Continental-climate cities

Warm summers and cold snowy winters (Koppen D). Across 103 such cities in our data, the most livable is Gori, Georgia (74/100).

Continental-climate cities — top 12 by livability

#	City	Country	Livability	Cost	Climate	Safety	Summer°C	Winter°C
1	Gori	Georgia	74	62	87	76	21.5°C	0.3°C
2	Pljevlja	Montenegro	72	55	82	79	16.7°C	-2.4°C
3	Shkodër	Albania	72	49	96	74	24.8°C	5.8°C
4	Bacău	Romania	70	50	82	79	20.3°C	-2.2°C
5	Iaşi	Romania	68	48	81	78	20.2°C	-2.8°C
6	Cluj-Napoca	Romania	68	49	79	77	18.4°C	-3.5°C
7	Târgu Mureş	Romania	68	49	78	77	18.9°C	-3.9°C
8	Sibiu	Romania	68	50	80	77	18.7°C	-3.0°C
9	Sivas	Turkey	67	53	79	72	19.0°C	-3.6°C
10	Białystok	Poland	67	42	79	82	17.0°C	-3.7°C
11	Braşov	Romania	67	49	76	77	15.5°C	-4.9°C
12	Lublin	Poland	66	42	78	79	18.4°C	-3.8°C
13	Marijampolė	Lithuania	66	41	78	81	17.0°C	-3.8°C
14	Utena	Lithuania	66	42	76	81	17.0°C	-4.9°C
15	Van	Turkey	65	52	74	71	21.4°C	-5.7°C
16	Prešov	Slovakia	65	37	80	80	18.1°C	-3.0°C
17	Banská Bystrica	Slovakia	65	37	80	80	17.6°C	-3.3°C
18	Šiauliai	Lithuania	65	38	78	80	16.8°C	-3.8°C
19	Panevėžys	Lithuania	65	38	79	80	17.1°C	-3.4°C
20	Alytus	Lithuania	65	40	76	81	16.8°C	-4.7°C
21	Jelgava	Latvia	65	40	78	78	17.6°C	-3.8°C
22	Jūrmala	Latvia	65	40	78	78	17.1°C	-3.8°C
23	Rēzekne	Latvia	65	42	73	81	16.8°C	-6.2°C
24	Valmiera	Latvia	65	42	74	81	16.6°C	-6.0°C
25	Košice	Slovakia	64	34	80	79	18.0°C	-3.0°C
26	Žilina	Slovakia	64	37	78	80	15.0°C	-4.2°C
27	Daugavpils	Latvia	64	39	75	80	16.7°C	-5.3°C
28	Kaunas	Lithuania	63	35	78	79	17.1°C	-4.2°C
29	Trento	Italy	62	26	84	79	16.8°C	-1.2°C
30	Erzurum	Turkey	62	51	65	71	17.2°C	-9.7°C
31	Viljandi	Estonia	62	30	74	83	17.2°C	-6.0°C
32	Maardu	Estonia	62	30	75	83	16.8°C	-5.3°C
33	Vilnius	Lithuania	62	33	76	78	16.4°C	-5.0°C
34	Nõmme	Estonia	61	27	76	83	16.8°C	-4.8°C
35	Riga	Latvia	61	32	78	76	17.3°C	-4.0°C
36	Pärnu	Estonia	60	27	76	80	17.1°C	-5.1°C
37	Kohtla-Järve	Estonia	60	28	71	83	16.9°C	-7.3°C
38	Tartu	Estonia	59	24	74	82	16.9°C	-5.8°C
39	Narva	Estonia	59	26	72	82	16.9°C	-6.6°C
40	Toronto	Canada	58	19	81	78	20.5°C	-2.7°C
41	Nagano	Japan	58	27	84	67	23.8°C	-1.5°C
42	Tallinn	Estonia	57	19	76	78	16.9°C	-5.0°C
43	Innsbruck	Austria	57	14	82	79	15.4°C	-2.0°C
44	London	Canada	56	17	73	79	20.6°C	-6.1°C
45	Graz	Austria	56	11	83	78	18.9°C	-1.9°C
46	Klagenfurt am Wörthersee	Austria	56	15	79	78	17.4°C	-3.6°C
47	Jönköping	Sweden	56	9	80	82	15.2°C	-3.0°C
48	Sollentuna	Sweden	56	8	80	82	17.2°C	-3.0°C
49	Södermalm	Sweden	56	8	81	82	16.7°C	-2.8°C
50	Sarpsborg	Norway	56	6	81	84	16.3°C	-2.5°C
51	Skien	Norway	56	7	83	82	17.6°C	-1.6°C
52	St. John's	Canada	55	10	78	81	15.6°C	-4.0°C
53	Oakville	Canada	55	7	82	81	20.5°C	-2.4°C
54	Lugano	Switzerland	55	0	90	80	18.8°C	1.5°C
55	Uppsala	Sweden	55	7	79	82	16.5°C	-3.7°C
56	Linköping	Sweden	55	7	81	82	16.4°C	-2.6°C
57	Örebro	Sweden	55	7	80	82	16.8°C	-3.3°C
58	Västerås	Sweden	55	8	79	82	17.1°C	-3.5°C
59	Boston	United States	54	13	82	72	22.5°C	-2.3°C
60	Milton	Canada	54	9	76	81	21.3°C	-4.8°C

Climate zones from Koppen-Geiger applied to city coordinates; temperatures are WorldClim v2.1 normals (warmest-month mean high / coldest-month mean low). Livability = 0.35 cost + 0.30 climate + 0.35 safety.

FAQ

Which continental-climate city is the best to live in?

Gori, Georgia leads with livability 74/100 among 103 cities in this climate zone.

What defines this climate zone?

Warm summers and cold snowy winters (Koppen D). Classification follows the Koppen-Geiger system applied to each city's coordinates.

How many cities in our data have this climate?

103 of our cities fall in this zone; the table ranks the top 60 by overall livability (cost + climate + safety).

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