Tropical-climate cities

Warm year-round with wet and dry seasons (Koppen A). Across 291 such cities in our data, the most livable is Boquete, Panama (71/100).

Tropical-climate cities — top 12 by livability

#	City	Country	Livability	Cost	Climate	Safety	Summer°C	Winter°C
1	Boquete	Panama	71	56	100	62	20.9°C	19.0°C
2	Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	70	56	100	59	23.6°C	17.9°C
3	Atenas	Costa Rica	70	56	100	58	23.2°C	21.3°C
4	Ribeirão Preto	Brazil	70	46	100	68	23.7°C	18.1°C
5	Beau Bassin-Rose Hill	Mauritius	70	50	98	67	24.4°C	18.7°C
6	Centre de Flacq	Mauritius	70	54	92	67	25.7°C	20.4°C
7	Vacoas	Mauritius	70	50	96	67	24.7°C	19.1°C
8	Curepipe	Mauritius	70	51	96	66	24.7°C	19.1°C
9	Quatre Bornes	Mauritius	70	51	96	67	24.7°C	19.1°C
10	Ðà Lạt	Vietnam	69	48	100	64	19.3°C	15.5°C
11	Floridablanca	Colombia	69	48	100	64	21.9°C	21.1°C
12	Alajuela	Costa Rica	69	52	100	59	20.9°C	19.0°C
13	Heredia	Costa Rica	69	53	100	59	20.9°C	19.0°C
14	San Pedro	Costa Rica	69	53	100	59	17.4°C	15.6°C
15	Brasília	Brazil	69	43	100	68	21.7°C	18.2°C
16	Port Louis	Mauritius	69	49	98	63	24.4°C	18.7°C
17	Triolet	Mauritius	69	53	90	67	26.1°C	20.7°C
18	Goodlands	Mauritius	69	54	89	67	26.2°C	20.9°C
19	Grand Baie	Mauritius	69	55	90	64	26.1°C	20.7°C
20	Tepic	Mexico	68	47	100	62	24.0°C	16.7°C
21	Bucaramanga	Colombia	68	46	100	63	21.1°C	20.3°C
22	Pereira	Colombia	68	46	100	62	15.9°C	15.0°C
23	Palmira	Colombia	68	47	100	61	22.7°C	21.8°C
24	Itagüí	Colombia	68	48	100	61	16.7°C	15.9°C
25	Santo Domingo de los Colorados	Ecuador	68	47	100	62	19.2°C	18.1°C
26	Kandy	Sri Lanka	68	50	94	63	25.1°C	22.4°C
27	Goiânia	Brazil	68	44	98	67	24.5°C	20.9°C
28	Palmas	Brazil	68	47	91	68	25.8°C	22.9°C
29	Honolulu	United States	67	47	94	63	25.3°C	21.5°C
30	Cairns	Australia	67	49	90	64	26.1°C	19.4°C
31	Campo Grande	Brazil	67	45	94	67	25.1°C	20.3°C
32	Rio Branco	Brazil	67	47	88	68	26.4°C	23.7°C
33	Vitória	Brazil	67	47	88	68	26.5°C	20.9°C
34	Cuernavaca	Mexico	66	47	99	58	24.2°C	18.7°C
35	Chilpancingo	Mexico	66	49	97	57	24.6°C	20.5°C
36	Cali	Colombia	66	43	100	59	24.1°C	23.3°C
37	Medellín	Colombia	66	43	100	59	16.7°C	15.9°C
38	Santa Marta	Colombia	66	46	100	56	22.4°C	20.7°C
39	Armenia	Colombia	66	47	94	62	12.2°C	11.6°C
40	San José	Costa Rica	66	47	100	57	20.9°C	19.0°C
41	Concepción	Paraguay	66	52	78	69	28.3°C	19.3°C
42	Maceió	Brazil	66	45	90	65	25.9°C	22.7°C
43	Cuiabá	Brazil	66	46	87	68	26.6°C	22.3°C
44	Porto Velho	Brazil	66	46	88	67	26.3°C	24.7°C
45	Nova Iguaçu	Brazil	66	45	90	67	26.1°C	20.2°C
46	Tulum	Mexico	65	54	81	62	27.8°C	23.6°C
47	Manokwari	Indonesia	65	50	90	58	26.0°C	24.8°C
48	Ubud	Indonesia	65	51	86	61	26.9°C	25.0°C
49	Manizales	Colombia	65	47	88	62	9.0°C	8.5°C
50	Florencia	Colombia	65	49	89	61	26.2°C	24.4°C
51	Buenaventura	Colombia	65	48	93	58	25.4°C	24.7°C
52	Portoviejo	Ecuador	65	47	91	61	25.8°C	23.7°C
53	Esmeraldas	Ecuador	65	48	92	58	25.6°C	24.6°C
54	Quevedo	Ecuador	65	48	90	60	25.9°C	23.7°C
55	Daule	Ecuador	65	49	88	60	26.5°C	24.0°C
56	Salinas	Ecuador	65	52	88	58	26.4°C	21.5°C
57	Ulu Bedok	Singapore	65	48	82	67	27.5°C	25.9°C
58	Sengkang New Town	Singapore	65	48	82	67	27.6°C	26.1°C
59	Tampines New Town	Singapore	65	48	82	67	27.5°C	25.9°C
60	Woodlands	Singapore	65	48	82	67	27.5°C	26.0°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.

FAQ

Which tropical-climate city is the best to live in?

Boquete, Panama leads with livability 71/100 among 291 cities in this climate zone.

What defines this climate zone?

Warm year-round with wet and dry seasons (Koppen A). Classification follows the Koppen-Geiger system applied to each city's coordinates.

How many cities in our data have this climate?

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

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