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Heritage 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 heritage 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

12 of the 28 places are a sweet spot or good in at least two of December, January and February; 9 of them in each of the three.

  1. Kathmandu Nepal December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 17–19°C
  2. Kolkata India December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 25–29°C
  3. Lima Peru December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 24–27°C
  4. Mexico City Mexico December: goodJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 22–25°C
  5. Hyderabad India December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 28–31°C
  6. Cairo Egypt December: goodJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 20–22°C
  7. Ahmedabad India December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 27–31°C
  8. Marrakech Morocco December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 20–22°C
  9. Delhi India December: goodJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 19–24°C
  10. Muscat Oman December: okJanuary: goodFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 25–26°C
  11. Kochi India December: okJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 29–31°C
  12. Jaipur India December: okJanuary: goodFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 21–26°C

Fewer than two good months

Winter in the south: June to August

13 of the 28 places are a sweet spot or good in at least two of June, July and August; 11 of them in each of the three.

  1. Istanbul Turkey June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 27–29°C
  2. Rome Italy June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 30–33°C
  3. Tbilisi Georgia June: goodJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 28–31°C
  4. Budapest Hungary June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 27–29°C
  5. Vienna Austria June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 27–28°C
  6. Prague Czechia June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 25–26°C
  7. Warsaw Poland June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 24–25°C
  8. Lima Peru June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 20–21°C
  9. Boston United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 25–28°C
  10. Washington DC United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 29–31°C
  11. Key West United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 29–30°C
  12. Athens Greece June: sweet spotJuly: avoidAugust: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 30–34°C
  13. New Orleans United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 31–32°C

Fewer than two good months

Heritage, 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