Best Places to Travel by Month
Best Places to Travel by Month — Where the World Is at Its Best, January to December
Twelve guides, one per month: where the weather is best, where it is cheap, the events that define the month, and the destinations to avoid. Every place named links to the engine's hotel and flight search.
Best Places to Travel in January
January splits the world in two: the places that are at their absolute best and the places that are empty and cheap. Both are good reasons to go.
Best Places to Travel in February
February is Carnival, whales and the Caribbean at its most reliable — and the last cheap month in Europe before spring. Valentine's week and the school break in the middle move the prices.
Best Places to Travel in March
March is the hinge month: the tropics are still dry, the northern spring is starting, and the shoulder-season bargains begin in the second half. Spring break is the crowd to plan around.
Best Places to Travel in April
April is Europe's opening month and the Caribbean's discount month — the same week can be spent under cherry blossom in Kyoto or on a half-price beach in Punta Cana. Easter is the only crowd.
Best Places to Travel in May
May is when the Mediterranean is warm enough, empty enough and cheap enough all at once. It is the month travel writers keep to themselves.
Best Places to Travel in June
June has the longest days in the north and the driest ones in the safari south. It is the last month before the July–August price and crowd spike, and the best all-round month in Europe.
Best Places to Travel in July
July is the most expensive month in Europe and the most crowded on its coasts. The move is up (mountains), north (Scandinavia, Canada) or south of the equator, where it is winter and dry.
Best Places to Travel in August
August is Europe on holiday — the coast full, the cities half-empty, everything priced at its peak. The smart moves are north, up, to the empty capitals, or to the other hemisphere's dry season.
Best Places to Travel in September
September is the month every European destination is at its best — the sea at its warmest, the crowds gone, the harvest in, the prices down. If you can only travel in one month, this is it.
Best Places to Travel in October
October is foliage in the north, the last swim in the Mediterranean, and the reopening of the desert. It is also the month the tropics start to turn back on.
Best Places to Travel in November
November is when the tropics dry out, the Caribbean's storms end and the prices are still low. It is also Kyoto's most beautiful two weeks and the start of Europe's market season.
Best Places to Travel in December
December is two different months: the first three weeks, which are quiet and reasonable almost everywhere, and the last ten days, which are the most expensive travel of the year. Plan around the line.
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