When to go, and where that month lands well
12 pages by month and 21 by country, written from ordinary seasonal pattern — never as a forecast.
If the dates are fixed, start from the month. If the destination is fixed, start from the country. Both end at the same practical question: how much data that season really needs.
Where to go, month by month
JanuaryThe northern hemisphere at its coldest and Southeast Asia at its best — which makes January's choices clearer than most months'.Weiterlesen FebruaryThe shortest month carries the most festivals, and it is the last one where Southeast Asia still feels cool.Weiterlesen MarchBoth hemispheres change season at once, and prices have not yet caught up with spring.Weiterlesen AprilFull spring in the north, and the month Songkran sets all of Southeast Asia moving.Weiterlesen MayEurope's best weather before high season, and the month Asia's rains begin to arrive in order.Weiterlesen JuneThe longest daylight the northern hemisphere gets, and the month where the trade is light against crowds.Weiterlesen JulyThe busiest travel month of the year, and the one where choosing the right destination makes the biggest difference.Weiterlesen AugustThe month Europe takes its holiday at once, and the month an off-list destination pays off most.Weiterlesen SeptemberThe month frequent travellers pick first: the weather is still good and the crowds have gone.Weiterlesen OctoberEast Asia's steadiest weather, and the month autumn colour starts working its way south.Weiterlesen NovemberSoutheast Asia's weather returns and Europe drops into off-season pricing.Weiterlesen DecemberA clean split between Europe's Christmas markets and Asia's best dry-season weather.Weiterlesen
The best time to visit, country by country
JapanA country long enough north to south to hold two seasons on the same day — choosing a month is really choosing which part of it to be in.Weiterlesen ThailandThree seasons as locals actually count them, and two coasts whose rain does not arrive at the same time — so almost every month has somewhere that works.Weiterlesen VietnamLong enough that no single month is good in the north, centre and south at once — you have to decide which part matters most.Weiterlesen South KoreaFour sharply different seasons over a short distance, and autumn is the one locals themselves name as the best.Weiterlesen TaiwanAn island where north and south are always a season apart, and typhoon season is the one thing genuinely worth planning around.Weiterlesen IndonesiaAn archipelago wide enough that the islands do not share a wet season — Bali and Sumatra do not run on the same calendar.Weiterlesen United KingdomBritain has no dry season, only lighter and darker ones, so aim for the long evenings of late spring and early autumn.Weiterlesen IrelandIreland can serve four seasons in one day all year, so the payoff window is late May to September when the light lasts and the wind eases.Weiterlesen FranceFrance stacks three seasons at once: an Alpine snow year, a Riviera beach year, and a Paris that is best before the city leaves on holiday.Weiterlesen GermanyGermany peaks twice in opposite ways: a summer lived outdoors in beer gardens, and a December when the squares turn into markets.Weiterlesen United StatesA continent-sized country where the right month depends entirely on which of its climates you booked, from desert to alpine to hurricane coast.Weiterlesen CanadaA country with a short intense summer, a long winter that sells itself, and two shoulder months when even locals cannot guess what to wear.Weiterlesen MexicoA country where the rain arrives on schedule in the afternoon rather than all day, and the highlands run a different calendar from both coasts.Weiterlesen GuatemalaA country whose highlands stay pleasant almost all year, while the wet season decides whether you see the volcano summits or only cloud.Weiterlesen BelizeA small country whose whole year is decided by the sea: how clear the water sits over the reef, and whether the storm season lets boats out.Weiterlesen HondurasA country where the Caribbean islands and the interior run their wet seasons at different times, so you choose the trip before you choose the month.Weiterlesen United Arab EmiratesThe year here splits in two: a half you can spend outdoors all day, and a half when life moves almost entirely indoors.Weiterlesen Saudi ArabiaA country large enough to hold bone-dry desert, a humid coast, and highlands that get mist and rain in high summer.Weiterlesen QatarA compact country where the season decides nearly everything, from an evening walk on the bay to a night out in the dunes.Weiterlesen BahrainA small Gulf island with a short but excellent winter, and a summer so humid that everything moves indoors.Weiterlesen KuwaitOne of the hottest dry places on earth in summer, with a brief spring in which the sand briefly turns green.Weiterlesen