Where is the weather good, and when?

Sun Season is a world map of holiday weather: pick the weather you like and a month, and see where it fits — or pick a place and see which months fit. Every verdict comes from 30-year climate normals, so it can tell a monsoon from a place that is simply wet all year.

What is Sun Season?

A world map that answers one question: does the weather fit the holiday you want, in the month you can go? Pick beach, tropics, warm, cool or snow, pick a month, and the map colours every place on Earth by how well it fits — gold where it does, and otherwise the reason: too cold, too hot, too dry, too rainy, or the monsoon itself. Tap any place for its twelve-month rain and temperature chart and the months to go.

It runs on 30-year climate normals (WorldClim 2.1, 1970–2000) rather than forecasts, and judges rain by each place's own seasonal pattern, so it can tell a monsoon from a place that is simply wet all year. Read the method or fetch the open data.

Where to go, month by month

  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December

Countries

  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Brazil
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • France
  • Greece
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Kenya
  • Malaysia
  • Mexico
  • Morocco
  • New Zealand
  • Oman
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Portugal
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Turkey
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Vietnam

Popular destinations

Southern Europe & Mediterranean

  • Lisbon
  • Algarve
  • Porto
  • Madeira
  • Tenerife
  • Barcelona
  • Mallorca
  • Ibiza
  • Málaga
  • Nice
  • Corsica
  • Rome
  • Sorrento
  • Sicily
  • Sardinia
  • Florence
  • Venice
  • Athens
  • Santorini
  • Crete
  • Rhodes
  • Corfu
  • Dubrovnik
  • Split
  • Malta
  • Cyprus
  • Istanbul
  • Antalya
  • Bodrum

Northern & Central Europe

  • London
  • Edinburgh
  • Dublin
  • Paris
  • Amsterdam
  • Berlin
  • Prague
  • Vienna
  • Budapest
  • Copenhagen
  • Stockholm
  • Bergen
  • Reykjavík
  • Innsbruck
  • Chamonix

Middle East & North Africa

  • Marrakech
  • Agadir
  • Cairo
  • Hurghada
  • Sharm El Sheikh
  • Tel Aviv
  • Petra
  • Dubai
  • Abu Dhabi
  • Muscat
  • Salalah

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

  • Dakar
  • Accra
  • Nairobi
  • Arusha
  • Mombasa
  • Zanzibar
  • Victoria Falls
  • Windhoek
  • Kruger
  • Durban
  • Cape Town
  • Nosy Be
  • Mauritius
  • Réunion
  • Seychelles

South Asia

  • Delhi
  • Jaipur
  • Mumbai
  • Goa
  • Kochi
  • Leh
  • Cherrapunji
  • Kathmandu
  • Colombo
  • Galle
  • Maldives

Southeast Asia

  • Bangkok
  • Chiang Mai
  • Phuket
  • Krabi
  • Koh Samui
  • Koh Chang
  • Hanoi
  • Hoi An
  • Ho Chi Minh City
  • Phu Quoc
  • Siem Reap
  • Luang Prabang
  • Yangon
  • Kuala Lumpur
  • Penang
  • Langkawi
  • Kota Kinabalu
  • Singapore
  • Bali
  • Lombok
  • Yogyakarta
  • Labuan Bajo
  • Boracay
  • El Nido
  • Cebu
  • Siargao

East Asia

  • Tokyo
  • Kyoto
  • Sapporo
  • Okinawa
  • Seoul
  • Beijing
  • Shanghai
  • Guilin
  • Hong Kong
  • Taipei

Oceania & Pacific

  • Sydney
  • Melbourne
  • Brisbane
  • Cairns
  • Darwin
  • Uluru
  • Perth
  • Auckland
  • Queenstown
  • Fiji
  • Bora Bora
  • Honolulu

North & Central America

  • New York
  • Miami
  • Orlando
  • New Orleans
  • Las Vegas
  • Los Angeles
  • San Francisco
  • Vancouver
  • Banff
  • Toronto
  • Mexico City
  • Cancún
  • Puerto Vallarta
  • Cabo San Lucas
  • Belize City
  • Antigua Guatemala
  • Tamarindo
  • San José
  • Panama City

Caribbean

  • Havana
  • Montego Bay
  • Punta Cana
  • San Juan
  • Nassau
  • Barbados
  • St Lucia
  • Aruba
  • Curaçao

South America

  • Cartagena
  • Medellín
  • Quito
  • Galápagos
  • Lima
  • Cusco
  • La Paz
  • San Pedro de Atacama
  • Santiago
  • Bariloche
  • El Calafate
  • Buenos Aires
  • Iguazú
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Salvador
  • Manaus