Desert and semi-arid cities

Dry year-round — desert or steppe (Koppen B). Across 115 such cities in our data, the most livable is Albacete, Spain (73/100).

Desert and semi-arid cities — top 12 by livability

#	Ciudad	País	Habitabilidad	Coste	Clima	Seguridad	Verano°C	Winter°C
1	Albacete	Spain	73	49	94	78	24.6°C	4.8°C
2	Castelló de la Plana	Spain	73	49	95	78	25.0°C	10.3°C
3	Agadir	Morocco	73	46	100	76	22.9°C	13.7°C
4	Guelmim	Morocco	73	49	96	78	24.7°C	13.4°C
5	Zaragoza	Spain	72	46	97	76	24.6°C	6.6°C
6	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Spain	72	47	100	73	23.1°C	16.8°C
7	Neuquén	Argentina	72	48	100	71	22.8°C	5.9°C
8	Alicante	Spain	71	47	93	76	25.4°C	9.5°C
9	San Luis	Argentina	71	49	100	68	23.8°C	8.8°C
10	Safi	Morocco	71	47	94	76	25.3°C	12.7°C
11	Almería	Spain	70	48	90	76	25.9°C	11.0°C
12	Mendoza	Argentina	70	50	98	66	24.3°C	7.8°C
13	Arica	Chile	70	48	100	65	21.3°C	14.5°C
14	La Serena	Chile	70	49	100	65	18.9°C	11.4°C
15	Copiapó	Chile	70	49	100	65	18.6°C	10.5°C
16	Las Vegas	United States	69	55	85	70	20.0°C	-0.8°C
17	Murcia	Spain	69	46	89	76	26.2°C	9.7°C
18	Antofagasta	Chile	69	47	100	64	20.3°C	13.2°C
19	Iquique	Chile	68	48	100	62	19.5°C	13.9°C
20	Tacna	Peru	68	48	100	61	21.9°C	14.5°C
21	Ica	Peru	68	48	100	61	21.3°C	15.7°C
22	Cajamarca	Peru	68	48	97	63	13.7°C	13.0°C
23	Limassol	Cyprus	68	49	85	73	27.0°C	12.5°C
24	Santiago del Estero	Argentina	67	48	86	69	26.8°C	12.5°C
25	Trujillo	Peru	67	45	100	61	23.0°C	17.6°C
26	Kyrenia	Cyprus	67	53	75	75	29.0°C	10.3°C
27	Káto Lakatámeia	Cyprus	67	52	74	75	29.2°C	10.4°C
28	Ta’if	Saudi Arabia	67	46	83	74	27.4°C	14.2°C
29	Aksaray	Turkey	66	47	86	69	22.0°C	-0.2°C
30	La Rioja	Argentina	66	49	86	66	26.9°C	10.8°C
31	Arequipa	Peru	66	45	96	60	12.8°C	10.1°C
32	Stróvolos	Cyprus	66	51	74	74	29.2°C	10.4°C
33	Marrakesh	Morocco	66	45	82	74	27.7°C	11.0°C
34	Abha	Saudi Arabia	66	48	78	75	28.5°C	17.8°C
35	Rustaq	Oman	66	50	71	78	29.8°C	14.5°C
36	Denver	United States	65	45	85	68	22.2°C	-0.8°C
37	Lima	Peru	65	40	100	59	22.2°C	15.6°C
38	Callao	Peru	65	44	100	56	22.9°C	16.1°C
39	Nicosia	Cyprus	65	48	74	73	29.2°C	10.4°C
40	Şalālah	Oman	65	49	72	74	29.5°C	22.0°C
41	Jizan	Saudi Arabia	64	50	68	76	30.4°C	20.6°C
42	Zacatecas	Mexico	63	49	100	45	20.4°C	12.2°C
43	Chiclayo	Peru	63	46	92	56	25.6°C	18.9°C
44	Piura	Peru	63	46	86	61	26.8°C	20.4°C
45	Najrān	Saudi Arabia	63	46	69	76	30.2°C	17.3°C
46	San Miguel de Allende	Mexico	62	49	100	42	20.1°C	12.8°C
47	Tabuk	Saudi Arabia	62	46	68	74	30.5°C	10.6°C
48	San Luis Potosí	Mexico	61	45	100	43	21.0°C	13.0°C
49	Aguascalientes	Mexico	61	45	100	43	21.2°C	12.5°C
50	Saltillo	Mexico	61	46	100	44	20.9°C	11.1°C
51	Ha'il	Saudi Arabia	61	46	60	76	32.0°C	9.9°C
52	Sakakah	Saudi Arabia	60	49	52	78	33.5°C	10.2°C
53	Bawshar	Oman	60	47	55	76	33.0°C	18.7°C
54	Santiago de Querétaro	Mexico	59	44	100	40	21.2°C	13.3°C
55	Chihuahua	Mexico	59	45	94	42	25.2°C	9.1°C
56	Tijuana	Mexico	59	43	100	39	23.2°C	13.3°C
57	Polokwane	South Africa	59	48	100	35	21.0°C	11.6°C
58	Al Khawr	Qatar	59	54	47	73	34.6°C	16.9°C
59	Arar	Saudi Arabia	59	49	49	77	34.3°C	9.2°C
60	San Diego	United States	58	15	100	65	22.5°C	13.9°C

Climate zones from Koppen-Geiger applied to city coordinates; temperatures are WorldClim v2.1 normals (warmest-month mean high / coldest-month mean low). Livability = 0.35 cost + 0.30 climate + 0.35 safety.

Preguntas frecuentes

Which desert and semi-arid city is the best to live in?

Albacete, Spain leads with livability 73/100 among 115 cities in this climate zone.

What defines this climate zone?

Dry year-round — desert or steppe (Koppen B). Classification follows the Koppen-Geiger system applied to each city's coordinates.

How many cities in our data have this climate?

115 of our cities fall in this zone; the table ranks the top 60 by overall livability (cost + climate + safety).

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