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Sunshine Atlas MCP server

Ask your AI where it is sunny and warm, month by month, for 3,833 destinations.

This is a small online helper that lets your AI answer questions about sunshine, temperatures, rain and sea warmth for thousands of places around the world. It is handy if you are planning a holiday, comparing two destinations, or just wondering where the sun usually shines in a given month.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat with you using what it already knows. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI a new skill or a connection to a service. This one connects your AI to Sunshine Atlas, a public climate dataset for 3,833 destinations. Once it is connected, your AI can look up sunshine scores and climate details there and bring the answers back to you.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI a question in plain words, like where it is sunny in November. Your AI passes that question to this helper. The helper checks the Sunshine Atlas climate data and finds matching destinations. You get back a ranked list or a comparison, with the numbers behind it. Everything is read-only, so it only looks things up and never changes anything.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “Where is it sunny and warm in November?”, the Sunshine Atlas MCP server connects it to Sunshine Atlas, and you get back A ranked list of sunny places.

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What you can do with it

Find sunny and warm destinations for a specific month
Filter results by continent, country, minimum day temperature, swimmable sea or population
Get a full 12-month climate card for one destination
Compare two to five destinations side by side
Look up a place by city name, city and country, or airport code
See monthly sunshine scores, day and night temperatures, rainfall and sea temperature

Try asking your AI

“Where is it sunny and warm in November, with a sea I can swim in?”
“When is the best time to visit Faro?”
“Compare the Algarve and Crete in October.”
“Show me sunny destinations in Asia in February with daytime temperatures above 25 degrees.”

What it gives back to you

You get answers in the chat: a ranked list of destinations, a 12-month climate card for one place, or a side-by-side comparison with a short verdict. Each result includes the numbers, like the Sunshine Score from 0 to 100, temperatures, rainfall and sea temperature. It also includes a link to the destination page on sunshineatlas.com so you can check the source.

Before you start

Good to know

The data describes long-term climate averages, not this week's weather, so treat it as a guide to typical conditions rather than a forecast.

Install it with your AI

Add Sunshine Atlas MCP server to your AI, no technical skills needed

You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.

Sign in to get the install prompt

Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check Sunshine Atlas MCP server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.