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Mountains in summer

Summer is June to August north of the equator; March to May in South Asia; December to February south of the equator. These are the mountains 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.

Summer in the north: June to August

11 of the 13 places are a sweet spot or good in at least two of June, July and August; 9 of them in each of the three.

  1. Almaty Kazakhstan June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 28–32°C
  2. The Grand Canyon United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 28–29°C
  3. Yosemite United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–31°C
  4. Yellowstone United States June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 17–24°C
  5. Vancouver Canada June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 19–23°C
  6. Srinagar India June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–28°C
  7. Santiago Chile June: goodJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 15–17°C
  8. Cape Town South Africa June: goodJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 17–18°C
  9. Leh India June: goodJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 18–23°C
  10. Anchorage United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 18–20°C
  11. Asheville United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 27–29°C

Fewer than two good months

Summer in South Asia: March to May

9 of the 13 places are a sweet spot or good in at least two of March, April and May; 2 of them in each of the three.

  1. Santiago Chile March: sweet spotApril: sweet spotMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 19–28°C
  2. Cape Town South Africa March: sweet spotApril: sweet spotMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 21–26°C
  3. Zion United States March: okApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 15–26°C
  4. The Grand Canyon United States March: okApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 10–21°C
  5. Almaty Kazakhstan March: okApril: goodMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 10–23°C
  6. Kathmandu Nepal March: goodApril: goodMay: avoid 2 of 3 good or better · highs 22–25°C
  7. Asheville United States March: okApril: sweet spotMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 15–23°C
  8. Yosemite United States March: okApril: goodMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 11–20°C
  9. Srinagar India March: okApril: goodMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 12–22°C

Fewer than two good months

Summer in the south: December to February

3 of the 13 places are a sweet spot or good in at least two of December, January and February; 3 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. Santiago Chile December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 29–30°C
  3. Cape Town South Africa December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–28°C

Fewer than two good months

Mountains, season by season

Summer 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