Cities with the best climate

Most comfortable year-round climate (real WorldClim normals). Top pick: Herceg Novi, Montenegro.

Cities with the best climate — top 12

#	City	Country	Climate	Livability	Cost	Climate	Safety
1	Herceg Novi	Montenegro	100	77	54	100	79
2	Porto	Portugal	100	76	54	100	77
3	Santander	Spain	100	76	49	100	81
4	Donostia / San Sebastián	Spain	100	76	49	100	81
5	Hobart	Australia	100	76	48	100	83
6	Bendigo	Australia	100	76	50	100	82
7	Geelong	Australia	100	76	48	100	82
8	City of Port Phillip	Australia	100	76	50	100	81
9	Ballarat	Australia	100	76	50	100	81
10	Cork	Ireland	100	76	49	100	82
11	Albufeira	Portugal	100	75	54	100	75
12	Bilbao	Spain	100	75	47	100	82
13	Perpignan	France	100	75	50	100	78
14	Dubrovnik	Croatia	100	75	53	100	76
15	Braga	Portugal	100	74	48	100	78
16	Coimbra	Portugal	100	74	49	100	78
17	Leiria	Portugal	100	74	49	100	78
18	Setúbal	Portugal	100	74	50	100	75
19	Viseu	Portugal	100	74	50	100	77
20	Queluz	Portugal	100	74	50	100	75
21	Faro	Portugal	100	74	51	100	75
22	Lagos	Portugal	100	74	52	100	74
23	Tarragona	Spain	100	74	49	100	77
24	Plymouth	United Kingdom	100	74	48	100	79
25	Wollongong	Australia	100	74	48	100	78
26	Toowoomba	Australia	100	74	49	100	76
27	Punta del Este	Uruguay	100	74	55	100	72
28	Zadar	Croatia	100	74	51	100	75
29	Funchal	Portugal	100	73	50	100	74
30	Amadora	Portugal	100	73	49	100	74
31	Cascais	Portugal	100	73	47	100	77
32	Oviedo	Spain	100	73	48	100	76
33	Marbella	Spain	100	73	49	100	74
34	Kalamata	Greece	100	73	51	100	71
35	Montpellier	France	100	73	48	100	74
36	Cannes	France	100	73	51	100	72
37	Ðà Lạt	Vietnam	100	73	48	100	75
38	La Plata	Argentina	100	73	48	100	76
39	Maldonado	Uruguay	100	73	51	100	71
40	Split	Croatia	100	73	49	100	75
41	Wellington	New Zealand	100	73	47	100	75
42	Hamilton	New Zealand	100	73	49	100	74
43	Manukau City	New Zealand	100	73	47	100	76
44	North Shore	New Zealand	100	73	48	100	76
45	Lower Hutt	New Zealand	100	73	50	100	72
46	Agadir	Morocco	100	73	46	100	76
47	Lisbon	Portugal	100	72	46	100	73
48	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Spain	100	72	47	100	73
49	Granada	Spain	100	72	48	100	73
50	Reggio Calabria	Italy	100	72	49	100	70

Climate real (WorldClim); cost real (World Bank); hazard tiers indicative. livability=0.35*cost+0.30*climate+0.35*safety; cost=country PPP index x city-size premium (real population); safety=0.55*disaster_safety+0.45*crime_safety - urban-crime penalty (city size); disaster_safety=100-sum(hazard_weight*tier)/5*100 over 8 hazards (real earthquake/heat/cold + modelled flood/storm/wildfire/drought/tsunami); crime_safety=100-homicide*3

FAQ

What is the #1 cities with the best climate?

Herceg Novi, Montenegro — see the full ranking of 1103 cities.

How is this ranked?

From open data: climate (WorldClim), cost (World Bank), disaster risk (USGS/FEMA/INFORM), combined into a livability score.

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