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About ClimateList beta
ClimateList helps travelers visualize where is the best weather through the year.
Data
Climate metrics are provided by The World Bank Group.
The "Best weather" indicator is based on average temperatures and precipitations. It defines a weather that is not too cold, not too hot, and not too rainy.
A description of the sources used by ClimateList is here.
Maps
Large countries with multiple climates are divided in climate zones. Metrics for each zone are averages calculated on many sample points.
This is still a work in progress and many countries deserving such a division don't have one yet, I'm working on it.
Maker
This app is built by Bastien Petit. If you find an issue or have suggestions, please contact me on Twitter or by email.
Updates are posted on the blog and Twitter. You can read the story behind the creation of ClimateList here.
How backpacking inspired me to create ClimateList
API
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Sources
Temperatures and precipitations
For countries:
The World Bank Group's historical averages for 1901-2009.
"These data [...] are based on gridded climatologies from the Climate Research Unit. [...] modeling has been used to extrapolate estimates where instrumental (station) data were unavailable or unreliable, especially in the early 1900's."
For climate zones:
The World Bank Group's downscaled data for 1961-1999.
"This gridded historical dataset is derived from observational data, and provides quality controlled temperature and rainfall values from thousands of weather stations worldwide, as well as derivative products including monthly climatologies and long term historical climatologies."
Recommendations
The "Best weather" indicator is based on average temperatures and precipitations. It defines a weather that is not too cold, not too hot, and not too rainy.
Flight prices
Quotes are provided by Skyscanner through its API. These are cached estimates which can be up to one day old. For real time data, click the link to Skyscanner.
ClimateList is registered as a Skyscanner affiliate. It may become eligible to earn a commission from sales when it starts generating enough traffic.
Geolocation
The user's country is detected with MaxMind's GeoLite2 free database.
Flight prices New
Click countries to see the cheapest flights through the year.
