This tier list places every city by its Climate score alone, our 1 to 10 rating for climate. It is one of the 13 factors behind the overall Nomad Score, isolated here so you can see which cities lead on climate and which lag.
Tiers follow the Climate score: S is 9 to 10, A is 8, B is 7, C is 6, D is 5, F is below 5. Tap any city for its full breakdown, or see the all-round tier list and the ranked lists.
Cape Town
Split
Porto
Barcelona
Sydney
Nairobi
Kigali
Guadalajara
Antigua
Nice
Palermo
Valencia
Málaga
Crete
Cyprus
San Miguel de Allende
Dubrovnik
Cuenca
Cali
Lake Atitlán
Boquete
Essaouira
Taghazout
Addis Ababa
Perth
Gold Coast
Byron Bay
Ericeira
Valletta
Tarifa
Montpellier
Marseille
Bari
Catania
Palma de Mallorca
Ibiza
Marbella
Cádiz
Funchal
Sarandë
Zadar
Paphos
Chania
Rhodes
Santorini
Bodrum
Fethiye
Da Lat
Vilcabamba
Lecce
Aix-en-Provence
Pattaya
Khao Lak
Kanchanaburi
Sanur
Solo
Medan
Makassar
Kuching
Johor Bahru
Davao
Iloilo
Can Tho
Sihanoukville
Battambang
Kaohsiung
Tainan
Querétaro
León
Guayaquil
Trujillo
Luxor
Alexandria
Praia
Windhoek
Maputo
Suva
Nouméa
Bali (Canggu)
Mexico City
Buenos Aires
Playa del Carmen
Oaxaca
Miami
Bangalore
Tel Aviv
Casablanca
Bogotá
Santiago
Valparaíso
Quito
San Juan
Puerto Vallarta
San José
Tamarindo
Rome
Florence
Athens
Tirana
Batumi
Antalya
Ubud
Fukuoka
Pune
Jeju Island
Weligama
Florianópolis
Tulum
Arequipa
Córdoba
Salvador
Mendoza
Guanajuato
Montañita
Punta Cana
Puerto Escondido
Sayulita
Johannesburg
Mauritius
Beirut
Brisbane
Adelaide
Canggu
Rabat
Bordeaux
Toulouse
Naples
Granada
Girona
Coimbra
Ponta Delgada
Varna
Kotor
Pula
Piran
Izmir
Haifa
Lombok
Bandung
Malang
Nusa Penida
Sucre
Cochabamba
Máncora
Huanchaco
Trieste
Genoa
Zaragoza
Chiang Rai
Baguio
Hue
Ninh Binh
Vang Vieng
Hiroshima
Nashville
Manizales
Pereira
Rosario
Kampala
Arusha
Salalah
Ramallah
Darwin
Tbilisi
Montevideo
Tokyo
Austin
Melbourne
Auckland
Da Nang
Taipei
Cebu
Pokhara
Goa
Colombo
Marrakech
Lima
Santa Cruz
Panama City
Paris
Lyon
Madrid
Seville
Thessaloniki
Podgorica
Istanbul
Phuket
Koh Phangan
Hong Kong
Ljubljana
Osaka
Kyoto
Busan
Kochi
Yogyakarta
Hoi An
Langkawi
Shenzhen
Koh Samui
Nha Trang
Nagoya
Denver
São Paulo
Santa Marta
Santo Domingo
Dakar
Zanzibar
Tunis
Chefchaouen
Amman
Cairns
Plovdiv
Phu Quoc
Bilbao
Gijón
Nantes
Annecy
Heidelberg
Bologna
Verona
Mostar
Ohrid
Kutaisi
Pai
Krabi
Quy Nhon
Kota Kinabalu
Siargao
Palawan
Boracay
Dumaguete
El Nido
Surabaya
Semarang
San Sebastián
Stuttgart
Freiburg
Grenoble
Gwangju
Daegu
Victoria
Mar del Plata
Jeddah
Yazd
Canberra
Chiang Mai
Budapest
Kuala Lumpur
Ho Chi Minh City
Belgrade
Penang
Berlin
Prague
Seoul
Amsterdam
Singapore
Vancouver
Hanoi
Manila
Siem Reap
Phnom Penh
Kathmandu
Mumbai
Cairo
Accra
Lagos
Cusco
Cartagena
Asunción
Vienna
Zurich
Geneva
Dublin
London
Milan
Bucharest
Cluj-Napoca
Sofia
Sarajevo
Skopje
Yerevan
Baku
Mérida
Brussels
Zagreb
Brno
Rotterdam
Utrecht
Hamburg
Cork
Antwerp
Ghent
Vientiane
Jaipur
Hua Hin
Ipoh
Portland
Seattle
Dar es Salaam
Wellington
Queenstown
Christchurch
Hobart
Munich
Cologne
Frankfurt
Dresden
Leipzig
Salzburg
Graz
Basel
Lausanne
Lucerne
Turin
Brighton
Bristol
Galway
Bruges
Maastricht
Eindhoven
Bratislava
Sibiu
Brașov
Timișoara
Novi Sad
Prizren
Bled
Cappadocia
Luang Prabang
Kampot
Sapa
Malacca
Oxford
Cambridge
York
Bath
Groningen
The Hague
Leuven
Luxembourg City
Nuremberg
Düsseldorf
Strasbourg
Kanazawa
New York
Riyadh
Tallinn
Bangkok
La Paz
Manchester
Edinburgh
Warsaw
Krakow
Riga
Vilnius
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Gdańsk
Wrocław
Sapporo
Toronto
Bariloche
Muscat
Stavanger
Poznań
Innsbruck
Glasgow
Bergen
Gothenburg
Malmö
Aarhus
Tartu
Kaunas
Klaipėda
Košice
Gyumri
Eilat
Aqaba
Chicago
Boston
Kuwait City
Dubai
Oslo
Helsinki
Reykjavik
Montreal
Abu Dhabi
Doha
Tampere
Manama
Trondheim
Turku
Calgary
Ottawa
Tromsø
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Frequently asked questions
What is this tier list based on?
Each city is placed purely by its Climate score, our 1 to 10 rating for climate. S tier is 9 to 10, down to F for below 5.
Which cities are S tier?
Lisbon, Medellín, Las Palmas, Tenerife, Faro, Fuerteventura, Cascais, Alicante, San Diego, Los Angeles, Cancún, Mazatlán, Barranquilla, Recife. S tier is deliberately rare.
Is a lower-tier city a bad place to live?
Not necessarily. The tiers rank one dimension, so a lower-tier city can still be a great fit if it is strong in the things you care about most. Open any city to see its full breakdown.
How often is it updated?
It is generated directly from our city data, so it updates whenever scores change or new cities are added.













