In a world with extreme changes in weather, hot and humid summers, heat waves, cold winters, winter storms, strong winds, monsoons, and nature catastrophes such as tornados and floods, it’s not only a question of where to travel but also when to travel. Below you can see some countries and regions that are almost always safe bets depending on which month you decide to go.
January: Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Malaysia, Bali, Egypt, Arabian Peninsula, Gambia, Senegal, Venezuela, Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, South Australia, New Zealand, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jamaica
February: Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Malaysia, Bali, Egypt, Gambia, Senegal, Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Chile, South Australia, New Zealand, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jamaica
March: Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bali, Egypt, Gambia, Senegal, Florida, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Chile, South Australia, New Zealand, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jamaica
April: Thailand, Bali, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Gambia, Senegal, Morocco, North- and South USA, Florida, Mexico, Venezuela, California, Costa Rica, Brazil, Chile, Arabian Peninsula, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Jamaica
May: Malaysia, Bali, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Gambia, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, South USA, Florida, California, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, North Australia
June: Philippines, Malaysia, Tanzania, Morocco, South Africa, Florida, California, Mexico, Brazil, North Australia, Seychelles, Mauritius, Hawaii, Fiji
July: Philippines, Malaysia, Tanzania, South Africa, California, Mexico, North Australia, Hawaii, Fiji, Seychelles
August: Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, Tanzania, South Africa, California, Hawaii, Fiji, north Australia, Seychelles
September: Sri Lanka, Philippines, Malaysia, Tanzania, South Africa, California, Chile, Hawaii, Seychelles, North Australia, Fiji
October: Bali, India, Sri Lanka, Morocco, South Africa, Tanzania, California, Mexico, Chile, North Australia, Mauritius, Fiji
November: India, Thailand, Malaysia, Bali, Sri Lanka, Morocco, Egypt, Gambia, Florida, Mexico, West India, Costa Rica, Chile, South Australia, Dominican Republic
December: Thailand, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Bali, Maldives, Senegal, Gambia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, South Australia, Bahamas, Dominican Republic
Pictured above, rain storm on Sri Lankan coast.
This ‘safe season calendar’ is great! Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
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I misplanned my trip and ended up in South Korea this December. It dropped to about -8 and I had no warm weather clothes.
I bet it must have felt good when you could finally leave… or at least buy warmer clothes if you decided to stay longer. Well, we can’t plan for everything :)
Thanks for the all-in-one reference, I was looking for a good list of when/where to plan my next travel times now that I’m not constrained to the school schedule any more.
This post was such a relief to see! I’m headed to northern Australia at the beginning of May and was worried it would be too chilly since it will be late Fall there but this has eased my mind. Thanks so much!!
Kate, I hope you’ll have a great trip!
I would add to that the following nuances: Costa Rica – Jan-March offshore winds in the NW are good for surfing, very dry up there then. Costa Rica swell conditions make good surfing in May-July in SW, but its very rainy. In Bali, Nov-Mar is very rainy. May-Sept you get trade winds = good surf on west coast. Visit Jaco Costa Rica in mid-Nov to April for nice weather and great surf.
Thanks for sharing, Jaco!