10 Cities With the Best Weather in 2026

Over 3,000 hours of sunshine a year and the mildest winter on the mainland, at the cost of an August that empties the city indoors.

The most stable climate in Europe — Funchal barely leaves the high teens to mid-twenties all year, and heating is essentially unnecessary.

Arguably the most equable climate in Europe, with a tiny annual temperature range and almost no rain — the honest caveats are the summer panza de burro cloud over the north coast and the Saharan calima.

The best in this set — very mild winters, hot summers, mountain shelter behind, and snow within ninety minutes if you want it.

About as good as mainland Europe gets — negligible winter, 300-odd days of sun, and the honest caveat that the autumn storms here can be violent.

The best climate in this set — coastal, so milder than inland Seville, with very mild winters and only occasional terral heat spikes.

Routinely the sunniest large city in mainland France, thanks to a mistral that clears the cloud off this stretch of coast — and the same wind that makes summer a fire-risk season.

Arguably the best climate in Australia: dry 21°C winters and around 300 sunny days. The price is a humid storm-and-cyclone summer — ex-Cyclone Alfred stripped six million cubic metres of sand off these beaches in March 2025.

The best climate of any US city in this set: 24–31°C essentially year round, north-east trade winds doing most of the cooling, and swimmable water in every month. The costs are humidity, a June-to-November hurricane season, vog drifting over from Kīlauea when the Kona winds blow, and the fact that a flat without trade wind exposure turns paradise into an electricity bill.

About as good as American weather gets — dry warm summers, mild wet winters and a coastal marine layer that takes the edge off June. The costs are real: autumn Santa Ana winds drive the wildfire season, the eastern villages sit in the wildland-urban interface, and CAL FIRE's parcel-level hazard maps are a line on the insurance quote rather than a formality.