Cities

41 destinations of this kind, each scored month by month on climate, crowds and fares.

The destinations

• Melbourne Australia · best Jan, Feb, Nov
• Sydney Australia · best Jul, Aug, Sep
• Vienna Austria · best Jul, Aug, Oct
• Baku Azerbaijan · best Apr, Jun, Jul
• Toronto Canada · best May, Jul, Sep
• Prague Czechia · best Apr, May, Jun
• Cairo Egypt · best Feb, Apr, Oct
• Paris France · best May, Jul, Aug
• Tbilisi Georgia · best Jun, Aug, Oct
• Athens Greece · best May, Sep, Oct
• Hong Kong Hong Kong · best Jan, Feb, Dec
• Budapest Hungary · best Apr, Jul, Aug
• Jaipur India · best Feb, Mar, Oct
• Rome Italy · best Jun, Jul, Aug
• Tokyo Japan · best Apr, Aug, Oct
• Almaty Kazakhstan · best Jun, Jul, Aug
• Nairobi Kenya · best Feb, Jun, Sep
• Kuala Lumpur Malaysia · best Jun, Jul
• Marrakech Morocco · best Feb, Mar, Sep
• Amsterdam Netherlands · best Jun, Jul, Aug
• Auckland New Zealand · best Jan, Feb, Oct
• Lisbon Portugal · best May, Jun, Jul
• Doha Qatar · best Feb, Mar, Apr
• Singapore Singapore · best Feb, Mar, Sep
• Cape Town South Africa · best Feb, Sep, Oct
• Seoul South Korea · best Apr, May, Jun
• Barcelona Spain · best Jun, Jul, Aug
• Colombo Sri Lanka · best Jan, Feb, Mar
• Zurich Switzerland · best May, Jun, Jul
• Taipei Taiwan · best Feb, Mar, May
• Bangkok Thailand · best Jan, Feb, Nov
• Istanbul Turkey · best May, Jun, Jul
• Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates · best Jan, Feb, Mar
• Dubai United Arab Emirates · best Jan, Feb, Mar
• London United Kingdom · best May, Jun, Aug
• New York United States · best Apr, May, Jun
• San Francisco United States · best Apr, May, Jun
• Tashkent Uzbekistan · best Jun, Sep, Oct
• Da Nang Vietnam · best Feb, Mar, Apr
• Hanoi Vietnam · best Feb, Mar, Dec
• Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam · best Jan, Feb, Mar

By region

• South Asia
• Jaipur India
• Colombo Sri Lanka
• Southeast Asia
• Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
• Singapore Singapore
• Bangkok Thailand
• Da Nang Vietnam
• Hanoi Vietnam
• Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
• East Asia
• Hong Kong Hong Kong
• Tokyo Japan
• Seoul South Korea
• Taipei Taiwan
• Middle East
• Cairo Egypt
• Doha Qatar
• Istanbul Turkey
• Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
• Dubai United Arab Emirates
• Caucasus and Central Asia
• Baku Azerbaijan
• Tbilisi Georgia
• Almaty Kazakhstan
• Tashkent Uzbekistan
• Europe
• Vienna Austria
• Prague Czechia
• Paris France
• Athens Greece
• Budapest Hungary
• Rome Italy
• Amsterdam Netherlands
• Lisbon Portugal
• Barcelona Spain
• Zurich Switzerland
• London United Kingdom
• North America
• Toronto Canada
• New York United States
• San Francisco United States
• Africa
• Nairobi Kenya
• Marrakech Morocco
• Cape Town South Africa
• Oceania
• Melbourne Australia
• Sydney Australia
• Auckland New Zealand

Month by month

Each cell is that destination's own verdict for the month — sweet spot, ok or avoid — with its typical daily high, from the same ten years of climate readings its page is built from. A dot marks a busy month. The last row counts the sweet spots, and the best months are marked.

Trips in Cities

• Western Europe 5 stops
• Central Europe 3 stops
• Southern Europe 5 stops
• Indochina 4 stops
• The Malay Peninsula 4 stops
• Singapore to Bali 3 stops
• East Asian cities 4 stops
• The Gulf 4 stops
• The Silk Road 4 stops
• Kenya to the Cape 3 stops
• North Africa 2 stops
• North America 3 stops
• Australia and New Zealand 3 stops

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Cities as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.