Month by month
Where to go in every month of the year, with measured weather, a daily budget, the season and dated festivals for each place.
Each month lists about 18 places, with highs and rain measured over ten years, a mid-range daily budget, whether the month is peak season there, and the dates of what is on. Have dates in mind already? The finder suggests places from your dates, budget and starting city.
Eighteen January trips, from dry-season beaches and southern summer to Lapland snow and Shetland's fire festival, each with its January weather, a daily budget, whether January is its peak season, and its 2027 dates.
Eighteen February trips, from carnival in Rio, Venice, New Orleans and Trinidad to Sapporo's snow festival and winter sun in Phuket and Cartagena, each with its February weather, a daily budget, its season and its 2027 dates.
Eighteen March trips, from cherry blossom in Tokyo, Kyoto and Washington to Las Fallas, Holi, Holy Week in Seville and the last of the Alpine snow, each with its March weather, a daily budget, its season and its 2027 dates.
Eighteen December trips, from Christmas markets and northern lights to dry-season beaches, each with its weather, a daily budget, whether December is peak season there, and its 2026 dates.
Seventeen Christmas markets, from Nuremberg, Dresden and Strasbourg to Vienna, Prague and Tallinn, with their 2026 dates, which ones open on Christmas Day, which run into January, December weather and a daily budget.