diff --git a/leafmap/foliumap.py b/leafmap/foliumap.py
index b044d83987..0464ebbaaa 100644
--- a/leafmap/foliumap.py
+++ b/leafmap/foliumap.py
@@ -2515,14 +2515,17 @@ def to_html(self, outfile: Optional[str] = None, **kwargs) -> str:
                 os.makedirs(out_dir)
             self.save(outfile, **kwargs)
         else:
-            outfile = os.path.abspath(common.random_string() + ".html")
-            self.save(outfile, **kwargs)
-            out_html = ""
-            with open(outfile) as f:
-                lines = f.readlines()
-                out_html = "".join(lines)
-            os.remove(outfile)
-            return out_html
+            outfile = common.temp_file_path(".html")
+            try:
+                self.save(outfile, **kwargs)
+                out_html = ""
+                with open(outfile) as f:
+                    lines = f.readlines()
+                    out_html = "".join(lines)
+                return out_html
+            finally:
+                if os.path.exists(outfile):
+                    os.remove(outfile)
 
     def to_streamlit(
         self,
diff --git a/leafmap/heremap.py b/leafmap/heremap.py
index 7e967355b3..6ff9bb655a 100644
--- a/leafmap/heremap.py
+++ b/leafmap/heremap.py
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@
 
 from . import examples
 from .basemaps import xyz_to_heremap
-from .common import gdf_to_geojson, random_string, shp_to_geojson, vector_to_geojson
+from .common import (
+    gdf_to_geojson,
+    shp_to_geojson,
+    temp_file_path,
+    vector_to_geojson,
+)
 
 try:
     import here_map_widget
@@ -594,7 +599,7 @@ def to_html(
                 if not os.path.exists(out_dir):
                     os.makedirs(out_dir)
             else:
-                outfile = os.path.abspath(random_string() + ".html")
+                outfile = temp_file_path(".html")
                 save = False
 
             before_width = self.layout.width
@@ -629,11 +634,13 @@ def to_html(
                 with open(outfile) as f:
                     lines = f.readlines()
                     out_html = "".join(lines)
-                os.remove(outfile)
                 return out_html
 
         except Exception as e:
             raise Exception(e)
+        finally:
+            if not save and os.path.exists(outfile):
+                os.remove(outfile)
 
     def to_streamlit(
         self,
diff --git a/leafmap/kepler.py b/leafmap/kepler.py
index a3232e95a4..9e36f7b236 100644
--- a/leafmap/kepler.py
+++ b/leafmap/kepler.py
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ def to_html(
                 if not os.path.exists(out_dir):
                     os.makedirs(out_dir)
             else:
-                outfile = os.path.abspath(common.random_string() + ".html")
+                outfile = common.temp_file_path(".html")
                 save = False
 
             output = widgets.Output()
@@ -469,11 +469,13 @@ def to_html(
                 with open(outfile) as f:
                     lines = f.readlines()
                     out_html = "".join(lines)
-                os.remove(outfile)
                 return out_html
 
         except Exception as e:
             raise Exception(e)
+        finally:
+            if not save and os.path.exists(outfile):
+                os.remove(outfile)
 
     def to_streamlit(
         self,
diff --git a/leafmap/leafmap.py b/leafmap/leafmap.py
index 426b7f89b7..432e046170 100644
--- a/leafmap/leafmap.py
+++ b/leafmap/leafmap.py
@@ -2657,7 +2657,7 @@ def to_html(
                 if not os.path.exists(out_dir):
                     os.makedirs(out_dir)
             else:
-                outfile = os.path.abspath(common.random_string() + ".html")
+                outfile = common.temp_file_path(".html")
                 save = False
 
             if add_layer_control and self.layer_control is None:
@@ -2697,11 +2697,13 @@ def to_html(
                 with open(outfile) as f:
                     lines = f.readlines()
                     out_html = "".join(lines)
-                os.remove(outfile)
                 return out_html
 
         except Exception as e:
             raise Exception(e)
+        finally:
+            if not save and os.path.exists(outfile):
+                os.remove(outfile)
 
     def to_image(
         self, outfile: Optional[str] = None, monitor: Optional[int] = 1
diff --git a/tests/test_foliumap.py b/tests/test_foliumap.py
index 28e075ee1b..9633171598 100644
--- a/tests/test_foliumap.py
+++ b/tests/test_foliumap.py
@@ -426,6 +426,25 @@ def test_to_html(self):
         out_str = m.to_html()
         assert "OpenStreetMap" in out_str
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(os.name != "nt", "chmod not reliable on Windows")
+    def test_to_html_readonly_cwd(self):
+        """Check to_html works when CWD is read-only (#1295)"""
+        import stat
+        import tempfile
+
+        tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        original_cwd = os.getcwd()
+        try:
+            os.chdir(tmpdir)
+            os.chmod(tmpdir, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IXUSR)
+            m = leafmap.Map()
+            out_str = m.to_html()
+            assert "OpenStreetMap" in out_str
+        finally:
+            os.chmod(tmpdir, stat.S_IRWXU)
+            os.chdir(original_cwd)
+            os.rmdir(tmpdir)
+
     def test_to_image(self):
         """Check map to image"""
         with self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError):