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'.Lire la suite FebruaryThe shortest month carries the most festivals, and it is the last one where Southeast Asia still feels cool.Lire la suite MarchBoth hemispheres change season at once, and prices have not yet caught up with spring.Lire la suite AprilFull spring in the north, and the month Songkran sets all of Southeast Asia moving.Lire la suite MayEurope's best weather before high season, and the month Asia's rains begin to arrive in order.Lire la suite JuneThe longest daylight the northern hemisphere gets, and the month where the trade is light against crowds.Lire la suite JulyThe busiest travel month of the year, and the one where choosing the right destination makes the biggest difference.Lire la suite AugustThe month Europe takes its holiday at once, and the month an off-list destination pays off most.Lire la suite SeptemberThe month frequent travellers pick first: the weather is still good and the crowds have gone.Lire la suite OctoberEast Asia's steadiest weather, and the month autumn colour starts working its way south.Lire la suite NovemberSoutheast Asia's weather returns and Europe drops into off-season pricing.Lire la suite DecemberA clean split between Europe's Christmas markets and Asia's best dry-season weather.Lire la suite
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.Lire la suite 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.Lire la suite VietnamLong enough that no single month is good in the north, centre and south at once — you have to decide which part matters most.Lire la suite South KoreaFour sharply different seasons over a short distance, and autumn is the one locals themselves name as the best.Lire la suite TaiwanAn island where north and south are always a season apart, and typhoon season is the one thing genuinely worth planning around.Lire la suite IndonesiaAn archipelago wide enough that the islands do not share a wet season — Bali and Sumatra do not run on the same calendar.Lire la suite United KingdomBritain has no dry season, only lighter and darker ones, so aim for the long evenings of late spring and early autumn.Lire la suite 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.Lire la suite 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.Lire la suite GermanyGermany peaks twice in opposite ways: a summer lived outdoors in beer gardens, and a December when the squares turn into markets.Lire la suite 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.Lire la suite 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.Lire la suite 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.Lire la suite GuatemalaA country whose highlands stay pleasant almost all year, while the wet season decides whether you see the volcano summits or only cloud.Lire la suite 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.Lire la suite 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.Lire la suite 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.Lire la suite Saudi ArabiaA country large enough to hold bone-dry desert, a humid coast, and highlands that get mist and rain in high summer.Lire la suite QatarA compact country where the season decides nearly everything, from an evening walk on the bay to a night out in the dunes.Lire la suite BahrainA small Gulf island with a short but excellent winter, and a summer so humid that everything moves indoors.Lire la suite KuwaitOne of the hottest dry places on earth in summer, with a brief spring in which the sand briefly turns green.Lire la suite