36DubaiUnited Arab Emirates
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 12 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about four months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 0, Poor. At its best in mid January.
- 15Good 7 of 36MasqaţOman
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 7 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about two and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 1, Poor. At its best in late January.
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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