Férias escolares, mês a mês pelo mundo
Temporada das famílias: cheio, caro e animado.
381 destinos no SeasonMap, ranqueados dentro de cada mês pela nota de conforto — porque a questão não é só onde a temporada está acontecendo, mas se o clima vale a viagem nesse período.
Quando acontece
Férias escolares em janeiro
- La Serena 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer holidays · 1 Jan – 28 FevThis is the north's family beach and Santiago arrives for all of January and February: the Avenida del Mar is bumper to bumper and Elqui's small hotels sell out.96
- San Pedro de Atacama 🇨🇱 ChileSouthern summer holidays · 1 Jan – 28 FevChile, Argentina and Brazil are all on holiday and the village of two thousand takes several times that.95
- Hurgada 🇪🇬 EgitoEuropean winter season · 15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Charter flights from northern Europe fill the strip through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms.94
- Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 19 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente)The country shuts for a fortnight from Christmas: the city itself goes quiet and half its cafes close, while Akaroa and the Banks Peninsula bays are the busiest they get all year.93
- Xarm el-Xeikh 🇪🇬 EgitoEuropean winter season · 15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Charter flights from Europe fill the bay through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms, when the water is coolest and the air is at its most reasonable.93
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamíbiaThe coast fills up · 10 Dez – 15 Jan (normalmente)Half of inland Namibia drives to the sea in December and Swakopmund is where it stops.93
- Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustráliaWestern Australian summer holidays · 17 Dez – 31 Jan (normalmente)Perth empties into this coast for six weeks and the beach houses go at holiday rates months ahead.93
- Ilha dos Cangurus 🇦🇺 AustráliaSouth Australian summer holidays · 12 Dez – 27 Jan (normalmente)Adelaide comes across for the summer break and the ferry crossings for cars fill weeks ahead.93
- Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer season · 1 Jan – 28 FevSantiago moves to the coast for two months and the Avenida Peru is bumper to bumper by evening.92
- Plettenberg Bay 🇿🇦 África do SulDecember summer holidays · 10 Dez – 15 Jan (normalmente)From mid-December to the second week of January inland families pour in and Plett turns into a party town: beaches packed, restaurants booked out and accommodation at its highest prices.92
- Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 20 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente)Everyone driving between Christchurch and Picton stops here, and in January that is a lot of people for one main street.92
- Wellington 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 20 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente)Parliament rises, the public service leaves town and a good share of the cafes shut for a fortnight.91
- Nelson 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 20 Dez – 31 JanNelson and Golden Bay are where the South Island goes for Christmas.91
- Taupo 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaLake summer holidays · 20 Dez – 31 JanTaupō is where a large slice of the North Island spends Christmas: boats on the lake, the domain full of tents and the bays busy from breakfast.91
- Hermanus 🇿🇦 África do SulSouth African summer holidays · 15 Dez – 15 Jan (normalmente)The Overberg's beach fortnight: the town roughly doubles in size, the whales have mostly gone, and the restaurants along the cliff need booking.91
- Baía de Jeffreys 🇿🇦 África do SulDecember holiday season · 15 Dez – 10 JanThe South African summer break turns a quiet surf town into a resort: the main beach is full, the surf shops trade all day and rates roughly double.90
- Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruLima's summer season · 1 Jan – 15 MarLima drives down for January and February and the resorts along the bay sell out for every weekend.90
- Auckland 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaAuckland Anniversary Day · 24–31 Jan (normalmente)The Monday nearest 29 January, and the day of the anniversary regatta on the Waitemata: one of the oldest sailing events in the country and the reason the harbour is solid with boats.89
- Puerto Varas 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer season · 1 Jan – 28 FevSantiago and Argentina both take their holidays here, so the Petrohue road, the rafting outfits and the lakefront restaurants run full.89
- Knysna 🇿🇦 África do SulGarden Route summer holidays · 15 Dez – 15 Jan (normalmente)The N2 through town becomes a queue and the lagoon fills with boats.89
- Iquique 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer season · 1 Jan – 28 FevCavancha and Brava fill with Chilean and Bolivian families for the two months the schools are out, the seafront restaurants queue and the Zofri duty-free car park is full all day.88
- Porto Elizabeth 🇿🇦 África do SulEastern Cape summer holidays · 15 Dez – 15 Jan (normalmente)The province's beach fortnight.88
- Paihia 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 20 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente)Auckland comes north for three hours and stays for a fortnight, so the motels double their rates and the ferry to Russell queues.88
- Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinaArgentine summer holidays · 1 Jan – 15 FevThe whales have gone and the beach crowd arrives instead: Buenos Aires empties onto this coast for January and the diving outfits and campsites run at capacity.87
- Cidade do Cabo 🇿🇦 África do SulSouth African summer holidays · 15 Dez – 15 Jan (normalmente)From mid-December the rest of the country arrives and the city runs at capacity: beaches full, restaurants booked, and the coast road round Chapman's Peak at a crawl.86
…e mais 66 em janeiro.
Férias escolares em fevereiro
- Hurgada 🇪🇬 EgitoEuropean winter season · 15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Charter flights from northern Europe fill the strip through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms.96
- Xarm el-Xeikh 🇪🇬 EgitoEuropean winter season · 15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Charter flights from Europe fill the bay through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms, when the water is coolest and the air is at its most reasonable.96
- La Serena 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer holidays · 1 Jan – 28 FevThis is the north's family beach and Santiago arrives for all of January and February: the Avenida del Mar is bumper to bumper and Elqui's small hotels sell out.96
- San Pedro de Atacama 🇨🇱 ChileSouthern summer holidays · 1 Jan – 28 FevChile, Argentina and Brazil are all on holiday and the village of two thousand takes several times that.95
- Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 19 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente)The country shuts for a fortnight from Christmas: the city itself goes quiet and half its cafes close, while Akaroa and the Banks Peninsula bays are the busiest they get all year.93
- Sarasota 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSnowbird season · 5 Jan – 31 Mar (normalmente)The winter residents are in from January to the end of March, which doubles the traffic on the Tamiami Trail and fills every restaurant at half past five.92
- Viña del Mar 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer season · 1 Jan – 28 FevSantiago moves to the coast for two months and the Avenida Peru is bumper to bumper by evening.91
- Puerto Varas 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer season · 1 Jan – 28 FevSantiago and Argentina both take their holidays here, so the Petrohue road, the rafting outfits and the lakefront restaurants run full.91
- Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 20 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente)Everyone driving between Christchurch and Picton stops here, and in January that is a lot of people for one main street.90
- Wellington 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 20 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente)Parliament rises, the public service leaves town and a good share of the cafes shut for a fortnight.89
- Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinaArgentine summer holidays · 1 Jan – 15 FevThe whales have gone and the beach crowd arrives instead: Buenos Aires empties onto this coast for January and the diving outfits and campsites run at capacity.89
- Santiago 🇨🇱 ChileFebruary holidays · 1–28 FevFebruary is when most Santiaguinos take their summer break and head for the coast or the south.87
- Paihia 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 20 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente)Auckland comes north for three hours and stays for a fortnight, so the motels double their rates and the ferry to Russell queues.87
- Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruLima's summer season · 1 Jan – 15 MarLima drives down for January and February and the resorts along the bay sell out for every weekend.87
- Miami 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 25 Fev – 31 Mar (normalmente)Weeks of student holidays hitting South Beach in waves, with the city responding in recent years with curfews, closed causeways and towed cars.86
- Iquique 🇨🇱 ChileChilean summer season · 1 Jan – 28 FevCavancha and Brava fill with Chilean and Bolivian families for the two months the schools are out, the seafront restaurants queue and the Zofri duty-free car park is full all day.86
- Nassau 🇧🇸 BahamasUS spring break · 25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)American students take Cable Beach and Paradise Island for most of March.84
- Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentinaArgentine summer season · 15 Dez – 28 FevThe city's population multiplies from mid-December, Bristol beach is sold by the tent and the coast road queues both ways on a Sunday.84
- Fort Lauderdale 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)Tamed a long way from the 1980s version, but March still fills A1A and the beach bars.84
- Rotorua 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 20 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente)Families from Auckland and the Waikato fill the motels and the luge queue over the holidays, and the lakes turn into a boating carnival.83
- San Martín de Los Andes 🇦🇷 ArgentinaArgentine summer holidays · 20 Dez – 28 FevJanuary fills the lake beaches and the Siete Lagos road with campers and there is no quiet corner on Lacar.83
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MéxicoUS spring break · 25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)American universities empty into the hotel zone for most of March.82
- Tulum 🇲🇽 MéxicoSpring break · 25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)March brings the North American student crowd down the coast, mostly to the beach road hotels rather than the pueblo where everyone actually lives and eats.82
- El Calafate 🇦🇷 ArgentinaArgentine summer holidays · 20 Dez – 28 FevJanuary is the town's month: every glacier boat and every bed is taken by domestic holidaymakers and the walkways at Perito Moreno queue from mid-morning.82
- Playa del Carmen 🇲🇽 MéxicoUS spring break · 25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)March fills Quinta Avenida with American students working their way down from Cancun.82
…e mais 42 em fevereiro.
Férias escolares em março
- Baguio 🇵🇭 FilipinasSummer capital season · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)The months lowlanders drive up to get out of the heat.92
- Saint Augustine 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 1 Mar – 10 Abr (normalmente)March fills the beaches at St Augustine Beach and Vilano with families and Florida students, though the old town itself stays a walking-tour crowd rather than a party one.92
- Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 IsraelPassover week · 25 Mar – 30 Abr (normalmente)The country takes the week off and half of it comes to the beach.91
- Plettenberg Bay 🇿🇦 África do SulEaster school holidays · 15 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente)The break between the first and second school terms, wrapped around Easter, is the second family rush of the year, with Easter weekend itself the busiest days on the beaches.91
- Clearwater 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 1 Mar – 15 AbrMarch into early April is the busiest beach stretch of the year, with staggered university and school breaks running back to back.91
- Hurgada 🇪🇬 EgitoEuropean winter season · 15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Charter flights from northern Europe fill the strip through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms.90
- Los Cabos 🇲🇽 MéxicoSpring break · 5 Mar – 12 Abr (normalmente)American college weeks run through March into April and land squarely on Cabo San Lucas — the marina strip, the beach clubs and Medano.90
- Sarasota 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSnowbird season · 5 Jan – 31 Mar (normalmente)The winter residents are in from January to the end of March, which doubles the traffic on the Tamiami Trail and fills every restaurant at half past five.90
- Xarm el-Xeikh 🇪🇬 EgitoEuropean winter season · 15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Charter flights from Europe fill the bay through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms, when the water is coolest and the air is at its most reasonable.89
- Pensacola 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 1 Mar – 10 Abr (normalmente)March is when the southern universities arrive on Pensacola Beach and the sound-side condos fill.89
- Paracas 🇵🇪 PeruLima's summer season · 1 Jan – 15 MarLima drives down for January and February and the resorts along the bay sell out for every weekend.88
- Destin 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 1 Mar – 15 AbrMarch into early April brings staggered school and university breaks from across the South, and Highway 98 through town becomes a single slow lane.88
- Orlando 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 5 Mar – 15 Abr (normalmente)Six weeks of staggered American school breaks, peaking around Easter, and the parks run at capacity through most of it.87
- Jerusalém 🇮🇱 IsraelPassover · 25 Mar – 30 Abr (normalmente)A week of national holiday: hotels at their highest rates, sites full of domestic visitors, and bread off most menus.85
- Fort Lauderdale 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)Tamed a long way from the 1980s version, but March still fills A1A and the beach bars.85
- Miami 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 25 Fev – 31 Mar (normalmente)Weeks of student holidays hitting South Beach in waves, with the city responding in recent years with curfews, closed causeways and towed cars.83
- Nassau 🇧🇸 BahamasUS spring break · 25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)American students take Cable Beach and Paradise Island for most of March.83
- Key West 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break peak · 1 Mar – 15 Abr (normalmente)March is usually the busiest month of the year, with spring-break families on top of the winter crowd; hotels run close to full, rates and airfares peak, and Duval Street is loud late.82
- Parque Nacional de Big Bend 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break crush · 7–25 Mar (normalmente)The busiest fortnight of the park's year, and there are no overflow options: campgrounds and the Chisos lodge are booked months out and the entrance queue starts before nine.81
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MéxicoUS spring break · 25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)American universities empty into the hotel zone for most of March.80
- Tulum 🇲🇽 MéxicoSpring break · 25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)March brings the North American student crowd down the coast, mostly to the beach road hotels rather than the pueblo where everyone actually lives and eats.79
- Playa del Carmen 🇲🇽 MéxicoUS spring break · 25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)March fills Quinta Avenida with American students working their way down from Cancun.79
- La Union 🇵🇭 FilipinasSummer beach crush · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)Four hours from Manila on the expressway, so the Urbiztondo strip is bumper to bumper at weekends and the surf schools run flat out on knee-high water.78
- Parque Nacional de Joshua Tree 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break and festival weekends · 1 Mar – 25 Abr (normalmente)March and April are the park's busiest weeks, and the two Coachella weekends in Indio empty every rental in the high desert.77
- Trujillo 🇵🇪 PeruSummer at Huanchaco · 1 Jan – 31 MarPeru's summer school holidays send families from Trujillo and the highlands to Huanchaco, so the seafront restaurants, surf schools and guesthouses are busiest from January to March, especially at weekends.77
…e mais 20 em março.
Férias escolares em abril
- Jerusalém 🇮🇱 IsraelPassover · 25 Mar – 30 Abr (normalmente)A week of national holiday: hotels at their highest rates, sites full of domestic visitors, and bread off most menus.96
- Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 IsraelPassover week · 25 Mar – 30 Abr (normalmente)The country takes the week off and half of it comes to the beach.94
- Udhagamandalam 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSummer hill-station season · 1 Abr – 15 JunThe plains come up and the town takes most of its year's business in ten weeks.93
- Nainital 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSummer lake season · 15 Abr – 30 JunThe town's whole year happens in these weeks: rowing boats out from the Mallital ghats all day, the Mall closed to traffic in the evening, and a long queue for the ropeway up to Snow View.93
- Plettenberg Bay 🇿🇦 África do SulEaster school holidays · 15 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente)The break between the first and second school terms, wrapped around Easter, is the second family rush of the year, with Easter weekend itself the busiest days on the beaches.91
- Ximelá 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSummer hill-station season · 15 Abr – 30 JunDelhi and Chandigarh come up for the school break and the Ridge and the Mall are a crowd every evening.90
- Mussoorie 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSummer hill-station season · 15 Abr – 30 JunThe reason the town exists.90
- Saint Augustine 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 1 Mar – 10 Abr (normalmente)March fills the beaches at St Augustine Beach and Vilano with families and Florida students, though the old town itself stays a walking-tour crowd rather than a party one.89
- Sedona 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break crowds · 1 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente)Phoenix is two hours south and it all comes up in March and April.88
- Baguio 🇵🇭 FilipinasSummer capital season · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)The months lowlanders drive up to get out of the heat.86
- Kodaikanal 🇮🇳 ÍndiaHill-station summer season · 1 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente)The reason the town exists: when Madurai and Chennai become unbearable, everyone who can afford it comes up here.86
- Destin 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 1 Mar – 15 AbrMarch into early April brings staggered school and university breaks from across the South, and Highway 98 through town becomes a single slow lane.86
- Los Cabos 🇲🇽 MéxicoSpring break · 5 Mar – 12 Abr (normalmente)American college weeks run through March into April and land squarely on Cabo San Lucas — the marina strip, the beach clubs and Medano.85
- Pensacola 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 1 Mar – 10 Abr (normalmente)March is when the southern universities arrive on Pensacola Beach and the sound-side condos fill.85
- Sóchi 🇷🇺 RússiaThe May holidays · 29 Abr – 11 MaiTwo public holidays run into one break at the start of May and the coast takes its first full weekend of the year.82
- Parque Nacional de Joshua Tree 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break and festival weekends · 1 Mar – 25 Abr (normalmente)March and April are the park's busiest weeks, and the two Coachella weekends in Indio empty every rental in the high desert.81
- Parque Nacional do Grand Canyon 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break crowds · 1 Mar – 15 AbrThe first real rush of the year, when the rim is comfortable and the inner canyon is not yet dangerous.80
- Clearwater 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 1 Mar – 15 AbrMarch into early April is the busiest beach stretch of the year, with staggered university and school breaks running back to back.80
- Orlando 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 5 Mar – 15 Abr (normalmente)Six weeks of staggered American school breaks, peaking around Easter, and the parks run at capacity through most of it.79
- Nassau 🇧🇸 BahamasUS spring break · 25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)American students take Cable Beach and Paradise Island for most of March.78
- Key West 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break peak · 1 Mar – 15 Abr (normalmente)March is usually the busiest month of the year, with spring-break families on top of the winter crowd; hotels run close to full, rates and airfares peak, and Duval Street is loud late.77
- Cancún 🇲🇽 MéxicoUS spring break · 25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)American universities empty into the hotel zone for most of March.76
- Tulum 🇲🇽 MéxicoSpring break · 25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)March brings the North American student crowd down the coast, mostly to the beach road hotels rather than the pueblo where everyone actually lives and eats.76
- Parque Nacional dos Arcos 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring peak season · 10 Mar – 31 MaiSpring break traffic starts in March and does not let up until June.75
- Fort Lauderdale 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring break · 25 Fev – 5 Abr (normalmente)Tamed a long way from the 1980s version, but March still fills A1A and the beach bars.75
…e mais 17 em abril.
Férias escolares em maio
- Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSummer season · 23 Mai – 7 SetCoast Highway through the village backs up from Memorial Day, the beach lots fill before nine, and the free summer trolley is the only sane way in.93
- Sóchi 🇷🇺 RússiaThe May holidays · 29 Abr – 11 MaiTwo public holidays run into one break at the start of May and the coast takes its first full weekend of the year.89
- Mussoorie 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSummer hill-station season · 15 Abr – 30 JunThe reason the town exists.88
- Virginia Beach 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosBoardwalk summer season · 23 Mai – 7 Set (normalmente)Memorial Day to Labor Day on a three-mile boardwalk with a stage at every few blocks.87
- Ximelá 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSummer hill-station season · 15 Abr – 30 JunDelhi and Chandigarh come up for the school break and the Ridge and the Mall are a crowd every evening.87
- Nainital 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSummer lake season · 15 Abr – 30 JunThe town's whole year happens in these weeks: rowing boats out from the Mallital ghats all day, the Mall closed to traffic in the evening, and a long queue for the ropeway up to Snow View.87
- Boston 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosCommencement season · 8–25 Mai (normalmente)Dozens of colleges graduate within a fortnight in May and every family in America books a room.86
- Murree 🇵🇰 PaquistãoSummer hill-station season · 15 Mai – 31 AgoThe plains escape up the ridge for the whole summer and the Mall is a crowd from noon until midnight.86
- Paris 🇫🇷 FrançaMay public holidays · 1–31 Mai (normalmente)Three or four public days land in the month and Parisians bridge them into long weekends.85
- Outer Banks 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosRental season peak · 23 Mai – 7 Set (normalmente)Memorial Day to Labor Day, when the cottages rent by the week and everyone changes over on the same Saturday.84
- Serinagar 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSummer hill-station rush · 15 Mai – 15 JulKashmir's peak domestic season.84
- Moscovo 🇷🇺 RússiaDacha season · 1 Mai – 31 AgoFrom May anyone with a plot outside town is on it at weekends.81
- Parque Nacional dos Arcos 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSpring peak season · 10 Mar – 31 MaiSpring break traffic starts in March and does not let up until June.81
- Udhagamandalam 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSummer hill-station season · 1 Abr – 15 JunThe plains come up and the town takes most of its year's business in ten weeks.78
- Baguio 🇵🇭 FilipinasSummer capital season · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)The months lowlanders drive up to get out of the heat.72
- Kodaikanal 🇮🇳 ÍndiaHill-station summer season · 1 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente)The reason the town exists: when Madurai and Chennai become unbearable, everyone who can afford it comes up here.68
- Krasnaia Poliana 🇷🇺 RússiaThe May holidays · 29 Abr – 11 MaiRussia runs two public holidays into one long break at the start of May, and the valley fills for the last of the snow at the top and the first of the trails below it.66
- Gulmarg 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSummer hill-station rush · 25 Mai – 15 JulKashmir's peak domestic season.65
- Perhentian Islands 🇲🇾 MalásiaMalaysian school holidays · 20 Mai – 15 Set (normalmente)The mid-year and term breaks send families from the peninsula out on the Kuala Besut boats, and the handful of beach chalets sell out well in advance.64
- Darjeeling 🇮🇳 ÍndiaHill-station summer season · 15 Abr – 15 Jun (normalmente)Kolkata and the plains come up to escape the heat and the Mall, the toy train and the Tiger Hill jeeps are all booked out.62
- Cameron Highlands 🇲🇾 MalásiaMid-year school break · 20 Mai – 10 Jul (normalmente)The first of the two family waves.62
- Da Nang 🇻🇳 VietnãReunification Day break · 28 Abr – 4 MaiReunification Day and May Day run together into the year's biggest domestic travel block, and the central coast beaches are where the country goes.61
- La Union 🇵🇭 FilipinasSummer beach crush · 15 Mar – 31 Mai (normalmente)Four hours from Manila on the expressway, so the Urbiztondo strip is bumper to bumper at weekends and the surf schools run flat out on knee-high water.59
- Huế 🇻🇳 VietnãReunification Day break · 28 Abr – 4 MaiThe long weekend sends the whole country on the road, and Hue is a stop on the way to the central beaches.56
- Baía de Ha Long 🇻🇳 VietnãReunification Day break · 28 Abr – 4 MaiHanoi drives to the coast for the long weekend and Bai Chay is solid.56
…e mais 4 em maio.
Férias escolares em junho
- Estocolmo 🇸🇪 SuéciaMidsummer · 18–27 Jun (normalmente)The city empties for the archipelago and the countryside on Midsummer Eve and shops shut.95
- Vilnius 🇱🇹 LituâniaJonines · 23–24 JunBonfires and wreaths on the Neris banks on the shortest night, and a public holiday the next day.94
- Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSummer season · 23 Mai – 7 SetCoast Highway through the village backs up from Memorial Day, the beach lots fill before nine, and the free summer trolley is the only sane way in.94
- Newport 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSummer season · 20 Jun – 7 SetA town of twenty-five thousand taking several million visitors a year, most of them in ten weeks.93
- Riga 🇱🇻 LetóniaJani and Ligo · 21–25 Jun (normalmente)The city empties for the countryside on 23 June: bonfires until dawn, oak wreaths, caraway cheese and beer.92
- Casablanca 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe Marhaba summer · 10 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)The annual return of Moroccans living abroad runs through the port and Mohammed V airport from mid-June to mid-September.92
- Moscovo 🇷🇺 RússiaDacha season · 1 Mai – 31 AgoFrom May anyone with a plot outside town is on it at weekends.90
- Helsínquia 🇫🇮 FinlândiaMidsummer · 18–27 Jun (normalmente)The city empties for the countryside on Midsummer Eve and almost nothing in town stays open.90
- Gdansk 🇵🇱 PolóniaPolish summer holidays · 25 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Schools break from late June to the end of August and the coast is where the country goes.90
- Tânger 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe summer crossing · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)Millions of Moroccans living in Europe come home through Tangier Med over the summer, and the port, the motorway and every hotel bed absorb the surge.90
- Taghazout 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe flat Moroccan summer · 15 Jun – 10 Set (normalmente)Small waves, warm water and the beaches taken over by Moroccan families for the holidays.90
- Pärnu 🇪🇪 EstóniaEstonia's summer capital · 15 Jun – 20 AgoTallinn moves here for the summer: the long shallow beach, the wooden bathhouse, funfairs and clubs, and prices to match.90
- Tallinn 🇪🇪 EstóniaJaanipaev · 22–25 JunEstonia leaves for the countryside for midsummer bonfires and the city shuts on the 23rd and 24th.89
- South Lake Tahoe 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSummer peak · 20 Jun – 7 SetThe Bay Area empties up here at weekends from late June, and the two-lane road round the west shore to Emerald Bay is the pinch point.89
- Hervey Bay 🇦🇺 AustráliaQueensland winter holidays · 26 Jun – 13 Jul (normalmente)The two-week winter break lands exactly as the first whales arrive, which is the busiest fortnight the marina sees.89
- Cataratas do Niágara 🇨🇦 CanadáSummer peak · 25 Jun – 5 SetSchool holidays on both sides of the border land at once, and the queue for the boat runs an hour or more by midday.89
- Sóchi 🇷🇺 RússiaThe domestic summer season · 20 Jun – 31 AgoThis is where Russia goes on holiday now, and the whole strip from Adler to Loo is full for ten weeks.88
- Nida 🇱🇹 LituâniaSpit summer season · 20 Jun – 25 AgoA village of a couple of thousand takes the whole of Lithuania's holiday for two months: ferry queues at Klaipeda, no parking near the dune, and guesthouse prices to match.88
- Guatapé 🇨🇴 ColômbiaJune long weekends and school break · 8 Jun – 15 Jul (normalmente)Colombia's mid-year school break and a run of Monday holidays in June send Medellin families out for the weekend, filling the boats, the climb up El Penol and the hotels; weekdays stay calm.87
- Bozeman 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosYellowstone gateway summer · 20 Jun – 25 AgoBozeman is the airport for the north end of Yellowstone, so the whole park's summer traffic passes through town.85
- Campos do Jordão 🇧🇷 BrasilWinter high season · 1 Jun – 15 AgoSão Paulo drives up here for the cold.85
- Trebizonda 🇹🇷 TurquiaThe Gulf summer · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)Families from the Gulf come here to escape their own summer, and Uzungöl, the hotels and the mountain minibuses are booked out with them.84
- Füssen 🇩🇪 AlemanhaCastle high season · 20 Jun – 10 Set (normalmente)Timed slots for Neuschwanstein sell out days ahead through the European school holidays, and the shuttle queue at Hohenschwangau runs to an hour.82
- Serinagar 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSummer hill-station rush · 15 Mai – 15 JulKashmir's peak domestic season.82
- Mussoorie 🇮🇳 ÍndiaSummer hill-station season · 15 Abr – 30 JunThe reason the town exists.81
…e mais 40 em junho.
Férias escolares em julho
- Oxford 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoLanguage schools and coach season · 1 Jul – 31 AgoSummer schools take the empty colleges and the coach tours take the centre, so Broad Street and the Bodleian queue are at their worst exactly when the colleges are most open.95
- Bruxelas 🇧🇪 BélgicaThe August lull · 25 Jul – 20 Ago (normalmente)The institutions rise for the summer and the city goes with them: neighbourhood restaurants close for a fortnight, the tram is empty, and the museums are the easiest they will be all year.94
- Oslo 🇳🇴 NoruegaFellesferien · 1–21 Jul (normalmente)The common holiday: much of the working city takes the same three weeks off, neighbourhood restaurants shut and the streets belong to visitors.94
- Santiago de Compostela 🇪🇸 EspanhaPeak pilgrim summer · 1 Jul – 31 AgoSpanish holidays and the busiest Camino months land together.94
- La Rochelle 🇫🇷 FrançaThe Ile de Re summer · 10 Jul – 25 AgoHalf of Paris takes the island for the school holidays and everything crosses the same toll bridge.94
- Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish summer holidays · 20 Jul – 2 SetSeven miles of sand and the whole of the South East on it in a heatwave; the seafront car parks fill by ten and the trains from Waterloo run standing.94
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalPortuguese summer holidays · 1 Jul – 31 AgoLisbon is forty minutes away and comes here at weekends all summer, on top of the surf camps.93
- Guatapé 🇨🇴 ColômbiaJune long weekends and school break · 8 Jun – 15 Jul (normalmente)Colombia's mid-year school break and a run of Monday holidays in June send Medellin families out for the weekend, filling the boats, the climb up El Penol and the hotels; weekdays stay calm.93
- Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSummer season · 23 Mai – 7 SetCoast Highway through the village backs up from Memorial Day, the beach lots fill before nine, and the free summer trolley is the only sane way in.93
- Luxemburgo 🇱🇺 LuxemburgoAugust residents' holiday · 25 Jul – 25 Ago (normalmente)A small capital of commuters empties for the summer, and the Schueberfouer funfair on the Glacis in the last two weeks of August and start of September is what brings the place back.92
- Birmingham 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish summer holidays · 20 Jul – 2 SetSix weeks in which Cadbury World, the Sea Life Centre and the Legoland Discovery Centre run at capacity and the centre fills with families.92
- Bath 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish school holidays · 18 Jul – 1 SetA compact centre takes the whole of the English summer break at once.92
- Tofino 🇨🇦 CanadáPeak summer · 1 Jul – 5 SetOne two-lane road over the island brings everyone in, and July and August book out months ahead at the highest rates on the coast.92
- Pärnu 🇪🇪 EstóniaEstonia's summer capital · 15 Jun – 20 AgoTallinn moves here for the summer: the long shallow beach, the wooden bathhouse, funfairs and clubs, and prices to match.92
- Visby 🇸🇪 SuéciaPeak Gotland summer · 1 Jul – 15 AgoThe whole of Stockholm seems to come over for July.92
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalLisbon's summer coast · 1 Jul – 31 AgoThe Cascais line runs standing-room only at weekends once the schools break, and the town is as much a Lisbon suburb on holiday as a resort.91
- Ilha de Wight 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoSummer ferry peak · 20 Jul – 1 SetCar ferry fares roughly double for the English school holidays and the crossings sell out days ahead.91
- Bar Harbor 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosPeak summer season · 1 Jul – 31 AgoA town of five thousand hosting several million park visitors a year does most of it now.91
- Soorts-Hossegor 🇫🇷 FrançaFrench summer holidays · 1 Jul – 31 AgoJuly and August turn the lake, the Place des Landais and the central beaches into one of the busiest resorts on the Landes coast.91
- Bodø 🇳🇴 NoruegaLofoten ferry crush · 1 Jul – 15 AgoMost people are here to get to Lofoten, and in July the car ferry to Moskenes is the bottleneck: reserve a vehicle place or expect to sit in the queue at the quay for a sailing or two.90
- Newquay 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish school holidays · 18 Jul – 1 SetThe A30 into Cornwall backs up on changeover Saturdays and the town runs at capacity for six weeks.90
- Iorque 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish school holidays · 18 Jul – 1 SetThe Shambles is a lane wide enough for two people and takes the whole of August.90
- Hervey Bay 🇦🇺 AustráliaQueensland winter holidays · 26 Jun – 13 Jul (normalmente)The two-week winter break lands exactly as the first whales arrive, which is the busiest fortnight the marina sees.89
- St Ives 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish school holidays · 18 Jul – 1 SetThe town is medieval-narrow and takes the whole of August at once.89
- Mackinac Island 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosHigh summer · 1 Jul – 25 AgoFifteen thousand day visitors can land on a good July day on an island of five hundred residents.89
…e mais 138 em julho.
Férias escolares em agosto
- Luxemburgo 🇱🇺 LuxemburgoAugust residents' holiday · 25 Jul – 25 Ago (normalmente)A small capital of commuters empties for the summer, and the Schueberfouer funfair on the Glacis in the last two weeks of August and start of September is what brings the place back.95
- Sintra 🇵🇹 PortugalAugust day-trippers · 1–31 AgoPortuguese holidays on top of the Lisbon coach trade.95
- Moscovo 🇷🇺 RússiaDacha season · 1 Mai – 31 AgoFrom May anyone with a plot outside town is on it at weekends.94
- Gdansk 🇵🇱 PolóniaPolish summer holidays · 25 Jun – 31 Ago (normalmente)Schools break from late June to the end of August and the coast is where the country goes.93
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalPortuguese summer holidays · 1 Jul – 31 AgoLisbon is forty minutes away and comes here at weekends all summer, on top of the surf camps.93
- Bruxelas 🇧🇪 BélgicaThe August lull · 25 Jul – 20 Ago (normalmente)The institutions rise for the summer and the city goes with them: neighbourhood restaurants close for a fortnight, the tram is empty, and the museums are the easiest they will be all year.92
- La Rochelle 🇫🇷 FrançaThe Ile de Re summer · 10 Jul – 25 AgoHalf of Paris takes the island for the school holidays and everything crosses the same toll bridge.92
- Oxford 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoLanguage schools and coach season · 1 Jul – 31 AgoSummer schools take the empty colleges and the coach tours take the centre, so Broad Street and the Bodleian queue are at their worst exactly when the colleges are most open.92
- Iorque 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish school holidays · 18 Jul – 1 SetThe Shambles is a lane wide enough for two people and takes the whole of August.92
- Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSummer season · 23 Mai – 7 SetCoast Highway through the village backs up from Memorial Day, the beach lots fill before nine, and the free summer trolley is the only sane way in.92
- Santiago de Compostela 🇪🇸 EspanhaPeak pilgrim summer · 1 Jul – 31 AgoSpanish holidays and the busiest Camino months land together.91
- Nazaré 🇵🇹 PortugalPortuguese August · 1–31 AgoThis is a domestic resort before it is an international one, and in August it fills with families from Lisbon and Leiria.91
- Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish summer holidays · 20 Jul – 2 SetSeven miles of sand and the whole of the South East on it in a heatwave; the seafront car parks fill by ten and the trains from Waterloo run standing.91
- Mackinac Island 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosHigh summer · 1 Jul – 25 AgoFifteen thousand day visitors can land on a good July day on an island of five hundred residents.91
- Paris 🇫🇷 FrançaThe August closures · 1–25 Ago (normalmente)Bakeries and neighbourhood restaurants shut in rotation for two or three weeks and hang a paper note on the door.90
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalLisbon's summer coast · 1 Jul – 31 AgoThe Cascais line runs standing-room only at weekends once the schools break, and the town is as much a Lisbon suburb on holiday as a resort.90
- Whitby 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoPeak summer on the harbour · 20 Jul – 1 SetThe car parks are full by ten, the queue at the fish shops runs down Pier Road, and the 199 steps move at the pace of the slowest party on them.90
- Birmingham 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish summer holidays · 20 Jul – 2 SetSix weeks in which Cadbury World, the Sea Life Centre and the Legoland Discovery Centre run at capacity and the centre fills with families.89
- Tofino 🇨🇦 CanadáPeak summer · 1 Jul – 5 SetOne two-lane road over the island brings everyone in, and July and August book out months ahead at the highest rates on the coast.89
- Cuenca 🇪🇨 EquadorHighland school holidays · 1 Jul – 31 Ago (normalmente)Schools in Ecuador's highlands break from early July to the end of August, so Cuenca, Cajas and the hot springs at Banos de Cuenca see more domestic families, especially at weekends.89
- Pristina KosovoDiaspora summer · 1 Jul – 31 AgoFamilies come back from Germany, Switzerland and Austria for the school holidays, and the city runs on weddings, full cafe terraces and German plates on every second car.89
- Ilha de Wight 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoSummer ferry peak · 20 Jul – 1 SetCar ferry fares roughly double for the English school holidays and the crossings sell out days ahead.89
- San Marino San MarinoCoach day-tripper peak · 1 Jul – 31 AgoThe Rimini beach resorts send coaches up all summer, and between eleven and four the duty-free shops on the main street are what most people see of the country.89
- Bath 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish school holidays · 18 Jul – 1 SetA compact centre takes the whole of the English summer break at once.88
- Sylt 🇩🇪 AlemanhaGerman summer holidays · 1 Jul – 31 Ago (normalmente)Hamburg and North Rhine-Westphalia empty onto this island for eight weeks.88
…e mais 182 em agosto.
Férias escolares em setembro
- Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSummer season · 23 Mai – 7 SetCoast Highway through the village backs up from Memorial Day, the beach lots fill before nine, and the free summer trolley is the only sane way in.93
- Cataratas do Niágara 🇨🇦 CanadáSummer peak · 25 Jun – 5 SetSchool holidays on both sides of the border land at once, and the queue for the boat runs an hour or more by midday.92
- Boston 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosStudent move-in weekend · 28 Ago – 4 Set (normalmente)Most student leases turn over on 1 September, known locally as "Allston Christmas": every U-Haul in New England is double-parked in Allston and Brighton, and curbs fill with discarded furniture.90
- Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EquadorNorthern summer peak · 15 Jun – 5 Set (normalmente)The islands run a visitor cap through the permitted sites, so the pressure shows up as price and availability rather than queues.88
- Casablanca 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe Marhaba summer · 10 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)The annual return of Moroccans living abroad runs through the port and Mohammed V airport from mid-June to mid-September.88
- Newport 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSummer season · 20 Jun – 7 SetA town of twenty-five thousand taking several million visitors a year, most of them in ten weeks.88
- Gibraltar GibraltarSummer border queues · 1 Jul – 5 SetThe land frontier with Spain can take up to two hours to cross by car in high summer and on Spanish holiday weekends.87
- Jerusalém 🇮🇱 IsraelSukkot · 20 Set – 25 Out (normalmente)Booths on every balcony, the priestly blessing at the Western Wall drawing tens of thousands, and a week of school holiday that fills every site in the country.86
- Tânger 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe summer crossing · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)Millions of Moroccans living in Europe come home through Tangier Med over the summer, and the port, the motorway and every hotel bed absorb the surge.86
- Taghazout 🇲🇦 MarrocosThe flat Moroccan summer · 15 Jun – 10 Set (normalmente)Small waves, warm water and the beaches taken over by Moroccan families for the holidays.86
- South Lake Tahoe 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosSummer peak · 20 Jun – 7 SetThe Bay Area empties up here at weekends from late June, and the two-lane road round the west shore to Emerald Bay is the pinch point.85
- Barcelona 🇪🇸 EspanhaThe August closures · 1 Ago – 5 SetNeighbourhood restaurants, bakeries and small shops shut for the holidays from the start of August into the first week of September.84
- Ilha de Wight 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoSummer ferry peak · 20 Jul – 1 SetCar ferry fares roughly double for the English school holidays and the crossings sell out days ahead.84
- Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish summer holidays · 20 Jul – 2 SetSeven miles of sand and the whole of the South East on it in a heatwave; the seafront car parks fill by ten and the trains from Waterloo run standing.82
- Bath 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish school holidays · 18 Jul – 1 SetA compact centre takes the whole of the English summer break at once.80
- Iorque 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish school holidays · 18 Jul – 1 SetThe Shambles is a lane wide enough for two people and takes the whole of August.80
- Whitby 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoPeak summer on the harbour · 20 Jul – 1 SetThe car parks are full by ten, the queue at the fish shops runs down Pier Road, and the 199 steps move at the pace of the slowest party on them.80
- Birmingham 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish summer holidays · 20 Jul – 2 SetSix weeks in which Cadbury World, the Sea Life Centre and the Legoland Discovery Centre run at capacity and the centre fills with families.79
- Newquay 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish school holidays · 18 Jul – 1 SetThe A30 into Cornwall backs up on changeover Saturdays and the town runs at capacity for six weeks.79
- Trebizonda 🇹🇷 TurquiaThe Gulf summer · 15 Jun – 15 Set (normalmente)Families from the Gulf come here to escape their own summer, and Uzungöl, the hotels and the mountain minibuses are booked out with them.78
- St Ives 🇬🇧 Reino UnidoEnglish school holidays · 18 Jul – 1 SetThe town is medieval-narrow and takes the whole of August at once.78
- Virginia Beach 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosBoardwalk summer season · 23 Mai – 7 Set (normalmente)Memorial Day to Labor Day on a three-mile boardwalk with a stage at every few blocks.77
- Alexandria 🇪🇬 EgitoThe Egyptian summer season · 15 Jun – 10 Set (normalmente)Families take flats along the coast for weeks at a time, corniche traffic doubles and rooms cost roughly twice the spring rate.77
- Füssen 🇩🇪 AlemanhaCastle high season · 20 Jun – 10 Set (normalmente)Timed slots for Neuschwanstein sell out days ahead through the European school holidays, and the shuttle queue at Hohenschwangau runs to an hour.77
- Outer Banks 🇺🇸 Estados UnidosRental season peak · 23 Mai – 7 Set (normalmente)Memorial Day to Labor Day, when the cottages rent by the week and everyone changes over on the same Saturday.76
…e mais 13 em setembro.
Férias escolares em outubro
- Jerusalém 🇮🇱 IsraelSukkot · 20 Set – 25 Out (normalmente)Booths on every balcony, the priestly blessing at the Western Wall drawing tens of thousands, and a week of school holiday that fills every site in the country.92
- Tel Aviv 🇮🇱 IsraelSukkot week · 20 Set – 25 Out (normalmente)The autumn school holiday, and the beach is still warm enough to use, so the city fills again for a week.84
- Catmandu 🇳🇵 NepalDashain · 20 Set – 25 Out (normalmente)Nepal's longest holiday.73
- Darjeeling 🇮🇳 ÍndiaDurga Puja and Dashain · 25 Set – 25 Out (normalmente)Bengal's biggest holiday and the Nepali Dashain fall together, and the whole of Kolkata seems to come up the hill.60
- Manila 🇵🇭 FilipinasUndas · 29 Out – 2 NovFamilies camp overnight in the cemeteries for All Saints' and All Souls', and the rest of the country goes home for it.55
- Åre 🇸🇪 SuéciaHostlov (autumn break) · 19 Out – 2 Nov (normalmente)Swedish schools take a one-week autumn half-term in late October, staggered by region, and Are fills with families and wilderness-camp activities whichever week is local to them.48
- Ruka 🇫🇮 FinlândiaFinnish autumn break · 10–25 Out (normalmente)Syysloma falls in the second half of October, between the walking season and reliable snow, and the resort runs a family programme through it.41
Férias escolares em novembro
- Plettenberg Bay 🇿🇦 África do SulMatric Rage · 20 Nov – 10 Dez (normalmente)Plett is one of South Africa's biggest Rage destinations: a week when school-leavers from across the country take over Central Beach and Cairnbrogie Farm for parties running from early afternoon into the night.92
- Gold Coast 🇦🇺 AustráliaSchoolies · 15 Nov – 12 Dez (normalmente)Three weeks from mid-November when school leavers take over Surfers Paradise in tens of thousands.78
- Manila 🇵🇭 FilipinasUndas · 29 Out – 2 NovFamilies camp overnight in the cemeteries for All Saints' and All Souls', and the rest of the country goes home for it.65
- Cameron Highlands 🇲🇾 MalásiaYear-end school holidays · 15 Nov – 5 Jan (normalmente)The busiest six weeks here, when the year-end break, the cool nights and the festive travel all land together.57
- Cidade do Panamá 🇵🇦 PanamáPanama's November holidays · 2–10 NovFour national days inside nine, with school bands drumming down Via Espana for most of them and the whole country on the move.54
- Bocas del Toro 🇵🇦 PanamáPanama's November holidays · 2–10 NovFour national days inside nine: separation from Colombia, flag day, Colon day, then the first cry of independence.50
- Penão 🇲🇾 MalásiaMalaysian year-end break · 20 Nov – 5 Jan (normalmente)The long school holiday brings peninsular families and Singapore weekenders to Batu Ferringhi and the hill, and the ferry and bridge traffic goes with them.47
- Jor Baru 🇲🇾 MalásiaYear-end causeway crush · 15 Nov – 5 Jan (normalmente)Singapore's school holidays turn the two crossings into a several-hour queue on Friday evenings and again on Sunday nights.47
- Langkawi 🇲🇾 MalásiaMalaysian school holidays · 20 Nov – 5 Jan (normalmente)The long year-end break brings the peninsula's families and the Singapore weekenders, and the island is at its most booked, ferries included.44
- Åre 🇸🇪 SuéciaHostlov (autumn break) · 19 Out – 2 Nov (normalmente)Swedish schools take a one-week autumn half-term in late October, staggered by region, and Are fills with families and wilderness-camp activities whichever week is local to them.31
Férias escolares em dezembro
- Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamíbiaThe coast fills up · 10 Dez – 15 Jan (normalmente)Half of inland Namibia drives to the sea in December and Swakopmund is where it stops.96
- Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustráliaWestern Australian summer holidays · 17 Dez – 31 Jan (normalmente)Perth empties into this coast for six weeks and the beach houses go at holiday rates months ahead.96
- Hermanus 🇿🇦 África do SulSouth African summer holidays · 15 Dez – 15 Jan (normalmente)The Overberg's beach fortnight: the town roughly doubles in size, the whales have mostly gone, and the restaurants along the cliff need booking.94
- Ilha dos Cangurus 🇦🇺 AustráliaSouth Australian summer holidays · 12 Dez – 27 Jan (normalmente)Adelaide comes across for the summer break and the ferry crossings for cars fill weeks ahead.94
- Baía de Jeffreys 🇿🇦 África do SulDecember holiday season · 15 Dez – 10 JanThe South African summer break turns a quiet surf town into a resort: the main beach is full, the surf shops trade all day and rates roughly double.93
- Hurgada 🇪🇬 EgitoEuropean winter season · 15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Charter flights from northern Europe fill the strip through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms.92
- Xarm el-Xeikh 🇪🇬 EgitoEuropean winter season · 15 Dez – 15 Mar (normalmente)Charter flights from Europe fill the bay through the Christmas fortnight and the February half-terms, when the water is coolest and the air is at its most reasonable.92
- Knysna 🇿🇦 África do SulGarden Route summer holidays · 15 Dez – 15 Jan (normalmente)The N2 through town becomes a queue and the lagoon fills with boats.92
- Plettenberg Bay 🇿🇦 África do SulMatric Rage · 20 Nov – 10 Dez (normalmente)Plett is one of South Africa's biggest Rage destinations: a week when school-leavers from across the country take over Central Beach and Cairnbrogie Farm for parties running from early afternoon into the night.92
- Cidade do Cabo 🇿🇦 África do SulSouth African summer holidays · 15 Dez – 15 Jan (normalmente)From mid-December the rest of the country arrives and the city runs at capacity: beaches full, restaurants booked, and the coast road round Chapman's Peak at a crawl.91
- Nairóbi 🇰🇪 QuéniaJamhuri Day · 12 DezIndependence day, a public holiday with a stadium ceremony, and the start of the stretch when Kenyan families fill the parks and the coast for the holidays.91
- Porto Elizabeth 🇿🇦 África do SulEastern Cape summer holidays · 15 Dez – 15 Jan (normalmente)The province's beach fortnight.91
- Paihia 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 20 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente)Auckland comes north for three hours and stays for a fortnight, so the motels double their rates and the ferry to Russell queues.91
- Auckland 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 20 Dez – 31 Jan (normalmente)The country takes its long break from just before Christmas to the end of January.90
- Christchurch 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 19 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente)The country shuts for a fortnight from Christmas: the city itself goes quiet and half its cafes close, while Akaroa and the Banks Peninsula bays are the busiest they get all year.89
- Stellenbosch 🇿🇦 África do SulFestive season in the Winelands · 15 Dez – 15 Jan (normalmente)Cape Town's holiday crowd drives out for lunch and the well-known estates need a booking weeks ahead.89
- Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguaiSummer crush · 15 Dez – 28 FevA fishing village of a few hundred takes upwards of twenty thousand Argentines, Brazilians and Uruguayans for January.89
- Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguaiUruguayan summer season · 20 Dez – 28 FevJanuary is the peak and February is the version people actually enjoy: the same beaches, the same restaurants open, noticeably fewer cars on the Rambla.88
- Wollongong 🇦🇺 AustráliaSummer holiday peak · 18 Dez – 31 JanThe Illawarra beaches take the overflow from Sydney for six weeks, and the northern ones — Austinmer, Thirroul, Coalcliff — fill first because they are closest to the train line.88
- Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentinaArgentine summer season · 15 Dez – 28 FevThe city's population multiplies from mid-December, Bristol beach is sold by the tent and the coast road queues both ways on a Sunday.88
- Wellington 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 20 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente)Parliament rises, the public service leaves town and a good share of the cafes shut for a fortnight.87
- Taupo 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaLake summer holidays · 20 Dez – 31 JanTaupō is where a large slice of the North Island spends Christmas: boats on the lake, the domain full of tents and the bays busy from breakfast.87
- Nelson 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 20 Dez – 31 JanNelson and Golden Bay are where the South Island goes for Christmas.86
- Katoomba 🇦🇺 AustráliaNew South Wales summer holidays · 18 Dez – 27 Jan (normalmente)Sydney drives up for the cool air over the summer break and the lookout car parks fill by mid-morning.86
- Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nova ZelândiaNew Zealand summer holidays · 20 Dez – 1 Fev (normalmente)Everyone driving between Christchurch and Picton stops here, and in January that is a lot of people for one main street.86
…e mais 53 em dezembro.