Vol. 1 · Summer 2026
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214 curated guides · the rest scored from climate normals
Best this month
95
Cyprus
Curated
The best month — warm, green and flowering, with Orthodox Easter.
95
Iran
Curated
The best month — warm, green and flowering across the plateau.
95
Morocco
Curated
Warm and clear everywhere; excellent for desert and mountains alike.
95
Uzbekistan
Curated
Warm, green and comfortable — the best month of the year.
94
Seychelles
Curated
94
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Curated
92
Namibia
Curated
Green, mild and quiet before the season — an excellent month.
92
Turkey
Curated
Warm, green and flowering — an excellent month.
92
Western Sahara
Curated
91
Gibraltar
Curated
90
Azerbaijan
Curated
Mild and green — the best spring weeks.
90
Bahamas
Curated
Warm, dry, superb water clarity across the banks.
90
Bhutan
Curated
Warm days, clear skies and the best spring trekking.
90
China
Curated
Warm, clear and green — one of the two best months nationally.
90
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Curated
90
Guam
Curated
90
Iraq
Curated
Warm and clear ahead of the heat, with wildflowers in the Zagros.
90
Israel
Curated
Warm and clear, though Passover fills and closes much of the country.
90
Italy
Curated
Warm, green and pre-season, though Easter fills everything.
90
Japan
Curated
Cherry blossom peak on the main corridor — the definitive month, and the busiest.
90
Nepal
Curated
Peak spring trekking — warm, stable and busy on the main circuits.
90
Netherlands
Curated
Tulip season and King's Day on the 27th — the country's biggest party.
90
Northern Mariana Islands
Curated
90
Palau
Curated
90
Portugal
Curated
Warm, green and quiet — an excellent month.
90
San Marino
Curated
Warm and green with clear views — an excellent month.
90
South Africa
Curated
Excellent nationwide — dry in the north and still warm in the Cape.
90
South Korea
Curated
Cherry blossom moves north through the month — the prettiest weeks of the year.
90
Spain
Curated
Warm and green; Semana Santa fills Andalusia and is worth seeing.
90
Syria
Curated
Warm, green and flowering — climatically the best month.
90
Taiwan
Curated
Warm and clear before the plum rains arrive.
90
Tunisia
Curated
90
Turkmenistan
Curated
Warm and clear — the best month, with the desert briefly green.
88
Barbados
Curated
Dry window closing; sea warm, visibility superb, crowds thinning.
88
Christmas Island
Curated
88
Eswatini
Curated
88
Greece
Curated
Warm, green and flowering; Orthodox Easter fills the islands.
88
Grenada
Curated
Dry window closing; Carriacou Maroon Festival late month.
88
Norfolk Island
Curated
86
Pitcairn Islands
Curated
85
Afghanistan
Curated
Spring — green, mild and the most pleasant conditions of the year.
85
Anguilla
Curated
Season ending, conditions still excellent.
85
Antigua and Barbuda
Curated
End of the dry window; Sailing Week fills English Harbour late month.
85
Aruba
Curated
Season ends and prices fall.
85
Belize
Curated
Hot; whale sharks off Placencia around the full moon.
85
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Curated
Dry, and prices ease after Easter.
85
British Virgin Islands
Curated
Spring Regatta; book far ahead.
85
Cayman Islands
Curated
Still dry, crowds easing.
85
Curaçao
Curated
Dry, quieter, still perfect for diving.
85
Dominica
Curated
Still reliable; waterfalls ease, trails at their firmest.
85
Dominican Republic
Curated
High season tapers after Easter; mountains at their best for trekking.
85
Guadeloupe
Curated
Dry, quieter after Easter.
85
Maldives
Curated
Hot and still mostly dry; the tail of the high season.
85
Martinique
Curated
Still dry, crowds thinning.
85
Montserrat
Curated
Dry, quiet and ideal for the Centre Hills trails.
85
North Korea
Curated
Spring, with the Day of the Sun bringing the largest state events of the year.
85
Pakistan
Curated
Blossom in Hunza — the most photographed weeks in the country.
85
Philippines
Curated
Hot and dry; Holy Week fills every flight and ferry in the country.
85
Puerto Rico
Curated
Still dry, prices easing after Easter.
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Saint Barthélemy
Curated
Season closing with excellent conditions.
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Saint Martin
Curated
Season ending, conditions still excellent.
85
Sint Maarten
Curated
Dutch-side carnival; season closing.
85
Turks and Caicos Islands
Curated
Excellent conditions as the season ends.
85
United States Virgin Islands
Curated
Carnival on Saint Thomas as the season closes.
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Vietnam
Curated
Warm and dry nationwide before the southern monsoon — the best all-country month.
84
Honduras
Curated
Peak conditions; Semana Santa is the domestic high week.
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Jersey
Curated
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Senegal
Curated
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Cuba
Curated
Last dry month; heat builds in the Oriente. Easter is busy.
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Gambia
Curated
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Guernsey
Curated
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Isle of Man
Curated
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Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Curated
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Panama
Curated
Dry season fades; first storms in the highlands.
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
Curated
Dry window closes; crowds thin after Easter.
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Saint Lucia
Curated
Dry window closes; crowds ease after Easter.
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Curated
Bequia Easter Regatta; dry window closes.
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Trinidad and Tobago
Curated
Turtle season in full swing; Tobago goat races at Easter.
78
Costa Rica
Curated
Dry window closes; Semana Santa is the year’s busiest week.
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Guatemala
Curated
Semana Santa spectacle; haze from field burning can dull views.
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Guinea-Bissau
Curated
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Jamaica
Curated
Dry window closes; crowds and prices ease after Easter.
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Mexico
Curated
Hot lowlands; Semana Santa crowds and prices.
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New Zealand
Curated
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Sierra Leone
Curated
75
Argentina
Curated
Last Patagonia window with fiery autumn colour; Buenos Aires at its most liveable.
75
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Curated
Green and mild, with rivers high on meltwater.
75
Brunei
Curated
Warm, mostly dry, with rising humidity.
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Bulgaria
Curated
Spring arriving; Orthodox Easter is a major occasion.
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Croatia
Curated
Warming and green as the coast reopens.
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Czech Republic
Curated
Spring arriving, with Easter markets in Prague.
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Egypt
Curated
Heat building in the south; Cairo and the Delta still comfortable.
75
El Salvador
Curated
Last dry month; Semana Santa crowds on the coast.
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France
Curated
Variable but warming, with the gardens at their best.
75
Greenland
Curated
Bright and stable; still firmly winter.
75
Hungary
Curated
Warming and green — pleasant for the city.
75
Indonesia
Curated
Shoulder season — mostly dry, few crowds, good value.
75
Malaysia
Curated
Hot with inter-monsoon afternoon storms on the west coast.
75
Moldova
Curated
Green and mild; Orthodox Easter is a major occasion.
75
Montenegro
Curated
Green and mild, with the bay pleasant and quiet.
75
North Macedonia
Curated
Spring arriving — green and pleasant around the lake.
75
Oman
Curated
Heat building, though the mountains stay comfortable.
75
Romania
Curated
Green and mild; Orthodox Easter is a major occasion.
75
Serbia
Curated
Spring arriving — green and pleasant.
75
Singapore
Curated
Hot with rising humidity ahead of the inter-monsoon.
75
Slovenia
Curated
Spring proper, though the high trails stay snowbound.
74
Réunion
Curated
72
Albania
Curated
Green and mild, though the mountain passes stay snowed in.
72
Cook Islands
Curated
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Eritrea
Curated
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Ethiopia
Curated
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Fiji
Curated
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French Polynesia
Curated
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New Caledonia
Curated
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Nicaragua
Curated
Peak heat (38 °C+ on the plain); dawn starts mandatory.
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Samoa
Curated
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Vanuatu
Curated
70
American Samoa
Curated
70
Armenia
Curated
Spring green in the valleys; some passes still closed.
70
Belarus
Curated
Spring arriving and the forests waking.
70
Belgium
Curated
Spring arriving — showery but pleasant.
70
Comoros
Curated
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Denmark
Curated
Spring arriving — blustery but bright.
70
Georgia
Curated
Spring in Tbilisi and Kakheti; high routes still closed.
70
Guyana
Curated
Dry window closes; Rupununi Rodeo at Easter is the social event of the interior.
70
Iceland
Curated
Spring — the coast opens while the highlands stay closed.
70
Ireland
Curated
Spring arriving — showery and vividly green.
70
Kazakhstan
Curated
Spring on the steppe with wild tulips flowering in the south.
70
Mayotte
Curated
70
Niue
Curated
70
Paraguay
Curated
The pleasant season opens — mild days, missions circuit at its best.
70
Poland
Curated
Spring arriving — variable but green.
70
Sri Lanka
Curated
Inter-monsoon storms and rising heat; New Year celebrations mid-month.
70
Tuvalu
Curated
70
Ukraine
Curated
Spring arriving; Orthodox Easter is a major occasion.
70
United Kingdom
Curated
Spring proper — gardens and blossom, with frequent showers.
70
United States
Curated
Cherry blossoms in DC, wildflowers in the deserts — before the heat.
70
Venezuela
Curated
Dry season ends; first storms in the Gran Sabana.
70
Wallis and Futuna
Curated
70
Yemen
Curated
Warming — the last comfortable month before the monsoon winds.
70
Zimbabwe
Curated
68
Brazil
Curated
Shoulder — pleasant in Rio and the South, Amazon at high water.
68
Côte d'Ivoire
Curated
68
Estonia
Curated
Thaw and spring, with migratory birds arriving in huge numbers.
68
Ghana
Curated
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Latvia
Curated
Thaw and spring as the forests wake up.
68
Lithuania
Curated
Thaw and spring as the forests green.
68
Mozambique
Curated
68
Nauru
Curated
68
Papua New Guinea
Curated
68
Peru
Curated
Shoulder gem — green valleys, drying trails, few crowds.
68
Qatar
Curated
Hot but workable, and rates start to fall.
68
Solomon Islands
Curated
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Tokelau
Curated
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Tonga
Curated
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United Arab Emirates
Curated
Hot but manageable, and hotel rates begin to fall.
66
Nigeria
Curated
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Togo
Curated
66
Zambia
Curated
65
Bermuda
Curated
Pleasant walking weather.
65
Bolivia
Curated
Drying, green and quiet — an underrated shoulder month.
65
Chile
Curated
Patagonia closes down; the center shines; Atacama steady as ever.
65
Ecuador
Curated
Rains peak then fade; green valleys, low crowds.
65
Germany
Curated
Spring arriving, though variable and often wet.
65
Haiti
Curated
First rainy season begins, heaviest in the south.
65
Hong Kong
Curated
Warm, humid and frequently overcast.
65
Macau
Curated
Warm, humid and often overcast.
65
Saudi Arabia
Curated
Hot in the interior; the Asir highlands are still pleasant.
64
Guinea
Curated
62
Suriname
Curated
Long rains arrive in the second half.
62
Uruguay
Curated
Mild autumn; harvest in Carmelo wine country.
60
Colombia
Curated
First rains hit the Andes (Bogotá, Medellín, Cali); Cartagena and San Andrés still mostly dry.
60
Faroe Islands
Curated
60
Timor-Leste
Curated
Rains easing and the country at its greenest.
60
Vatican City
Curated
Easter fills the square and the museums entirely.
55
Falkland Islands
Curated
Autumn; the colonies empty out.
55
Kyrgyzstan
Curated
Spring in the valleys while the high country stays closed.
55
Russia
Curated
Thaw and mud season; cities grey but warming.
55
Tajikistan
Curated
Spring in the lowlands while the Pamirs stay closed.
52
Canada
Curated
Melt season — the awkward month, priced accordingly.
50
Cambodia
Curated
Peak heat, often 38 °C. Khmer New Year is the compensation.
50
India
Curated
Plains regularly over 40 °C; only the hills are comfortable.
50
Thailand
Curated
Peak heat, worst smoke haze in the north. Songkran is the compensation.
48
Djibouti
Curated
45
Austria
Curated
Between seasons — lifts closing, huts shut, trails still under snow.
45
Bangladesh
Curated
Hot and humid with violent pre-monsoon norwester storms.
45
Finland
Curated
Thaw and slush between seasons.
45
Laos
Curated
Peak heat and worst air quality of the year. Pi Mai is the reason to come anyway.
45
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Curated
Thawing and quiet.
45
Slovakia
Curated
Between seasons — high trails closed and weather unsettled.
45
Sweden
Curated
Slush and grey between winter and spring.
44
Chad
Curated
42
Åland Islands
Curated
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Tanzania
Curated
Long rains — many camps close and roads deteriorate.
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Uganda
Curated
40
Equatorial Guinea
Curated
40
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Curated
40
Gabon
Curated
40
Mongolia
Curated
Dust storms and a thawing, brown landscape.
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Myanmar
Curated
Over 40 °C in central Myanmar. Thingyan is the compensation.
40
Norway
Curated
The between-season — snow rotting, mountain roads still closed.
40
Republic of the Congo
Curated
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Rwanda
Curated
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São Tomé and Príncipe
Curated
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Switzerland
Curated
The between-season — lifts closing, huts shut, high trails still under snow.
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Central African Republic
Curated
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Curated
36
Niger
Curated
32
Somalia
Curated
30
French Guiana
Curated
The wettest month of the year.
30
South Sudan
Curated
0
Antarctica
Curated
No access — season closed.
0
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Curated
No access — season closed.
0
Sudan
Curated
Scores suspended — active conflict.
95
Algeria
Climate estimate
95
Angola
Climate estimate
95
Australia
Climate estimate
95
Bahrain
Climate estimate
95
Benin
Climate estimate
95
Botswana
Climate estimate
95
Cabo Verde
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95
Jordan
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95
Kuwait
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95
Libya
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95
Madagascar
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95
Malawi
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