When is the best time to visit the Northern Hemisphere?

The best months to visit the Northern Hemisphere are January, June, February, based on each country's single best-scoring month (country-average travel-comfort score across its cities, 2020–2024 data) across 80 countries and 336 cities. See the ranked table for each country's best month and city.

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Best time to visit the Northern Hemisphere

Across 336 cities in 80 countries in the Northern Hemisphere, the best months to visit are January, June, February — when the hemisphere's countries score highest for travel comfort (comfortable temperatures, low rainfall, and good sunshine from 2020–2024 data).

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Countries ranked by best month to visit

Each country's single best-scoring month (country-average visitScore across its cities), with the city that has the best weather that month. Higher score = better weather for a typical sightseeing trip.

Rank	Country	Best month	Score	Best city	Cities
1 ★	Sudan	January	100	Khartoum	1
2 ★	Jordan	June	100	Amman	1
3 ★	Senegal	February	100	Dakar	1
4	Egypt	April	99.3	Cairo	3
5	Portugal	July	99	Lisbon	1
6	Uzbekistan	September	99	Tashkent	1
7	Qatar	November	99	Doha	1
8	Tajikistan	September	99	Dushanbe	1
9	UAE	December	98	Abu Dhabi	2
10	Azerbaijan	June	98	Baku	1
11	Oman	February	98	Muscat	1
12	Bahrain	March	98	Manama	1
13	Saudi Arabia	February	97.6	Medina	5
14	Iran	September	97	Mashhad	5
15	Morocco	June	97	Marrakesh	2
16	Myanmar	January	97	Yangon	1
17	United Arab Emirates	February	97	Dubai	1
18	Algeria	June	97	Algiers	1
19	Turkmenistan	September	97	Ashgabat	1
20	Iraq	April	96	Baghdad	1
21	Armenia	September	96	Yerevan	1
22	Bangladesh	January	95.8	Dhaka	5
23	India	February	95	Mumbai	25
24	Pakistan	November	95	Hyderabad PK	9
25	Ethiopia	December	95	Addis Ababa	1
26	Kuwait	February	95	Kuwait City	1
27	Spain	June	94	Málaga	7
28	Bulgaria	July	94	Sofia	1
29	Tunisia	June	94	Tunis	1
30	Kyrgyzstan	September	94	Bishkek	1
31	Mexico	April	93.6	Guadalajara	11
32	North Macedonia	July	93	Skopje	1
33	Greece	September	92.5	Athens	2
34	Turkey	September	92.4	Ankara	5
35	Nigeria	January	92	Kano	6
36	France	July	91	Marseille	4
37	Romania	August	91	Bucharest	1
38	Georgia	August	91	Tbilisi	1
39	Macau	January	91	Macau	1
40	Ukraine	August	90.3	Odesa	6
41	Kazakhstan	August	90.3	Almaty	3
42	Venezuela	January	90	Valencia VE	3
43	Thailand	December	90	Bangkok	1
44	Denmark	June	90	Copenhagen	1
45	Albania	July	90	Tirana	1
46	Taiwan	January	89.3	Tainan	4
47	Serbia	August	89	Belgrade	1
48	Finland	June	89	Helsinki	1
49	Hungary	August	88	Budapest	1
50	Estonia	June	88	Tallinn	1
51	Italy	July	87.5	Naples	6
52	Russia	August	87.4	Samara	23
53	Uganda	January	87	Kampala	1
54	Austria	July	87	Vienna	1
55	Belgium	August	86.5	Brussels	2
56	Sweden	June	86	Stockholm	2
57	Czechia	July	86	Prague	1
58	Netherlands	June	85.3	The Hague	3
59	Poland	September	85	Poznań	6
60	Ghana	January	85	Accra	1
61	Belarus	August	85	Minsk	1
62	Croatia	June	85	Zagreb	1
63	Latvia	June	85	Riga	1
64	Germany	September	84.8	Berlin	14
65	Lithuania	September	84	Vilnius	1
66	South Korea	October	83.7	Gwangju	6
67	Canada	September	83.5	Winnipeg	10
68	United States	October	83.4	Las Vegas	46
69	United Kingdom	June	83	London	9
70	Vietnam	December	83	Hanoi	2
71	Sri Lanka	February	83	Colombo	1
72	Norway	June	83	Oslo	1
73	Ireland	June	82	Dublin	1
74	Colombia	January	80.2	Barranquilla	6
75	Côte d'Ivoire	January	79	Abidjan	1
76	China	October	78.2	Qingdao	35
77	Japan	October	72.2	Hiroshima	10
78	Philippines	February	71.3	Manila	3
79	Singapore	February	69	Singapore	1
80	Malaysia	February	65	Kuala Lumpur	1

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