Most Comfortable Year-Round Climates

Cities ranked by the AreaProfile Climate signal

Where the typical year spends the most time in comfortable temperatures, using thirty-year normals.

50 locations · Calculated August 29, 2026

#	City	Score	July high	January low	Comfortable months
1	Glendale, CA	100	87	45	12
2	Los Angeles, CA	100	75	49	12
3	Chula Vista, CA	100	78	44	12
4	San Diego, CA	100	80	46	12
5	Huntington Beach, CA	100	79	49	12
6	Oxnard, CA	100	73	46	12
7	Long Beach, CA	100	81	47	12
8	Santa Ana, CA	100	79	49	12
9	Irvine, CA	100	79	49	12
10	Santa Clarita, CA	96	91	46	12
11	Riverside, CA	90	93	44	11
12	Moreno Valley, CA	90	93	44	11
13	San Bernardino, CA	90	93	44	11
14	Anaheim, CA	89	94	42	11
15	Fontana, CA	89	94	45	11
16	San Jose, CA	89	81	42	9
17	San Francisco, CA	89	66	47	9
18	Fremont, CA	89	77	42	9
19	Port St. Lucie, FL	86	90	51	9
20	Oakland, CA	85	72	42	8
21	Miami, FL	85	88	61	8
22	St. Petersburg, FL	83	90	55	8
23	Hialeah, FL	82	91	59	8
24	Tampa, FL	81	91	53	8
25	Fort Lauderdale, FL	81	91	59	8
26	Urban Honolulu, HI	81	88	67	7
27	Sacramento, CA	81	94	41	9
28	Cape Coral, FL	81	92	54	8
29	Jacksonville, FL	80	92	47	8
30	Orlando, FL	80	92	50	8
31	San Juan, PR	79	90	66	7
32	Virginia Beach, VA	79	87	32	7
33	Winston-Salem, NC	78	88	31	7
34	New Orleans, LA	78	91	47	7
35	Newport News, VA	78	88	31	7
36	Portland, OR	78	82	36	6
37	Knoxville, TN	77	88	30	7
38	Greensboro, NC	77	89	30	7
39	Modesto, CA	77	95	39	8
40	Baton Rouge, LA	77	92	42	7
41	Tallahassee, FL	76	92	41	7
42	Stockton, CA	76	95	39	8
43	Corpus Christi, TX	76	92	52	7
44	Norfolk, VA	76	89	34	6
45	Louisville/Jefferson County, KY	76	88	27	7
46	Houston, TX	75	93	46	7
47	Richmond, VA	75	90	29	7
48	Lexington-Fayette urban county, KY	74	87	25	7
49	Atlanta, GA	74	90	34	6
50	Augusta-Richmond County, GA	74	94	35	7

Methodology

The AreaProfile Climate signal: 45% the count of months whose normal average temperature falls between 55°F and 80°F, 30% a summer term penalizing July highs above 88°F, 25% a winter term penalizing January lows below 35°F. Climate preference is personal — Customize Your Score lets you weight warmer or cooler conditions instead of using this general-purpose measure.

What is excluded, and why

Cities under 100,000 residents and cities with no qualifying NOAA observing station within 60 miles.

50 of 146 published cities qualified.

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information — U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly) (1991-2020)

Full details of how signals and the Area Score are calculated are on the methodology page.