Cities with the mildest winters

Where winters stay warm — ranked by coldest-month average low (WorldClim). Top pick: Samarinda, Indonesia.

Cities with the mildest winters — top 12

#	City	Country	Winter °C	Livability	Cost	Climate	Safety
1	Samarinda	Indonesia	28°	65	45	78	73
2	Montería	Colombia	28°	52	46	78	36
3	Valledupar	Colombia	27°	52	46	75	38
4	Soledad	Colombia	27°	52	47	77	36
5	Barranquilla	Colombia	27°	51	44	77	37
6	Riohacha	Colombia	27°	50	49	70	35
7	Palangkaraya	Indonesia	27°	67	48	80	75
8	Phuket	Thailand	27°	65	51	76	69
9	Cartagena	Colombia	27°	53	45	80	37
10	George Town	Malaysia	27°	67	49	80	74
11	Alor Setar	Malaysia	27°	65	47	77	73
12	Pagadian	Philippines	27°	62	48	78	61
13	Sincelejo	Colombia	27°	53	48	78	37
14	Kampung Baru Subang	Malaysia	27°	65	45	80	73
15	Krabi	Thailand	27°	66	53	76	70
16	Petaling Jaya	Malaysia	27°	66	45	82	73
17	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	27°	65	44	82	72
18	Colombo	Sri Lanka	27°	62	46	78	64
19	Palembang	Indonesia	27°	63	44	82	67
20	Jakarta	Indonesia	27°	60	40	81	61
21	Cebu City	Philippines	27°	60	45	76	60
22	Cotabato	Philippines	27°	60	47	81	55
23	Sihanoukville	Cambodia	26°	67	51	74	77
24	Pita Kotte	Sri Lanka	26°	66	50	79	70
25	Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte	Sri Lanka	26°	66	50	79	70
26	Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia	Sri Lanka	26°	64	48	79	67
27	Moratuwa	Sri Lanka	26°	64	49	79	65
28	Surabaya	Indonesia	26°	60	42	78	62
29	Zamboanga	Philippines	26°	60	45	82	57
30	São Luís	Brazil	26°	59	45	82	54
31	Ipoh	Malaysia	26°	67	45	82	75
32	Negombo	Sri Lanka	26°	63	49	78	65
33	Penonomé	Panama	26°	62	54	78	56
34	San Miguelito	Panama	26°	59	47	78	55
35	Panama City	Panama	26°	58	47	78	52
36	Boa Vista	Brazil	26°	57	47	76	52
37	Pontianak	Indonesia	26°	67	46	83	73
38	Malacca	Malaysia	26°	65	46	82	69
39	Maharagama	Sri Lanka	26°	65	48	80	70
40	La Chorrera	Panama	26°	61	51	80	55
41	Cần Thơ	Vietnam	26°	60	44	74	65
42	Manaus	Brazil	26°	57	43	82	50
43	Quibdó	Colombia	26°	56	49	84	40
44	Port Dickson	Malaysia	26°	69	50	84	75
45	Choa Chu Kang New Town	Singapore	26°	69	49	82	77
46	Pangkalpinang	Indonesia	26°	68	48	84	74
47	Jurong Town	Singapore	26°	68	48	82	77
48	Jurong West	Singapore	26°	68	48	82	77
49	Galle	Sri Lanka	26°	66	50	80	70
50	Sorong	Indonesia	26°	65	48	84	67

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 mildest winters?

Samarinda, Indonesia — 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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