Greece and Cyprus among best place to live in the world climate-wise

Negative aspect of Greece is economic and political uncertainty

Members of the online ‘expat InterNations’ community ranked Greece and Cyprus among the top 10 places with the best climate and sunny weather they would choose to move to, in a 2016 poll. The survey asked 14,000 people living in 195 countries with Costa Rica coming in first as the country with the best climate, followed by Cyprus and Greece. 45% of the British expats said climatic conditions were an important factor for relocating to another country, a percentage 16% higher than the global average. The Swiss (41%), Irish (39%) and Belgians (38%) also considered weather as a telling factor in moving to a country. InterNations CEO Malte Zeeck pointed out that some nationalities rank weather and the climate as more important than job prospects, security or other factors. 76% of those polled said Greece had a great climate, 53 points above the world average, while 38% said entertainment prospects were also good in Greece. On the downside, 39% said financial conditions and political stability in Greece were bad. For Cyprus 69% said the weather conditions were good, while personal safety was high also. The worst countries in terms of weather were Belgium, Ireland, Kuwait,, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Britain.