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Places with the best weather in North America year-round: ranked by comfort score

Ensenada tops the list at 91 /100 averaged across the year. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three averaged across all twelve months: Ensenada (91 /100) , Santa Ana (90 /100) , Irvine (90 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 8.4 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Ensenada Mexico 91 /100 22 °C 14 °C 25 mm 3 345 h 18 °C
2 Santa Ana United States 90 /100 22 °C 13 °C 30 mm 3 338 h 18 °C
3 Irvine United States 90 /100 23 °C 13 °C 30 mm 3 338 h 18 °C
4 San Diego United States 89 /100 21 °C 13 °C 26 mm 3 338 h 18 °C
5 Oxnard United States 89 /100 20 °C 13 °C 33 mm 3 342 h 17 °C
6 Tijuana Mexico 89 /100 20 °C 13 °C 28 mm 3 339 h 18 °C
7 Long Beach United States 89 /100 22 °C 13 °C 24 mm 2 340 h 17 °C
8 Oceanside United States 88 /100 21 °C 14 °C 31 mm 3 340 h 18 °C
9 Glendale United States 88 /100 25 °C 12 °C 33 mm 3 341 h –
10 San Miguel de Allende Mexico 88 /100 25 °C 12 °C 48 mm 6 329 h –
11 Los Angeles United States 87 /100 25 °C 12 °C 29 mm 3 338 h 17 °C
12 Escondido United States 87 /100 23 °C 12 °C 34 mm 4 340 h 18 °C
13 Ojo de Agua Mexico 87 /100 23 °C 9.8 °C 43 mm 8 322 h –
14 Mixco Guatemala 87 /100 24 °C 14 °C 58 mm 9 319 h –
15 Tehuacán Mexico 87 /100 25 °C 13 °C 55 mm 8 336 h –
16 Aguascalientes Mexico 86 /100 25 °C 12 °C 41 mm 6 334 h –
17 Pomona United States 86 /100 25 °C 12 °C 34 mm 3 336 h –
18 San Luis Potosí Mexico 86 /100 25 °C 12 °C 41 mm 6 321 h –
19 Coacalco Mexico 86 /100 22 °C 9.4 °C 45 mm 8 322 h –
20 Guadalupe Mexico 86 /100 23 °C 9.5 °C 46 mm 6 336 h –
21 Saltillo Mexico 86 /100 24 °C 12 °C 45 mm 8 335 h –
22 León de los Aldama Mexico 86 /100 26 °C 13 °C 47 mm 7 337 h –
23 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl Mexico 86 /100 23 °C 10 °C 61 mm 9 321 h –
24 Ontario United States 86 /100 25 °C 12 °C 35 mm 3 336 h –
25 Santiago de Querétaro Mexico 85 /100 26 °C 12 °C 52 mm 7 330 h –
26 Puebla Mexico 85 /100 23 °C 11 °C 72 mm 10 334 h –
27 Gustavo Adolfo Madero Mexico 85 /100 22 °C 9.6 °C 65 mm 10 320 h –
28 Guatemala City Guatemala 85 /100 25 °C 15 °C 60 mm 9 320 h –
29 Celaya Mexico 85 /100 26 °C 12 °C 53 mm 7 332 h –
30 Morelia Mexico 85 /100 24 °C 12 °C 58 mm 10 325 h –
31 Xico Mexico 85 /100 22 °C 11 °C 118 mm 12 320 h –
32 Oaxaca Mexico 85 /100 26 °C 14 °C 62 mm 8 320 h –
33 Comitán Mexico 85 /100 24 °C 15 °C 122 mm 11 320 h –
34 Santa Clarita United States 84 /100 25 °C 12 °C 29 mm 3 342 h –
35 Salinas United States 84 /100 19 °C 9.7 °C 39 mm 4 326 h 13 °C
36 San Martin Texmelucan de Labastida Mexico 84 /100 22 °C 9.7 °C 83 mm 12 322 h –
37 Moreno Valley United States 84 /100 24 °C 11 °C 33 mm 4 341 h –
38 Tonalá Mexico 84 /100 26 °C 14 °C 55 mm 9 326 h –
39 San Jose United States 84 /100 22 °C 11 °C 52 mm 5 327 h –
40 Riverside United States 83 /100 25 °C 12 °C 37 mm 4 339 h –
41 Sunnyvale United States 83 /100 21 °C 11 °C 52 mm 5 327 h 13 °C
42 Irapuato Mexico 83 /100 27 °C 13 °C 54 mm 7 335 h –
43 Fremont United States 83 /100 21 °C 11 °C 41 mm 5 325 h –
44 Victoria de Durango Mexico 83 /100 25 °C 10 °C 41 mm 7 333 h –
45 San Bernardino United States 83 /100 25 °C 12 °C 33 mm 4 341 h –
46 Fontana United States 83 /100 25 °C 11 °C 39 mm 4 340 h –
47 Santa Catarina Mexico 83 /100 26 °C 16 °C 47 mm 7 320 h –
48 Salamanca Mexico 83 /100 27 °C 13 °C 57 mm 8 334 h –
49 Windhoek Namibia 83 /100 26 °C 13 °C 40 mm 5 346 h –
50 Oakland United States 83 /100 21 °C 10 °C 41 mm 5 321 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.

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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 North America 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

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.