Places with the best weather in Asia year-round: ranked by comfort score
Dhamār tops the list at 91 /100 averaged across the year. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Asia.
Top three averaged across all twelve months: Dhamār (91 /100) , Sanaa (89 /100) , Abha (87 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 15 /100.
| # | Destination | Country | Comfort | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Sunshine | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dhamār | Yemen | 91 /100 | 23 °C | 11 °C | 46 mm | 6 | 333 h | – |
| 2 | Sanaa | Yemen | 89 /100 | 25 °C | 13 °C | 26 mm | 5 | 337 h | – |
| 3 | Abha | Saudi Arabia | 87 /100 | 23 °C | 14 °C | 66 mm | 11 | 339 h | – |
| 4 | Ibb | Yemen | 86 /100 | 25 °C | 14 °C | 67 mm | 10 | 334 h | – |
| 5 | Khamis Mushait | Saudi Arabia | 85 /100 | 26 °C | 15 °C | 34 mm | 7 | 340 h | – |
| 6 | Ashdod | Israel | 84 /100 | 24 °C | 16 °C | 24 mm | 3 | 339 h | 23 °C |
| 7 | Taunggyi | Myanmar | 83 /100 | 24 °C | 15 °C | 85 mm | 12 | 297 h | – |
| 8 | Petaẖ Tiqva | Israel | 82 /100 | 25 °C | 16 °C | 26 mm | 4 | 337 h | 23 °C |
| 9 | Netanya | Israel | 82 /100 | 25 °C | 16 °C | 29 mm | 4 | 338 h | 23 °C |
| 10 | Gaza | Palestinian Territory | 82 /100 | 25 °C | 17 °C | 24 mm | 4 | 338 h | 23 °C |
| 11 | Beirut | Lebanon | 81 /100 | 24 °C | 15 °C | 53 mm | 6 | 335 h | 23 °C |
| 12 | Sidon | Lebanon | 81 /100 | 23 °C | 16 °C | 54 mm | 6 | 335 h | 23 °C |
| 13 | Haifa | Israel | 81 /100 | 23 °C | 17 °C | 46 mm | 5 | 336 h | 23 °C |
| 14 | Khān Yūnis | Palestinian Territory | 81 /100 | 26 °C | 16 °C | 13 mm | 3 | 338 h | 23 °C |
| 15 | Kaiyuan | China | 81 /100 | 24 °C | 15 °C | 70 mm | 9 | 259 h | – |
| 16 | Chuxiong | China | 80 /100 | 22 °C | 12 °C | 86 mm | 11 | 279 h | – |
| 17 | Beersheba | Israel | 80 /100 | 26 °C | 14 °C | 11 mm | 2 | 339 h | – |
| 18 | Hebron | Palestinian Territory | 80 /100 | 23 °C | 13 °C | 17 mm | 3 | 340 h | – |
| 19 | Ta’if | Saudi Arabia | 80 /100 | 28 °C | 17 °C | 15 mm | 3 | 343 h | – |
| 20 | Wādī as Sīr | Jordan | 79 /100 | 23 °C | 12 °C | 19 mm | 3 | 339 h | – |
| 21 | Lincang | China | 79 /100 | 24 °C | 14 °C | 124 mm | 15 | 281 h | – |
| 22 | Baoshan | China | 79 /100 | 21 °C | 12 °C | 119 mm | 14 | 272 h | – |
| 23 | Tripoli | Lebanon | 79 /100 | 23 °C | 15 °C | 59 mm | 6 | 337 h | 23 °C |
| 24 | Ṣuwayliḥ | Jordan | 79 /100 | 22 °C | 11 °C | 19 mm | 3 | 339 h | – |
| 25 | Dali | China | 79 /100 | 20 °C | 12 °C | 104 mm | 13 | 286 h | – |
| 26 | Ning’er | China | 79 /100 | 24 °C | 15 °C | 154 mm | 15 | 269 h | – |
| 27 | Jerusalem | Israel | 79 /100 | 23 °C | 12 °C | 27 mm | 4 | 338 h | – |
| 28 | Latakia | Syria | 79 /100 | 22 °C | 16 °C | 77 mm | 8 | 321 h | 22 °C |
| 29 | Ooty | India | 79 /100 | 20 °C | 12 °C | 126 mm | 16 | 307 h | – |
| 30 | Khuraybat as Sūq | Jordan | 79 /100 | 23 °C | 12 °C | 15 mm | 3 | 339 h | – |
| 31 | Ţarţūs | Syria | 78 /100 | 23 °C | 16 °C | 64 mm | 7 | 332 h | 23 °C |
| 32 | Pu'er | China | 78 /100 | 24 °C | 15 °C | 143 mm | 15 | 268 h | – |
| 33 | Longling County | China | 78 /100 | 22 °C | 13 °C | 178 mm | 16 | 278 h | – |
| 34 | Irbid | Jordan | 78 /100 | 24 °C | 12 °C | 22 mm | 4 | 335 h | – |
| 35 | Mersin | Turkey | 78 /100 | 22 °C | 13 °C | 44 mm | 5 | 330 h | 23 °C |
| 36 | Russeifa | Jordan | 78 /100 | 25 °C | 13 °C | 14 mm | 3 | 339 h | – |
| 37 | Ðà Lạt | Vietnam | 78 /100 | 23 °C | 16 °C | 171 mm | 19 | 302 h | – |
| 38 | Zarqa | Jordan | 78 /100 | 25 °C | 12 °C | 14 mm | 3 | 339 h | – |
| 39 | Taiz | Yemen | 77 /100 | 28 °C | 18 °C | 47 mm | 10 | 333 h | – |
| 40 | Alanya | Turkey | 77 /100 | 22 °C | 13 °C | 81 mm | 7 | 336 h | 22 °C |
| 41 | Tarsus | Turkey | 77 /100 | 23 °C | 13 °C | 46 mm | 5 | 326 h | – |
| 42 | Aizawl | India | 77 /100 | 23 °C | 14 °C | 147 mm | 15 | 282 h | – |
| 43 | Imphal | India | 77 /100 | 25 °C | 16 °C | 110 mm | 13 | 283 h | – |
| 44 | Baguio | Philippines | 77 /100 | 22 °C | 16 °C | 283 mm | 21 | 297 h | 29 °C |
| 45 | Wenshan City | China | 77 /100 | 23 °C | 14 °C | 92 mm | 13 | 239 h | – |
| 46 | Kathmandu | Nepal | 76 /100 | 22 °C | 14 °C | 234 mm | 16 | 287 h | – |
| 47 | Panzhihua | China | 76 /100 | 26 °C | 16 °C | 136 mm | 12 | 288 h | – |
| 48 | Kunming | China | 76 /100 | 20 °C | 12 °C | 122 mm | 14 | 275 h | – |
| 49 | Jianshui | China | 76 /100 | 21 °C | 11 °C | 157 mm | 16 | 278 h | – |
| 50 | Mengzi | China | 75 /100 | 23 °C | 15 °C | 117 mm | 15 | 252 h | – |
Averaged across all twelve months, and only for destinations with a full twelve-month series and a published climate page. Download this ranking as CSV.
Month by month
The same ranking for each month of the year:
How this ranking is built
- What is ranked
- Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), averaged across all twelve months, highest first.
- Period
- 1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
- Who is included
- 50 destinations in Asia with a published climate page and a complete twelve-month series. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
- Ties
- Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
- Sources
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.