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

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

Top three averaged across all twelve months: La Serena (92 /100) , Antofagasta (91 /100) , Chincha Alta (91 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 5.8 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 La Serena Chile 92 /100 22 °C 14 °C 9 mm 1 328 h 15 °C
2 Antofagasta Chile 91 /100 22 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 350 h 17 °C
3 Chincha Alta Peru 91 /100 24 °C 18 °C 5 mm 1 340 h 19 °C
4 Coquimbo Chile 91 /100 20 °C 14 °C 9 mm 1 328 h 15 °C
5 Ensenada Mexico 91 /100 22 °C 14 °C 25 mm 3 345 h 18 °C
6 Tacna Peru 91 /100 23 °C 15 °C 7 mm 2 336 h –
7 Dhamār Yemen 91 /100 23 °C 11 °C 46 mm 6 333 h –
8 Santa Anita - Los Ficus Peru 90 /100 21 °C 16 °C 7 mm 2 336 h 19 °C
9 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 90 /100 22 °C 17 °C 18 mm 4 346 h 21 °C
10 Lima Peru 90 /100 23 °C 18 °C 7 mm 2 337 h 19 °C
11 Santa Ana United States 90 /100 22 °C 13 °C 30 mm 3 338 h 18 °C
12 Ongata Rongai Kenya 90 /100 24 °C 14 °C 47 mm 8 320 h –
13 Irvine United States 90 /100 23 °C 13 °C 30 mm 3 338 h 18 °C
14 San Diego United States 89 /100 21 °C 13 °C 26 mm 3 338 h 18 °C
15 Oxnard United States 89 /100 20 °C 13 °C 33 mm 3 342 h 17 °C
16 Sanaa Yemen 89 /100 25 °C 13 °C 26 mm 5 337 h –
17 Jijiga Ethiopia 89 /100 26 °C 14 °C 31 mm 6 324 h –
18 Nakuru Kenya 89 /100 24 °C 13 °C 59 mm 9 328 h –
19 Iquique Chile 89 /100 24 °C 17 °C 5 mm 1 352 h 19 °C
20 Harar Ethiopia 89 /100 24 °C 14 °C 57 mm 10 326 h –
21 Mek'ele Ethiopia 89 /100 24 °C 13 °C 69 mm 10 329 h –
22 Tijuana Mexico 89 /100 20 °C 13 °C 28 mm 3 339 h 18 °C
23 Long Beach United States 89 /100 22 °C 13 °C 24 mm 2 340 h 17 °C
24 Callao Peru 89 /100 23 °C 18 °C 7 mm 2 337 h 19 °C
25 Oceanside United States 88 /100 21 °C 14 °C 31 mm 3 340 h 18 °C
26 La Laguna Spain 88 /100 19 °C 16 °C 23 mm 4 346 h 21 °C
27 Chimbote Peru 88 /100 23 °C 18 °C 4 mm 1 336 h 19 °C
28 Gqeberha South Africa 88 /100 21 °C 16 °C 39 mm 6 316 h 19 °C
29 Kikuyu Kenya 88 /100 22 °C 12 °C 53 mm 9 317 h –
30 Kariega South Africa 88 /100 24 °C 14 °C 38 mm 6 314 h 19 °C
31 Ait Melloul Morocco 88 /100 25 °C 15 °C 18 mm 2 342 h 18 °C
32 Agadir Morocco 88 /100 26 °C 16 °C 22 mm 2 342 h 18 °C
33 Polokwane South Africa 88 /100 24 °C 12 °C 50 mm 7 329 h –
34 Glendale United States 88 /100 25 °C 12 °C 33 mm 3 341 h –
35 Quillacollo Bolivia 88 /100 22 °C 11 °C 70 mm 10 322 h –
36 San Miguel de Allende Mexico 88 /100 25 °C 12 °C 48 mm 6 329 h –
37 Los Angeles United States 87 /100 25 °C 12 °C 29 mm 3 338 h 17 °C
38 Asmara Eritrea 87 /100 22 °C 12 °C 64 mm 12 335 h –
39 Escondido United States 87 /100 23 °C 12 °C 34 mm 4 340 h 18 °C
40 Mohammedia Morocco 87 /100 22 °C 15 °C 26 mm 4 330 h 20 °C
41 Ojo de Agua Mexico 87 /100 23 °C 9.8 °C 43 mm 8 322 h –
42 Casablanca Morocco 87 /100 23 °C 14 °C 26 mm 4 330 h 19 °C
43 Cochabamba Bolivia 87 /100 21 °C 11 °C 70 mm 10 322 h –
44 Abha Saudi Arabia 87 /100 23 °C 14 °C 66 mm 11 339 h –
45 Trujillo Peru 87 /100 24 °C 19 °C 16 mm 4 334 h 19 °C
46 Arequipa Peru 87 /100 21 °C 10 °C 58 mm 9 327 h –
47 Mixco Guatemala 87 /100 24 °C 14 °C 58 mm 9 319 h –
48 Viña del Mar Chile 87 /100 20 °C 12 °C 29 mm 2 333 h 15 °C
49 Gweru Zimbabwe 87 /100 25 °C 14 °C 58 mm 7 322 h –
50 Tehuacán Mexico 87 /100 25 °C 13 °C 55 mm 8 336 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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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 the world 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.