The cities with the most weeks a year of comfortable, dry weather for being outdoors. Of 365 towns and cities that draw visitors in North America, 365 have at least one Good stretch; these are the ones where it lasts longest.
Where to go
- 1Good 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.
- 2Good 25 of 36OxnardCalifornia, United States
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 25 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about eight and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 36, Fair. At its best in mid June.
- 3Good 24 of 36LahainaHawaii, United States
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 36, Fair. At its best in early February.
- 4Good 21 of 36Santa RosaCalifornia, United States
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 5, Poor. At its best in mid October.
- 5Good 20 of 36KapaaHawaii, United States
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 20 of the year’s 36 ten-day sections, about six and a half months in all. Its weakest stretch still averages 11, Poor. At its best in early February.
- 6Good 18 of 36South DaytonaFlorida, United States
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 1, Poor. At its best in late April.
- 7Good 17 of 36Riviera BeachFlorida, United States
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 2, Poor. At its best in mid January.
- 8Good 17 of 36SarasotaFlorida, United States
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 November.
- 9Good 15 of 36TucsonArizona, United States
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 4, Poor. At its best in mid April.
- 10Good 14 of 36PortlandOregon, United States
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 July.
- 11Good 14 of 36Santa FeNew Mexico, United States
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 mid September.
- 12Good 14 of 36ClevelandOhio, United States
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 mid September.
- 13Good 14 of 36KelownaCanada
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 September.
- 14Good 13 of 36Niagara FallsCanada
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 13 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 mid September.
- 15Good 13 of 36Mont-TremblantCanada
Easy outdoors rates Good or better for 13 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 August.
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.
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.