Malta and Zimbabwe share best climate in the world
Baku, March 11 (AZERTAC). Zimbabwe is a country of contrasts, and it comes as no surprise that its climate was voted “the best climate on Earth” alongside that of Malta in International Living magazine`s 2011 Quality of Life Index, published this January. Every year, the magazine rates and ranks 192 countries for this index, and Zimbabwe scored 100% on climate, one of the nine categories voted upon.
Alas, a month later its capital city, Harare, was reported to be the “worst livable city in the world,” placed in last at 140 behind even the dubious cities of Dhaka in Bangladesh, Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, and Lagos in Nigeria. Harare had particularly poor scores for stability, economy, health care, and infrastructure, according to this annual ranking compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit`s "world`s most liveable cities" survey. The unit ranks 140 cites from around the world using 30 indicators which each city is judged against from the five broad categories of stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure.
While statistics are debatable, a safe bet would be to head some 365 kilometers north of Harare to Lake Kariba where the climate and ambience is a clear winner. Still the largest man-made lake and reservoir in the world in terms of volume, it has its own distinctly unique and particularly favorable weather pattern that affects the climate of the entire Zambezi Valley.
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