The Mediterranean and California coast have a moderate climate without extreme temperatures, 10-20C 55-70F year round.
Cities like Bogota, located in the mountains close to the equator, are sometimes referred as “city of eternal spring”, with cooler 5-20C 45-65F year round.
Are there cities or areas that have stable winter-like weather year round? Somewhere around -5-10C 30-40F? Most Nordic cities seem to have seasonal climate.
Besides the polar circles as others suggested, in order to have somewhat consistent temperatures you would have to look for countries within the tropics as they have low temperature fluctuations (“no seasons”). This already discards many places and most developed countries (which comes with trade-offs).
Then, within the tropics, you want to look at the places with the highest altitude/elevation, as this is what will affect the temperatures mostly. The higher altitude generally implies the lower temperatures. This already rules out coastal cities, and you would be looking at cities/areas high up in the mountains, which tend to be smaller.
Considering that the highest elevation in tropical regions implies colder temperatures, less oxygen, and “more difficult access” (as in, further from sea-trade, taking supplies high up the mountain, needing more infrastructure), I don’t think it will be easy to find big cities above 4000m altitude. Most people would choose a bit warmer weather (still cold-ish, around 15ºC). The highest I can think of right now would be La Paz, Bolivia. Some others with less altitude would be Bogotá, Tunja and Sogamoso in Colombia.
And fun fact: since in Colombia there are no seasons, Bogotá is already considered cold and referred to as “the city of eternal winter”. Medellín is the one referred to as “the city of eternal spring” with temperatures around 25ºC, and Cali “the city of eternal summer” with temperatures around 30ºC.
Longyearbyen in Svalbard, but you’d also have to deal with 6 months of permanent daylight and 6 months of night. Oh and the polar bears!
Thanks! That looks close to what I imagined. Temperature between -15-10C with smaller than normal seasonal variation.
Longyearbyen has a polar tundra climate tempered by the North Atlantic Current
My best guess would be cities in the high mountains (like the himalaya), or in the polar circles. They would still have summer and winter, but it would be more like, winter and more winter
Yakutsk is the coldest inhabited city in the world with months of sustained sub -40C weather. Unfortunately, It’ll climb into the 30s during the summer. If you wonder why anyone lives there it’s because of diamond and other valuable resource extraction.
