Where to Go in February 2027: 18 Best Places to Travel

For February 2027, go to Rio, Venice, New Orleans or Trinidad for carnival, to Sapporo, Quebec City, Rovaniemi or St. Anton for snow, and to Phuket, Cartagena, Colombo or Cancún for winter sun. The 18 places below are grouped by the trip you want, each with its February weather, a mid-range daily budget, whether February is its peak season, and its 2027 dates, checked in October 2026.

• Carnival: Shrove Tuesday is February 9, 2027, so most carnivals end that week; Tenerife's runs late, February 19 to 28.
• Lunar New Year: Saturday, February 6, 2027.
• Warmest: Phuket, highs of 34.2 °C (94 °F); driest: Cartagena, about 4 mm (0.2 in) of rain.
• Snow festivals: Sapporo from February 4 to 11 and Quebec City from February 5 to 14.
• Lowest daily cost: Colombo at $80 a person, mid-range.

February 2027 at a glance

Highs are February averages for 2013 to 2022; budgets are Budget Your Trip's mid-range daily costs per person; the season compares February with an average month in official tourism statistics. How each was built is at the end.

Carnival and festivals

Easter 2027 falls on March 28, so Shrove Tuesday, the last day of carnival, is February 9, and Ash Wednesday is February 10. Rio, Venice, New Orleans and Trinidad all end that week.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Best for carnival nights and hot beach days

Rio's top samba schools parade through the Sambódromo on February 7 to 9, 2027, after the Série Ouro on February 5 and 6, and the six best return for the Champions' Parade on Saturday, February 13, per Riotur, the city's tourism company. Grandstand tickets are a fixed R$ 250 a night. Rio's Carnival dates to 1723 and is often called the biggest in the world, with two million people a day on the streets. Between parades, Sugarloaf Mountain rises 396 m over Guanabara Bay, and Copacabana's beach runs 4 km.

February brings highs of 32.3 °C (90 °F), lows of 21.3 °C (70 °F), 225 mm (8.9 in) of rain over about 16 wet days and a 25.3 °C (78 °F) sea.

• Things to do: the 30 m statue of Christ the Redeemer on Corcovado; the forest trails of Tijuca National Park, in the mountains inside the city; the 215 tiled steps of the Escadaria Selarón in Lapa.
• Season: peak. International arrivals to Rio de Janeiro state in February 2025 were 1.43 times the average month, the year's top month (Brazil's tourism ministry).
• Daily budget: about $118 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: the wettest of the 18, and carnival week is the year's busiest.
• Eat: feijoada, the black-bean and pork stew often called Brazil's national dish; Biscoito Globo, the puffed manioc rings sold on Rio's beaches.

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Portela samba school parading in the Sambadrome, Rio Carnival, February 2017

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Venice, Italy

Best for carnival masks, then a quiet winter city

The Carnival of Venice runs from Saturday, January 23 to Tuesday, February 9, 2027, per the official site, so its last nine days fall in February. The masked carnival dates to the Middle Ages, was abolished in 1797 and revived in 1979. Once it ends, February is one of the city's quietest months.

February brings highs of 9.5 °C (49 °F), lows of 2.1 °C (36 °F) and 99 mm (3.9 in) of rain over about eight wet days. The 3-day Venice itinerary and the Italy guide cover the city.

• Things to do: modern art at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection on the Grand Canal, open all year; the vaporetto to Burano, 45 minutes from St. Mark's Square; the rooftop view from the spiral staircase of the Scala Contarini del Bovolo.
• Season: low. Venice's overnight stays in February 2025 were 0.69 times the average month, in a year when carnival ran into March (Veneto statistics office).
• Daily budget: about $315 a person, mid-range, the highest here (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: cold and damp, and the 2027 carnival program of events is not yet published.
• Eat: frìtole, raisin-and-pine-nut fritters made only during carnival; sarde in saor, sweet-sour sardines served in the bacari.
• Buy: a papier-mâché carnival mask at Ca' Macana, Dorsoduro 3215, making masks since 1984.

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Masked couple in costume at the Carnival of Venice, February 2010

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New Orleans, USA

Best for Mardi Gras parades and jazz nights

Mardi Gras Day is Tuesday, February 9, 2027, with parades every night from February 3 and Lundi Gras on February 8, per New Orleans & Company, the city's tourism board. The parades are run by social clubs called krewes, and the biggest roll in the last five days of the season, which starts on January 6.

February brings highs of 20.7 °C (69 °F), lows of 8.9 °C (48 °F) and 115 mm (4.5 in) of rain. The 4-day New Orleans itinerary and the New Orleans packing list cover the trip.

• Things to do: The National WWII Museum; the St. Charles streetcar, running since 1835; traditional jazz at Preservation Hall in the French Quarter.
• Season: no official monthly figure.
• Daily budget: about $270 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: the same page puts peak-season hotels at $433 a night against $232 off-season, and Mardi Gras week is peak.
• Eat: king cake, eaten from Epiphany to Mardi Gras; gumbo, Louisiana's official state cuisine; beignets under powdered sugar.
• Buy: chicory coffee or beignet mix from Café du Monde, 800 Decatur Street in the French Market.

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A Mardi Gras float rolling down Canal Street, February 2017

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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

Best for carnival week, steelpan and dry-season heat

Trinidad's Carnival Monday and Tuesday fall on February 8 and 9, 2027, per the National Carnival Commission, with costumed mas bands, calypso and soca filling Port of Spain. The steelpan, the national instrument, was developed in Trinidad and Tobago in the 1930s and 1940s.

February brings highs of 29.7 °C (85 °F), lows of 21.4 °C (71 °F), 38 mm (1.5 in) of rain and a 26.2 °C (79 °F) sea.

• Things to do: the Magnificent Seven, heritage mansions built from 1902 to 1910; the Royal Botanic Gardens, open every day from 6 am to 6 pm; an evening boat into Caroni Swamp to see the scarlet ibis fly in to roost.
• Season: peak. Visitor arrivals to Trinidad in February 2025 were 1.34 times the average month, its top month (Central Statistical Office).
• Daily budget: about $213 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: carnival is the island's busiest week, and the 2027 Panorama and Dimanche Gras dates are not yet confirmed.
• Eat: doubles, two fried bara with curried chickpeas; bake and shark, best known from Maracas Bay on the north coast.
• Buy: Angostura bitters and Trinidad rum at the House of Angostura store in Laventille, at the end of its tour.

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Masqueraders in red feathered costumes on Carnival Monday, Port of Spain, February 2006

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Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Best for a late carnival and mild, spring-like days

Santa Cruz moved its 2027 street carnival two weeks later than usual, to February 19 to 28, with Carnival Tuesday, February 23, a local holiday, per the city council. It is the one carnival here still running after February 9. Santa Cruz's carnival has been a Fiesta of International Tourist Interest since 1981.

February brings highs of 19.8 °C (68 °F), lows of 13.0 °C (55 °F) and an 18.3 °C (65 °F) sea, spring weather rather than tropical. The Spain guide covers the Canary Islands.

• Things to do: the Guanche mummies at the Museo de la Naturaleza y Arqueología; the white sand of Playa de Las Teresitas, north of San Andrés; the laurel forests of the Anaga massif, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2015.
• Season: shoulder. The city's hotel nights in February 2025 were 1.00 times the average month (Spain's statistics office).
• Daily budget: about $177 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: mild, not hot, and the sea is cool for swimming.
• Eat: papas arrugadas, salt-crusted potatoes with mojo rojo; conejo en salmorejo, marinated rabbit.

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Feathered dancers parading at night, Carnaval de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, February 2023

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Singapore

Best for Lunar New Year lights and garden walks

Chinese New Year falls on Saturday, February 6 and Sunday, February 7, 2027, per Singapore's Ministry of Manpower. The Singapore Tourism Board lists Chinatown's decorations, the Chingay Parade and River Hongbao among the celebrations.

February brings highs of 30.3 °C (87 °F), lows of 23.3 °C (74 °F) and 134 mm (5.3 in) of rain over about 12 wet days. The Singapore weekend guide and the 14-day Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand itinerary cover the city.

• Things to do: the Singapore Botanic Gardens, a UNESCO site open from 5 am to midnight; the 35 m waterfall inside the cooled Cloud Forest dome at Gardens by the Bay; the National Gallery Singapore, in the former Supreme Court and City Hall.
• Season: shoulder. International arrivals in February 2025 were 0.98 times the average month (SingStat).
• Daily budget: about $181 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: the Chingay and River Hongbao dates for 2027 are not yet published, and February is wetter than any of the winter-sun picks.
• Eat: yusheng, the raw-fish salad tossed at the table for the New Year; Hainanese chicken rice; chili crab.

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Chinese New Year lantern displays in Chinatown, Singapore, January 2024

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Snow

Sapporo, Japan

Best for snow sculptures, ramen and hot springs

The Sapporo Snow Festival fills Odori Park, Susukino and Tsudome with snow statues and ice sculptures from Thursday, February 4 to Thursday, February 11, 2027, per the festival. Odori Park runs about 1.5 km through the city, with the TV Tower at one end, and an international snow sculpture contest has run since 1974.

February brings highs of 0.9 °C (34 °F), lows of −6.1 °C (21 °F). The Japan guide and the Japan packing list cover the trip, and the best time to visit Japan covers the seasons.

• Things to do: the Sapporo Beer Museum, in a former sugar factory of 1890; the ropeway up Mount Moiwa, with a ski area in winter; the hot springs of Jozankei, about an hour's drive from the center.
• Season: shoulder. Hokkaido's overnight stays in February 2025 were 1.05 times the average month (Japan Tourism Agency). The city's own figures put its foreign overnight guests higher, at 1.43 in February 2026, and its visitor count, which includes day-trippers, lower, at 0.76.
• Daily budget: about $127 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: below-freezing nights, and festival week is busy.
• Eat: miso ramen, invented in Sapporo; soup curry; jingisukan, mutton grilled on a domed pan.
• Buy: Shiroi Koibito biscuits at Shiroi Koibito Park, 2-2-11-36 Miyanosawa, Nishi-ku.

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Illuminated giant snow sculpture at Odori Park, 65th Sapporo Snow Festival, February 2014

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Quebec City, Canada

Best for the winter carnival and deep cold

The Carnaval de Québec runs from Friday, February 5 to Sunday, February 14, 2027, per the carnival: ten days of ice and snow sculptures, Bonhomme's Ice Palace and two night parades. It has run every year since 1955, when its snowman mascot Bonhomme first appeared.

February brings highs of −4.5 °C (24 °F), lows of −15.2 °C (5 °F), the coldest nights of the 18.

• Things to do: the Musée de la civilisation in Old Québec; the 150 m toboggan slide on Dufferin Terrace, used during the winter carnival; the Hôtel de Glace ice hotel, built each December and open from early January through April.
• Season: shoulder. Hotel occupancy in the Québec tourist region in February 2025 was 0.92 times the year's average (Destination Québec cité).
• Daily budget: Budget Your Trip's figure ($152) is left out: its mid-range double room ($140) sits below 90% of the same page's off-season hotel average ($172).
• Trade-off: deep cold, so dress for −15.2 °C (5 °F) nights.
• Eat: tire sur la neige, hot maple syrup set on snow; caribou, the carnival's wine-and-spirit drink; tourtière.

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The lit ice palace at the Carnaval de Québec, February 2023

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Rovaniemi, Finland

Best for deep snow, saunas and Arctic winter

Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland, sits about 6 km south of the Arctic Circle, where Santa Claus Village has stood since 1980. February brings deep snow.

February brings highs of −4.8 °C (23 °F), lows of −11.1 °C (12 °F), the coldest days of the 18.

• Things to do: the Arktikum, a museum of Arctic culture and life; the Ounasvaara ski center, across the river from town; a barrel sauna and an ice dip in the Kemijoki river.
• Season: peak. Rovaniemi's hotel nights in February 2025 were 1.55 times the average month (Statistics Finland).
• Daily budget: Budget Your Trip's figure ($234) is left out: its mid-range double room ($210) sits below 90% of the same page's off-season hotel average ($243).
• Trade-off: no fixed-date February event, and the cold.
• Eat: poronkäristys, sautéed reindeer with mashed potato and lingonberries; leipäjuusto, squeaky bread cheese with cloudberry jam.

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Santa Claus Village on the Arctic Circle at Rovaniemi, February 2015

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St. Anton, Austria

Best for big-mountain skiing in peak season

St. Anton am Arlberg is part of Ski Arlberg, Austria's largest connected ski area, and its 2026/27 season runs from December 2 to April 18, per Ski Arlberg. The Schneetreiben ski show runs every Wednesday in February: the 3rd, 10th, 17th and 24th. Lifts climb to 2,811 m, and the resort hosted the 2001 Alpine World Ski Championships.

February brings highs of 1.4 °C (35 °F), lows of −7.1 °C (19 °F) and 114 mm (4.5 in) of snow and rain. The 7-day Austria itinerary covers the country.

• Things to do: the village's history, from the Middle Ages to today, at the Museum St. Anton am Arlberg, in Villa Trier, built around 1910; the 4 km toboggan run from Gampen; a horse-drawn sleigh into the snowy Verwall valley.
• Season: peak. St. Anton's overnight stays in February 2025 were 2.69 times the average month, the highest ratio of the 18 (Tyrol statistics).
• Daily budget: Budget Your Trip has no St. Anton page, and its Austria average ($200) understates a ski resort in season, so it is left out.
• Trade-off: the resort's busiest month, just ahead of January.
• Eat: Tiroler Gröstl, pan-fried potatoes, meat and onion with an egg; Kaspressknödel, cheese dumplings; Kaiserschmarrn.

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Freerider above St. Christoph am Arlberg in the St. Anton ski area, February 2016

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Winter sun

Phuket, Thailand

Best for low-rain beach days and hot island days

Phuket is Thailand's largest island, with 32 smaller islands off its coast in the Andaman Sea, and a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. Phuket Old Town's Sino-Portuguese shophouses line Thalang, Dibuk and Krabi roads.

February brings highs of 34.2 °C (94 °F), the hottest of the 18, lows of 23.4 °C (74 °F), 50 mm (1.9 in) of rain and a 28.7 °C (84 °F) sea, the warmest here. The 7-day Thailand islands itinerary and the Thailand guide cover the island.

• Things to do: the 45 m seated Big Buddha on Nakkerd Hill; a day on the Similan Islands, with boats from mid-October to mid-May; Wat Chalong, one of Phuket's 29 Buddhist temples.
• Season: shoulder. Phuket's guests in February 2025 were 1.02 times the average month; the island is busy year-round (Thailand's tourism ministry).
• Daily budget: about $134 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: the heat, and no quiet month.
• Eat: moo hong, pork belly stewed in dark soy and pepper; oh tao, fried oysters with egg and taro.

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Kata Beach on Phuket's west coast

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Cartagena, Colombia

Best for dry-season sun in a walled colonial city

Cartagena's walled old town, its port and fortresses are a UNESCO site; the Spanish began its defenses in 1586. February is the heart of the dry season.

February brings highs of 34.0 °C (93 °F), lows of 22.9 °C (73 °F), about 4 mm (0.2 in) of rain, the driest of the 18, and a 27.3 °C (81 °F) sea. The 10-day Colombia itinerary and the Colombia guide cover the city.

• Things to do: the convent on La Popa, above the city, dating from 1607; a boat to the coral islands of the Rosario Islands; a warm mud bath in the crater of El Totumo.
• Season: peak. Foreign arrivals at Cartagena in February 2025 were 1.14 times the average month (Migración Colombia).
• Daily budget: Budget Your Trip's figure ($64) is left out: its mid-range double room ($66) sits below 90% of the same page's off-season hotel average ($88).
• Trade-off: peak season and the heat; the Hay Festival ends just before February, on January 31.
• Eat: arepa de huevo, a fried corn arepa with an egg inside; posta negra cartagenera, beef in a dark, sweet sauce; carimañolas.

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Colonial balconies around Plaza de la Aduana in Cartagena's walled city

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Colombo, Sri Lanka

Best for temple processions and warm seafront evenings

Gangaramaya Temple, on Beira Lake, holds its Nawam Maha Perahera street procession on February 19 and 20, 2027, per the temple, and Navam Full Moon Poya on February 20 and Independence Day on February 4 are public holidays. Galle Face Green, a 500 m seafront promenade, was laid out in 1859.

February brings highs of 33.0 °C (91 °F), lows of 23.5 °C (74 °F), the warmest nights of the 18, and a 28.2 °C (83 °F) sea. The 10-day Sri Lanka itinerary starts in Colombo.

• Things to do: the regalia of the Kandyan kings at the Colombo National Museum, founded in 1877; the 45 acres of Viharamahadevi Park in Cinnamon Gardens; the Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque in Pettah, known as the Red Mosque and completed in 1909.
• Season: peak for the country. Sri Lanka's international arrivals in February 2025 were 1.22 times the average month (Sri Lanka Tourism).
• Daily budget: about $80 a person, mid-range, the lowest here (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: hot, humid nights.
• Eat: lamprais, rice and curries baked in a banana leaf, from the Dutch Burgher community; string hoppers.

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Relics carried in the Gangaramaya Navam Perahera, Colombo, February 2024

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Dubai, UAE

Best for warm, dry days before the summer heat

Dubai's Burj Khalifa, at 829.8 m, has been the world's tallest building since 2010, and the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships run from February 14 to 27, 2027, per the tournament. February is warm rather than hot.

February brings highs of 27.6 °C (82 °F), lows of 15.7 °C (60 °F), 6 mm (0.2 in) of rain and a 21.6 °C (71 °F) sea. The Dubai packing list covers the trip.

• Things to do: the lanes of the Al Fahidi district, built from the 1890s; the seven floors of the Museum of the Future; a wooden abra across Dubai Creek.
• Season: peak. Dubai's international overnight visitors in February 2025 were 1.15 times the average month (Dubai DET).
• Daily budget: about $289 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: Ramadan is expected to begin around February 8 or 9, 2027, depending on the moon, and cover most of the month.
• Eat: balaleet, sweet saffron vermicelli under an omelette; luqaimat, fried dumplings with date syrup; machboos, spiced rice and meat.

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Burj Khalifa above Downtown Dubai

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Cape Town, South Africa

Best for dry summer days and sunset concerts

February is Cape Town's dry summer. Table Mountain's flat top rises about 1,000 m over the city, and Boulders Beach in Simon's Town has had a colony of African penguins since 1982.

February brings highs of 25.9 °C (79 °F), lows of 16.1 °C (61 °F), 9 mm (0.4 in) of rain over about one wet day and an 18.3 °C (65 °F) sea. The 5-day Cape Town itinerary lays out the peninsula.

• Things to do: the ferry from the V&A Waterfront to Robben Island and its former prison; a Sunday evening Summer Sunset Concert at Kirstenbosch; the hour-long walk up Lion's Head, popular at full moon.
• Season: shoulder, by the national figure only. South Africa's accommodation nights in February 2025 were 0.94 times the average month (Statistics South Africa); no Cape Town series was available.
• Daily budget: about $187 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: a cold sea for a summer beach.
• Eat: bobotie, spiced mince baked under egg; koesisters, Cape Malay spiced dumplings in coconut; the Gatsby, a long roll of chips and meat from Athlone.

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Table Mountain under its cloud 'tablecloth', seen from Orange Street, March 2024

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Cancún, Mexico

Best for Caribbean beaches and Maya ruins

Cancún, on the northeast tip of the Yucatán Peninsula, is the gateway to the Riviera Maya, and its Hotel Zone strip holds the beaches and the El Rey archaeological site.

February brings highs of 30.3 °C (87 °F), lows of 18.9 °C (66 °F), 37 mm (1.5 in) of rain and a 26.3 °C (79 °F) sea. The Mexico, Guatemala and Belize itinerary starts on this coast.

• Things to do: the more than 350 artifacts of the Museo Maya de Cancún; the 500 sculptures of the underwater museum, for snorkelers and divers; a day trip to Chichén Itzá, a UNESCO site.
• Season: shoulder. Cancún's tourist arrivals in February 2025 were 1.02 times the average month, though hotel occupancy ran 1.12 times (Quintana Roo tourism).
• Daily budget: about $166 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: winter is peak on the same page, with hotels at $256 a night against $137 off-season.
• Eat: tikin xic, butterflied fish in achiote; cochinita pibil.

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White sand and turquoise water along Cancún's hotel zone

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City breaks

Mexico City, Mexico

Best for an art week and dry, sunny days

Zsona Maco, Latin America's largest art fair, runs February 3 to 7, 2027, per the fair. Mexico City's historic center and the canals of Xochimilco are one UNESCO site, and the Zócalo is the largest plaza in Latin America.

February brings highs of 26.9 °C (80 °F), lows of 7.3 °C (45 °F), the widest day-night swing of the 18, and 16 mm (0.6 in) of rain. The Mexico packing list covers the trip.

• Things to do: the Aztec Sun Stone at the National Museum of Anthropology; Frida Kahlo's blue house, the Casa Azul, in Coyoacán; the pyramids of Teotihuacan, 40 km northeast of the city.
• Season: shoulder. City hotel occupancy in February 2024 was 1.00 times the year's average (Mexico City tourism).
• Daily budget: Budget Your Trip's mid-range room sits below the same page's off-season hotel price, so its figure ($230) is left out.
• Trade-off: cold nights near 7.3 °C (45 °F) after warm days.
• Eat: tacos al pastor, born in Mexico City; a guajolota, a tamal in a bolillo roll; tlacoyos.

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Aerial view of the Zócalo and the Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexico City

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Marrakech, Morocco

Best for mild medina days and cool nights

Marrakech's medina, founded by the Almoravids in 1070 to 1072, is a UNESCO site, with the 77 m Koutoubia minaret and Jemaa el-Fnaa square, which fills with food stalls at dusk. Jardin Majorelle, begun by Jacques Majorelle in 1923, was restored by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé.

February brings highs of 20.8 °C (69 °F), lows of 7.8 °C (46 °F) and 31 mm (1.2 in) of rain. The 10-day Morocco itinerary covers the country.

• Things to do: the painted wood ceilings of the Bahia Palace; the Ben Youssef Madrasa, a college commissioned in 1564; the reservoir and pavilion of the Menara Gardens, against the High Atlas.
• Season: no official monthly figure is open to the public.
• Daily budget: about $100 a person, mid-range (Budget Your Trip).
• Trade-off: Ramadan is expected to begin around February 8 or 9, 2027, depending on the moon.
• Eat: tanjia, lamb slow-cooked in a sealed clay urn, from Marrakech; méchoui, slow-roasted lamb.

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Jemaa el-Fnaa at sunset with the Koutoubia minaret behind

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Where to go in February in the US

New Orleans is the US pick here, with Mardi Gras on February 9 and highs of 20.7 °C (69 °F). For a warmer US trip, see where to go in January, whose San Juan and Honolulu figures hold into February.

Where should you go in February with kids?

For a February beach week with kids, Cancún and Phuket pair warm sea, 26.3 °C (79 °F) to 28.7 °C (84 °F), with little rain. For snow, Quebec City's winter carnival has activity sites for kids, per its organizers.

How the places were chosen

The 18 places come from the destinations most often recommended for February in the top search results checked in October 2026, kept where measured weather and dated events back them up. Highs, lows, rain and sea temperatures are monthly averages for 2013 to 2022 from MonkeyEatingMango's city climate records, with temperatures from TerraClimate and rain and sea from the ERA5 reanalysis. Grid averages can differ from a single weather station.

• Daily budget: Budget Your Trip's mid-range average per person per day, from traveler-reported costs (a share of a double room, food, local transport and entertainment; flights excluded), pages updated August to September 2026. Where its mid-range room fell below 90% of the same page's off-season hotel price, the figure is left out.
• Season: February divided by the average month of the latest full year of official tourism statistics, from city figures where they exist and regional, national or airport ones where not, as each entry states. Sapporo is the exception: its city count includes day-trippers, so Hokkaido's overnight stays are used. Peak is 1.10 or more, shoulder 0.90 to 1.10, low below 0.90. February's 28 days pull every ratio down slightly, and carnival fell in March in 2025, which understates carnival cities.
• Dates: each event date was read off the organizer's or a government site on October 25, 2026. Ramadan's start is worked out from Singapore's official Eid date of March 10, 2027.
• Food: checked against an encyclopedia entry or the place's own site.
• Photos: from Wikimedia Commons, taken in February where possible, with the photographer and license on each.

The same climate records feed the weather section of every MonkeyEatingMango trip plan, and the free packing list generator uses them to pick the gear for a destination's month. For the next month, see where to go in March.

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Last updated October 2026.