Ten places in the Caribbean, Mexico and Florida ranked by how warm their winter days are. The top four average 30°C or more from December to February.
We ranked each place by its average daytime high from December to February in its weather service's long-term normals, warmest first. Rain over the same three months sits beside it, because the Caribbean's dry season does not mean a dry island.
The warmest pick, at 31°C by day, and the driest, with 115 mm of rain all winter. It is inland, so come for the colonial centre and the Maya ruins of Uxmal, then swim in a cenote or drive 35 km north to the beach at Progreso.
An arid island off the coast of Venezuela, where the trade wind keeps 30°C days comfortable and only 122 mm of rain falls over the winter. Eagle Beach is the long white stretch; Arikok National Park covers about a fifth of the island.
Jamaica's north-coast resort city, at 30°C by day all winter. Doctor's Cave Beach is on the Hip Strip, and the Martha Brae river, where bamboo rafts drift downstream, is under an hour east.
A harbour capital of red roofs around the Carenage, with Grand Anse Beach just south of town. Snorkel the Underwater Sculpture Park at Molinere Bay; December brings most of the winter's 208 mm of rain.
The most Atlantic of the picks, cooled by the trade wind at 29°C. Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison are a UNESCO site, and Carlisle Bay, beside the capital, has calm water for swimming over shipwrecks.
The wettest pick, at 251 mm, though showers are short and the days stay at 29°C. Walk the blue cobbles of Old San Juan to El Morro; US citizens need no passport, and El Yunque rainforest is about an hour east.
A low, dry island with a beach for every day of the year by its own count. Sail into English Harbour, where Nelson's Dockyard is a UNESCO site, and end Sunday at the sunset party on Shirley Heights.
Winter is the dry season, with highs near 27°C and cool fronts that bring the odd fresh day. Walk the four plazas of Habana Vieja in the morning and the Malecón at sunset, when the sea wall fills with locals.
Winter is the dry season here: 25°C days and Art Basel Miami Beach in early December. Walk the Art Deco District, then give a day to the Everglades, where the dry months draw wildlife to the water.
The end of the Overseas Highway, at 25°C and a little drier than Miami. Watch the sunset from Mallory Square, then take the ferry or seaplane 70 miles west to Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park.
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