The best winter-sun destinations

Where to find warm, dry weather from December to February, ranked by average daytime high and rainfall from ten-year climate normals. Warmest and driest: Ahmedabad.

Every city with stored climate is scored on how warm and dry it is on average across December, January and February — a place must average a daytime high of at least 20°C to count as winter sun. Warm (ideal around 27°C) and rain-free scores highest. We show at most two cities per country (the most-visited ones), so the list spans the world rather than one hot region. Part of our wider best time to visit study.

#	City	Avg high °C	Rain days/mo	Winter-sun score
1	AhmedabadIndia	29	0	98
2	AdenYemen	28	2	95
3	NagpurIndia	29	2	94
4	CamayenneGuinea	31	1	94
5	DubaiUnited Arab Emirates	26	2	92
6	BarranquillaColombia	31	4	88
7	Cape TownSouth Africa	25	3	88
8	BangkokThailand	32	5	85
9	Mexico CityMexico	23	2	84
10	Benin CityNigeria	34	5	83
11	Bien HoaVietnam	32	6	83
12	LagosNigeria	31	7	82
13	PueblaMexico	22	2	81
14	DammamSaudi Arabia	22	3	80
15	MelbourneAustralia	25	8	79
16	Shubra al KhaymahEgypt	21	2	78
17	TaguigPhilippines	30	10	77
18	Guatemala CityGuatemala	24	7	76
19	SydneyAustralia	26	12	74
20	MarrakeshMorocco	21	4	74
21	Al Basrah al QadimahIraq	21	4	73
22	JieyangChina	21	6	71
23	MatolaMozambique	30	14	69
24	MiamiUnited States	25	12	69
25	HaikouChina	22	9	68
26	MacauMacao	20	6	67
27	Rio de JaneiroBrazil	30	15	67
28	WillemstadCuracao	28	17	65
29	HarareZimbabwe	25	19	57
30	GuarulhosBrazil	27	22	56
31	DavaoPhilippines	30	22	53
32	SingaporeSingapore	29	23	52
33	CaliColombia	26	24	48
34	Pointe-NoireRepublic of the Congo	29	26	46
35	JakartaIndonesia	30	27	43
36	BogorIndonesia	29	28	42

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