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Best time to visit Burlington
United States · North America
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Burlington
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- JanJBurlington in January: avoid
- FebFBurlington in February: avoid
- MarMBurlington in March: avoid
- AprABurlington in April: ok
- MayMBurlington in May: sweet spot
- JunJBurlington in June: sweet spot
- JulJBurlington in July: good, busy
- AugABurlington in August: good, busy
- SepSBurlington in September: sweet spot
- OctOBurlington in October: ok
- NovNBurlington in November: ok
- DecDBurlington in December: avoid
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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Things to do in Burlington
- Cathedral of Saint Joseph Seat of the Catholic Diocese of Burlington. The church was built in 1887.
- Ethan Allen Homestead Guided tours of Revolutionary War Hero Ethan Allen's final home on Burlington's Scenic Intervale
- Fleming Museum of Art Museum in Burlington, Vermont
- First Baptist Church A significant example of early Italianate ecclesiastical architecture in the state, this Baptist church was built in 1864.
- First Methodist Church Built in 1869, it is the city's only example of ecclesiastical Romanesque Revival architecture.
Tours and tickets in Burlington
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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Burlington (Vermont)), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.
Month by month
No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -2° | 9d | 73% | 4.6h | avoid | bitter cold: -2C daily max |
| Feb | 0° | 8d | 71% | 6.0h | avoid | bitter cold: 0C daily max |
| Mar | 5° | 9d | 68% | 7.2h | avoid | bitter cold: 5C daily max |
| Apr | 12° | 11d | 70% | 7.9h | ok | 12C max, 11 rainy days |
| May | 19° | 10d | 71% | 10.0h | sweet spot | 19C max, 10 rainy days |
| Jun | 24° | 10d | 72% | 11.2h | sweet spot | 24C max, 10 rainy days |
| Jul | 27° | 9d | 73% | 11.9h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Aug | 26° | 9d | 74% | 11.4h | goodbusy | busier than usual |
| Sep | 22° | 8d | 75% | 9.5h | sweet spot | 22C max, 8 rainy days |
| Oct | 15° | 11d | 74% | 7.1h | ok | 15C max, 11 rainy days |
| Nov | 7° | 11d | 72% | 5.1h | ok | 7C max, 11 rainy days |
| Dec | 1° | 9d | 73% | 4.4h | avoid | bitter cold: 1C daily max |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at downtown: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Burlington's October days now average 15.3°C, 2.6°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 5 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | -3.6° | -1.1° | 3.3° | 10.8° | 17.1° | 21.6° | 25.2° | 23.7° | 19.2° | 12.7° | 6.2° | -0.4° |
| 2017–26 | -1.7° | 0.2° | 5.0° | 11.6° | 18.6° | 23.9° | 27.0° | 25.5° | 21.6° | 15.3° | 6.7° | 1.4° |
| Change | +1.9° | +1.2° | +1.6° | +0.8° | +1.5° | +2.3° | +1.9° | +1.8° | +2.4° | +2.6° | +0.5° | +1.7° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
How far Burlington is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Boston
- from New York
- from Toronto
- from Chicago
- from Miami
- from Mexico City
- from Seattle
- from Vancouver
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Before you go
Type A and B plugs at 120 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the United states dollar. No UK Foreign Office advice against travel. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise normal security precautions. Everything for United States: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay work almost everywhere, though a few small places take cash only. Keep some $1 and $5 notes for tips; Venmo and PayPal are for locals.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — Expected: 15–20% in sit-down restaurants (18–20% is standard in New York) and 10–20% for taxi, Uber and Lyft drivers. Large groups may find it already on the bill.
Getting around Burlington
- Apps — Rides: Lyft, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: Text messages (SMS), WhatsApp. In San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami and some other cities you can also book a driverless Waymo in its own app.
Downtown Burlington is one of the most walkable and beautiful small cities in New England, and you'd do well to get out of your car… More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Burlington (Vermont), written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — 911 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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- mtc.ca.gov/news/starting-wednesday-bart-riders-can-tap-bank-cards
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Burlington in pictures
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What Burlington is like
Burlington is the largest city in the American state of Vermont. Situated on Lake Champlain, it is the heart of a small urban area that acts as Vermont's vibrant and cosmopolitan center. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Downtown Burlington is home to an eclectic mix of shops and restaurants, and is well known for its pedestrian Church Street Marketplace. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Burlington is renowned for its cultural amenities and strength in the arts, providing the opportunities typical of a much larger city. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- It is relatively well connected to Montreal to the north and Plattsburgh, New York to the west. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Burlington (Vermont), written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
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Nearby
- Montreal Canada · 118 km
- Ottawa Canada · 222 km
- Quebec City Canada · 303 km
- Niagara Falls Canada · 495 km
Kind of place
Burlington is in United States, North America. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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