Cierre de temporada baja, mes a mes en todo el mundo

1. 🏙️ La Meca 🇸🇦 Arabia SauditaThe quiet Umrah months · 15 Oct – 10 Feb (normalmente)Between the Hajj crowds and Ramadan the mosque is at its emptiest and the walk to it is bearable.90
2. 🏖️ Yerba 🇹🇳 TúnezOut of season · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.82
3. 🏖️ Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalOut of season · 1 Nov – 28 FebThe mildest corner of mainland Portugal in winter and one of the few Algarve towns that keeps working when the season ends, so the market and the tascas stay open on empty streets.82
4. 🏖️ Hammamet 🇹🇳 TúnezResorts shut for the winter · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.82
5. 🏖️ Chicama 🇵🇪 PerúSummer lull · 15 Dic – 15 Mar (normalmente)The point needs a south swell and the southern summer rarely sends one big enough, so the wave is usually small or flat.82
6. 🏖️ Lárnaca 🇨🇾 ChipreWinter low season · 15 Nov – 15 MarThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.81
7. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.80
8. 🏖️ Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 Nov – 15 MarMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.80
9. 🏖️ Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.80
10. 🏝️ Heraclión 🇬🇷 GreciaWinter: charters stop · 5 Nov – 31 MarThe resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on.79
11. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspañaClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AbrThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.78
12. 🏖️ Marbella 🇪🇸 EspañaSeafront shuts for winter · 1 Nov – 28 FebMost beach clubs and a good share of Puerto Banus close from November.78
13. 🏙️ Siracusa 🇮🇹 ItaliaWinter quiet · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Once the sea cools, the beach clubs south of the city close, boat trips around Ortigia run only on calm days and some seasonal restaurants shut.78
14. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspañaOut of season on the strait · 1 Nov – 28 FebMost of the beach camps and half the town close, and Atlantic fronts push through with the poniente.78
15. ⛷️ Las Leñas 🇦🇷 ArgentinaOut of season · 5 Oct – 15 Jun (normalmente)The place is a single cluster of hotels at 2,240 m with nothing else within 70 km of it, and outside the ski months most of it is shut.77
16. 🏝️ Cagliari 🇮🇹 ItaliaWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 Nov – 20 MarSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.76
17. 🏝️ Hamilton 🇧🇲 BermudasLow season · 1 Dic – 15 Mar (normalmente)The cruise ships stop, some resorts close for the winter and rates fall by half.75
18. 🏝️ Santorini 🇬🇷 GreciaThe island closes · 1 Nov – 20 Mar (normalmente)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.74
19. 🏙️ Sintra 🇵🇹 PortugalOut of season on the hill · 15 Nov – 28 FebShorter palace hours, no queue for anything, and a village you can actually walk through.74
20. 🏙️ Chauen 🇲🇦 MarruecosThe wet, cold months · 1 Dic – 28 Feb (normalmente)Half the terrace restaurants shut and the guesthouses that stay open are often unheated, which matters more here than the forecast suggests.74
21. 🏖️ Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalWinter: the town shrinks · 1 Nov – 15 MarRentals halve in price and a share of the restaurants close for a month or two, while the surf is at its best.74
22. ⛷️ Portillo 🇨🇱 ChileClosed out of season · 15 Oct – 10 Jun (normalmente)There is no summer operation: the hotel shuts, the road is just the road to Mendoza and there is nothing at the lake but the lake.74
23. 🏖️ Tosa de Mar 🇪🇸 EspañaOut of season · 20 Oct – 31 MarAlmost everything closes and the town drops back to a few thousand residents, with the walled old quarter and the coast path to yourself.74
24. 🏝️ Ajaccio 🇫🇷 FranciaLow season · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Most beach restaurants and a good share of hotels shut, and many summer flights and ferries stop running.73
25. 🏝️ Rodas 🇬🇷 GreciaResorts shut for winter · 1 Nov – 31 MarOutside Rhodes Town the island closes: hotels boarded, Lindos down to a couple of kitchens, charter flights gone.72

…y 149 más en enero.

Qué hay en el mundo en enero →

1. 🥾 Lalibela 🇪🇹 EtiopíaAfter the pilgrims leave · 1 Feb – 31 May (normalmente)Once Timkat is over the town goes quiet until the rains, and the churches are close to empty on a weekday morning.90
2. 🏙️ La Meca 🇸🇦 Arabia SauditaThe quiet Umrah months · 15 Oct – 10 Feb (normalmente)Between the Hajj crowds and Ramadan the mosque is at its emptiest and the walk to it is bearable.87
3. 🏖️ Yerba 🇹🇳 TúnezOut of season · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.87
4. 🏖️ Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalOut of season · 1 Nov – 28 FebThe mildest corner of mainland Portugal in winter and one of the few Algarve towns that keeps working when the season ends, so the market and the tascas stay open on empty streets.85
5. 🏖️ Lárnaca 🇨🇾 ChipreWinter low season · 15 Nov – 15 MarThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.84
6. 🏖️ Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 Nov – 15 MarMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.84
7. 🏖️ Hammamet 🇹🇳 TúnezResorts shut for the winter · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.84
8. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.83
9. 🏖️ Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.83
10. 🏖️ Marbella 🇪🇸 EspañaSeafront shuts for winter · 1 Nov – 28 FebMost beach clubs and a good share of Puerto Banus close from November.83
11. 🏖️ Kaş 🇹🇷 TurquíaThe town shuts · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)Most pensions and the dive shops close, the Kekova boats stop and the harbour restaurants go down to a handful.83
12. 🏝️ Heraclión 🇬🇷 GreciaWinter: charters stop · 5 Nov – 31 MarThe resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on.82
13. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspañaClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AbrThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.82
14. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspañaOut of season on the strait · 1 Nov – 28 FebMost of the beach camps and half the town close, and Atlantic fronts push through with the poniente.82
15. 🏝️ Cagliari 🇮🇹 ItaliaWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 Nov – 20 MarSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.81
16. 🏖️ Fethiye 🇹🇷 TurquíaThe coast shuts · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü close almost completely and the boats come out of the water.81
17. 🏖️ Kalkan 🇹🇷 TurquíaWinter shutdown · 5 Nov – 25 Mar (normalmente)A resort built around one summer trade: most of the harbour restaurants, the boat operators and a good share of the hotels close, and the wet months land squarely on the empty ones.81
18. ⛷️ Las Leñas 🇦🇷 ArgentinaOut of season · 5 Oct – 15 Jun (normalmente)The place is a single cluster of hotels at 2,240 m with nothing else within 70 km of it, and outside the ski months most of it is shut.80
19. 🏝️ Rodas 🇬🇷 GreciaResorts shut for winter · 1 Nov – 31 MarOutside Rhodes Town the island closes: hotels boarded, Lindos down to a couple of kitchens, charter flights gone.80
20. 🏝️ Hamilton 🇧🇲 BermudasLow season · 1 Dic – 15 Mar (normalmente)The cruise ships stop, some resorts close for the winter and rates fall by half.80
21. 🏙️ Siracusa 🇮🇹 ItaliaWinter quiet · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Once the sea cools, the beach clubs south of the city close, boat trips around Ortigia run only on calm days and some seasonal restaurants shut.80
22. 🏝️ Santorini 🇬🇷 GreciaThe island closes · 1 Nov – 20 Mar (normalmente)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.79
23. 🏝️ Miconos 🇬🇷 GreciaIsland shuts down · 1 Nov – 31 MarAlmost everything closes from November: beach clubs, most hotels, the majority of Chora's restaurants.79
24. 🏙️ Toledo 🇪🇸 EspañaWinter quiet · 20 Nov – 28 FebCold mornings, frost in the gorge and the fewest visitors of the year, which is the only way to see the Santo Tome Greco or the synagogues without a queue.79
25. 🏖️ Bodrum 🇹🇷 TurquíaThe peninsula shuts · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)The outlying villages close almost completely from November: Gumusluk and Turkbuku go dark and the beach clubs board up.79

…y 150 más en febrero.

Qué hay en el mundo en febrero →

1. 🏖️ Yerba 🇹🇳 TúnezOut of season · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.92
2. 🏖️ Lárnaca 🇨🇾 ChipreWinter low season · 15 Nov – 15 MarThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.90
3. 🥾 Lalibela 🇪🇹 EtiopíaAfter the pilgrims leave · 1 Feb – 31 May (normalmente)Once Timkat is over the town goes quiet until the rains, and the churches are close to empty on a weekday morning.89
4. 🏖️ Hammamet 🇹🇳 TúnezResorts shut for the winter · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.88
5. 🏖️ Kaş 🇹🇷 TurquíaThe town shuts · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)Most pensions and the dive shops close, the Kekova boats stop and the harbour restaurants go down to a handful.87
6. 🏝️ Heraclión 🇬🇷 GreciaWinter: charters stop · 5 Nov – 31 MarThe resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on.86
7. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.86
8. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspañaClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AbrThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.86
9. 🏙️ Siracusa 🇮🇹 ItaliaWinter quiet · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Once the sea cools, the beach clubs south of the city close, boat trips around Ortigia run only on calm days and some seasonal restaurants shut.86
10. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (normalmente)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.86
11. 🏝️ Rodas 🇬🇷 GreciaResorts shut for winter · 1 Nov – 31 MarOutside Rhodes Town the island closes: hotels boarded, Lindos down to a couple of kitchens, charter flights gone.85
12. 🏝️ Miconos 🇬🇷 GreciaIsland shuts down · 1 Nov – 31 MarAlmost everything closes from November: beach clubs, most hotels, the majority of Chora's restaurants.85
13. 🏖️ Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 Nov – 15 MarMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.85
14. 🏖️ Bodrum 🇹🇷 TurquíaThe peninsula shuts · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)The outlying villages close almost completely from November: Gumusluk and Turkbuku go dark and the beach clubs board up.85
15. 🏖️ Fethiye 🇹🇷 TurquíaThe coast shuts · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü close almost completely and the boats come out of the water.85
16. 🏖️ Marmaris 🇹🇷 TurquíaOut of season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Icmeler and the seafront strip shut almost entirely and the boats come out of the water.85
17. 🏝️ Naxos 🇬🇷 GreciaOut of season · 1 Nov – 31 MarNaxos farms, so it stays inhabited when its neighbours empty, but the beach hotels and most tavernas shut and the ferry connection thins to a few boats a week.85
18. 🏖️ Kalkan 🇹🇷 TurquíaWinter shutdown · 5 Nov – 25 Mar (normalmente)A resort built around one summer trade: most of the harbour restaurants, the boat operators and a good share of the hotels close, and the wet months land squarely on the empty ones.85
19. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.84
20. 🏖️ Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.84
21. 🏝️ Cagliari 🇮🇹 ItaliaWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 Nov – 20 MarSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.84
22. 🏝️ Santorini 🇬🇷 GreciaThe island closes · 1 Nov – 20 Mar (normalmente)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.83
23. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItaliaCosta Smeralda shuts · 15 Oct – 30 AbrPorto Cervo and the resort villages close down almost completely and Olbia carries on as an ordinary working port town.83
24. 🏝️ Cos 🇬🇷 GreciaWinter shutdown · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe resort strips are shuttered and the island shrinks back to Kos town, where enough stays open for the locals.83
25. 🏙️ Pamukkale 🇹🇷 TurquíaQuiet winter months · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)The coaches thin out, the site closes earlier in the afternoon, and the balloon flights are often cancelled for fog or wind.83

…y 121 más en marzo.

Qué hay en el mundo en marzo →

1. 🏝️ Cefalonia 🇬🇷 GreciaOut of season · 20 Oct – 15 AbrCharter flights stop, the resorts board up and the ferry timetable thins to a couple of sailings a day.91
2. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspañaClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AbrThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.90
3. 🏖️ Ksamil 🇦🇱 AlbaniaOut of season · 15 Oct – 30 AbrAlmost everything on the beach road closes and the village goes back to a few hundred people and a lot of unfinished concrete.90
4. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItaliaCosta Smeralda shuts · 15 Oct – 30 AbrPorto Cervo and the resort villages close down almost completely and Olbia carries on as an ordinary working port town.89
5. 🏙️ Lecce 🇮🇹 ItaliaCoast shuts, city stays open · 15 Oct – 15 AbrThe lidi and most of the seaside towns close entirely for the winter, but Lecce itself is a university city and carries on.89
6. 🏖️ Sarandë 🇦🇱 AlbaniaOut of season · 15 Oct – 30 AbrMost of the seafront bars and hotels close but the town keeps working, so unlike the villages around it there is still somewhere to eat.88
7. 🏝️ Hvar 🇭🇷 CroaciaThe island shuts · 1 Nov – 15 Abr (normalmente)Nearly everything on the waterfront closes and the catamarans drop to a couple of sailings a day, weather permitting.88
8. 🏖️ Tropea 🇮🇹 ItaliaOut of season · 20 Oct – 15 AbrAlmost everything aimed at visitors closes from late October until spring, including most restaurants on the corso.88
9. 🏖️ Calcídica 🇬🇷 GreciaOut of season · 15 Oct – 25 AbrNearly everything on the three peninsulas closes for winter, hotels and beach tavernas alike, and the resorts revert to villages of a few hundred people.86
10. 🏝️ Korčula 🇭🇷 CroaciaThe island out of season · 1 Nov – 15 Abr (normalmente)The catamarans thin to a sailing or two a day and most of the old town's restaurants shut, though Korcula keeps more life than the smaller islands because people live here.86
11. 🏖️ Budva 🇲🇪 MontenegroOut of season · 1 Nov – 15 Abr (normalmente)The beach bars come down, the big hotels along the strip close and the old town keeps a few places open for locals.86
12. 🏖️ Rímini 🇮🇹 ItaliaBeach shuts, trade fairs fill · 1 Oct – 30 AbrThe seafront closes down but the exhibition centre keeps the city going, and the few weeks hotels are full and dear are the big fairs in November and January rather than anything to do with the sea.85
13. 🏖️ Batumi 🇬🇪 GeorgiaOut of season · 1 Nov – 30 Abr (normalmente)The beach bars are gone, a good share of the hotels close and the towers along the front stand empty in the rain.84
14. 🥾 Lalibela 🇪🇹 EtiopíaAfter the pilgrims leave · 1 Feb – 31 May (normalmente)Once Timkat is over the town goes quiet until the rains, and the churches are close to empty on a weekday morning.84
15. 🏖️ Mamaia 🇷🇴 RumaniaResort shutdown · 20 Sep – 20 May (normalmente)Mamaia is a purpose-built summer strip and it closes almost completely: hotels shuttered, the cable car stopped, the club terraces stacked and wrapped.84
16. 🏖️ Burgas 🇧🇬 BulgariaCoast off-season · 10 Oct – 15 May (normalmente)Burgas is a working port and keeps going, but the beach bars, the Sea Garden kiosks and the resort strips north towards Sunny Beach board up entirely.83
17. 🏖️ Playa Soleada 🇧🇬 BulgariaThe winter shutdown · 10 Oct – 30 Abr (normalmente)By the middle of October the loungers are stacked and the strip is boarded up for the winter.83
18. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.82
19. 🏖️ Varna 🇧🇬 BulgariaResort strip shuts · 10 Oct – 10 May (normalmente)Varna itself is a year-round city with a university and a port, but Golden Sands and St Konstantin up the coast close almost entirely — shuttered blocks, no buses to speak of, nothing open on the front.82
20. 🏖️ Lago Balatón 🇭🇺 HungríaShore shutdown · 20 Sep – 15 May (normalmente)The south shore in particular is a seasonal town strip: guesthouses, langos stands and half the restaurants close from about late September and do not reopen until May.81
21. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (normalmente)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.81
22. 🏙️ Boulder 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosHeavy spring snow · 1 Mar – 30 Abr (normalmente)March and April are the snowiest months on the Front Range, and it arrives as wet upslope storms that take down trees and shut the airport for a day.80
23. 🏙️ Ohrid 🇲🇰 Macedonia del NorteOut of season · 1 Nov – 15 AbrMost of the lakefront restaurants and the boat operators shut and the town goes back to its own eight thousand people.79
24. 🏙️ Harbin 🇨🇳 República Popular ChinaThe thaw · 5 Mar – 25 Abr (normalmente)The ice attractions are demolished before they melt into hazards, the river breaks up, and nothing has greened yet.78
25. 🏙️ Kislovodsk 🇷🇺 RusiaOff-season sanatorium rates · 1 Oct – 30 Abr (normalmente)Outside the June-to-September rush, accommodation in Kislovodsk's sanatoriums and hotels typically runs thirty to forty percent cheaper, and the resort park and colonnade are far quieter.78

…y 82 más en abril.

Qué hay en el mundo en abril →

1. 🏖️ Mamaia 🇷🇴 RumaniaResort shutdown · 20 Sep – 20 May (normalmente)Mamaia is a purpose-built summer strip and it closes almost completely: hotels shuttered, the cable car stopped, the club terraces stacked and wrapped.92
2. 🏖️ Burgas 🇧🇬 BulgariaCoast off-season · 10 Oct – 15 May (normalmente)Burgas is a working port and keeps going, but the beach bars, the Sea Garden kiosks and the resort strips north towards Sunny Beach board up entirely.91
3. 🏖️ Varna 🇧🇬 BulgariaResort strip shuts · 10 Oct – 10 May (normalmente)Varna itself is a year-round city with a university and a port, but Golden Sands and St Konstantin up the coast close almost entirely — shuttered blocks, no buses to speak of, nothing open on the front.90
4. 🏖️ Lago Balatón 🇭🇺 HungríaShore shutdown · 20 Sep – 15 May (normalmente)The south shore in particular is a seasonal town strip: guesthouses, langos stands and half the restaurants close from about late September and do not reopen until May.88
5. 🏙️ Burlington 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosMud season · 1 Abr – 25 MayThe high trails in the Greens are closed by the Green Mountain Club until the ground firms up, usually around Memorial Day, and walking them early wrecks them.86
6. 🏖️ Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 ChileOut of season · 1 May – 31 AgoThe beach concessions come down, a fair share of the seafront restaurants close and the town runs on its own residents and the university.82
7. 🏝️ Hanga Roa 🇨🇱 ChileWinter low season · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.81
8. 🥾 Lalibela 🇪🇹 EtiopíaAfter the pilgrims leave · 1 Feb – 31 May (normalmente)Once Timkat is over the town goes quiet until the rains, and the churches are close to empty on a weekday morning.80
9. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.80
10. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (normalmente)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.80
11. 🥾 Innsbruck 🇦🇹 AustriaBetween-seasons shutdown · 20 Abr – 25 May (normalmente)Between the last ski day and the first walking one the lifts stop, the huts are shut and a good share of the hotels close for maintenance.79
12. 🏖️ Cholpon-Ata 🇰🇬 KirguistánOut of season on the shore · 1 Oct – 20 May (normalmente)The town slows the moment autumn arrives and most of the hotels and restaurants close until the following summer.79
13. 🏖️ Trancoso 🇧🇷 BrasilLow season on the Quadrado · 1 May – 30 Jun (normalmente)Between the summer and the July holidays a good share of the restaurants on the square close and the village goes back to a few hundred people.77
14. 🏖️ Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentinaWinter shutdown · 1 May – 31 Ago (normalmente)Beach clubs come down, the summer theatres go dark and a good part of the seafront closes; what is left is a working port city with cheap rooms and an empty rambla.77
15. ⛷️ Pieonchang 🇰🇷 Corea del SurBetween the seasons · 10 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente)The lifts stop, the Olympic valley goes quiet and a lot of the resort restaurants shut until the summer trade.76
16. 🏖️ Playa de Kololi 🇬🇲 GambiaOut of season on the strip · 15 May – 15 Oct (normalmente)When the charters stop, a good share of the hotels, restaurants and excursion desks close with them.76
17. 🥾 Bozeman 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosMud season and the bears waking · 25 Mar – 20 May (normalmente)The lifts shut, the valley trails turn to mud and the grizzlies come out of the dens onto the same low ground.75
18. 🏝️ Isla Mackinac 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosGrand Hotel's season · 1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.75
19. ⛷️ Revelstoke 🇨🇦 CanadáShoulder season · 20 Abr – 1 Jun (normalmente)Between the lifts stopping and the mountain roads drying out, the town goes quiet and a good part of it closes for a few weeks.73
20. ⛷️ Nozawaonsen 🇯🇵 JapónBetween the seasons · 10 May – 30 Jun (normalmente)Lifts stopped and a good share of the inns and restaurants closed until the summer.72
21. ⛷️ Niseko 🇯🇵 JapónBetween the seasons · 10 May – 20 Jun (normalmente)Lifts stopped, snow going, and most of the restaurants and rental shops closed until the summer staff arrive.71
22. 🏞️ Parque nacional Voyageurs 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring ice-out shoulder · 11 Mar – 5 May (normalmente)The ice roads close well before the lakes are open to boats — Kabetogama's ice-out averages 28 April, Rainy Lake's 3 May — so for six or seven weeks the park is reachable only from the handful of shore trailheads.69
23. 🏙️ Nelson 🇳🇿 Nueva ZelandaAbel Tasman in winter · 1 May – 30 SepFrom May to September the water taxis run a reduced timetable and only sail when pre-booked, but the sea is often calmer for kayaking and the sandflies are gone.69
24. ⛷️ Bansko 🇧🇬 BulgariaBetween-seasons shutdown · 20 Abr – 10 Jun (normalmente)Late April to early June is the dead spell: the lifts have stopped, the high trails are still under snow and a good share of the hotels and mehanas take their break.69
25. ⛷️ Sierra Nevada 🇪🇸 EspañaResort closed between seasons · 5 May – 15 JunBetween the lifts shutting and the summer opening, Pradollano is a shuttered village of empty apartment blocks.69

…y 73 más en mayo.

Qué hay en el mundo en mayo →

1. 🏙️ Belén 🇵🇸 PalestinaSummer pilgrim lull · 15 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Between the Easter and autumn pilgrim seasons fewer tour groups come, so queues for the Grotto of the Nativity are shorter.87
2. 🏝️ Hanga Roa 🇨🇱 ChileWinter low season · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.86
3. 🏝️ Isla Mackinac 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosGrand Hotel's season · 1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.83
4. 🏖️ Trancoso 🇧🇷 BrasilLow season on the Quadrado · 1 May – 30 Jun (normalmente)Between the summer and the July holidays a good share of the restaurants on the square close and the village goes back to a few hundred people.81
5. 🏝️ Isla de Lord Howe 🇦🇺 AustraliaWinter, half the island shut · 1 Jun – 31 AgoLodges and restaurants take their own break through the coldest months and some close outright; the diving drops off with the water temperature and the birds on the mountain take over.80
6. ⛷️ Sierra Nevada 🇪🇸 EspañaResort closed between seasons · 5 May – 15 JunBetween the lifts shutting and the summer opening, Pradollano is a shuttered village of empty apartment blocks.79
7. ⛷️ Revelstoke 🇨🇦 CanadáShoulder season · 20 Abr – 1 Jun (normalmente)Between the lifts stopping and the mountain roads drying out, the town goes quiet and a good part of it closes for a few weeks.78
8. ⛷️ Sheregesh 🇷🇺 RusiaOut of season · 10 May – 5 Nov (normalmente)Half the year the lifts are stopped and the village is a mining settlement in the taiga with a lot of empty hotel beds.78
9. 🏙️ Colonia del Sacramento 🇺🇾 UruguayWinter quiet · 1 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Several of the restaurants in the historic quarter open only at weekends through the winter and the streets are close to empty on a weekday.78
10. ⛷️ Niseko 🇯🇵 JapónBetween the seasons · 10 May – 20 Jun (normalmente)Lifts stopped, snow going, and most of the restaurants and rental shops closed until the summer staff arrive.76
11. ⛷️ Breckenridge 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring mud season · 25 Abr – 5 JunThe lifts stop and half of Main Street shuts for six weeks while the trails are still under snow or under mud.76
12. ⛷️ Bansko 🇧🇬 BulgariaBetween-seasons shutdown · 20 Abr – 10 Jun (normalmente)Late April to early June is the dead spell: the lifts have stopped, the high trails are still under snow and a good share of the hotels and mehanas take their break.76
13. 🏙️ Montevideo 🇺🇾 UruguayWinter on the rambla · 1 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Damp, grey and windy off the river, with the beaches empty and the city entirely its own.75
14. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.75
15. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (normalmente)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.75
16. 🏝️ Faro Morro de San Pablo 🇧🇷 BrasilWinter quiet and rough crossings · 1 May – 31 Ago (normalmente)May to August is the wet half of the year, and swell in the bay regularly moves the fast boats from Salvador onto the longer road-and-river route.75
17. 🏖️ Playa de Diani 🇰🇪 KeniaLow season on the south coast · 15 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente)The long rains empty the south coast.74
18. 🏝️ Isla Canguro 🇦🇺 AustraliaQuiet winter, shorter hours · 1 Jun – 31 AgoWinter is the island at its emptiest: some tours and cellar doors drop to weekends or shut altogether, and the ferry runs with space on it.73
19. 🏖️ Paihia 🇳🇿 Nueva ZelandaQuiet, wet winter · 1 Jun – 31 AgoWinter in the Bay is mild and wet, the cruise ships stop coming and a good share of the waterfront operators shorten their hours.73
20. 🏖️ Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentinaWinter shutdown · 1 May – 31 Ago (normalmente)Beach clubs come down, the summer theatres go dark and a good part of the seafront closes; what is left is a working port city with cheap rooms and an empty rambla.73
21. 🏖️ Malindi 🇰🇪 KeniaLong-rains low season · 15 Abr – 30 Jun (normalmente)With the long rains and the Italian winter crowd gone, many smaller hotels and beach restaurants close until July; those that stay open cut their rates.73
22. 🏖️ Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 ChileOut of season · 1 May – 31 AgoThe beach concessions come down, a fair share of the seafront restaurants close and the town runs on its own residents and the university.72
23. ⛷️ Engelberg 🇨🇭 SuizaBetween-seasons shutdown · 20 Abr – 5 Jun (normalmente)Between the last ski day and the first walking one much of the village closes: hotels take their break, the smaller lifts stop and the restaurants that stay open are the hotel ones.72
24. ⛷️ Hemsedal 🇳🇴 NoruegaBetween the seasons · 5 May – 18 Jun (normalmente)Once the lifts stop in May the village shuts down until the summer trails dry out: half the restaurants closed, the high road still patchy with snow.72
25. ⛷️ Pieonchang 🇰🇷 Corea del SurBetween the seasons · 10 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente)The lifts stop, the Olympic valley goes quiet and a lot of the resort restaurants shut until the summer trade.72

…y 50 más en junio.

Qué hay en el mundo en junio →

1. 🏙️ Dresde 🇩🇪 AlemaniaSemperoper summer break · 10 Jul – 31 Ago (normalmente)The opera house stops performing for about seven weeks in high summer and switches to guided tours only.93
2. 🏙️ Copenhague 🇩🇰 DinamarcaThe Danish July · 5 Jul – 1 Ago (normalmente)Danes take their holiday in one block, and a good share of the small restaurants, bakeries and galleries simply close for three weeks.89
3. 🏝️ Isla Mackinac 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosGrand Hotel's season · 1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.89
4. 🏝️ Hanga Roa 🇨🇱 ChileWinter low season · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.85
5. 🏙️ Belén 🇵🇸 PalestinaSummer pilgrim lull · 15 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Between the Easter and autumn pilgrim seasons fewer tour groups come, so queues for the Grotto of the Nativity are shorter.83
6. 🏝️ Faro Morro de San Pablo 🇧🇷 BrasilWinter quiet and rough crossings · 1 May – 31 Ago (normalmente)May to August is the wet half of the year, and swell in the bay regularly moves the fast boats from Salvador onto the longer road-and-river route.78
7. 🏝️ Isla de Lord Howe 🇦🇺 AustraliaWinter, half the island shut · 1 Jun – 31 AgoLodges and restaurants take their own break through the coldest months and some close outright; the diving drops off with the water temperature and the birds on the mountain take over.78
8. 🏖️ Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 ChileOut of season · 1 May – 31 AgoThe beach concessions come down, a fair share of the seafront restaurants close and the town runs on its own residents and the university.75
9. ⛷️ Sheregesh 🇷🇺 RusiaOut of season · 10 May – 5 Nov (normalmente)Half the year the lifts are stopped and the village is a mining settlement in the taiga with a lot of empty hotel beds.75
10. 🏙️ Colonia del Sacramento 🇺🇾 UruguayWinter quiet · 1 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Several of the restaurants in the historic quarter open only at weekends through the winter and the streets are close to empty on a weekday.75
11. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (normalmente)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.73
12. 🏙️ Montevideo 🇺🇾 UruguayWinter on the rambla · 1 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Damp, grey and windy off the river, with the beaches empty and the city entirely its own.72
13. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.72
14. 🏝️ Isla Canguro 🇦🇺 AustraliaQuiet winter, shorter hours · 1 Jun – 31 AgoWinter is the island at its emptiest: some tours and cellar doors drop to weekends or shut altogether, and the ferry runs with space on it.72
15. 🏝️ The Bottom SabaQuiet season · 1 Jul – 30 Nov (normalmente)Everything on Saba arrives by boat and every restaurant is small, so through the wetter, hurricane-season half of the year fewer of them open each night and the ones that do fill quickly.72
16. 🏙️ Podgorica 🇲🇪 MontenegroThe city empties · 15 Jul – 25 AgoAugust is the capital's dead month: half the cafes closed, the ministries on leave and the population somewhere on the Adriatic.71
17. 🏙️ Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 SudáfricaWet winter, quiet cellars · 1 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Rain arrives in fronts of two or three days with cold clear weather in between, and the estates lean into it: fireplaces, soup and cheap midweek tastings.71
18. 🏖️ Paihia 🇳🇿 Nueva ZelandaQuiet, wet winter · 1 Jun – 31 AgoWinter in the Bay is mild and wet, the cruise ships stop coming and a good share of the waterfront operators shorten their hours.71
19. 🏖️ Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentinaWinter shutdown · 1 May – 31 Ago (normalmente)Beach clubs come down, the summer theatres go dark and a good part of the seafront closes; what is left is a working port city with cheap rooms and an empty rambla.70
20. 🏙️ San José 🇨🇷 Costa RicaGreen season · 1 May – 30 Nov (normalmente)Costa Rica's low season: mornings are usually clear and the rain comes in afternoon bursts.64
21. 🏙️ Nelson 🇳🇿 Nueva ZelandaAbel Tasman in winter · 1 May – 30 SepFrom May to September the water taxis run a reduced timetable and only sail when pre-booked, but the sea is often calmer for kayaking and the sandflies are gone.61
22. 🏖️ Bentota 🇱🇰 Sri LankaOff-season on the strip · 15 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)The sea gets rough and brown, the jet-ski and banana-boat outfits mostly stop, and a good share of the beach restaurants close for repairs.61
23. 🏙️ Banjul 🇬🇲 GambiaGreen season closures · 1 Jun – 31 Oct (normalmente)The coast's charter season ends with the rains, and some hotels, beach bars and tour outfits close until October or November.59
24. 🏖️ Varkala 🇮🇳 IndiaCliff shuts for the monsoon · 25 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)Most of the North Cliff strip boards up for the season and the laterite edge loses another metre or two to the rain.59
25. 🏖️ Playa de Kololi 🇬🇲 GambiaOut of season on the strip · 15 May – 15 Oct (normalmente)When the charters stop, a good share of the hotels, restaurants and excursion desks close with them.58

…y 18 más en julio.

Qué hay en el mundo en julio →

1. 🏝️ Isla Mackinac 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosGrand Hotel's season · 1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.91
2. 🏙️ Copenhague 🇩🇰 DinamarcaThe Danish July · 5 Jul – 1 Ago (normalmente)Danes take their holiday in one block, and a good share of the small restaurants, bakeries and galleries simply close for three weeks.88
3. 🏙️ Dresde 🇩🇪 AlemaniaSemperoper summer break · 10 Jul – 31 Ago (normalmente)The opera house stops performing for about seven weeks in high summer and switches to guided tours only.88
4. 🏝️ Hanga Roa 🇨🇱 ChileWinter low season · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.86
5. 🏝️ Isla de Lord Howe 🇦🇺 AustraliaWinter, half the island shut · 1 Jun – 31 AgoLodges and restaurants take their own break through the coldest months and some close outright; the diving drops off with the water temperature and the birds on the mountain take over.83
6. 🏙️ Belén 🇵🇸 PalestinaSummer pilgrim lull · 15 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Between the Easter and autumn pilgrim seasons fewer tour groups come, so queues for the Grotto of the Nativity are shorter.82
7. 🏖️ Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 ChileOut of season · 1 May – 31 AgoThe beach concessions come down, a fair share of the seafront restaurants close and the town runs on its own residents and the university.80
8. 🏙️ Colonia del Sacramento 🇺🇾 UruguayWinter quiet · 1 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Several of the restaurants in the historic quarter open only at weekends through the winter and the streets are close to empty on a weekday.80
9. 🏝️ Faro Morro de San Pablo 🇧🇷 BrasilWinter quiet and rough crossings · 1 May – 31 Ago (normalmente)May to August is the wet half of the year, and swell in the bay regularly moves the fast boats from Salvador onto the longer road-and-river route.79
10. 🏙️ Montevideo 🇺🇾 UruguayWinter on the rambla · 1 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Damp, grey and windy off the river, with the beaches empty and the city entirely its own.77
11. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.77
12. 🏙️ Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 SudáfricaWet winter, quiet cellars · 1 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Rain arrives in fronts of two or three days with cold clear weather in between, and the estates lean into it: fireplaces, soup and cheap midweek tastings.77
13. 🏝️ Isla Canguro 🇦🇺 AustraliaQuiet winter, shorter hours · 1 Jun – 31 AgoWinter is the island at its emptiest: some tours and cellar doors drop to weekends or shut altogether, and the ferry runs with space on it.76
14. 🏖️ Paihia 🇳🇿 Nueva ZelandaQuiet, wet winter · 1 Jun – 31 AgoWinter in the Bay is mild and wet, the cruise ships stop coming and a good share of the waterfront operators shorten their hours.76
15. 🏖️ Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentinaWinter shutdown · 1 May – 31 Ago (normalmente)Beach clubs come down, the summer theatres go dark and a good part of the seafront closes; what is left is a working port city with cheap rooms and an empty rambla.76
16. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (normalmente)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.76
17. ⛷️ Sheregesh 🇷🇺 RusiaOut of season · 10 May – 5 Nov (normalmente)Half the year the lifts are stopped and the village is a mining settlement in the taiga with a lot of empty hotel beds.73
18. 🏝️ The Bottom SabaQuiet season · 1 Jul – 30 Nov (normalmente)Everything on Saba arrives by boat and every restaurant is small, so through the wetter, hurricane-season half of the year fewer of them open each night and the ones that do fill quickly.71
19. 🏙️ Washington D. C. 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosAugust recess · 1 Ago – 5 SepCongress goes home, the lobbying and lawyer city empties with it, and downtown restaurants that live on expense accounts run their quiet weeks.70
20. 🏙️ Podgorica 🇲🇪 MontenegroThe city empties · 15 Jul – 25 AgoAugust is the capital's dead month: half the cafes closed, the ministries on leave and the population somewhere on the Adriatic.70
21. 🏙️ Nelson 🇳🇿 Nueva ZelandaAbel Tasman in winter · 1 May – 30 SepFrom May to September the water taxis run a reduced timetable and only sail when pre-booked, but the sea is often calmer for kayaking and the sandflies are gone.67
22. 🏙️ El Valle AnguilaOff-season hotel closures · 16 Ago – 15 Oct (normalmente)Several of the island's biggest names close for repairs and staff leave between mid-August and mid-October, Cap Juluca and the Four Seasons among them.64
23. 🏙️ San José 🇨🇷 Costa RicaGreen season · 1 May – 30 Nov (normalmente)Costa Rica's low season: mornings are usually clear and the rain comes in afternoon bursts.61
24. 🏖️ Varkala 🇮🇳 IndiaCliff shuts for the monsoon · 25 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)Most of the North Cliff strip boards up for the season and the laterite edge loses another metre or two to the rain.60
25. 🏖️ Bentota 🇱🇰 Sri LankaOff-season on the strip · 15 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)The sea gets rough and brown, the jet-ski and banana-boat outfits mostly stop, and a good share of the beach restaurants close for repairs.60

…y 21 más en agosto.

Qué hay en el mundo en agosto →

1. 🏖️ Mamaia 🇷🇴 RumaniaResort shutdown · 20 Sep – 20 May (normalmente)Mamaia is a purpose-built summer strip and it closes almost completely: hotels shuttered, the cable car stopped, the club terraces stacked and wrapped.93
2. 🏖️ Lago Balatón 🇭🇺 HungríaShore shutdown · 20 Sep – 15 May (normalmente)The south shore in particular is a seasonal town strip: guesthouses, langos stands and half the restaurants close from about late September and do not reopen until May.91
3. 🏝️ Hanga Roa 🇨🇱 ChileWinter low season · 1 May – 30 Sep (normalmente)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.90
4. 🏙️ Lille 🇫🇷 FranciaThe lull before the market · 15 Sep – 15 NovBetween the Braderie and the Christmas market the city is students, rain and cheap rooms.86
5. 🏝️ Isla Mackinac 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosGrand Hotel's season · 1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.86
6. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.81
7. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspañaClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AbrThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.80
8. 🏙️ Washington D. C. 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosAugust recess · 1 Ago – 5 SepCongress goes home, the lobbying and lawyer city empties with it, and downtown restaurants that live on expense accounts run their quiet weeks.80
9. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (normalmente)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.79
10. 🏙️ Nelson 🇳🇿 Nueva ZelandaAbel Tasman in winter · 1 May – 30 SepFrom May to September the water taxis run a reduced timetable and only sail when pre-booked, but the sea is often calmer for kayaking and the sandflies are gone.75
11. ⛷️ Monte Elbrús 🇷🇺 RusiaAutumn lift shutdown · 1–25 Sep (normalmente)The gondola up to Krugozor, Mir and Garabashi stops for about three weeks of maintenance every September, which cuts the quick ride towards the climbing routes.68
12. ⛷️ Courchevel 🇫🇷 FranciaAutumn shutdown · 1 Sep – 5 Dic (normalmente)Once the summer lifts stop at the end of August, most hotels, restaurants and shops close until the ski season.67
13. 🏝️ The Bottom SabaQuiet season · 1 Jul – 30 Nov (normalmente)Everything on Saba arrives by boat and every restaurant is small, so through the wetter, hurricane-season half of the year fewer of them open each night and the ones that do fill quickly.67
14. ⛷️ Livigno 🇮🇹 ItaliaBetween seasons · 25 Sep – 20 NovLifts stop, most hotels close and half the shops with them.65
15. 🏙️ Castro 🇨🇱 ChileWinter shutdown · 1 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)The rain is near-constant from May, the excursion boats stop and a fair share of the waterfront closes.65
16. 🏙️ Puerto Argentino/Stanley Islas MalvinasWinter: outer lodges close · 1 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)Stanley stays open, but many camp and island lodges shut or run a reduced service through the cold, wet months, and some locals leave for a spell.65
17. 🏖️ Varkala 🇮🇳 IndiaCliff shuts for the monsoon · 25 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)Most of the North Cliff strip boards up for the season and the laterite edge loses another metre or two to the rain.64
18. 🏝️ Gustavia San BartoloméAutumn shutdown · 1 Sep – 31 OctSeptember and October are when the villas, the hotels and most of the good restaurants close for their annual break and the staff go home.64
19. ⛷️ Sheregesh 🇷🇺 RusiaOut of season · 10 May – 5 Nov (normalmente)Half the year the lifts are stopped and the village is a mining settlement in the taiga with a lot of empty hotel beds.63
20. 🏙️ El Valle AnguilaOff-season hotel closures · 16 Ago – 15 Oct (normalmente)Several of the island's biggest names close for repairs and staff leave between mid-August and mid-October, Cap Juluca and the Four Seasons among them.60
21. 🏝️ Marigot San MartínAutumn shutdown · 1 Sep – 31 OctSeptember and October are the island's annual break: a good share of the restaurants and hotels close for maintenance and staff holidays.59
22. 🏞️ Parque nacional y reserva Denali 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosAutumn shoulder season · 16 Sep – 20 Oct (normalmente)Once the buses stop you can drive your own car to the Teklanika at mile 30 until the road ices up, usually somewhere around mid-October.58
23. 🏙️ San José 🇨🇷 Costa RicaGreen season · 1 May – 30 Nov (normalmente)Costa Rica's low season: mornings are usually clear and the rain comes in afternoon bursts.58
24. 🏖️ Bentota 🇱🇰 Sri LankaOff-season on the strip · 15 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)The sea gets rough and brown, the jet-ski and banana-boat outfits mostly stop, and a good share of the beach restaurants close for repairs.57
25. 🥾 Puerto Natales 🇨🇱 ChileWinter shutdown · 1 May – 15 Sep (normalmente)The circuit closes, most outfitters and half the hostels shut and the buses to the park drop to a couple a week.56

…y 17 más en septiembre.

Qué hay en el mundo en septiembre →

1. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItaliaCosta Smeralda shuts · 15 Oct – 30 AbrPorto Cervo and the resort villages close down almost completely and Olbia carries on as an ordinary working port town.91
2. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspañaClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AbrThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.88
3. 🏙️ Lecce 🇮🇹 ItaliaCoast shuts, city stays open · 15 Oct – 15 AbrThe lidi and most of the seaside towns close entirely for the winter, but Lecce itself is a university city and carries on.88
4. 🏖️ Tosa de Mar 🇪🇸 EspañaOut of season · 20 Oct – 31 MarAlmost everything closes and the town drops back to a few thousand residents, with the walled old quarter and the coast path to yourself.86
5. 🏖️ Calcídica 🇬🇷 GreciaOut of season · 15 Oct – 25 AbrNearly everything on the three peninsulas closes for winter, hotels and beach tavernas alike, and the resorts revert to villages of a few hundred people.86
6. 🏖️ Sarandë 🇦🇱 AlbaniaOut of season · 15 Oct – 30 AbrMost of the seafront bars and hotels close but the town keeps working, so unlike the villages around it there is still somewhere to eat.85
7. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.85
8. 🏖️ Playa Soleada 🇧🇬 BulgariaThe winter shutdown · 10 Oct – 30 Abr (normalmente)By the middle of October the loungers are stacked and the strip is boarded up for the winter.85
9. 🏖️ Varna 🇧🇬 BulgariaResort strip shuts · 10 Oct – 10 May (normalmente)Varna itself is a year-round city with a university and a port, but Golden Sands and St Konstantin up the coast close almost entirely — shuttered blocks, no buses to speak of, nothing open on the front.84
10. 🏖️ Burgas 🇧🇬 BulgariaCoast off-season · 10 Oct – 15 May (normalmente)Burgas is a working port and keeps going, but the beach bars, the Sea Garden kiosks and the resort strips north towards Sunny Beach board up entirely.84
11. 🏖️ Tropea 🇮🇹 ItaliaOut of season · 20 Oct – 15 AbrAlmost everything aimed at visitors closes from late October until spring, including most restaurants on the corso.84
12. 🏖️ Ksamil 🇦🇱 AlbaniaOut of season · 15 Oct – 30 AbrAlmost everything on the beach road closes and the village goes back to a few hundred people and a lot of unfinished concrete.84
13. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (normalmente)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.84
14. 🏖️ Rímini 🇮🇹 ItaliaBeach shuts, trade fairs fill · 1 Oct – 30 AbrThe seafront closes down but the exhibition centre keeps the city going, and the few weeks hotels are full and dear are the big fairs in November and January rather than anything to do with the sea.83
15. 🏖️ Mamaia 🇷🇴 RumaniaResort shutdown · 20 Sep – 20 May (normalmente)Mamaia is a purpose-built summer strip and it closes almost completely: hotels shuttered, the cable car stopped, the club terraces stacked and wrapped.82
16. 🏝️ Cefalonia 🇬🇷 GreciaOut of season · 20 Oct – 15 AbrCharter flights stop, the resorts board up and the ferry timetable thins to a couple of sailings a day.82
17. 🏖️ Lago Balatón 🇭🇺 HungríaShore shutdown · 20 Sep – 15 May (normalmente)The south shore in particular is a seasonal town strip: guesthouses, langos stands and half the restaurants close from about late September and do not reopen until May.76
18. 🏙️ Lille 🇫🇷 FranciaThe lull before the market · 15 Sep – 15 NovBetween the Braderie and the Christmas market the city is students, rain and cheap rooms.73
19. 🏙️ Kislovodsk 🇷🇺 RusiaOff-season sanatorium rates · 1 Oct – 30 Abr (normalmente)Outside the June-to-September rush, accommodation in Kislovodsk's sanatoriums and hotels typically runs thirty to forty percent cheaper, and the resort park and colonnade are far quieter.73
20. 🏖️ Cholpon-Ata 🇰🇬 KirguistánOut of season on the shore · 1 Oct – 20 May (normalmente)The town slows the moment autumn arrives and most of the hotels and restaurants close until the following summer.71
21. ⛷️ Andorra la Vieja 🇦🇩 AndorraBetween seasons · 1 Oct – 25 NovThe lifts and most mountain refuges are shut and the summer trails are past their best, so the country is down to shopping and thermal baths.70
22. 🏙️ Burlington 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosStick season · 25 Oct – 5 DicThe local name for the weeks between the last leaf and the first real snow: bare grey woods, no visitors, and the lowest rates of the year.70
23. 🏙️ Odense 🇩🇰 DinamarcaEgeskov Castle closed for winter · 26 Oct – 27 Mar (normalmente)Egeskov, the moated Renaissance castle half an hour south, opens only from late March to late October; a few Christmas market weekends in November and December are the exception.68
24. 🏝️ The Bottom SabaQuiet season · 1 Jul – 30 Nov (normalmente)Everything on Saba arrives by boat and every restaurant is small, so through the wetter, hurricane-season half of the year fewer of them open each night and the ones that do fill quickly.68
25. 🏝️ Isla Mackinac 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosGrand Hotel's season · 1 May – 31 Oct (normalmente)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.67

…y 51 más en octubre.

Qué hay en el mundo en octubre →

1. 🏖️ Lárnaca 🇨🇾 ChipreWinter low season · 15 Nov – 15 MarThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.92
2. 🏖️ Yerba 🇹🇳 TúnezOut of season · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.91
3. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.90
4. 🏝️ Heraclión 🇬🇷 GreciaWinter: charters stop · 5 Nov – 31 MarThe resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on.89
5. 🏖️ Fethiye 🇹🇷 TurquíaThe coast shuts · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü close almost completely and the boats come out of the water.89
6. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (normalmente)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.89
7. 🏖️ Biblos 🇱🇧 LíbanoThe harbour shuts down · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)Most of the restaurants around the old port close or drop to weekends only and the souk is half shuttered.89
8. 🏖️ Hammamet 🇹🇳 TúnezResorts shut for the winter · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.89
9. 🏖️ Kaş 🇹🇷 TurquíaThe town shuts · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)Most pensions and the dive shops close, the Kekova boats stop and the harbour restaurants go down to a handful.88
10. 🏖️ Kalkan 🇹🇷 TurquíaWinter shutdown · 5 Nov – 25 Mar (normalmente)A resort built around one summer trade: most of the harbour restaurants, the boat operators and a good share of the hotels close, and the wet months land squarely on the empty ones.88
11. 🏖️ Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalOut of season · 1 Nov – 28 FebThe mildest corner of mainland Portugal in winter and one of the few Algarve towns that keeps working when the season ends, so the market and the tascas stay open on empty streets.87
12. 🏝️ Santorini 🇬🇷 GreciaThe island closes · 1 Nov – 20 Mar (normalmente)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.86
13. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.86
14. 🏖️ Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 Nov – 15 MarMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.86
15. 🏖️ Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.86
16. 🏝️ Paros 🇬🇷 GreciaOut of season · 1 Nov – 31 MarNaoussa and the beach hotels close from November and Parikia goes back to being a working port.85
17. 🏝️ Rodas 🇬🇷 GreciaResorts shut for winter · 1 Nov – 31 MarOutside Rhodes Town the island closes: hotels boarded, Lindos down to a couple of kitchens, charter flights gone.84
18. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspañaClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AbrThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.84
19. 🏝️ Miconos 🇬🇷 GreciaIsland shuts down · 1 Nov – 31 MarAlmost everything closes from November: beach clubs, most hotels, the majority of Chora's restaurants.84
20. 🏙️ Pamukkale 🇹🇷 TurquíaQuiet winter months · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)The coaches thin out, the site closes earlier in the afternoon, and the balloon flights are often cancelled for fog or wind.84
21. 🏖️ Marbella 🇪🇸 EspañaSeafront shuts for winter · 1 Nov – 28 FebMost beach clubs and a good share of Puerto Banus close from November.83
22. 🏝️ Naxos 🇬🇷 GreciaOut of season · 1 Nov – 31 MarNaxos farms, so it stays inhabited when its neighbours empty, but the beach hotels and most tavernas shut and the ferry connection thins to a few boats a week.83
23. 🏖️ ÖLÜDENİZ_KIDRAK_TP 🇹🇷 TurquíaWinter shutdown · 10 Nov – 25 Mar (normalmente)A one-season resort in the plainest sense: the hotels, the beach bars and most of the flight operators close, and the dolmus to Fethiye thins to a few a day.83
24. 🏝️ Cagliari 🇮🇹 ItaliaWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 Nov – 20 MarSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.82
25. 🏖️ Marmaris 🇹🇷 TurquíaOut of season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Icmeler and the seafront strip shut almost entirely and the boats come out of the water.82

…y 140 más en noviembre.

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1. 🏖️ Chicama 🇵🇪 PerúSummer lull · 15 Dic – 15 Mar (normalmente)The point needs a south swell and the southern summer rarely sends one big enough, so the wave is usually small or flat.86
2. 🏖️ Yerba 🇹🇳 TúnezOut of season · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.84
3. 🏙️ La Meca 🇸🇦 Arabia SauditaThe quiet Umrah months · 15 Oct – 10 Feb (normalmente)Between the Hajj crowds and Ramadan the mosque is at its emptiest and the walk to it is bearable.83
4. 🏖️ Lárnaca 🇨🇾 ChipreWinter low season · 15 Nov – 15 MarThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.83
5. 🏖️ Hammamet 🇹🇳 TúnezResorts shut for the winter · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.82
6. 🏝️ Heraclión 🇬🇷 GreciaWinter: charters stop · 5 Nov – 31 MarThe resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on.81
7. 🏖️ Tavira 🇵🇹 PortugalOut of season · 1 Nov – 28 FebThe mildest corner of mainland Portugal in winter and one of the few Algarve towns that keeps working when the season ends, so the market and the tascas stay open on empty streets.81
8. 🏝️ Ibiza 🇪🇸 EspañaClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AbrThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.80
9. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.80
10. 🏖️ Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 Nov – 15 MarMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.80
11. 🏖️ Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.80
12. 🏙️ Siracusa 🇮🇹 ItaliaWinter quiet · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Once the sea cools, the beach clubs south of the city close, boat trips around Ortigia run only on calm days and some seasonal restaurants shut.80
13. 🏝️ Hamilton 🇧🇲 BermudasLow season · 1 Dic – 15 Mar (normalmente)The cruise ships stop, some resorts close for the winter and rates fall by half.79
14. 🏖️ Marbella 🇪🇸 EspañaSeafront shuts for winter · 1 Nov – 28 FebMost beach clubs and a good share of Puerto Banus close from November.77
15. 🏙️ Nainital 🇮🇳 IndiaWinter quiet · 1 Dic – 20 FebHalf the hotels close and the lake sits under mist most mornings; snow reaches the ridge some years and not others.77
16. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 EspañaOut of season on the strait · 1 Nov – 28 FebMost of the beach camps and half the town close, and Atlantic fronts push through with the poniente.77
17. 🏝️ Santorini 🇬🇷 GreciaThe island closes · 1 Nov – 20 Mar (normalmente)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.76
18. 🏝️ Cagliari 🇮🇹 ItaliaWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 Nov – 20 MarSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.76
19. 🏝️ Menorca 🇪🇸 EspañaResorts shut for winter · 1 Nov – 31 MarAlmost every coastal resort closes from November and the flight schedule drops to a handful of routes.76
20. 🏖️ Tosa de Mar 🇪🇸 EspañaOut of season · 20 Oct – 31 MarAlmost everything closes and the town drops back to a few thousand residents, with the walled old quarter and the coast path to yourself.76
21. 🏖️ Biblos 🇱🇧 LíbanoThe harbour shuts down · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)Most of the restaurants around the old port close or drop to weekends only and the souk is half shuttered.76
22. 🏝️ Miconos 🇬🇷 GreciaIsland shuts down · 1 Nov – 31 MarAlmost everything closes from November: beach clubs, most hotels, the majority of Chora's restaurants.75
23. 🏝️ Olbia 🇮🇹 ItaliaCosta Smeralda shuts · 15 Oct – 30 AbrPorto Cervo and the resort villages close down almost completely and Olbia carries on as an ordinary working port town.75
24. 🏖️ Fethiye 🇹🇷 TurquíaThe coast shuts · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü close almost completely and the boats come out of the water.75
25. 🏝️ Naxos 🇬🇷 GreciaOut of season · 1 Nov – 31 MarNaxos farms, so it stays inhabited when its neighbours empty, but the beach hotels and most tavernas shut and the ferry connection thins to a few boats a week.75

…y 149 más en diciembre.

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