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Where to go 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 places 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

62 of the 102 places are a sweet spot or good in at least two of June, July and August; 48 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. Casablanca Morocco June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 25–27°C
  3. Baku Azerbaijan June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 29–31°C
  4. London United Kingdom June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 22–24°C
  5. Los Angeles United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 27–31°C
  6. Almaty Kazakhstan June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 28–32°C
  7. The Grand Canyon United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 28–29°C
  8. Oahu United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 28–30°C
  9. Paris France June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 25–26°C
  10. Rome Italy June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 30–33°C
  11. Yosemite United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–31°C
  12. Frankfurt Germany June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–27°C
  13. Lisbon Portugal June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–29°C
  14. San Diego United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 22–26°C
  15. Tbilisi Georgia June: goodJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 28–31°C
  16. Nairobi Kenya June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 23–24°C
  17. Seattle United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 21–25°C
  18. Budapest Hungary June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 27–29°C
  19. Yellowstone United States June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 17–24°C
  20. Barcelona Spain June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 27–29°C
  21. Bali Indonesia June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 28–29°C
  22. Brussels Belgium June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 23–24°C
  23. Vienna Austria June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 27–28°C
  24. New York United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 27–30°C
  25. Johannesburg South Africa June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 17–21°C
  26. Prague Czechia June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 25–26°C
  27. Warsaw Poland June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 24–25°C
  28. San Francisco United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 18–20°C
  29. Sao Paulo Brazil June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 22–23°C
  30. Bogota Colombia June: goodJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 17–18°C
  31. Da Nang Vietnam June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 33–34°C
  32. Vancouver Canada June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 19–23°C
  33. Lima Peru June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 20–21°C
  34. Srinagar India June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–28°C
  35. Boston United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 25–28°C
  36. Santiago Chile June: goodJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 15–17°C
  37. Toronto Canada June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 24–27°C
  38. Maui United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 29–30°C
  39. Jakarta Indonesia June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 31°C
  40. Tokyo Japan June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–32°C
  41. Washington DC United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 29–31°C
  42. Key West United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 29–30°C
  43. Sydney Australia June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 17–18°C
  44. Stockholm Sweden June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 21–22°C
  45. Copenhagen Denmark June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 20–21°C
  46. Zurich Switzerland June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 24–25°C
  47. Cape Town South Africa June: goodJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 17–18°C
  48. Leh India June: goodJuly: goodAugust: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 18–23°C
  49. Athens Greece June: sweet spotJuly: avoidAugust: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 30–34°C
  50. Chicago United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 26–27°C
  51. Anchorage United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 18–20°C
  52. Seoul South Korea June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 27–30°C
  53. Mauritius Mauritius June: okJuly: goodAugust: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 25–26°C
  54. Munich Germany June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 24–25°C
  55. Asheville United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 27–29°C
  56. Dublin Ireland June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 18–20°C
  57. Amsterdam Netherlands June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 21–22°C
  58. Miami United States June: goodJuly: goodAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 30–31°C
  59. New Orleans United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 31–32°C
  60. Taipei Taiwan June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 31–33°C
  61. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 31°C
  62. Reykjavik Iceland June: okJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 11–13°C

Fewer than two good months

Summer in South Asia: March to May

75 of the 102 places are a sweet spot or good in at least two of March, April and May; 31 of them in each of the three.

  1. Los Angeles United States March: goodApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 21–24°C
  2. Athens Greece March: sweet spotApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 16–25°C
  3. Marrakech Morocco March: goodApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 24–31°C
  4. Mexico City Mexico March: goodApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 27–28°C
  5. Perth Australia March: sweet spotApril: sweet spotMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 22–30°C
  6. Santiago Chile March: sweet spotApril: sweet spotMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 19–28°C
  7. Lisbon Portugal March: goodApril: goodMay: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 18–23°C
  8. Casablanca Morocco March: goodApril: goodMay: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 19–23°C
  9. Vienna Austria March: goodApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 12–21°C
  10. Oahu United States March: goodApril: goodMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–27°C
  11. Cape Town South Africa March: sweet spotApril: sweet spotMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 21–26°C
  12. Johannesburg South Africa March: goodApril: goodMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 20–24°C
  13. Lima Peru March: sweet spotApril: sweet spotMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 23–27°C
  14. Key West United States March: goodApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 24–27°C
  15. Miami United States March: sweet spotApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–29°C
  16. Madrid Spain March: goodApril: goodMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 16–25°C
  17. Seoul South Korea March: goodApril: goodMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 12–23°C
  18. Mumbai India March: goodApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 32°C
  19. Mauritius Mauritius March: goodApril: goodMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 28–29°C
  20. Manila Philippines March: sweet spotApril: sweet spotMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 32–34°C
  21. Lagos Nigeria March: sweet spotApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 30–31°C
  22. Barcelona Spain March: goodApril: goodMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 16–22°C
  23. Bengaluru India March: goodApril: goodMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 31–34°C
  24. Charleston United States March: sweet spotApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 21–27°C
  25. Buenos Aires Argentina March: goodApril: goodMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 17–25°C
  26. New Orleans United States March: goodApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 22–28°C
  27. Goa India March: goodApril: goodMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 33°C
  28. Washington DC United States March: goodApril: sweet spotMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 14–24°C
  29. Rome Italy March: goodApril: goodMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 17–24°C
  30. Sydney Australia March: goodApril: goodMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 20–25°C
  31. Taipei Taiwan March: goodApril: goodMay: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 23–29°C
  32. Cairo Egypt March: sweet spotApril: sweet spotMay: avoid 2 of 3 good or better · highs 25–34°C
  33. Scottsdale United States March: goodApril: sweet spotMay: avoid 2 of 3 good or better · highs 25–34°C
  34. Dubai United Arab Emirates March: goodApril: goodMay: avoid 2 of 3 good or better · highs 28–36°C
  35. Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates March: goodApril: goodMay: avoid 2 of 3 good or better · highs 28–36°C
  36. Doha Qatar March: sweet spotApril: sweet spotMay: avoid 2 of 3 good or better · highs 27–38°C
  37. San Diego United States March: okApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 18–20°C
  38. Tashkent Uzbekistan March: okApril: goodMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 16–28°C
  39. Budapest Hungary March: okApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 12–21°C
  40. The Andaman Islands India March: sweet spotApril: goodMay: avoid 2 of 3 good or better · highs 30–32°C
  41. Zion United States March: okApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 15–26°C
  42. Prague Czechia March: okApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 11–20°C
  43. Baku Azerbaijan March: okApril: goodMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 11–22°C
  44. San Francisco United States March: okApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 15–17°C
  45. Melbourne Australia March: sweet spotApril: goodMay: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 16–24°C
  46. Frankfurt Germany March: okApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 12–21°C
  47. The Grand Canyon United States March: okApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 10–21°C
  48. Warsaw Poland March: okApril: goodMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 9–19°C
  49. Da Nang Vietnam March: okApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 27–32°C
  50. Almaty Kazakhstan March: okApril: goodMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 10–23°C
  51. Istanbul Turkey March: okApril: goodMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 13–21°C
  52. Tokyo Japan March: okApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 15–23°C
  53. Tbilisi Georgia March: okApril: goodMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 13–22°C
  54. London United Kingdom March: okApril: goodMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 12–18°C
  55. Sao Paulo Brazil March: okApril: goodMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 23–27°C
  56. Maui United States March: okApril: goodMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 26–27°C
  57. Kathmandu Nepal March: goodApril: goodMay: avoid 2 of 3 good or better · highs 22–25°C
  58. Asheville United States March: okApril: sweet spotMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 15–23°C
  59. Paris France March: okApril: sweet spotMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 13–20°C
  60. Austin United States March: okApril: goodMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 24–30°C
  61. Hanoi Vietnam March: goodApril: goodMay: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 26–32°C
  62. Auckland New Zealand March: goodApril: goodMay: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 17–22°C
  63. The Maldives Maldives March: goodApril: goodMay: avoid 2 of 3 good or better · highs 29°C
  64. Hong Kong Hong Kong March: goodApril: goodMay: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 23–28°C
  65. Brussels Belgium March: okApril: goodMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 12–19°C
  66. Amsterdam Netherlands March: okApril: goodMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 11–18°C
  67. New York United States March: okApril: goodMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 10–21°C
  68. Yosemite United States March: okApril: goodMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 11–20°C
  69. Munich Germany March: okApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 11–18°C
  70. Bali Indonesia March: okApril: goodMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 29°C
  71. Srinagar India March: okApril: goodMay: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 12–22°C
  72. Stockholm Sweden March: avoidApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 6–16°C
  73. Copenhagen Denmark March: okApril: goodMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 7–15°C
  74. Zurich Switzerland March: okApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 11–18°C
  75. Reykjavik Iceland March: avoidApril: sweet spotMay: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 3–9°C

Fewer than two good months

Summer in the south: December to February

46 of the 102 places are a sweet spot or good in at least two of December, January and February; 29 of them in each of the three.

  1. Bangkok Thailand December: sweet spotJanuary: goodFebruary: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 31–33°C
  2. Kathmandu Nepal December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 17–19°C
  3. Melbourne Australia December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 24–27°C
  4. Santiago Chile December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 29–30°C
  5. Kolkata India December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 25–29°C
  6. Lima Peru December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 24–27°C
  7. Cape Town South Africa December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–28°C
  8. Bengaluru India December: goodJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–30°C
  9. Perth Australia December: goodJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 31–32°C
  10. Mexico City Mexico December: goodJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 22–25°C
  11. Hyderabad India December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 28–31°C
  12. Doha Qatar December: sweet spotJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 23–25°C
  13. Los Angeles United States December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 19–20°C
  14. Sydney Australia December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 26–27°C
  15. San Diego United States December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 18°C
  16. Cairo Egypt December: goodJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 20–22°C
  17. Buenos Aires Argentina December: sweet spotJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 27–29°C
  18. Ahmedabad India December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 27–31°C
  19. Riyadh Saudi Arabia December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 21–23°C
  20. Johannesburg South Africa December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 25–26°C
  21. Mumbai India December: goodJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 29–31°C
  22. Marrakech Morocco December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 20–22°C
  23. Maui United States December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 25–26°C
  24. Lagos Nigeria December: goodJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 3 of 3 good or better · highs 31°C
  25. Scottsdale United States December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 19–21°C
  26. Delhi India December: goodJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 19–24°C
  27. Chennai India December: goodJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 28–30°C
  28. Oahu United States December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 25–26°C
  29. Barcelona Spain December: goodJanuary: goodFebruary: good 3 of 3 good or better · highs 14–15°C
  30. Hong Kong Hong Kong December: okJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 19–20°C
  31. Nairobi Kenya December: okJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 25–27°C
  32. The Maldives Maldives December: goodJanuary: okFebruary: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 28°C
  33. Auckland New Zealand December: sweet spotJanuary: okFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 22–23°C
  34. Goa India December: sweet spotJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: ok 2 of 3 good or better · highs 32–33°C
  35. Singapore Singapore December: avoidJanuary: goodFebruary: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 29–30°C
  36. Dubai United Arab Emirates December: okJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 24–26°C
  37. Austin United States December: okJanuary: goodFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 16–19°C
  38. Muscat Oman December: okJanuary: goodFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 25–26°C
  39. Manila Philippines December: okJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 29–30°C
  40. Miami United States December: okJanuary: goodFebruary: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 24–25°C
  41. Casablanca Morocco December: okJanuary: goodFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 17–19°C
  42. Kochi India December: okJanuary: sweet spotFebruary: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 29–31°C
  43. Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam December: okJanuary: goodFebruary: sweet spot 2 of 3 good or better · highs 31–34°C
  44. Lisbon Portugal December: okJanuary: goodFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 15–16°C
  45. Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates December: goodJanuary: okFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 24–26°C
  46. Jaipur India December: okJanuary: goodFebruary: good 2 of 3 good or better · highs 21–26°C

Fewer than two good months

Summer by kind of place

Summer by region and country

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