Schulferien – Monat für Monat rund um die Welt
Familiensaison: voll, teuer, lebhaft.
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Wann es so weit ist
Schulferien im Januar
- La Serena 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer holidays · 1. Jan. – 28. Feb.This is the north's family beach and Santiago arrives for all of January and February: the Avenida del Mar is bumper to bumper and Elqui's small hotels sell out.96
- Oase San Pedro de Atacama 🇨🇱 ChileSouthern summer holidays · 1. Jan. – 28. Feb.Chile, Argentina and Brazil are all on holiday and the village of two thousand takes several times that.95
- Hurghada 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenEuropean winter season · 15. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Charter flights from northern Europe fill the strip through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms.94
- Christchurch 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 19. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist)The country shuts for a fortnight from Christmas: the city itself goes quiet and half its cafes close, while Akaroa and the Banks Peninsula bays are the busiest they get all year.93
- Scharm asch-Schaich 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenEuropean winter season · 15. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Charter flights from Europe fill the bay through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms, when the water is coolest and the air is at its most reasonable.93
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaThe coast fills up · 10. Dez. – 15. Jan. (meist)Half of inland Namibia drives to the sea in December and Swakopmund is where it stops.93
- Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustralienWestern Australian summer holidays · 17. Dez. – 31. Jan. (meist)Perth empties into this coast for six weeks and the beach houses go at holiday rates months ahead.93
- Känguru-Insel 🇦🇺 AustralienSouth Australian summer holidays · 12. Dez. – 27. Jan. (meist)Adelaide comes across for the summer break and the ferry crossings for cars fill weeks ahead.93
- Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer season · 1. Jan. – 28. Feb.Santiago moves to the coast for two months and the Avenida Peru is bumper to bumper by evening.92
- Plettenberg Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaDecember summer holidays · 10. Dez. – 15. Jan. (meist)From mid-December to the second week of January inland families pour in and Plett turns into a party town: beaches packed, restaurants booked out and accommodation at its highest prices.92
- Kaikoura 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist)Everyone driving between Christchurch and Picton stops here, and in January that is a lot of people for one main street.92
- Wellington 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist)Parliament rises, the public service leaves town and a good share of the cafes shut for a fortnight.91
- Nelson 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 31. Jan.Nelson and Golden Bay are where the South Island goes for Christmas.91
- Taupō 🇳🇿 NeuseelandLake summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 31. Jan.Taupō is where a large slice of the North Island spends Christmas: boats on the lake, the domain full of tents and the bays busy from breakfast.91
- Hermanus 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouth African summer holidays · 15. Dez. – 15. Jan. (meist)The Overberg's beach fortnight: the town roughly doubles in size, the whales have mostly gone, and the restaurants along the cliff need booking.91
- Jeffreys Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaDecember holiday season · 15. Dez. – 10. Jan.The South African summer break turns a quiet surf town into a resort: the main beach is full, the surf shops trade all day and rates roughly double.90
- Reserva Nacional de Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruLima's summer season · 1. Jan. – 15. MärzLima drives down for January and February and the resorts along the bay sell out for every weekend.90
- Auckland 🇳🇿 NeuseelandAuckland Anniversary Day · 24.–31. Jan. (meist)The Monday nearest 29 January, and the day of the anniversary regatta on the Waitemata: one of the oldest sailing events in the country and the reason the harbour is solid with boats.89
- Puerto Varas 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer season · 1. Jan. – 28. Feb.Santiago and Argentina both take their holidays here, so the Petrohue road, the rafting outfits and the lakefront restaurants run full.89
- Knysna 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaGarden Route summer holidays · 15. Dez. – 15. Jan. (meist)The N2 through town becomes a queue and the lagoon fills with boats.89
- Iquique 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer season · 1. Jan. – 28. Feb.Cavancha and Brava fill with Chilean and Bolivian families for the two months the schools are out, the seafront restaurants queue and the Zofri duty-free car park is full all day.88
- Gqeberha 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaEastern Cape summer holidays · 15. Dez. – 15. Jan. (meist)The province's beach fortnight.88
- Paihia 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist)Auckland comes north for three hours and stays for a fortnight, so the motels double their rates and the ferry to Russell queues.88
- Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinienArgentine summer holidays · 1. Jan. – 15. Feb.The whales have gone and the beach crowd arrives instead: Buenos Aires empties onto this coast for January and the diving outfits and campsites run at capacity.87
- Kapstadt 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouth African summer holidays · 15. Dez. – 15. Jan. (meist)From mid-December the rest of the country arrives and the city runs at capacity: beaches full, restaurants booked, and the coast road round Chapman's Peak at a crawl.86
… und 66 weitere im Januar.
Schulferien im Februar
- Hurghada 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenEuropean winter season · 15. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Charter flights from northern Europe fill the strip through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms.96
- Scharm asch-Schaich 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenEuropean winter season · 15. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Charter flights from Europe fill the bay through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms, when the water is coolest and the air is at its most reasonable.96
- La Serena 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer holidays · 1. Jan. – 28. Feb.This is the north's family beach and Santiago arrives for all of January and February: the Avenida del Mar is bumper to bumper and Elqui's small hotels sell out.96
- Oase San Pedro de Atacama 🇨🇱 ChileSouthern summer holidays · 1. Jan. – 28. Feb.Chile, Argentina and Brazil are all on holiday and the village of two thousand takes several times that.95
- Christchurch 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 19. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist)The country shuts for a fortnight from Christmas: the city itself goes quiet and half its cafes close, while Akaroa and the Banks Peninsula bays are the busiest they get all year.93
- Sarasota 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSnowbird season · 5. Jan. – 31. März (meist)The winter residents are in from January to the end of March, which doubles the traffic on the Tamiami Trail and fills every restaurant at half past five.92
- Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer season · 1. Jan. – 28. Feb.Santiago moves to the coast for two months and the Avenida Peru is bumper to bumper by evening.91
- Puerto Varas 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer season · 1. Jan. – 28. Feb.Santiago and Argentina both take their holidays here, so the Petrohue road, the rafting outfits and the lakefront restaurants run full.91
- Kaikoura 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist)Everyone driving between Christchurch and Picton stops here, and in January that is a lot of people for one main street.90
- Wellington 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist)Parliament rises, the public service leaves town and a good share of the cafes shut for a fortnight.89
- Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinienArgentine summer holidays · 1. Jan. – 15. Feb.The whales have gone and the beach crowd arrives instead: Buenos Aires empties onto this coast for January and the diving outfits and campsites run at capacity.89
- Santiago de Chile 🇨🇱 ChileFebruary holidays · 1.–28. Feb.February is when most Santiaguinos take their summer break and head for the coast or the south.87
- Paihia 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist)Auckland comes north for three hours and stays for a fortnight, so the motels double their rates and the ferry to Russell queues.87
- Reserva Nacional de Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruLima's summer season · 1. Jan. – 15. MärzLima drives down for January and February and the resorts along the bay sell out for every weekend.87
- Miami 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 25. Feb. – 31. März (meist)Weeks of student holidays hitting South Beach in waves, with the city responding in recent years with curfews, closed causeways and towed cars.86
- Iquique 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer season · 1. Jan. – 28. Feb.Cavancha and Brava fill with Chilean and Bolivian families for the two months the schools are out, the seafront restaurants queue and the Zofri duty-free car park is full all day.86
- Nassau 🇧🇸 BahamasUS spring break · 25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)American students take Cable Beach and Paradise Island for most of March.84
- Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentinienArgentine summer season · 15. Dez. – 28. Feb.The city's population multiplies from mid-December, Bristol beach is sold by the tent and the coast road queues both ways on a Sunday.84
- Fort Lauderdale 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)Tamed a long way from the 1980s version, but March still fills A1A and the beach bars.84
- Rotorua 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist)Families from Auckland and the Waikato fill the motels and the luge queue over the holidays, and the lakes turn into a boating carnival.83
- San Martín de los Andes 🇦🇷 ArgentinienArgentine summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 28. Feb.January fills the lake beaches and the Siete Lagos road with campers and there is no quiet corner on Lacar.83
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MexikoUS spring break · 25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)American universities empty into the hotel zone for most of March.82
- Tulum 🇲🇽 MexikoSpring break · 25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)March brings the North American student crowd down the coast, mostly to the beach road hotels rather than the pueblo where everyone actually lives and eats.82
- El Calafate 🇦🇷 ArgentinienArgentine summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 28. Feb.January is the town's month: every glacier boat and every bed is taken by domestic holidaymakers and the walkways at Perito Moreno queue from mid-morning.82
- Playa del Carmen 🇲🇽 MexikoUS spring break · 25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)March fills Quinta Avenida with American students working their way down from Cancun.82
… und 42 weitere im Februar.
Schulferien im März
- Baguio City 🇵🇭 PhilippinenSummer capital season · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)The months lowlanders drive up to get out of the heat.92
- St. Augustine 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 1. März – 10. Apr. (meist)March fills the beaches at St Augustine Beach and Vilano with families and Florida students, though the old town itself stays a walking-tour crowd rather than a party one.92
- Tel Aviv-Jaffa 🇮🇱 IsraelPassover week · 25. März – 30. Apr. (meist)The country takes the week off and half of it comes to the beach.91
- Plettenberg Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaEaster school holidays · 15. März – 20. Apr. (meist)The break between the first and second school terms, wrapped around Easter, is the second family rush of the year, with Easter weekend itself the busiest days on the beaches.91
- Clearwater 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 1. März – 15. Apr.March into early April is the busiest beach stretch of the year, with staggered university and school breaks running back to back.91
- Hurghada 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenEuropean winter season · 15. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Charter flights from northern Europe fill the strip through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms.90
- Los Cabos 🇲🇽 MexikoSpring break · 5. März – 12. Apr. (meist)American college weeks run through March into April and land squarely on Cabo San Lucas — the marina strip, the beach clubs and Medano.90
- Sarasota 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSnowbird season · 5. Jan. – 31. März (meist)The winter residents are in from January to the end of March, which doubles the traffic on the Tamiami Trail and fills every restaurant at half past five.90
- Scharm asch-Schaich 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenEuropean winter season · 15. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Charter flights from Europe fill the bay through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms, when the water is coolest and the air is at its most reasonable.89
- Pensacola 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 1. März – 10. Apr. (meist)March is when the southern universities arrive on Pensacola Beach and the sound-side condos fill.89
- Reserva Nacional de Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruLima's summer season · 1. Jan. – 15. MärzLima drives down for January and February and the resorts along the bay sell out for every weekend.88
- Destin 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 1. März – 15. Apr.March into early April brings staggered school and university breaks from across the South, and Highway 98 through town becomes a single slow lane.88
- Orlando 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 5. März – 15. Apr. (meist)Six weeks of staggered American school breaks, peaking around Easter, and the parks run at capacity through most of it.87
- Jerusalem 🇮🇱 IsraelPassover · 25. März – 30. Apr. (meist)A week of national holiday: hotels at their highest rates, sites full of domestic visitors, and bread off most menus.85
- Fort Lauderdale 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)Tamed a long way from the 1980s version, but March still fills A1A and the beach bars.85
- Miami 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 25. Feb. – 31. März (meist)Weeks of student holidays hitting South Beach in waves, with the city responding in recent years with curfews, closed causeways and towed cars.83
- Nassau 🇧🇸 BahamasUS spring break · 25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)American students take Cable Beach and Paradise Island for most of March.83
- Key West 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break peak · 1. März – 15. Apr. (meist)March is usually the busiest month of the year, with spring-break families on top of the winter crowd; hotels run close to full, rates and airfares peak, and Duval Street is loud late.82
- Big-Bend-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break crush · 7.–25. März (meist)The busiest fortnight of the park's year, and there are no overflow options: campgrounds and the Chisos lodge are booked months out and the entrance queue starts before nine.81
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MexikoUS spring break · 25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)American universities empty into the hotel zone for most of March.80
- Tulum 🇲🇽 MexikoSpring break · 25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)March brings the North American student crowd down the coast, mostly to the beach road hotels rather than the pueblo where everyone actually lives and eats.79
- Playa del Carmen 🇲🇽 MexikoUS spring break · 25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)March fills Quinta Avenida with American students working their way down from Cancun.79
- La Union 🇵🇭 PhilippinenSummer beach crush · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)Four hours from Manila on the expressway, so the Urbiztondo strip is bumper to bumper at weekends and the surf schools run flat out on knee-high water.78
- Joshua-Tree-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break and festival weekends · 1. März – 25. Apr. (meist)March and April are the park's busiest weeks, and the two Coachella weekends in Indio empty every rental in the high desert.77
- Trujillo 🇵🇪 PeruSummer at Huanchaco · 1. Jan. – 31. MärzPeru's summer school holidays send families from Trujillo and the highlands to Huanchaco, so the seafront restaurants, surf schools and guesthouses are busiest from January to March, especially at weekends.77
… und 20 weitere im März.
Schulferien im April
- Jerusalem 🇮🇱 IsraelPassover · 25. März – 30. Apr. (meist)A week of national holiday: hotels at their highest rates, sites full of domestic visitors, and bread off most menus.96
- Tel Aviv-Jaffa 🇮🇱 IsraelPassover week · 25. März – 30. Apr. (meist)The country takes the week off and half of it comes to the beach.94
- Udagamandalam 🇮🇳 IndienSummer hill-station season · 1. Apr. – 15. JuniThe plains come up and the town takes most of its year's business in ten weeks.93
- Nainital 🇮🇳 IndienSummer lake season · 15. Apr. – 30. JuniThe town's whole year happens in these weeks: rowing boats out from the Mallital ghats all day, the Mall closed to traffic in the evening, and a long queue for the ropeway up to Snow View.93
- Plettenberg Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaEaster school holidays · 15. März – 20. Apr. (meist)The break between the first and second school terms, wrapped around Easter, is the second family rush of the year, with Easter weekend itself the busiest days on the beaches.91
- Shimla 🇮🇳 IndienSummer hill-station season · 15. Apr. – 30. JuniDelhi and Chandigarh come up for the school break and the Ridge and the Mall are a crowd every evening.90
- Masuri 🇮🇳 IndienSummer hill-station season · 15. Apr. – 30. JuniThe reason the town exists.90
- St. Augustine 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 1. März – 10. Apr. (meist)March fills the beaches at St Augustine Beach and Vilano with families and Florida students, though the old town itself stays a walking-tour crowd rather than a party one.89
- Sedona 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break crowds · 1. März – 20. Apr. (meist)Phoenix is two hours south and it all comes up in March and April.88
- Baguio City 🇵🇭 PhilippinenSummer capital season · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)The months lowlanders drive up to get out of the heat.86
- Kodaikanal 🇮🇳 IndienHill-station summer season · 1. Apr. – 15. Juni (meist)The reason the town exists: when Madurai and Chennai become unbearable, everyone who can afford it comes up here.86
- Destin 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 1. März – 15. Apr.March into early April brings staggered school and university breaks from across the South, and Highway 98 through town becomes a single slow lane.86
- Los Cabos 🇲🇽 MexikoSpring break · 5. März – 12. Apr. (meist)American college weeks run through March into April and land squarely on Cabo San Lucas — the marina strip, the beach clubs and Medano.85
- Pensacola 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 1. März – 10. Apr. (meist)March is when the southern universities arrive on Pensacola Beach and the sound-side condos fill.85
- Sotschi 🇷🇺 RusslandThe May holidays · 29. Apr. – 11. MaiTwo public holidays run into one break at the start of May and the coast takes its first full weekend of the year.82
- Joshua-Tree-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break and festival weekends · 1. März – 25. Apr. (meist)March and April are the park's busiest weeks, and the two Coachella weekends in Indio empty every rental in the high desert.81
- Grand-Canyon-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break crowds · 1. März – 15. Apr.The first real rush of the year, when the rim is comfortable and the inner canyon is not yet dangerous.80
- Clearwater 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 1. März – 15. Apr.March into early April is the busiest beach stretch of the year, with staggered university and school breaks running back to back.80
- Orlando 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 5. März – 15. Apr. (meist)Six weeks of staggered American school breaks, peaking around Easter, and the parks run at capacity through most of it.79
- Nassau 🇧🇸 BahamasUS spring break · 25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)American students take Cable Beach and Paradise Island for most of March.78
- Key West 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break peak · 1. März – 15. Apr. (meist)March is usually the busiest month of the year, with spring-break families on top of the winter crowd; hotels run close to full, rates and airfares peak, and Duval Street is loud late.77
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MexikoUS spring break · 25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)American universities empty into the hotel zone for most of March.76
- Tulum 🇲🇽 MexikoSpring break · 25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)March brings the North American student crowd down the coast, mostly to the beach road hotels rather than the pueblo where everyone actually lives and eats.76
- Arches-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring peak season · 10. März – 31. MaiSpring break traffic starts in March and does not let up until June.75
- Fort Lauderdale 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring break · 25. Feb. – 5. Apr. (meist)Tamed a long way from the 1980s version, but March still fills A1A and the beach bars.75
… und 17 weitere im April.
Schulferien im Mai
- Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSummer season · 23. Mai – 7. Sep.Coast Highway through the village backs up from Memorial Day, the beach lots fill before nine, and the free summer trolley is the only sane way in.93
- Sotschi 🇷🇺 RusslandThe May holidays · 29. Apr. – 11. MaiTwo public holidays run into one break at the start of May and the coast takes its first full weekend of the year.89
- Masuri 🇮🇳 IndienSummer hill-station season · 15. Apr. – 30. JuniThe reason the town exists.88
- Virginia Beach 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenBoardwalk summer season · 23. Mai – 7. Sep. (meist)Memorial Day to Labor Day on a three-mile boardwalk with a stage at every few blocks.87
- Shimla 🇮🇳 IndienSummer hill-station season · 15. Apr. – 30. JuniDelhi and Chandigarh come up for the school break and the Ridge and the Mall are a crowd every evening.87
- Nainital 🇮🇳 IndienSummer lake season · 15. Apr. – 30. JuniThe town's whole year happens in these weeks: rowing boats out from the Mallital ghats all day, the Mall closed to traffic in the evening, and a long queue for the ropeway up to Snow View.87
- Boston 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenCommencement season · 8.–25. Mai (meist)Dozens of colleges graduate within a fortnight in May and every family in America books a room.86
- Murree 🇵🇰 PakistanSummer hill-station season · 15. Mai – 31. Aug.The plains escape up the ridge for the whole summer and the Mall is a crowd from noon until midnight.86
- Paris 🇫🇷 FrankreichMay public holidays · 1.–31. Mai (meist)Three or four public days land in the month and Parisians bridge them into long weekends.85
- Outer Banks 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenRental season peak · 23. Mai – 7. Sep. (meist)Memorial Day to Labor Day, when the cottages rent by the week and everyone changes over on the same Saturday.84
- Srinagar 🇮🇳 IndienSummer hill-station rush · 15. Mai – 15. JuliKashmir's peak domestic season.84
- Moskau 🇷🇺 RusslandDacha season · 1. Mai – 31. Aug.From May anyone with a plot outside town is on it at weekends.81
- Arches-Nationalpark 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSpring peak season · 10. März – 31. MaiSpring break traffic starts in March and does not let up until June.81
- Udagamandalam 🇮🇳 IndienSummer hill-station season · 1. Apr. – 15. JuniThe plains come up and the town takes most of its year's business in ten weeks.78
- Baguio City 🇵🇭 PhilippinenSummer capital season · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)The months lowlanders drive up to get out of the heat.72
- Kodaikanal 🇮🇳 IndienHill-station summer season · 1. Apr. – 15. Juni (meist)The reason the town exists: when Madurai and Chennai become unbearable, everyone who can afford it comes up here.68
- Krasnaja Poljana 🇷🇺 RusslandThe May holidays · 29. Apr. – 11. MaiRussia runs two public holidays into one long break at the start of May, and the valley fills for the last of the snow at the top and the first of the trails below it.66
- Gulmarg 🇮🇳 IndienSummer hill-station rush · 25. Mai – 15. JuliKashmir's peak domestic season.65
- Perhentian-Inseln 🇲🇾 MalaysiaMalaysian school holidays · 20. Mai – 15. Sep. (meist)The mid-year and term breaks send families from the peninsula out on the Kuala Besut boats, and the handful of beach chalets sell out well in advance.64
- Darjeeling 🇮🇳 IndienHill-station summer season · 15. Apr. – 15. Juni (meist)Kolkata and the plains come up to escape the heat and the Mall, the toy train and the Tiger Hill jeeps are all booked out.62
- Cameron Highlands 🇲🇾 MalaysiaMid-year school break · 20. Mai – 10. Juli (meist)The first of the two family waves.62
- Đà Nẵng 🇻🇳 VietnamReunification Day break · 28. Apr. – 4. MaiReunification Day and May Day run together into the year's biggest domestic travel block, and the central coast beaches are where the country goes.61
- La Union 🇵🇭 PhilippinenSummer beach crush · 15. März – 31. Mai (meist)Four hours from Manila on the expressway, so the Urbiztondo strip is bumper to bumper at weekends and the surf schools run flat out on knee-high water.59
- Huế 🇻🇳 VietnamReunification Day break · 28. Apr. – 4. MaiThe long weekend sends the whole country on the road, and Hue is a stop on the way to the central beaches.56
- Hạ Long 🇻🇳 VietnamReunification Day break · 28. Apr. – 4. MaiHanoi drives to the coast for the long weekend and Bai Chay is solid.56
… und 4 weitere im Mai.
Schulferien im Juni
- Stockholm 🇸🇪 SchwedenMidsummer · 18.–27. Juni (meist)The city empties for the archipelago and the countryside on Midsummer Eve and shops shut.95
- Vilnius 🇱🇹 LitauenJonines · 23.–24. JuniBonfires and wreaths on the Neris banks on the shortest night, and a public holiday the next day.94
- Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSummer season · 23. Mai – 7. Sep.Coast Highway through the village backs up from Memorial Day, the beach lots fill before nine, and the free summer trolley is the only sane way in.94
- Newport 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSummer season · 20. Juni – 7. Sep.A town of twenty-five thousand taking several million visitors a year, most of them in ten weeks.93
- Riga 🇱🇻 LettlandJani and Ligo · 21.–25. Juni (meist)The city empties for the countryside on 23 June: bonfires until dawn, oak wreaths, caraway cheese and beer.92
- Casablanca 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe Marhaba summer · 10. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The annual return of Moroccans living abroad runs through the port and Mohammed V airport from mid-June to mid-September.92
- Moskau 🇷🇺 RusslandDacha season · 1. Mai – 31. Aug.From May anyone with a plot outside town is on it at weekends.90
- Helsinki 🇫🇮 FinnlandMidsummer · 18.–27. Juni (meist)The city empties for the countryside on Midsummer Eve and almost nothing in town stays open.90
- Danzig 🇵🇱 PolenPolish summer holidays · 25. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)Schools break from late June to the end of August and the coast is where the country goes.90
- Tanger 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe summer crossing · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Millions of Moroccans living in Europe come home through Tangier Med over the summer, and the port, the motorway and every hotel bed absorb the surge.90
- Taghazout 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe flat Moroccan summer · 15. Juni – 10. Sep. (meist)Small waves, warm water and the beaches taken over by Moroccan families for the holidays.90
- Pärnu 🇪🇪 EstlandEstonia's summer capital · 15. Juni – 20. Aug.Tallinn moves here for the summer: the long shallow beach, the wooden bathhouse, funfairs and clubs, and prices to match.90
- Tallinn 🇪🇪 EstlandJaanipaev · 22.–25. JuniEstonia leaves for the countryside for midsummer bonfires and the city shuts on the 23rd and 24th.89
- South Lake Tahoe 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSummer peak · 20. Juni – 7. Sep.The Bay Area empties up here at weekends from late June, and the two-lane road round the west shore to Emerald Bay is the pinch point.89
- Hervey Bay 🇦🇺 AustralienQueensland winter holidays · 26. Juni – 13. Juli (meist)The two-week winter break lands exactly as the first whales arrive, which is the busiest fortnight the marina sees.89
- Niagarafälle 🇨🇦 KanadaSummer peak · 25. Juni – 5. Sep.School holidays on both sides of the border land at once, and the queue for the boat runs an hour or more by midday.89
- Sotschi 🇷🇺 RusslandThe domestic summer season · 20. Juni – 31. Aug.This is where Russia goes on holiday now, and the whole strip from Adler to Loo is full for ten weeks.88
- Nida 🇱🇹 LitauenSpit summer season · 20. Juni – 25. Aug.A village of a couple of thousand takes the whole of Lithuania's holiday for two months: ferry queues at Klaipeda, no parking near the dune, and guesthouse prices to match.88
- Guatapé 🇨🇴 KolumbienJune long weekends and school break · 8. Juni – 15. Juli (meist)Colombia's mid-year school break and a run of Monday holidays in June send Medellin families out for the weekend, filling the boats, the climb up El Penol and the hotels; weekdays stay calm.87
- Bozeman 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenYellowstone gateway summer · 20. Juni – 25. Aug.Bozeman is the airport for the north end of Yellowstone, so the whole park's summer traffic passes through town.85
- Campos do Jordão 🇧🇷 BrasilienWinter high season · 1. Juni – 15. Aug.São Paulo drives up here for the cold.85
- Trabzon 🇹🇷 TürkeiThe Gulf summer · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Families from the Gulf come here to escape their own summer, and Uzungöl, the hotels and the mountain minibuses are booked out with them.84
- Füssen 🇩🇪 DeutschlandCastle high season · 20. Juni – 10. Sep. (meist)Timed slots for Neuschwanstein sell out days ahead through the European school holidays, and the shuttle queue at Hohenschwangau runs to an hour.82
- Srinagar 🇮🇳 IndienSummer hill-station rush · 15. Mai – 15. JuliKashmir's peak domestic season.82
- Masuri 🇮🇳 IndienSummer hill-station season · 15. Apr. – 30. JuniThe reason the town exists.81
… und 40 weitere im Juni.
Schulferien im Juli
- Oxford 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichLanguage schools and coach season · 1. Juli – 31. Aug.Summer schools take the empty colleges and the coach tours take the centre, so Broad Street and the Bodleian queue are at their worst exactly when the colleges are most open.95
- Brussels 🇧🇪 BelgienThe August lull · 25. Juli – 20. Aug. (meist)The institutions rise for the summer and the city goes with them: neighbourhood restaurants close for a fortnight, the tram is empty, and the museums are the easiest they will be all year.94
- Oslo 🇳🇴 NorwegenFellesferien · 1.–21. Juli (meist)The common holiday: much of the working city takes the same three weeks off, neighbourhood restaurants shut and the streets belong to visitors.94
- Santiago de Compostela 🇪🇸 SpanienPeak pilgrim summer · 1. Juli – 31. Aug.Spanish holidays and the busiest Camino months land together.94
- La Rochelle 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe Ile de Re summer · 10. Juli – 25. Aug.Half of Paris takes the island for the school holidays and everything crosses the same toll bridge.94
- Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish summer holidays · 20. Juli – 2. Sep.Seven miles of sand and the whole of the South East on it in a heatwave; the seafront car parks fill by ten and the trains from Waterloo run standing.94
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalPortuguese summer holidays · 1. Juli – 31. Aug.Lisbon is forty minutes away and comes here at weekends all summer, on top of the surf camps.93
- Guatapé 🇨🇴 KolumbienJune long weekends and school break · 8. Juni – 15. Juli (meist)Colombia's mid-year school break and a run of Monday holidays in June send Medellin families out for the weekend, filling the boats, the climb up El Penol and the hotels; weekdays stay calm.93
- Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSummer season · 23. Mai – 7. Sep.Coast Highway through the village backs up from Memorial Day, the beach lots fill before nine, and the free summer trolley is the only sane way in.93
- Luxemburg 🇱🇺 LuxemburgAugust residents' holiday · 25. Juli – 25. Aug. (meist)A small capital of commuters empties for the summer, and the Schueberfouer funfair on the Glacis in the last two weeks of August and start of September is what brings the place back.92
- Birmingham 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish summer holidays · 20. Juli – 2. Sep.Six weeks in which Cadbury World, the Sea Life Centre and the Legoland Discovery Centre run at capacity and the centre fills with families.92
- Bath 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish school holidays · 18. Juli – 1. Sep.A compact centre takes the whole of the English summer break at once.92
- Tofino 🇨🇦 KanadaPeak summer · 1. Juli – 5. Sep.One two-lane road over the island brings everyone in, and July and August book out months ahead at the highest rates on the coast.92
- Pärnu 🇪🇪 EstlandEstonia's summer capital · 15. Juni – 20. Aug.Tallinn moves here for the summer: the long shallow beach, the wooden bathhouse, funfairs and clubs, and prices to match.92
- Visby 🇸🇪 SchwedenPeak Gotland summer · 1. Juli – 15. Aug.The whole of Stockholm seems to come over for July.92
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalLisbon's summer coast · 1. Juli – 31. Aug.The Cascais line runs standing-room only at weekends once the schools break, and the town is as much a Lisbon suburb on holiday as a resort.91
- Insel Wight 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichSummer ferry peak · 20. Juli – 1. Sep.Car ferry fares roughly double for the English school holidays and the crossings sell out days ahead.91
- Bar Harbor 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenPeak summer season · 1. Juli – 31. Aug.A town of five thousand hosting several million park visitors a year does most of it now.91
- Soorts-Hossegor 🇫🇷 FrankreichFrench summer holidays · 1. Juli – 31. Aug.July and August turn the lake, the Place des Landais and the central beaches into one of the busiest resorts on the Landes coast.91
- Bodø 🇳🇴 NorwegenLofoten ferry crush · 1. Juli – 15. Aug.Most people are here to get to Lofoten, and in July the car ferry to Moskenes is the bottleneck: reserve a vehicle place or expect to sit in the queue at the quay for a sailing or two.90
- Newquay 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish school holidays · 18. Juli – 1. Sep.The A30 into Cornwall backs up on changeover Saturdays and the town runs at capacity for six weeks.90
- York 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish school holidays · 18. Juli – 1. Sep.The Shambles is a lane wide enough for two people and takes the whole of August.90
- Hervey Bay 🇦🇺 AustralienQueensland winter holidays · 26. Juni – 13. Juli (meist)The two-week winter break lands exactly as the first whales arrive, which is the busiest fortnight the marina sees.89
- St Ives 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish school holidays · 18. Juli – 1. Sep.The town is medieval-narrow and takes the whole of August at once.89
- Mackinac Island 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHigh summer · 1. Juli – 25. Aug.Fifteen thousand day visitors can land on a good July day on an island of five hundred residents.89
… und 138 weitere im Juli.
Schulferien im August
- Luxemburg 🇱🇺 LuxemburgAugust residents' holiday · 25. Juli – 25. Aug. (meist)A small capital of commuters empties for the summer, and the Schueberfouer funfair on the Glacis in the last two weeks of August and start of September is what brings the place back.95
- Sintra 🇵🇹 PortugalAugust day-trippers · 1.–31. Aug.Portuguese holidays on top of the Lisbon coach trade.95
- Moskau 🇷🇺 RusslandDacha season · 1. Mai – 31. Aug.From May anyone with a plot outside town is on it at weekends.94
- Danzig 🇵🇱 PolenPolish summer holidays · 25. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)Schools break from late June to the end of August and the coast is where the country goes.93
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalPortuguese summer holidays · 1. Juli – 31. Aug.Lisbon is forty minutes away and comes here at weekends all summer, on top of the surf camps.93
- Brussels 🇧🇪 BelgienThe August lull · 25. Juli – 20. Aug. (meist)The institutions rise for the summer and the city goes with them: neighbourhood restaurants close for a fortnight, the tram is empty, and the museums are the easiest they will be all year.92
- La Rochelle 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe Ile de Re summer · 10. Juli – 25. Aug.Half of Paris takes the island for the school holidays and everything crosses the same toll bridge.92
- Oxford 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichLanguage schools and coach season · 1. Juli – 31. Aug.Summer schools take the empty colleges and the coach tours take the centre, so Broad Street and the Bodleian queue are at their worst exactly when the colleges are most open.92
- York 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish school holidays · 18. Juli – 1. Sep.The Shambles is a lane wide enough for two people and takes the whole of August.92
- Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSummer season · 23. Mai – 7. Sep.Coast Highway through the village backs up from Memorial Day, the beach lots fill before nine, and the free summer trolley is the only sane way in.92
- Santiago de Compostela 🇪🇸 SpanienPeak pilgrim summer · 1. Juli – 31. Aug.Spanish holidays and the busiest Camino months land together.91
- Nazaré 🇵🇹 PortugalPortuguese August · 1.–31. Aug.This is a domestic resort before it is an international one, and in August it fills with families from Lisbon and Leiria.91
- Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish summer holidays · 20. Juli – 2. Sep.Seven miles of sand and the whole of the South East on it in a heatwave; the seafront car parks fill by ten and the trains from Waterloo run standing.91
- Mackinac Island 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHigh summer · 1. Juli – 25. Aug.Fifteen thousand day visitors can land on a good July day on an island of five hundred residents.91
- Paris 🇫🇷 FrankreichThe August closures · 1.–25. Aug. (meist)Bakeries and neighbourhood restaurants shut in rotation for two or three weeks and hang a paper note on the door.90
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalLisbon's summer coast · 1. Juli – 31. Aug.The Cascais line runs standing-room only at weekends once the schools break, and the town is as much a Lisbon suburb on holiday as a resort.90
- Whitby 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichPeak summer on the harbour · 20. Juli – 1. Sep.The car parks are full by ten, the queue at the fish shops runs down Pier Road, and the 199 steps move at the pace of the slowest party on them.90
- Birmingham 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish summer holidays · 20. Juli – 2. Sep.Six weeks in which Cadbury World, the Sea Life Centre and the Legoland Discovery Centre run at capacity and the centre fills with families.89
- Tofino 🇨🇦 KanadaPeak summer · 1. Juli – 5. Sep.One two-lane road over the island brings everyone in, and July and August book out months ahead at the highest rates on the coast.89
- Cuenca 🇪🇨 EcuadorHighland school holidays · 1. Juli – 31. Aug. (meist)Schools in Ecuador's highlands break from early July to the end of August, so Cuenca, Cajas and the hot springs at Banos de Cuenca see more domestic families, especially at weekends.89
- Pristina KosovoDiaspora summer · 1. Juli – 31. Aug.Families come back from Germany, Switzerland and Austria for the school holidays, and the city runs on weddings, full cafe terraces and German plates on every second car.89
- Insel Wight 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichSummer ferry peak · 20. Juli – 1. Sep.Car ferry fares roughly double for the English school holidays and the crossings sell out days ahead.89
- San Marino San MarinoCoach day-tripper peak · 1. Juli – 31. Aug.The Rimini beach resorts send coaches up all summer, and between eleven and four the duty-free shops on the main street are what most people see of the country.89
- Bath 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish school holidays · 18. Juli – 1. Sep.A compact centre takes the whole of the English summer break at once.88
- Sylt 🇩🇪 DeutschlandGerman summer holidays · 1. Juli – 31. Aug. (meist)Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia empty onto this island for eight weeks.88
… und 182 weitere im August.
Schulferien im September
- Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSummer season · 23. Mai – 7. Sep.Coast Highway through the village backs up from Memorial Day, the beach lots fill before nine, and the free summer trolley is the only sane way in.93
- Niagarafälle 🇨🇦 KanadaSummer peak · 25. Juni – 5. Sep.School holidays on both sides of the border land at once, and the queue for the boat runs an hour or more by midday.92
- Boston 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenStudent move-in weekend · 28. Aug. – 4. Sep. (meist)Most student leases turn over on 1 September, known locally as "Allston Christmas": every U-Haul in New England is double-parked in Allston and Brighton, and curbs fill with discarded furniture.90
- Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorNorthern summer peak · 15. Juni – 5. Sep. (meist)The islands run a visitor cap through the permitted sites, so the pressure shows up as price and availability rather than queues.88
- Casablanca 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe Marhaba summer · 10. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The annual return of Moroccans living abroad runs through the port and Mohammed V airport from mid-June to mid-September.88
- Newport 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSummer season · 20. Juni – 7. Sep.A town of twenty-five thousand taking several million visitors a year, most of them in ten weeks.88
- Gibraltar GibraltarSummer border queues · 1. Juli – 5. Sep.The land frontier with Spain can take up to two hours to cross by car in high summer and on Spanish holiday weekends.87
- Jerusalem 🇮🇱 IsraelSukkot · 20. Sep. – 25. Okt. (meist)Booths on every balcony, the priestly blessing at the Western Wall drawing tens of thousands, and a week of school holiday that fills every site in the country.86
- Tanger 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe summer crossing · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Millions of Moroccans living in Europe come home through Tangier Med over the summer, and the port, the motorway and every hotel bed absorb the surge.86
- Taghazout 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe flat Moroccan summer · 15. Juni – 10. Sep. (meist)Small waves, warm water and the beaches taken over by Moroccan families for the holidays.86
- South Lake Tahoe 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSummer peak · 20. Juni – 7. Sep.The Bay Area empties up here at weekends from late June, and the two-lane road round the west shore to Emerald Bay is the pinch point.85
- Barcelona 🇪🇸 SpanienThe August closures · 1. Aug. – 5. Sep.Neighbourhood restaurants, bakeries and small shops shut for the holidays from the start of August into the first week of September.84
- Insel Wight 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichSummer ferry peak · 20. Juli – 1. Sep.Car ferry fares roughly double for the English school holidays and the crossings sell out days ahead.84
- Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish summer holidays · 20. Juli – 2. Sep.Seven miles of sand and the whole of the South East on it in a heatwave; the seafront car parks fill by ten and the trains from Waterloo run standing.82
- Bath 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish school holidays · 18. Juli – 1. Sep.A compact centre takes the whole of the English summer break at once.80
- York 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish school holidays · 18. Juli – 1. Sep.The Shambles is a lane wide enough for two people and takes the whole of August.80
- Whitby 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichPeak summer on the harbour · 20. Juli – 1. Sep.The car parks are full by ten, the queue at the fish shops runs down Pier Road, and the 199 steps move at the pace of the slowest party on them.80
- Birmingham 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish summer holidays · 20. Juli – 2. Sep.Six weeks in which Cadbury World, the Sea Life Centre and the Legoland Discovery Centre run at capacity and the centre fills with families.79
- Newquay 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish school holidays · 18. Juli – 1. Sep.The A30 into Cornwall backs up on changeover Saturdays and the town runs at capacity for six weeks.79
- Trabzon 🇹🇷 TürkeiThe Gulf summer · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Families from the Gulf come here to escape their own summer, and Uzungöl, the hotels and the mountain minibuses are booked out with them.78
- St Ives 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichEnglish school holidays · 18. Juli – 1. Sep.The town is medieval-narrow and takes the whole of August at once.78
- Virginia Beach 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenBoardwalk summer season · 23. Mai – 7. Sep. (meist)Memorial Day to Labor Day on a three-mile boardwalk with a stage at every few blocks.77
- Alexandria 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenThe Egyptian summer season · 15. Juni – 10. Sep. (meist)Families take flats along the coast for weeks at a time, corniche traffic doubles and rooms cost roughly twice the spring rate.77
- Füssen 🇩🇪 DeutschlandCastle high season · 20. Juni – 10. Sep. (meist)Timed slots for Neuschwanstein sell out days ahead through the European school holidays, and the shuttle queue at Hohenschwangau runs to an hour.77
- Outer Banks 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenRental season peak · 23. Mai – 7. Sep. (meist)Memorial Day to Labor Day, when the cottages rent by the week and everyone changes over on the same Saturday.76
… und 13 weitere im September.
Schulferien im Oktober
- Jerusalem 🇮🇱 IsraelSukkot · 20. Sep. – 25. Okt. (meist)Booths on every balcony, the priestly blessing at the Western Wall drawing tens of thousands, and a week of school holiday that fills every site in the country.92
- Tel Aviv-Jaffa 🇮🇱 IsraelSukkot week · 20. Sep. – 25. Okt. (meist)The autumn school holiday, and the beach is still warm enough to use, so the city fills again for a week.84
- Kathmandu 🇳🇵 NepalDashain · 20. Sep. – 25. Okt. (meist)Nepal's longest holiday.73
- Darjeeling 🇮🇳 IndienDurga Puja and Dashain · 25. Sep. – 25. Okt. (meist)Bengal's biggest holiday and the Nepali Dashain fall together, and the whole of Kolkata seems to come up the hill.60
- Manila 🇵🇭 PhilippinenUndas · 29. Okt. – 2. Nov.Families camp overnight in the cemeteries for All Saints' and All Souls', and the rest of the country goes home for it.55
- Åre 🇸🇪 SchwedenHostlov (autumn break) · 19. Okt. – 2. Nov. (meist)Swedish schools take a one-week autumn half-term in late October, staggered by region, and Are fills with families and wilderness-camp activities whichever week is local to them.48
- Ruka 🇫🇮 FinnlandFinnish autumn break · 10.–25. Okt. (meist)Syysloma falls in the second half of October, between the walking season and reliable snow, and the resort runs a family programme through it.41
Schulferien im November
- Plettenberg Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaMatric Rage · 20. Nov. – 10. Dez. (meist)Plett is one of South Africa's biggest Rage destinations: a week when school-leavers from across the country take over Central Beach and Cairnbrogie Farm for parties running from early afternoon into the night.92
- Gold Coast 🇦🇺 AustralienSchoolies · 15. Nov. – 12. Dez. (meist)Three weeks from mid-November when school leavers take over Surfers Paradise in tens of thousands.78
- Manila 🇵🇭 PhilippinenUndas · 29. Okt. – 2. Nov.Families camp overnight in the cemeteries for All Saints' and All Souls', and the rest of the country goes home for it.65
- Cameron Highlands 🇲🇾 MalaysiaYear-end school holidays · 15. Nov. – 5. Jan. (meist)The busiest six weeks here, when the year-end break, the cool nights and the festive travel all land together.57
- Panama-Stadt 🇵🇦 PanamaPanama's November holidays · 2.–10. Nov.Four national days inside nine, with school bands drumming down Via Espana for most of them and the whole country on the move.54
- Bocas del Toro 🇵🇦 PanamaPanama's November holidays · 2.–10. Nov.Four national days inside nine: separation from Colombia, flag day, Colon day, then the first cry of independence.50
- Penang 🇲🇾 MalaysiaMalaysian year-end break · 20. Nov. – 5. Jan. (meist)The long school holiday brings peninsular families and Singapore weekenders to Batu Ferringhi and the hill, and the ferry and bridge traffic goes with them.47
- Johor Bahru 🇲🇾 MalaysiaYear-end causeway crush · 15. Nov. – 5. Jan. (meist)Singapore's school holidays turn the two crossings into a several-hour queue on Friday evenings and again on Sunday nights.47
- Pulau Langkawi 🇲🇾 MalaysiaMalaysian school holidays · 20. Nov. – 5. Jan. (meist)The long year-end break brings the peninsula's families and the Singapore weekenders, and the island is at its most booked, ferries included.44
- Åre 🇸🇪 SchwedenHostlov (autumn break) · 19. Okt. – 2. Nov. (meist)Swedish schools take a one-week autumn half-term in late October, staggered by region, and Are fills with families and wilderness-camp activities whichever week is local to them.31
Schulferien im Dezember
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaThe coast fills up · 10. Dez. – 15. Jan. (meist)Half of inland Namibia drives to the sea in December and Swakopmund is where it stops.96
- Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustralienWestern Australian summer holidays · 17. Dez. – 31. Jan. (meist)Perth empties into this coast for six weeks and the beach houses go at holiday rates months ahead.96
- Hermanus 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouth African summer holidays · 15. Dez. – 15. Jan. (meist)The Overberg's beach fortnight: the town roughly doubles in size, the whales have mostly gone, and the restaurants along the cliff need booking.94
- Känguru-Insel 🇦🇺 AustralienSouth Australian summer holidays · 12. Dez. – 27. Jan. (meist)Adelaide comes across for the summer break and the ferry crossings for cars fill weeks ahead.94
- Jeffreys Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaDecember holiday season · 15. Dez. – 10. Jan.The South African summer break turns a quiet surf town into a resort: the main beach is full, the surf shops trade all day and rates roughly double.93
- Hurghada 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenEuropean winter season · 15. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Charter flights from northern Europe fill the strip through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms.92
- Scharm asch-Schaich 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenEuropean winter season · 15. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Charter flights from Europe fill the bay through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms, when the water is coolest and the air is at its most reasonable.92
- Knysna 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaGarden Route summer holidays · 15. Dez. – 15. Jan. (meist)The N2 through town becomes a queue and the lagoon fills with boats.92
- Plettenberg Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaMatric Rage · 20. Nov. – 10. Dez. (meist)Plett is one of South Africa's biggest Rage destinations: a week when school-leavers from across the country take over Central Beach and Cairnbrogie Farm for parties running from early afternoon into the night.92
- Kapstadt 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouth African summer holidays · 15. Dez. – 15. Jan. (meist)From mid-December the rest of the country arrives and the city runs at capacity: beaches full, restaurants booked, and the coast road round Chapman's Peak at a crawl.91
- Nairobi 🇰🇪 KeniaJamhuri Day · 12. Dez.Independence day, a public holiday with a stadium ceremony, and the start of the stretch when Kenyan families fill the parks and the coast for the holidays.91
- Gqeberha 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaEastern Cape summer holidays · 15. Dez. – 15. Jan. (meist)The province's beach fortnight.91
- Paihia 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist)Auckland comes north for three hours and stays for a fortnight, so the motels double their rates and the ferry to Russell queues.91
- Auckland 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 31. Jan. (meist)The country takes its long break from just before Christmas to the end of January.90
- Christchurch 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 19. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist)The country shuts for a fortnight from Christmas: the city itself goes quiet and half its cafes close, while Akaroa and the Banks Peninsula bays are the busiest they get all year.89
- Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaFestive season in the Winelands · 15. Dez. – 15. Jan. (meist)Cape Town's holiday crowd drives out for lunch and the well-known estates need a booking weeks ahead.89
- Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguaySummer crush · 15. Dez. – 28. Feb.A fishing village of a few hundred takes upwards of twenty thousand Argentines, Brazilians and Uruguayans for January.89
- Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayUruguayan summer season · 20. Dez. – 28. Feb.January is the peak and February is the version people actually enjoy: the same beaches, the same restaurants open, noticeably fewer cars on the Rambla.88
- Wollongong 🇦🇺 AustralienSummer holiday peak · 18. Dez. – 31. Jan.The Illawarra beaches take the overflow from Sydney for six weeks, and the northern ones — Austinmer, Thirroul, Coalcliff — fill first because they are closest to the train line.88
- Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentinienArgentine summer season · 15. Dez. – 28. Feb.The city's population multiplies from mid-December, Bristol beach is sold by the tent and the coast road queues both ways on a Sunday.88
- Wellington 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist)Parliament rises, the public service leaves town and a good share of the cafes shut for a fortnight.87
- Taupō 🇳🇿 NeuseelandLake summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 31. Jan.Taupō is where a large slice of the North Island spends Christmas: boats on the lake, the domain full of tents and the bays busy from breakfast.87
- Nelson 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 31. Jan.Nelson and Golden Bay are where the South Island goes for Christmas.86
- Katoomba 🇦🇺 AustralienNew South Wales summer holidays · 18. Dez. – 27. Jan. (meist)Sydney drives up for the cool air over the summer break and the lookout car parks fill by mid-morning.86
- Kaikoura 🇳🇿 NeuseelandNew Zealand summer holidays · 20. Dez. – 1. Feb. (meist)Everyone driving between Christchurch and Picton stops here, and in January that is a lot of people for one main street.86
… und 53 weitere im Dezember.