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Seasons, weather and crowds, month by month, from the official records.
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When to go
Sydney and Melbourne are most comfortable in spring and autumn; December is the busiest month, and summer brings heatwaves. Station normals, arrivals and key dates.
Updated 29 September 2026 · 6 min read
April to October is south Bali's dry season, and July and August its busiest months. Indonesia's official season dates, temperatures, Nyepi and arrival counts.
Cape Town's summer, November to March, is dry and sunny; whales and wild flowers come in late winter and spring. Climate normals, the flower calendar and visitor figures.
Luxor and Aswan are most comfortable from December to February; Cairo also suits spring and autumn. Station normals, and the two days the sun lights Abu Simbel.
Tbilisi is at its best in May, June, September and October, between a cold winter and a hot July; the coast is wettest from August. Weather, harvest and visitor counts.
Singapore has no dry season, but February and June to September are drier than November to January. Changi's normals, the monsoons and monthly visitor counts.
Updated 29 September 2026 · 5 min read
Sri Lanka's dry coast moves with the monsoons: Colombo's from January to March, Trincomalee's from March to August. Rainfall records, the four seasons and arrivals.
Which coast to pick in which month: Bangkok, Phuket and Ko Samui's rainfall, the Thai Meteorological Department's seasons and 2025's arrivals.
When the Maldives is driest and sunniest, how the two monsoons split the year, and when UAE visitors actually go, from Malé and Addu's weather records.
Updated 29 September 2026 · 7 min read
Spring and autumn suit Istanbul and Cappadocia together, and spring is quieter. Station normals, Istanbul's monthly arrivals and the rules that decide when balloons fly.
Official climate records, Eurostat's crowd figures and the UAE school calendar, read side by side, so you can choose the month before you choose the city.
Updated 29 September 2026 · 9 min read
Late March to May and October to November suit most trips to Japan. The weather agency's averages, the rainy and typhoon seasons, and the holidays that fill the trains.
Updated 29 September 2026 · 11 min read
May, June and September suit most London trips. Met Office averages for Heathrow, official visitor counts, and London's school and bank holidays for 2026–27.
New York's mildest months are May, June, September and October; the hurricane season peaks around 10 September. Central Park's normals, school recesses and big dates.
Paris is busy from April to October; the weather decides the rest. Météo-France station data, INSEE hotel figures and the school calendar.
June to September for lakes and mountain walks, December to March for snow. MeteoSwiss normals from lake cities to the Jungfraujoch, and hotel figures with UAE guests.
Updated 29 September 2026 · 8 min read
