While this site mostly deals with the economics of world travel, we've also included typical weather and climate information for each destination for each month of the year. Hopefully this is useful to those who are planning a trip so they can compare what to expect weather-wise between each destination with just one click.

So building on the weather part, I always thought it would be interesting to see exactly where all the major tourist destinations of the world line up with regard to latitude (distance from the equator). The data below might contain some surprising facts, as it seems like most of us picture the globe in ways that may not match reality.

Updated: Now with 174 cities

As this site has grown to over 200 destinations, in 2016 we added 67 additional cities to this list. Now you'll find almost every popular “cultural” destination in the world, sorted by latitude, and you can click on the link to get more weather and pricing information. When you see which cities share the same distance from the equator, it's often very surprising, especially considering how different the weather can be between them.

Southern Hemisphere cities are in italics alongside the Northern Hemisphere cities

And since it seems more interesting to compare cities by absolute distance from the equator rather than purely from north to south, I've added the Southern Hemisphere cities in with their northern counterparts, so, for example, Melbourne, Australia is listed (in italics) with San Francisco, as they are the same distance from the equator.

174 popular destinations by latitude

Southern Hemisphere cities are in on the same list, in italics.

64°

Reykjavik, Iceland

60°

Helsinki, Finland

Bergen, Norway

59°

Oslo, Norway

Stockholm, Sweden

Tallinn, Estonia

St. Petersburg, Russia

57°

Riga, Latvia

55°

Edinburgh, Scotland

Copenhagen, Denmark

Moscow, Russia

Vilnius, Lithuania

53°

Galway, Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

Hamburg, Germany

52°

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Berlin, Germany

Warsaw, Poland

51°

London, England

Bruges, Belgium

50°

Brussells, Belgium

Prague, Czech Republic

Krakow, Poland

49°

Vancouver, Canada

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic

48°

Paris, France

Munich, Germany

Vienna, Austria

Salzburg, Austria

Bratislava, Slovakia

47°

Zurich, Switzerland

Budapest, Hungary

Interlaken, Switzerland

Lucerne, Switzerland

46°

Ljubjana, Slovenia

45°

Montreal, Canada

Milan, Italy

Venice, Italy

Belgrade, Serbia

Zagreb, Croatia

Queenstown, New Zealand

44°

Bucharest, Romania

Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina

Monaco, Monaco

Christchurch, New Zealand



43°

Toronto, Canada

Nice, France

Florence, Italy

Split, Croatia

42°

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Sofia, Bulgaria

Boston, USA

41°

Chicago, USA

Barcelona, Spain

Rome, Italy

Istanbul, Turkey

Bariloche, Argentina

40°

New York City, USA

Madrid, Spain

Naples, Italy

Sorrento, Italy

39°

Beijing, China

Ibiza, Spain

Valencia, Spain

38°

Washington DC, USA

Lisbon, Portugal

Mar del Plata, Argentina

Rotorua, New Zealand

37°

San Francisco, USA

Athens, Greece

Seoul, South Korea

Granada, Spain

Malaga, Spain

Seville, Spain

Mykonos, Greece

Faro, Portugal

Antalya, Turkey

Melbourne, Australia

36°

Las Vegas, USA

Rhodes, Greece

Santorini, Greece

Valletta, Malta

Kas, Turkey

Auckland, New Zealand

35°

Tokyo, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Osaka, Japan

34°

Los Angeles, USA

Fez, Morocco

Xian, China

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Montevideo, Uruguay

Sydney, Australia

Punta del Este, Uruguay

33°

Beirut, Lebanon

Santiago, Chile

Cape Town, South Africa

Mendoza, Argentina

Santiago, Chile



Valparaiso, Chile

32°

Tel Aviv, Israel

31°

Marrakech, Morocco

Amman, Jordan

Shanghai, China

Perth, Australia



30°

Cairo, Egypt

29°

New Orleans, USA

28°

Delhi, India

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

Tenerife, Spain

27°

Kathmandu, Nepal

Brisbane, Australia



25°

Miami, USA

Dubai, UAE

Taipei, Taiwan

24°

Abu Dhabi, UAE

23°

Los Cabos, Mexico

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sao Paulo, Brazil



22°

Macau, Macau

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Sapa, Vietnam

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



21°

Honolulu, USA

Cancun, Mexico

Hanoi, Vietnam

Cozumel, Mexico

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

19°

Mexico City, Mexico

Luang Prabang, Laos

Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

18°

Mumbai, India

Chiang Mai, Thailand

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Montego Bay, Jamaica

17°

Antigua, Guatemala

San Pedro, Belize

Vientiane, Laos

Yangon, Myanmar

Hue, Vietnam

16°

La Paz, Bolivia

Cairns, Australia

15°

Goa, India

Hội An, Vietnam

14°

Dakar, Senegal

Manila, Philippines

13°

Bangkok, Thailand

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Pattaya, Thailand

Nha Trang, Vietnam

Cusco, Peru

12°

Boracay Island, Philippines

Lima, Peru

11°

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

10°

Cartagena, Colombia

Caracas, Venezuela

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

9°

San José, Costa Rica

8°

Panama City, Panama

Kuta, Bali, Indonesia

Recife, Brazil

7°

Phuket Town, Thailand

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Zanzibar City, Tanzania

Jakarta, Indonesia

6°

Medellin, Colombia

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

3°

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Arusha, Tanzania

1°

Singapore, Singapore

Nairobi, Kenya

0°

Quito, Ecuador

