Places with the best weather in the world year-round

La Serena tops the list at 92 /100 averaged across the year. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Rainfall
1 La Serena Chile 92 /100 – °C – mm
2 Antofagasta Chile 91 /100 – °C – mm
3 Chincha Alta Peru 91 /100 – °C – mm
4 Coquimbo Chile 91 /100 – °C – mm
5 Ensenada Mexico 91 /100 – °C – mm
6 Tacna Peru 91 /100 – °C – mm
7 Dhamār Yemen 91 /100 – °C – mm
8 Santa Anita - Los Ficus Peru 90 /100 – °C – mm
9 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 90 /100 – °C – mm
10 Lima Peru 90 /100 – °C – mm
11 Santa Ana United States 90 /100 – °C – mm
12 Ongata Rongai Kenya 90 /100 – °C – mm
13 Irvine United States 90 /100 – °C – mm
14 San Diego United States 89 /100 – °C – mm
15 Oxnard United States 89 /100 – °C – mm
16 Sanaa Yemen 89 /100 – °C – mm
17 Jijiga Ethiopia 89 /100 – °C – mm
18 Nakuru Kenya 89 /100 – °C – mm
19 Iquique Chile 89 /100 – °C – mm
20 Harar Ethiopia 89 /100 – °C – mm
21 Mek'ele Ethiopia 89 /100 – °C – mm
22 Tijuana Mexico 89 /100 – °C – mm
23 Long Beach United States 89 /100 – °C – mm
24 Callao Peru 89 /100 – °C – mm
25 Oceanside United States 88 /100 – °C – mm
26 La Laguna Spain 88 /100 – °C – mm
27 Chimbote Peru 88 /100 – °C – mm
28 Gqeberha South Africa 88 /100 – °C – mm
29 Kikuyu Kenya 88 /100 – °C – mm
30 Kariega South Africa 88 /100 – °C – mm
31 Ait Melloul Morocco 88 /100 – °C – mm
32 Agadir Morocco 88 /100 – °C – mm
33 Polokwane South Africa 88 /100 – °C – mm
34 Glendale United States 88 /100 – °C – mm
35 Quillacollo Bolivia 88 /100 – °C – mm
36 San Miguel de Allende Mexico 88 /100 – °C – mm
37 Los Angeles United States 87 /100 – °C – mm
38 Asmara Eritrea 87 /100 – °C – mm
39 Escondido United States 87 /100 – °C – mm
40 Mohammedia Morocco 87 /100 – °C – mm
41 Ojo de Agua Mexico 87 /100 – °C – mm
42 Casablanca Morocco 87 /100 – °C – mm
43 Cochabamba Bolivia 87 /100 – °C – mm
44 Abha Saudi Arabia 87 /100 – °C – mm
45 Trujillo Peru 87 /100 – °C – mm
46 Arequipa Peru 87 /100 – °C – mm
47 Mixco Guatemala 87 /100 – °C – mm
48 Viña del Mar Chile 87 /100 – °C – mm
49 Gweru Zimbabwe 87 /100 – °C – mm
50 Tehuacán Mexico 87 /100 – °C – mm

Averaged across all twelve months, and only for destinations with a full twelve-month series and a published climate page. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.

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