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Beaches in winter

Winter is December to February north of the equator and in South Asia; June to August south of the equator. These are the beaches where at least two of those three months are a sweet spot or good, ranked on ten years of climate readings, public holidays and fares.

Winter in the north: December to February

15 of the 22 places are a sweet spot or good in at least two of December, January and February; 8 of them in each of the three.

  1. Cape Town South Africa December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–28°C
  2. Perth Australia December: goodJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 31–32°C
  3. Los Angeles United States December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 19–20°C
  4. Sydney Australia December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–27°C
  5. San Diego United States December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 18°C
  6. Maui United States December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 25–26°C
  7. Oahu United States December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 25–26°C
  8. Barcelona Spain December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 14–15°C
  9. The Maldives Maldives December: goodJanuary: okFebruary: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 28°C
  10. Goa India December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 32–33°C
  11. Dubai United Arab Emirates December: okJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 24–26°C
  12. Muscat Oman December: okJanuary: goodFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 25–26°C
  13. Miami United States December: okJanuary: goodFebruary: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 24–25°C
  14. Kochi India December: okJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 29–31°C
  15. Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates December: goodJanuary: okFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 24–26°C

Fewer than two good months

Winter in the south: June to August

12 of the 22 places are a sweet spot or good in at least two of June, July and August; 10 of them in each of the three.

  1. Los Angeles United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 27–31°C
  2. Oahu United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 28–30°C
  3. San Diego United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 22–26°C
  4. Barcelona Spain June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 27–29°C
  5. Bali Indonesia June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 28–29°C
  6. Da Nang Vietnam June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 33–34°C
  7. Maui United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 29–30°C
  8. Key West United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 29–30°C
  9. Sydney Australia June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 17–18°C
  10. Cape Town South Africa June: goodJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 17–18°C
  11. Mauritius Mauritius June: okJuly: goodAugust: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 25–26°C
  12. Miami United States June: goodJuly: goodAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 30–31°C

Fewer than two good months

Beaches, season by season

Winter elsewhere

Labelled and ranked by the score from Bengaluru, as every month page is, until you choose your own city: then your own city's score decides, and the places are split into your own country, short hops within 1,500 km, and further away. A month counts when it is a sweet spot or good; two such months put a place on the list, and more months, then a higher average score, put it higher. The climate is each place's own, from ten years of readings. How we rank