Best time to visit East Asia
4 destinations in 4 countries, each scored month by month, side by side.
February and May are a sweet spot at 3 of the 4.
The destinations
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong · best Jan, Feb, Dec
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Tokyo
Japan · best Apr, Aug, Oct
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Seoul
South Korea · best Apr, May, Jun
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Taipei
Taiwan · best Feb, Mar, May
By country
Month by month
| Place | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 20° | 21° | 24° | 27° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 25° | 21° |
| Tokyo | 9° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 29° | 31° | 27° | 21° | 16° | 11° |
| Seoul | 2° | 4° | 9° | 14° | 18° | 23° | 27° | 28° | 25° | 19° | 12° | 4° |
| Taipei | 19° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 29° | 31° | 33° | 32° | 31° | 27° | 25° | 20° |
| Sweet spots | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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 East Asia
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 East Asia as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.