Places to avoid in June

In June, 315 well-known destinations sit inside a hazard season: monsoon in 88 (Delhi, Agra, Phoenix and 85 more), extreme heat in 65 (Nizwa, Doha, Dubai and 62 more), hurricane season in 61 (Valladolid, Everglades National Park, Jacksonville and 58 more) and smoke season in 24 (Singapore, Santiago, Knysna and 21 more). By the numbers, of 1,387 destinations, 185 feel like 35 °C or more in the afternoon, 409 have 18 or more rainy days and 12 have poor air. 18 well-known places are at peak crowds and 1 is partly closed for the season.

Not a forecast: these are the seasons in which the risk exists, and the climate normals for the month. Most weeks pass quietly; the numbers say how often they do not.

Hazard seasons on in June

Curated, sourced windows — hurricane, typhoon and cyclone seasons, the monsoon, smoke, floods, smog. Well-known places first, the month's lowest scores at the top.

Monsoon on

122 places

The wet season proper — heavy, daily, and the reason prices fall.

  1. Delhi 🇮🇳 IndiaMonsoon, 25 Jun – 25 Sep (usually) — The rains usually reach Delhi in the last week of June and break the heat in a single afternoon. · instead February33
  2. Agra 🇮🇳 IndiaMonsoon, 28 Jun – 20 Sep (usually) — The rains usually reach Agra at the end of June and the river behind the Taj actually fills. · instead February37
  3. Phoenix 🇺🇸 United StatesMonsoon, 15 Jun – 30 Sep · instead March37
  4. Mumbai 🇮🇳 IndiaMonsoon, 5–20 Jun (usually) — The normal arrival date over Mumbai is 11 June, and the whole city reorganises around it within a day. · instead January38
  5. Yangon 🇲🇲 MyanmarMonsoon, 20 May – 15 Oct (usually) — Yangon takes one of the heaviest monsoons in the region and it rains for days at a time rather than in bursts. · instead January40
  6. Kochi 🇮🇳 IndiaMonsoon, 1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually) · instead January42

…and 116 more, 82 of them well-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Extreme heat on

112 places

The weeks the city lives indoors.

  1. Nizwa 🇴🇲 OmanExtreme heat, 1 Jun – 10 Sep (usually) — Interior Oman is hotter than the coast and drier with it; forts open early and empty by ten. · instead January27
  2. Doha 🇶🇦 QatarExtreme heat, 1 Jun – 20 Sep (usually) · instead January29
  3. Dubai 🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesExtreme heat, 15 May – 30 Sep (usually) · instead January29
  4. Ranthambore 🇮🇳 IndiaExtreme heat, 1 May – 25 Jun (usually) · instead January30
  5. Varanasi 🇮🇳 IndiaExtreme heat, 15 Apr – 20 Jun (usually) — The Gangetic plain at its worst: the ghats are empty between ten and five and the stone is too hot to sit on. · instead December33
  6. Grand Canyon National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesExtreme heat, 15 May – 15 Sep · instead March34

…and 106 more, 59 of them well-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Hurricane season on

98 places

Statistically quiet most weeks, occasionally catastrophic.

  1. Valladolid 🇲🇽 MexicoHurricane season, 1 Jun – 30 Nov — The Atlantic season runs June to November. · instead January51
  2. Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesHurricane season, 1 Jun – 30 Nov · instead January54
  3. Jacksonville 🇺🇸 United StatesHurricane season, 1 Jun – 30 Nov · instead November56
  4. New Orleans 🇺🇸 United StatesHurricane season, 1 Jun – 30 Nov — The Gulf coast's exposure peaks from mid-August into September. · instead March56
  5. Orlando 🇺🇸 United StatesHurricane season, 1 Jun – 30 Nov · instead February56
  6. Houston 🇺🇸 United StatesHurricane season, 1 Jun – 30 Nov — The risk concentrates from mid-August into September. · instead March58

…and 92 more, 55 of them well-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Smoke season on

28 places

Burning fields or forests; the air, not the weather, is the problem.

  1. Singapore 🇸🇬 SingaporeSmoke season, 1 Jun – 15 Oct (usually) · instead February58
  2. Santiago 🇨🇱 ChileSmoke season, 1 May – 31 Aug (usually) · instead November66
  3. Knysna 🇿🇦 South AfricaSmoke season, 1 May – 30 Nov (usually) · instead January73
  4. Langkawi 🇲🇾 MalaysiaSmoke season, 1 Jun – 15 Oct (usually) · instead February78
  5. Izmir 🇹🇷 TurkeySmoke season, 15 Jun – 30 Sep (usually) — Izmir province burns nearly every summer, usually in the pine hills between the city and the peninsula. · instead October81
  6. Mesa Verde National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesSmoke season, 1 Jun – 15 Jul (usually) — The dry weeks before the monsoon are when the mesa burns; fires have closed the whole park more than once. · instead May85

…and 22 more, 18 of them well-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Flood season on

26 places

The river comes into the streets most years.

  1. Mumbai 🇮🇳 IndiaFlood season, 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually) · instead January38
  2. Guilin 🇨🇳 ChinaFlood season, 15 May – 31 Jul (usually) · instead October43
  3. Manila 🇵🇭 PhilippinesFlood season, 1 Jun – 15 Oct (usually) · instead February53
  4. Chongqing 🇨🇳 ChinaFlood season, 15 Jun – 5 Sep (usually) · instead March55
  5. San Antonio 🇺🇸 United StatesFlood season, 1 May – 15 Jun (usually) · instead March61
  6. Franz Josef 🇳🇿 New ZealandFlood season, 1 Jan – 31 Dec · instead February65

…and 20 more, 1 of them well-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Sargassum season on

24 places

The months the seaweed comes ashore on Caribbean and Gulf beaches.

  1. San Andrés 🇨🇴 ColombiaSargassum season, 1 Apr – 31 Aug (usually) · instead March64
  2. Placencia 🇧🇿 BelizeSargassum season, 1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually) — The long east-facing beach collects weed through the summer and the hotels rake their own stretch. · instead March67
  3. San Juan 🇵🇷 Puerto RicoSargassum season, 1 Apr – 31 Aug (usually) · instead January70
  4. Caye Caulker 🇧🇿 BelizeSargassum season, 1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually) — The east shore and the Split collect weed through the summer and crews rake it at dawn. · instead March71
  5. Cozumel 🇲🇽 MexicoSargassum season, 1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually) — The wild windward side, around Punta Morena and Chen Rio, takes the weed through the summer. · instead February72
  6. Tulum 🇲🇽 MexicoSargassum season, 1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually) — Brown weed comes ashore on this east-facing coast from April, worst between May and August. · instead February73

…and 18 more, 15 of them well-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Typhoon season on

15 places

A system a summer stops the trains for a day; it rarely ruins a week.

  1. Hanoi 🇻🇳 VietnamTyphoon season, 1 Jun – 15 Oct (usually) · instead December40
  2. Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Hong KongTyphoon season, 1 May – 30 Nov — Tropical cyclones can reach the city from May, with July to September the likeliest. · instead December40
  3. Cebu City 🇵🇭 PhilippinesTyphoon season, 1 Jun – 20 Dec (usually) — The central Visayas are in the track and the December storms have done the most damage here in recent memory. · instead February52
  4. Manila 🇵🇭 PhilippinesTyphoon season, 1 Jun – 30 Nov (usually) · instead February53
  5. El Nido 🇵🇭 PhilippinesTyphoon season, 1 Jun – 30 Nov (usually) · instead April61
  6. Coron 🇵🇭 PhilippinesTyphoon season, 1 Jun – 30 Nov (usually) · instead March62

…and 9 more, 4 of them well-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Dust season on

15 places

Spring dust and sandstorms; sensitive lungs stay in.

  1. Sierra Nevada 🇪🇸 SpainDust season, 15 Feb – 15 Jun (usually) · instead January15
  2. Doha 🇶🇦 QatarDust season, 15 May – 15 Aug (usually) · instead January29
  3. Delhi 🇮🇳 IndiaDust season, 15 Apr – 20 Jun (usually) · instead February33
  4. Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 United Arab EmiratesDust season, 1 Mar – 15 Jun (usually) · instead January44
  5. Kagoshima 🇯🇵 JapanDust season, 15 May – 30 Sep (usually) · instead November49
  6. Bukhara 🇺🇿 UzbekistanDust season, 15 Mar – 31 Aug (usually) · instead April61

…and 9 more, 6 of them well-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Landslide season on

11 places

The hill roads slip and shut for days; getting there, not being there, is the problem.

  1. Kathmandu 🇳🇵 NepalLandslide season, 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually) · instead November49
  2. Lake Atitlán 🇬🇹 GuatemalaLandslide season, 1 Jun – 31 Oct (usually) · instead January59
  3. Darjeeling 🇮🇳 IndiaLandslide season, 15 Jun – 20 Sep (usually) · instead November67
  4. Kasol 🇮🇳 IndiaLandslide season, 25 Jun – 10 Sep (usually) · instead October77
  5. Chittagong 🇧🇩 BangladeshLandslide season, 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually) · instead January35
  6. Luang Namtha 🇱🇦 LaosLandslide season, 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually) — Nam Ha treks still run, but trails turn to slick mud with leeches, and guides call off days they judge unsafe. · instead December51

…and 5 more, all lesser-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Storm season on

8 places

Tornadoes, derechos, hail — the afternoons to watch the sky.

  1. Austin 🇺🇸 United StatesStorm season, 15 Apr – 15 Jun (usually) · instead March59
  2. Dallas 🇺🇸 United StatesStorm season, 1 Apr – 15 Jun · instead April64
  3. Kansas City 🇺🇸 United StatesStorm season, 15 Mar – 15 Jun (usually) — The wettest and stormiest stretch of the year, with hail, tornado warnings and flash flooding on the creeks. · instead May76
  4. St. Louis 🇺🇸 United StatesStorm season, 15 Mar – 15 Jun (usually) · instead May76
  5. Sarasota 🇺🇸 United StatesStorm season, 1 Jun – 30 Sep · instead March77
  6. Indianapolis 🇺🇸 United StatesStorm season, 1 Apr – 30 Jun (usually) · instead September79

…and 2 more, all lesser-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Rip currents & big surf on

7 places

Red flags for weeks at a time; the calm-looking water is the one that pulls people out.

  1. Goa 🇮🇳 IndiaRip currents & big surf, 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually) · instead January49
  2. Khao Lak 🇹🇭 ThailandRip currents & big surf, 15 May – 31 Oct (usually) — Rip currents on this stretch of coast are the real risk, and the red flags go up for weeks at a time. · instead February65
  3. Phuket 🇹🇭 ThailandRip currents & big surf, 15 May – 31 Oct (usually) · instead February68
  4. Krabi 🇹🇭 ThailandRip currents & big surf, 15 May – 15 Oct (usually) · instead February69
  5. Destin 🇺🇸 United StatesRip currents & big surf, 1 Mar – 31 Oct · instead May81
  6. Palomino 🇨🇴 ColombiaRip currents & big surf, 1 Jan – 31 Dec · instead January61

…and 1 more, all lesser-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Extreme cold on

6 places

The weeks the city stops going outside — dzud, ice storms, minus thirty.

  1. Cradle Mountain 🇦🇺 AustraliaExtreme cold, 1 Jan – 31 Dec — Snow falls on this plateau in every month of the year and the summit track can be a whiteout in January. · instead January55
  2. Tongariro 🇳🇿 New ZealandExtreme cold, 1 May – 31 Oct (usually) — From May to October the Crossing is an alpine route: ice axe, crampons and the skills to use them, or a guide. · instead February67
  3. Uluru 🇦🇺 AustraliaExtreme cold, 1 Jun – 15 Aug (usually) · instead July86
  4. Uyuni 🇧🇴 BoliviaExtreme cold, 1 Jun – 31 Aug — Midwinter nights on the salt and at the lagoon refuges go far below freezing with no heating worth the name. · instead November77
  5. Potosí 🇧🇴 BoliviaExtreme cold, 1 Jun – 15 Aug (usually) · instead October80
  6. Puno 🇵🇪 PeruExtreme cold, 1 Jun – 15 Aug (usually) · instead August82

Avalanche season on

4 places

Backcountry and passes on forecast; the weeks the road closes after a dump.

  1. Aoraki Mount Cook 🇳🇿 New ZealandAvalanche season, 1 Jun – 31 Oct (usually) — The regional advisory runs through winter and into spring. · instead February59
  2. Te Anau 🇳🇿 New ZealandAvalanche season, 1 May – 30 Nov (usually) · instead January70
  3. Rocky Mountain National Park 🇺🇸 United StatesAvalanche season, 15 Oct – 15 Jun (usually) — From mid-autumn into early summer steep snow slopes above popular trails such as Emerald Lake can slide. · instead August92
  4. Taupo 🇳🇿 New ZealandAvalanche season, 1 May – 31 Oct · instead January62

Winter smog on

3 places

Coal smoke and a valley inversion; the air, not the cold, is the problem.

  1. Jakarta 🇮🇩 IndonesiaWinter smog, 15 Jun – 15 Oct (usually) · instead August65
  2. Johannesburg 🇿🇦 South AfricaWinter smog, 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually) · instead August85
  3. Pretoria 🇿🇦 South AfricaWinter smog, 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually) · instead August88

Algae & red tide on

3 places

Blooms that close beaches and clear the water of fish for a few weeks; not the Caribbean weed.

  1. Austin 🇺🇸 United StatesAlgae & red tide, 15 May – 31 Oct (usually) — The city posts warnings for toxic cyanobacteria on Lady Bird Lake through the warm months. · instead March59
  2. Qingdao 🇨🇳 ChinaAlgae & red tide, 20 May – 15 Aug (usually) · instead September84
  3. Rimini 🇮🇹 ItalyAlgae & red tide, 15 Jun – 31 Aug (usually) · instead June93

Cyclone season on

2 places

The southern-hemisphere storm season.

  1. Muscat 🇴🇲 OmanCyclone season, 15 May – 15 Nov (usually) — Two risk windows, before and after the Indian monsoon, and most years pass without one. · instead January36
  2. Chittagong 🇧🇩 BangladeshCyclone season, 1 Apr – 15 Jun (usually) — The first of the year's two storm windows, and the one that has done the most damage here. · instead January35

Out of range by the numbers

Every destination whose June normals cross a line the comfort score will not forgive: 18 or more rainy days, afternoons that feel like 35 °C, air in the poor band, or well below freezing. Worst first.

Too wet by the numbers

409 places

Eighteen or more rainy days, or a soaked month by volume — the real rainy season, not afternoon showers.

  1. Darjeeling 🇮🇳 India30 rainy days, 821 mm · instead November67
  2. Jacó 🇨🇷 Costa Rica30 rainy days, 664 mm · instead February60
  3. Alleppey 🇮🇳 India30 rainy days, 493 mm · instead February54
  4. Boquete 🇵🇦 Panama30 rainy days, 390 mm · instead February56
  5. Kochi 🇮🇳 India30 rainy days, 457 mm · instead January42
  6. Manang 🇳🇵 Nepal30 rainy days, 403 mm · instead November70
  7. Panama City 🇵🇦 Panama30 rainy days, 278 mm · instead February49
  8. Galle 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka30 rainy days, 240 mm · instead February72

…and 401 more, 193 of them well-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Too hot by the numbers

185 places

Afternoons that feel like 35 °C or more, or heat the humidity turns sticky. A dry, sunny month cannot average this away.

  1. Ras Al Khaimah 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates47°C afternoons · instead November69
  2. Doha 🇶🇦 Qatar45°C afternoons · instead January29
  3. Dubai 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates45°C afternoons · instead January29
  4. Da Nang 🇻🇳 Vietnam44°C afternoons · instead March80
  5. Delhi 🇮🇳 India44°C afternoons · instead February33
  6. Muscat 🇴🇲 Oman44°C afternoons · instead January36
  7. Nizwa 🇴🇲 Oman44°C afternoons · instead January27
  8. Varanasi 🇮🇳 India44°C afternoons · instead December33

…and 177 more, 79 of them well-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Bad air by the numbers

12 places

A monthly mean air-quality index in the poor or unhealthy bands.

  1. Chengdu 🇨🇳 ChinaAQI 139, poor air · instead April64
  2. Santiago 🇨🇱 ChileAQI 135, poor air · instead November66
  3. Xi'an 🇨🇳 ChinaAQI 123, poor air · instead April74
  4. Beijing 🇨🇳 ChinaAQI 122, poor air · instead April75
  5. Johannesburg 🇿🇦 South AfricaAQI 109, poor air · instead August85
  6. Qingdao 🇨🇳 ChinaAQI 102, poor air · instead September84
  7. Hotan 🇨🇳 ChinaAQI 164, unhealthy air · instead April79
  8. Laayoune Western SaharaAQI 154, unhealthy air · instead March82

…and 4 more, all lesser-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Peak crowds

18 places

The editor's peak month for the place: full, expensive, and booked well ahead.

  1. Tenerife 🇪🇸 SpainPeak crowds — Corpus Christi carpets · instead June96
  2. Cusco 🇵🇪 PeruPeak crowds — Andean dry season · instead June95
  3. Honolulu 🇺🇸 United StatesPeak crowds — King Kamehameha Day · instead June93
  4. Lisbon 🇵🇹 PortugalPeak crowds — Santos Populares · instead May93
  5. Dubrovnik 🇭🇷 CroatiaPeak crowds — Cruise season · instead July92
  6. Paris 🇫🇷 FrancePeak crowds — Roland-Garros · instead June92
  7. London 🇬🇧 United KingdomPeak crowds — Wimbledon · instead July91
  8. Santorini 🇬🇷 GreecePeak crowds — Cruise passenger levy · instead September91

…and 10 more, 10 of them well-known. Every destination page carries its own June verdict.

Closed for the season

1 place

Hotels, lifts, ferries or the sights themselves shut for the month.

  1. Helsinki 🇫🇮 Finlandsome of the town shuts for the month · instead July90