Continental-climate cities

Warm summers and cold snowy winters (Koppen D). Across 103 such cities in our data, the most livable is Lugano, Switzerland (73/100).

Continental-climate cities — top 12 by livability

#	Ciudad	País	Habitabilidad	Coste	Clima	Seguridad	Verano°C	Winter°C
1	Lugano	Switzerland	73	51	90	80	18.8°C	1.5°C
2	Bellinzona	Switzerland	72	52	87	80	16.4°C	0.0°C
3	Shkodër	Albania	72	50	96	74	24.8°C	5.8°C
4	Sarpsborg	Norway	72	51	81	84	16.3°C	-2.5°C
5	Skien	Norway	72	52	83	82	17.6°C	-1.6°C
6	Gori	Georgia	71	52	87	76	21.5°C	0.3°C
7	Pljevlja	Montenegro	71	54	82	79	16.7°C	-2.4°C
8	Trento	Italy	70	50	84	79	16.8°C	-1.2°C
9	Oakville	Canada	70	48	82	81	20.5°C	-2.4°C
10	Viljandi	Estonia	70	54	74	83	17.2°C	-6.0°C
11	Maardu	Estonia	70	54	75	83	16.8°C	-5.3°C
12	Nõmme	Estonia	70	52	76	83	16.8°C	-4.8°C
13	Prešov	Slovakia	70	50	80	80	18.1°C	-3.0°C
14	Banská Bystrica	Slovakia	70	51	80	80	17.6°C	-3.3°C
15	Marijampolė	Lithuania	70	52	78	81	17.0°C	-3.8°C
16	Utena	Lithuania	70	53	76	81	17.0°C	-4.9°C
17	Uppsala	Sweden	70	49	79	82	16.5°C	-3.7°C
18	Linköping	Sweden	70	49	81	82	16.4°C	-2.6°C
19	Örebro	Sweden	70	49	80	82	16.8°C	-3.3°C
20	Västerås	Sweden	70	49	79	82	17.1°C	-3.5°C
21	Jönköping	Sweden	70	50	80	82	15.2°C	-3.0°C
22	Sollentuna	Sweden	70	49	80	82	17.2°C	-3.0°C
23	Södermalm	Sweden	70	49	81	82	16.7°C	-2.8°C
24	St. John's	Canada	69	50	78	81	15.6°C	-4.0°C
25	Białystok	Poland	69	48	79	82	17.0°C	-3.7°C
26	Pärnu	Estonia	69	52	76	80	17.1°C	-5.1°C
27	Kohtla-Järve	Estonia	69	52	71	83	16.9°C	-7.3°C
28	Bacău	Romania	69	49	82	79	20.3°C	-2.2°C
29	Graz	Austria	69	47	83	78	18.9°C	-1.9°C
30	Innsbruck	Austria	69	49	82	79	15.4°C	-2.0°C
31	Žilina	Slovakia	69	50	78	80	15.0°C	-4.2°C
32	Šiauliai	Lithuania	69	50	78	80	16.8°C	-3.8°C
33	Panevėžys	Lithuania	69	50	79	80	17.1°C	-3.4°C
34	Alytus	Lithuania	69	52	76	81	16.8°C	-4.7°C
35	Jelgava	Latvia	69	51	78	78	17.6°C	-3.8°C
36	Jūrmala	Latvia	69	51	78	78	17.1°C	-3.8°C
37	Rēzekne	Latvia	69	53	73	81	16.8°C	-6.2°C
38	Valmiera	Latvia	69	53	74	81	16.6°C	-6.0°C
39	Drammen	Norway	69	50	80	79	16.6°C	-3.3°C
40	Trondheim	Norway	69	48	78	82	13.6°C	-2.7°C
41	Milton	Canada	68	49	76	81	21.3°C	-4.8°C
42	Mississauga	Canada	68	46	82	79	20.5°C	-2.4°C
43	Etobicoke	Canada	68	47	79	80	20.7°C	-3.5°C
44	Lublin	Poland	68	47	78	79	18.4°C	-3.8°C
45	Tartu	Estonia	68	50	74	82	16.9°C	-5.8°C
46	Narva	Estonia	68	51	72	82	16.9°C	-6.6°C
47	Iaşi	Romania	68	47	81	78	20.2°C	-2.8°C
48	Sibiu	Romania	68	49	80	77	18.7°C	-3.0°C
49	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee	Austria	68	50	79	78	17.4°C	-3.6°C
50	Košice	Slovakia	68	48	80	79	18.0°C	-3.0°C
51	Kaunas	Lithuania	68	48	78	79	17.1°C	-4.2°C
52	Daugavpils	Latvia	68	51	75	80	16.7°C	-5.3°C
53	Stockholm	Sweden	68	44	81	80	16.7°C	-2.8°C
54	Hartford	United States	67	50	80	72	22.7°C	-3.2°C
55	Halifax	Canada	67	46	76	79	18.4°C	-4.9°C
56	Hamilton	Canada	67	46	78	79	21.7°C	-4.2°C
57	Markham	Canada	67	47	75	80	21.4°C	-5.5°C
58	Vaughan	Canada	67	47	74	80	21.5°C	-5.9°C
59	Windsor	Canada	67	48	77	77	22.5°C	-4.5°C
60	Tallinn	Estonia	67	47	76	78	16.9°C	-5.0°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 continental-climate city is the best to live in?

Lugano, Switzerland leads with livability 73/100 among 103 cities in this climate zone.

What defines this climate zone?

Warm summers and cold snowy winters (Koppen D). Classification follows the Koppen-Geiger system applied to each city's coordinates.

How many cities in our data have this climate?

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

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