Winterzonseizoen, maand voor maand over de hele wereld

De noordelijke winter is hier het hoogseizoen: vol, zonnig en vanaf oktober volgeboekt.

47 bestemmingen op SeasonMap, binnen elke maand gerangschikt op de comfortscore — want het gaat er niet alleen om waar het seizoen speelt, maar of het weer de reis ondertussen waard is.

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Wanneer het speelt

Aantal bestemmingen waar het winterzonseizoen die maand speelt. De periodes schuiven elk jaar een beetje.

Winterzonseizoen in januari

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThis is the busy half of the year, and the city version of it is long-stay northern Europeans and remote workers rather than the package resorts in the south.92
  2. Hermosillo 🇲🇽 MexicoWinter season at Bahia de Kino · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Bahia de Kino on the Sea of Cortez, about an hour and a half west, fills with American and Canadian snowbirds in RVs through the winter; the seafood stands and RV parks are busiest from December.92
  3. Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThe island's real high season.91
  4. Khasab 🇴🇲 OmanMusandam winter season · 15 okt – 15 aprOctober to April is when Khasab works: the khors are calm enough for a full day on a dhow, cruise ships call in from Dubai, and the mountain road is a pleasure rather than an ordeal.91
  5. Naples 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenThe winter season · 15 nov – 15 aprNaples roughly doubles in population between November and April as the northern residents come back.91
  6. Manama 🇧🇭 BahreinThe outdoor half of the year · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)The months the island is actually pleasant: the corniche, the fort at Qal'at al-Bahrain and the tree in the desert are all bearable on foot, and every outdoor event is scheduled into this window.90
  7. Qishm 🇮🇷 IranThe usable half of the year · 1 nov – 31 mrtNovember to March is when the island works: the Hara mangroves, the Chahkooh canyon and the Valley of Stars are walkable, and the water is still warm enough to get into.90
  8. Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThis is the island's real high season: northern Europe arrives for weeks at a time, the resorts run full and Christmas and February half-term are the two spikes to book around.89
  9. Agadir 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe northern winter season · 15 okt – 15 apr (meestal)Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels.89
  10. Salalah 🇴🇲 OmanBeach and diving season · 15 okt – 30 apr (meestal)Once the monsoon clears, the sea flattens and the beaches and the Mirbat dive sites are usable again.88
  11. Eilat 🇮🇱 IsraëlIsrael's winter escape · 15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)This is the season Eilat was built for: warm enough to sit outside when Tel Aviv is not, and the Red Sea diving is at its clearest.88
  12. Sanya 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaNorthern China's winter · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Sanya's high season is the northern winter, and a good part of it is retirees from Harbin and Beijing who rent for the whole of it.88
  13. Jinghong 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaNorthern winter escape · 15 nov – 28 feb (meestal)Xishuangbanna is where a good part of northern China spends the winter, and Jinghong's riverfront apartments are let by the month to people who arrive in November and leave in March.88
  14. Sayulita 🇲🇽 MexicoWinter high season · 15 dec – 31 mrtNorth Americans arrive for the dry months and the village runs at capacity: rentals booked from the autumn, restaurants on a wait and the cobbled streets full after dark.86
  15. Tampa 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDry-season high season · 1 jan – 31 mrtThe dry half of the Florida year, when the humidity drops out and the beaches at Clearwater and the Gulf side fill with people escaping the north.84
  16. Dode Zee 🇯🇴 JordaniëWinter high season · 1 nov – 31 mrtFour hundred metres below sea level, so the winter here is what passes for spring anywhere else and the resorts run full.84
  17. Kololi 🇬🇲 GambiaEuropean charter season · 1 nov – 15 apr (meestal)The Senegambia strip runs on northern-winter charters.84
  18. Exuma 🇧🇸 Bahama'sDry season and winter peak · 1 dec – 15 apr (meestal)The dry, breezy half of the year and the one Exuma is priced for.82
  19. Nerja 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter residents' season · 1 nov – 15 mrtNorthern Europeans take apartments here for months at a time, so the town keeps its restaurants open through winter instead of shuttering like the resorts further east.81
  20. Clearwater 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnowbird season · 5 jan – 31 mrtLong-stay visitors from the northern states and Canada fill the condos and the early-evening restaurant tables from January.81
  21. Jericho 🇵🇸 PalestinaThe winter escape · 15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)This is the lowest town on earth and it is where Jerusalem and Ramallah come to sit outside in January.81
  22. Benidorm 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 15 okt – 31 mrtBritish and Nordic long-stay guests keep the whole town trading through winter, which is why almost nothing here closes out of season.80
  23. Portimão 🇵🇹 PortugalWinter long-stay season · 1 nov – 31 mrtNorthern Europeans take apartments by the month and the golf courses and the walking routes are the draw rather than the beach.80
  24. Palm Springs 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnowbird season · 1 nov – 30 aprThe desert's high season: seasonal residents arrive from Canada and the northern states, the golf rates peak, and the weekend traffic in from Los Angeles fills downtown.79
  25. Limassol 🇨🇾 CyprusWinter season · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Nothing closes.79

…en nog 22 in januari.

Wat er in januari wereldwijd speelt →

Winterzonseizoen in februari

  1. Eilat 🇮🇱 IsraëlIsrael's winter escape · 15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)This is the season Eilat was built for: warm enough to sit outside when Tel Aviv is not, and the Red Sea diving is at its clearest.96
  2. Manama 🇧🇭 BahreinThe outdoor half of the year · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)The months the island is actually pleasant: the corniche, the fort at Qal'at al-Bahrain and the tree in the desert are all bearable on foot, and every outdoor event is scheduled into this window.93
  3. Khasab 🇴🇲 OmanMusandam winter season · 15 okt – 15 aprOctober to April is when Khasab works: the khors are calm enough for a full day on a dhow, cruise ships call in from Dubai, and the mountain road is a pleasure rather than an ordeal.93
  4. Palm Springs 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnowbird season · 1 nov – 30 aprThe desert's high season: seasonal residents arrive from Canada and the northern states, the golf rates peak, and the weekend traffic in from Los Angeles fills downtown.92
  5. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThis is the busy half of the year, and the city version of it is long-stay northern Europeans and remote workers rather than the package resorts in the south.92
  6. Sanya 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaNorthern China's winter · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Sanya's high season is the northern winter, and a good part of it is retirees from Harbin and Beijing who rent for the whole of it.92
  7. Qishm 🇮🇷 IranThe usable half of the year · 1 nov – 31 mrtNovember to March is when the island works: the Hara mangroves, the Chahkooh canyon and the Valley of Stars are walkable, and the water is still warm enough to get into.92
  8. Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThe island's real high season.91
  9. Agadir 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe northern winter season · 15 okt – 15 apr (meestal)Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels.91
  10. Tampa 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDry-season high season · 1 jan – 31 mrtThe dry half of the Florida year, when the humidity drops out and the beaches at Clearwater and the Gulf side fill with people escaping the north.90
  11. Dode Zee 🇯🇴 JordaniëWinter high season · 1 nov – 31 mrtFour hundred metres below sea level, so the winter here is what passes for spring anywhere else and the resorts run full.90
  12. Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThis is the island's real high season: northern Europe arrives for weeks at a time, the resorts run full and Christmas and February half-term are the two spikes to book around.89
  13. Clearwater 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnowbird season · 5 jan – 31 mrtLong-stay visitors from the northern states and Canada fill the condos and the early-evening restaurant tables from January.89
  14. Sayulita 🇲🇽 MexicoWinter high season · 15 dec – 31 mrtNorth Americans arrive for the dry months and the village runs at capacity: rentals booked from the autumn, restaurants on a wait and the cobbled streets full after dark.88
  15. Naples 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenThe winter season · 15 nov – 15 aprNaples roughly doubles in population between November and April as the northern residents come back.88
  16. Salalah 🇴🇲 OmanBeach and diving season · 15 okt – 30 apr (meestal)Once the monsoon clears, the sea flattens and the beaches and the Mirbat dive sites are usable again.87
  17. Hermosillo 🇲🇽 MexicoWinter season at Bahia de Kino · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Bahia de Kino on the Sea of Cortez, about an hour and a half west, fills with American and Canadian snowbirds in RVs through the winter; the seafood stands and RV parks are busiest from December.87
  18. Benidorm 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 15 okt – 31 mrtBritish and Nordic long-stay guests keep the whole town trading through winter, which is why almost nothing here closes out of season.86
  19. Jinghong 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaNorthern winter escape · 15 nov – 28 feb (meestal)Xishuangbanna is where a good part of northern China spends the winter, and Jinghong's riverfront apartments are let by the month to people who arrive in November and leave in March.86
  20. Nerja 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter residents' season · 1 nov – 15 mrtNorthern Europeans take apartments here for months at a time, so the town keeps its restaurants open through winter instead of shuttering like the resorts further east.86
  21. Jericho 🇵🇸 PalestinaThe winter escape · 15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)This is the lowest town on earth and it is where Jerusalem and Ramallah come to sit outside in January.86
  22. Exuma 🇧🇸 Bahama'sDry season and winter peak · 1 dec – 15 apr (meestal)The dry, breezy half of the year and the one Exuma is priced for.85
  23. Paphos 🇨🇾 CyprusWinter season · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Paphos does not shut: the hotels stay open for northern Europeans on long stays, the golf courses are at their best and the Akamas is walkable for the only time all year.84
  24. Limassol 🇨🇾 CyprusWinter season · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Nothing closes.84
  25. Portimão 🇵🇹 PortugalWinter long-stay season · 1 nov – 31 mrtNorthern Europeans take apartments by the month and the golf courses and the walking routes are the draw rather than the beach.84

…en nog 22 in februari.

Wat er in februari wereldwijd speelt →

Winterzonseizoen in maart

  1. Palm Springs 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnowbird season · 1 nov – 30 aprThe desert's high season: seasonal residents arrive from Canada and the northern states, the golf rates peak, and the weekend traffic in from Los Angeles fills downtown.95
  2. Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThe island's real high season.95
  3. Jericho 🇵🇸 PalestinaThe winter escape · 15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)This is the lowest town on earth and it is where Jerusalem and Ramallah come to sit outside in January.95
  4. Agadir 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe northern winter season · 15 okt – 15 apr (meestal)Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels.94
  5. Dode Zee 🇯🇴 JordaniëWinter high season · 1 nov – 31 mrtFour hundred metres below sea level, so the winter here is what passes for spring anywhere else and the resorts run full.94
  6. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThis is the busy half of the year, and the city version of it is long-stay northern Europeans and remote workers rather than the package resorts in the south.93
  7. Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThis is the island's real high season: northern Europe arrives for weeks at a time, the resorts run full and Christmas and February half-term are the two spikes to book around.91
  8. Clearwater 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnowbird season · 5 jan – 31 mrtLong-stay visitors from the northern states and Canada fill the condos and the early-evening restaurant tables from January.91
  9. Eilat 🇮🇱 IsraëlIsrael's winter escape · 15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)This is the season Eilat was built for: warm enough to sit outside when Tel Aviv is not, and the Red Sea diving is at its clearest.90
  10. Limassol 🇨🇾 CyprusWinter season · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Nothing closes.89
  11. Tampa 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenDry-season high season · 1 jan – 31 mrtThe dry half of the Florida year, when the humidity drops out and the beaches at Clearwater and the Gulf side fill with people escaping the north.89
  12. Sayulita 🇲🇽 MexicoWinter high season · 15 dec – 31 mrtNorth Americans arrive for the dry months and the village runs at capacity: rentals booked from the autumn, restaurants on a wait and the cobbled streets full after dark.89
  13. Pensacola 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnowbird season · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Long-stay visitors from the northern states and Canada take the beach condos by the month from about Thanksgiving, so the island is busy while the water is far too cold to swim in.89
  14. Paphos 🇨🇾 CyprusWinter season · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Paphos does not shut: the hotels stay open for northern Europeans on long stays, the golf courses are at their best and the Akamas is walkable for the only time all year.87
  15. Naples 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenThe winter season · 15 nov – 15 aprNaples roughly doubles in population between November and April as the northern residents come back.86
  16. Benidorm 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 15 okt – 31 mrtBritish and Nordic long-stay guests keep the whole town trading through winter, which is why almost nothing here closes out of season.85
  17. Exuma 🇧🇸 Bahama'sDry season and winter peak · 1 dec – 15 apr (meestal)The dry, breezy half of the year and the one Exuma is priced for.85
  18. Qishm 🇮🇷 IranThe usable half of the year · 1 nov – 31 mrtNovember to March is when the island works: the Hara mangroves, the Chahkooh canyon and the Valley of Stars are walkable, and the water is still warm enough to get into.85
  19. Manama 🇧🇭 BahreinThe outdoor half of the year · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)The months the island is actually pleasant: the corniche, the fort at Qal'at al-Bahrain and the tree in the desert are all bearable on foot, and every outdoor event is scheduled into this window.84
  20. Sanya 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaNorthern China's winter · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Sanya's high season is the northern winter, and a good part of it is retirees from Harbin and Beijing who rent for the whole of it.84
  21. Portimão 🇵🇹 PortugalWinter long-stay season · 1 nov – 31 mrtNorthern Europeans take apartments by the month and the golf courses and the walking routes are the draw rather than the beach.84
  22. Hermosillo 🇲🇽 MexicoWinter season at Bahia de Kino · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Bahia de Kino on the Sea of Cortez, about an hour and a half west, fills with American and Canadian snowbirds in RVs through the winter; the seafood stands and RV parks are busiest from December.84
  23. Nerja 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter residents' season · 1 nov – 15 mrtNorthern Europeans take apartments here for months at a time, so the town keeps its restaurants open through winter instead of shuttering like the resorts further east.84
  24. Alanya 🇹🇷 TurkijeWinter long-stay season · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)The package hotels board up but the town does not: German and Scandinavian residents wintering here keep the markets, cafes and clinics open, and rents fall by more than half.83
  25. Kololi 🇬🇲 GambiaEuropean charter season · 1 nov – 15 apr (meestal)The Senegambia strip runs on northern-winter charters.82

…en nog 18 in maart.

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Winterzonseizoen in april

  1. Agadir 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe northern winter season · 15 okt – 15 apr (meestal)Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels.94
  2. Palm Springs 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnowbird season · 1 nov – 30 aprThe desert's high season: seasonal residents arrive from Canada and the northern states, the golf rates peak, and the weekend traffic in from Los Angeles fills downtown.82
  3. Exuma 🇧🇸 Bahama'sDry season and winter peak · 1 dec – 15 apr (meestal)The dry, breezy half of the year and the one Exuma is priced for.81
  4. Naples 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenThe winter season · 15 nov – 15 aprNaples roughly doubles in population between November and April as the northern residents come back.79
  5. Death Valley 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenPeak visiting season · 1 nov – 15 aprThe valley floor is only comfortable for walking in the cool half of the year, so this is when everyone comes.78
  6. Kololi 🇬🇲 GambiaEuropean charter season · 1 nov – 15 apr (meestal)The Senegambia strip runs on northern-winter charters.78
  7. Kingstown Saint Vincent en de GrenadinesDry season and winter peak · 1 jan – 30 apr (meestal)The dry, breezy months, when the charter yachts work their way down the Grenadines and the Saturday market in Kingstown is at its busiest.76
  8. Road Town Britse MaagdeneilandenCharter yacht season · 1 dec – 30 aprTortola is the bareboat capital of the Caribbean and the winter is when the fleet goes out: settled trades, light swell in the Sir Francis Drake Channel, and boats booked a year ahead.76
  9. The Valley AnguillaWinter high season · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)Dry, breezy months and the island's peak: villa and resort rates are at their highest and the best places book out over Christmas and New Year.76
  10. Shoal Bay AnguillaWinter high season · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)North American winter is when Anguilla's villas and the restaurants along Shoal Bay run at capacity and rates peak.76
  11. Sint Eustatius Sint EustatiusDry season · 15 dec – 15 jun (meestal)The drier half of the year, when the crater trail into the Quill is walkable rather than a mudslide and the dive boats get out to the old anchorage most mornings.76
  12. Puerto Plata 🇩🇴 Dominicaanse RepubliekWinter high season · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)Charter flights from Canada and the north-east US fill the all-inclusives along Playa Dorada from mid-December.75
  13. Virgin Gorda Britse MaagdeneilandenWinter charter season · 1 dec – 30 apr (meestal)Steady trade winds of 15 to 25 knots and the winter exodus from North America fill Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour and the North Sound moorings from December to April.75
  14. Basseterre Saint Kitts en NevisDry season and winter peak · 1 dec – 15 apr (meestal)The drier half of the year and the one the hotels price for.73
  15. Khasab 🇴🇲 OmanMusandam winter season · 15 okt – 15 aprOctober to April is when Khasab works: the khors are calm enough for a full day on a dhow, cruise ships call in from Dubai, and the mountain road is a pleasure rather than an ordeal.73
  16. San Pedro Town 🇧🇿 BelizeWinter high season · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)North American flights into Belize City double up and the golf carts on Front Street stop moving.72
  17. Bacalar 🇲🇽 MexicoDry high season · 15 dec – 15 aprThe rains have stopped and the lagoon is at its clearest, which is when the town fills with people who drove down from Tulum.72
  18. Salalah 🇴🇲 OmanBeach and diving season · 15 okt – 30 apr (meestal)Once the monsoon clears, the sea flattens and the beaches and the Mirbat dive sites are usable again.71
  19. Oranjestad ArubaDry season and winter peak · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)Aruba sits below the usual hurricane track and dries out over the northern winter, which is why the high-rise strip is booked from October and the same families come back for the same week each year.71
  20. Palm Beach ArubaWinter high season · 15 dec – 15 aprThe strip of high-rise hotels behind this beach runs full from mid-December to April, when North America wants out of the cold.71
  21. Malindi 🇰🇪 KeniaItalian winter season · 1 dec – 15 apr (meestal)Malindi's high season is driven by Italian charter flights and long-staying visitors escaping Europe's cold, running from early December through Easter.61

Wat er in april wereldwijd speelt →

Winterzonseizoen in mei

  1. Sint Eustatius Sint EustatiusDry season · 15 dec – 15 jun (meestal)The drier half of the year, when the crater trail into the Quill is walkable rather than a mudslide and the dive boats get out to the old anchorage most mornings.72

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Winterzonseizoen in juni

  1. Sint Eustatius Sint EustatiusDry season · 15 dec – 15 jun (meestal)The drier half of the year, when the crater trail into the Quill is walkable rather than a mudslide and the dive boats get out to the old anchorage most mornings.70

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Winterzonseizoen in oktober

  1. Benidorm 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 15 okt – 31 mrtBritish and Nordic long-stay guests keep the whole town trading through winter, which is why almost nothing here closes out of season.89
  2. Agadir 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe northern winter season · 15 okt – 15 apr (meestal)Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels.85
  3. Salalah 🇴🇲 OmanBeach and diving season · 15 okt – 30 apr (meestal)Once the monsoon clears, the sea flattens and the beaches and the Mirbat dive sites are usable again.75
  4. Khasab 🇴🇲 OmanMusandam winter season · 15 okt – 15 aprOctober to April is when Khasab works: the khors are calm enough for a full day on a dhow, cruise ships call in from Dubai, and the mountain road is a pleasure rather than an ordeal.64

Wat er in oktober wereldwijd speelt →

Winterzonseizoen in november

  1. Limassol 🇨🇾 CyprusWinter season · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Nothing closes.93
  2. Paphos 🇨🇾 CyprusWinter season · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Paphos does not shut: the hotels stay open for northern Europeans on long stays, the golf courses are at their best and the Akamas is walkable for the only time all year.92
  3. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThis is the busy half of the year, and the city version of it is long-stay northern Europeans and remote workers rather than the package resorts in the south.92
  4. Agadir 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe northern winter season · 15 okt – 15 apr (meestal)Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels.91
  5. Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThe island's real high season.90
  6. Jericho 🇵🇸 PalestinaThe winter escape · 15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)This is the lowest town on earth and it is where Jerusalem and Ramallah come to sit outside in January.90
  7. Palm Springs 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnowbird season · 1 nov – 30 aprThe desert's high season: seasonal residents arrive from Canada and the northern states, the golf rates peak, and the weekend traffic in from Los Angeles fills downtown.89
  8. Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThis is the island's real high season: northern Europe arrives for weeks at a time, the resorts run full and Christmas and February half-term are the two spikes to book around.89
  9. Pensacola 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnowbird season · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Long-stay visitors from the northern states and Canada take the beach condos by the month from about Thanksgiving, so the island is busy while the water is far too cold to swim in.88
  10. Benidorm 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 15 okt – 31 mrtBritish and Nordic long-stay guests keep the whole town trading through winter, which is why almost nothing here closes out of season.87
  11. Nerja 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter residents' season · 1 nov – 15 mrtNorthern Europeans take apartments here for months at a time, so the town keeps its restaurants open through winter instead of shuttering like the resorts further east.87
  12. Portimão 🇵🇹 PortugalWinter long-stay season · 1 nov – 31 mrtNorthern Europeans take apartments by the month and the golf courses and the walking routes are the draw rather than the beach.86
  13. Alanya 🇹🇷 TurkijeWinter long-stay season · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)The package hotels board up but the town does not: German and Scandinavian residents wintering here keep the markets, cafes and clinics open, and rents fall by more than half.86
  14. Dode Zee 🇯🇴 JordaniëWinter high season · 1 nov – 31 mrtFour hundred metres below sea level, so the winter here is what passes for spring anywhere else and the resorts run full.86
  15. Eilat 🇮🇱 IsraëlIsrael's winter escape · 15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)This is the season Eilat was built for: warm enough to sit outside when Tel Aviv is not, and the Red Sea diving is at its clearest.84
  16. Hermosillo 🇲🇽 MexicoWinter season at Bahia de Kino · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Bahia de Kino on the Sea of Cortez, about an hour and a half west, fills with American and Canadian snowbirds in RVs through the winter; the seafood stands and RV parks are busiest from December.82
  17. Qishm 🇮🇷 IranThe usable half of the year · 1 nov – 31 mrtNovember to March is when the island works: the Hara mangroves, the Chahkooh canyon and the Valley of Stars are walkable, and the water is still warm enough to get into.81
  18. Salalah 🇴🇲 OmanBeach and diving season · 15 okt – 30 apr (meestal)Once the monsoon clears, the sea flattens and the beaches and the Mirbat dive sites are usable again.79
  19. Sanya 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaNorthern China's winter · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Sanya's high season is the northern winter, and a good part of it is retirees from Harbin and Beijing who rent for the whole of it.79
  20. Jinghong 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaNorthern winter escape · 15 nov – 28 feb (meestal)Xishuangbanna is where a good part of northern China spends the winter, and Jinghong's riverfront apartments are let by the month to people who arrive in November and leave in March.78
  21. Khasab 🇴🇲 OmanMusandam winter season · 15 okt – 15 aprOctober to April is when Khasab works: the khors are calm enough for a full day on a dhow, cruise ships call in from Dubai, and the mountain road is a pleasure rather than an ordeal.78
  22. Naples 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenThe winter season · 15 nov – 15 aprNaples roughly doubles in population between November and April as the northern residents come back.78
  23. Manama 🇧🇭 BahreinThe outdoor half of the year · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)The months the island is actually pleasant: the corniche, the fort at Qal'at al-Bahrain and the tree in the desert are all bearable on foot, and every outdoor event is scheduled into this window.74
  24. Kololi 🇬🇲 GambiaEuropean charter season · 1 nov – 15 apr (meestal)The Senegambia strip runs on northern-winter charters.72
  25. Death Valley 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenPeak visiting season · 1 nov – 15 aprThe valley floor is only comfortable for walking in the cool half of the year, so this is when everyone comes.68

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Winterzonseizoen in december

  1. Eilat 🇮🇱 IsraëlIsrael's winter escape · 15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)This is the season Eilat was built for: warm enough to sit outside when Tel Aviv is not, and the Red Sea diving is at its clearest.93
  2. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThis is the busy half of the year, and the city version of it is long-stay northern Europeans and remote workers rather than the package resorts in the south.91
  3. Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThe island's real high season.90
  4. Agadir 🇲🇦 MarokkoThe northern winter season · 15 okt – 15 apr (meestal)Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels.90
  5. Sanya 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaNorthern China's winter · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Sanya's high season is the northern winter, and a good part of it is retirees from Harbin and Beijing who rent for the whole of it.90
  6. Jinghong 🇨🇳 Volksrepubliek ChinaNorthern winter escape · 15 nov – 28 feb (meestal)Xishuangbanna is where a good part of northern China spends the winter, and Jinghong's riverfront apartments are let by the month to people who arrive in November and leave in March.90
  7. Hermosillo 🇲🇽 MexicoWinter season at Bahia de Kino · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Bahia de Kino on the Sea of Cortez, about an hour and a half west, fills with American and Canadian snowbirds in RVs through the winter; the seafood stands and RV parks are busiest from December.89
  8. Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 1 nov – 31 mrtThis is the island's real high season: northern Europe arrives for weeks at a time, the resorts run full and Christmas and February half-term are the two spikes to book around.88
  9. Qishm 🇮🇷 IranThe usable half of the year · 1 nov – 31 mrtNovember to March is when the island works: the Hara mangroves, the Chahkooh canyon and the Valley of Stars are walkable, and the water is still warm enough to get into.88
  10. Manama 🇧🇭 BahreinThe outdoor half of the year · 1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)The months the island is actually pleasant: the corniche, the fort at Qal'at al-Bahrain and the tree in the desert are all bearable on foot, and every outdoor event is scheduled into this window.87
  11. Khasab 🇴🇲 OmanMusandam winter season · 15 okt – 15 aprOctober to April is when Khasab works: the khors are calm enough for a full day on a dhow, cruise ships call in from Dubai, and the mountain road is a pleasure rather than an ordeal.86
  12. Dode Zee 🇯🇴 JordaniëWinter high season · 1 nov – 31 mrtFour hundred metres below sea level, so the winter here is what passes for spring anywhere else and the resorts run full.85
  13. Palm Springs 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenSnowbird season · 1 nov – 30 aprThe desert's high season: seasonal residents arrive from Canada and the northern states, the golf rates peak, and the weekend traffic in from Los Angeles fills downtown.84
  14. Naples 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenThe winter season · 15 nov – 15 aprNaples roughly doubles in population between November and April as the northern residents come back.84
  15. Jericho 🇵🇸 PalestinaThe winter escape · 15 nov – 15 mrt (meestal)This is the lowest town on earth and it is where Jerusalem and Ramallah come to sit outside in January.84
  16. Salalah 🇴🇲 OmanBeach and diving season · 15 okt – 30 apr (meestal)Once the monsoon clears, the sea flattens and the beaches and the Mirbat dive sites are usable again.82
  17. Limassol 🇨🇾 CyprusWinter season · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Nothing closes.82
  18. Benidorm 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter-sun season · 15 okt – 31 mrtBritish and Nordic long-stay guests keep the whole town trading through winter, which is why almost nothing here closes out of season.81
  19. Portimão 🇵🇹 PortugalWinter long-stay season · 1 nov – 31 mrtNorthern Europeans take apartments by the month and the golf courses and the walking routes are the draw rather than the beach.81
  20. Nerja 🇪🇸 SpanjeWinter residents' season · 1 nov – 15 mrtNorthern Europeans take apartments here for months at a time, so the town keeps its restaurants open through winter instead of shuttering like the resorts further east.81
  21. Paphos 🇨🇾 CyprusWinter season · 15 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)Paphos does not shut: the hotels stay open for northern Europeans on long stays, the golf courses are at their best and the Akamas is walkable for the only time all year.80
  22. Sayulita 🇲🇽 MexicoWinter high season · 15 dec – 31 mrtNorth Americans arrive for the dry months and the village runs at capacity: rentals booked from the autumn, restaurants on a wait and the cobbled streets full after dark.80
  23. Kololi 🇬🇲 GambiaEuropean charter season · 1 nov – 15 apr (meestal)The Senegambia strip runs on northern-winter charters.80
  24. Exuma 🇧🇸 Bahama'sDry season and winter peak · 1 dec – 15 apr (meestal)The dry, breezy half of the year and the one Exuma is priced for.78
  25. Bacalar 🇲🇽 MexicoDry high season · 15 dec – 15 aprThe rains have stopped and the lagoon is at its clearest, which is when the town fills with people who drove down from Tulum.77

…en nog 18 in december.

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