Which part of Europe has the best weather? (rich, travel, water)

[tarzan_taborda]

hhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porto#Climate

Best climate for a major metropolitan area (more than 1 million in population) in Europe IMO

Lisbon is also good, a warmer and much drier version, too dry in my opinion.

The closest to San Diego must be in western half of the Portuguese south coast.

[Ariete]

If we are talking about personal preferences, my vote goes to Chisinau for the best climate in Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%C8...C4%83u#Climate

Cold and snowy but not too frigid winters, long gradual shoulder seasons and warm but not overly hot summers. Beautiful.

Mariupol in Eastern Ukraine is also extremely good: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariupol#Climate

[kikebxl]

Canary Islands: Weather Averages for Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands and Weather Averages for Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands for example. Very similar to San Diego

[CARPATHIAN]

Originally Posted by Ariete

If we are talking about personal preferences, my vote goes to Chisinau for the best climate in Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%C8...C4%83u#Climate

That is in the Moldavian Plateau, which is quite cold and windy in winters, being an area of barren hills, exposed to Siberian winters. Don't look only at temperatures.

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by CARPATHIAN

That is in the Moldavian Plateau, which is quite cold and windy in winters, being an area of barren hills, exposed to Siberian winters. Don't look only at temperatures.

I want snow and cold in winter, but not too cold.

[CARPATHIAN]

Originally Posted by Ariete

I want snow and cold in winter, but not too cold.

Me too, in the end. Too much warmt or too much cold is annoying. Plus, cold kills germs. And uniform temperatures seem boring to me. Why would want to have same type of weather all the year long?

But the Moldavian Plateau, as I said, is quite unhospitable.

[Guajara]

Canary Islands,Madeira, Spains Southeastern Med Coast, The Algarve, Crete, Rhodes and Cyprus. (if you still count it as Europe)
But that's just my taste.

[irish_bob]

Ireland

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by botticelli

When I say best weather I don't mean "hot weather", so if it is regularly 35C in July with high humidity, I don't think that's "best". We don't go to the beach every day, so southern Spain is out.

I am referring to places where weather is mild all year round, but with decent sunny summers and mild, non-rainy non-grey winters.

A good benchmark is San Diego, USA. It has an average high of 25C in the summer and 18C in winter. Mostly sunny. Hard to beat that.

Maybe something like Cote-d'Azure in France? But Nice, France only has an average high of 13C in January, much cooler than San Diego. Lisbon seems not bad either.

Lisbon, Portugal. Nice would be 2nd for mildness. Lisbon is a bit warmer in winter & a bit cooler in summer, and a bit sunnier than Nice.

[mysticaltyger]

Originally Posted by Max96

Tarifa, Spain is the best match. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarifa#Climate
But personally for me, it's not the best because I prefer more rain and colder winters. I like the climate of southern Scandinavia, the Baltics, Belarus etc.

Tarifa's climate zone is very small, though. It's basically a microclimate.