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Where to go 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 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.

Winter in the north: 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

Winter in the south: 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

Winter by kind of place

Winter 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