SeasonMap

Autumn colour, month by month around the world

Foliage at its peak — usually a fortnight, never the whole month.

149 destinations on SeasonMap, ranked within each month by the comfort score — because the point is not only where the season is on, but whether the weather is worth the trip while it is.

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Number of destinations with autumn colour on in that month. Windows move a little each year.

Autumn colour in March

  1. 🇦🇷 Ushuaia, ArgentinaLenga forests turn · 25 Mar – 5 May (usually)The southern beech around the town and up the Martial valley goes red and copper through April, with the first snow on the peaks above it.63climate
  2. 🇨🇱 Torres del Paine, ChileLenga turning · 20 Mar – 10 May (usually)The southern beech goes red and orange across the lower valleys from late March, the wind drops off, and the park empties.43climate

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Autumn colour in April

  1. 🇦🇷 Mendoza, ArgentinaVineyards turning · 10 Apr – 20 May (usually)The vines go yellow and red after the picking, with the Andes white behind them, and the wineries are quiet enough to walk into.94climate
  2. 🇿🇦 Stellenbosch, South AfricaThe oaks turn · 15 Apr – 5 Jun (usually)The trees the town is named for go over through late April and May, which is the one thing Stellenbosch has that the rest of the Cape does not.90climate
  3. 🇦🇺 Canberra, AustraliaAutumn colour · 15 Apr – 20 May (usually)The city was planted with northern-hemisphere trees, so the older suburbs and the arboretum turn through late April.86climate
  4. 🇦🇺 Melbourne, AustraliaAutumn colour in the gardens · 15 Apr – 20 May (usually)The exotics in the Fitzroy and Botanic Gardens and up in the Dandenongs turn through late April, which is the one thing this city's European planting gets right.85climate
  5. 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAutumn in the plane trees · 15 Apr – 5 Jun (usually)The plátanos along the avenues and through Palermo turn and drop over about six weeks.84climate
  6. 🇦🇺 Launceston, AustraliaAutumn in the parks and the gorge · 15 Apr – 20 May (usually)Launceston was planted with northern-hemisphere trees and they all turn at once — City Park, the Gorge, the streets around the Cataract.82climate
  7. 🇳🇿 Christchurch, New ZealandAutumn colour in the parks · 10 Apr – 20 May (usually)The English trees in Hagley Park and along the Avon turn through late April, which is what the garden city was planted for.79climate
  8. 🇳🇿 Lake Tekapo, New ZealandLarches turn on the lakeshore · 10 Apr – 15 May (usually)The planted larches and poplars around the church and along the canal road go gold through late April, against water that stays the same improbable colour all year.67climate
  9. 🇳🇿 Wānaka, New ZealandPoplars turn on the lakefront · 15 Apr – 20 May (usually)The willows and poplars planted around the lake and up the Cardrona valley go gold for a few weeks between the last of the walkers and the first of the skiers.63climate
  10. 🇳🇿 Queenstown, New ZealandAutumn colour in Arrowtown · 5 Apr – 5 May (usually)The poplars and larches in the old gold town turn through late April, which is the one thing every New Zealander drives here for out of ski season.62climate
  11. 🇦🇷 San Carlos de Bariloche, ArgentinaLenga forests turning · 1 Apr – 10 May (usually)The southern beech on the mountainsides goes red and orange through April, on empty trails, with the first snow already on the peaks above.62climate
  12. 🇦🇷 San Martín de los Andes, ArgentinaLenga and nire turning · 1 Apr – 15 May (usually)The beech on the Siete Lagos road goes yellow and red for about six weeks, with the lakes still flat and the town emptied out.62climate
  13. 🇦🇷 Ushuaia, ArgentinaLenga forests turn · 25 Mar – 5 May (usually)The southern beech around the town and up the Martial valley goes red and copper through April, with the first snow on the peaks above it.58climate
  14. 🇦🇺 Cradle Mountain, AustraliaThe turning of the fagus · 15 Apr – 15 May (usually)Australia's only native deciduous tree turns rust and gold around Crater Lake for about a fortnight from late April.54climate
  15. 🇦🇷 El Chaltén, ArgentinaLenga forests turning · 1 Apr – 10 May (usually)The beech slopes under Fitz Roy go red and copper for about five weeks, with the first snow on the tops behind them.49climate
  16. 🇨🇱 Torres del Paine, ChileLenga turning · 20 Mar – 10 May (usually)The southern beech goes red and orange across the lower valleys from late March, the wind drops off, and the park empties.37climate

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Autumn colour in May

  1. 🇿🇦 Stellenbosch, South AfricaThe oaks turn · 15 Apr – 5 Jun (usually)The trees the town is named for go over through late April and May, which is the one thing Stellenbosch has that the rest of the Cape does not.85climate
  2. 🇦🇷 Mendoza, ArgentinaVineyards turning · 10 Apr – 20 May (usually)The vines go yellow and red after the picking, with the Andes white behind them, and the wineries are quiet enough to walk into.84climate
  3. 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAutumn in the plane trees · 15 Apr – 5 Jun (usually)The plátanos along the avenues and through Palermo turn and drop over about six weeks.82climate
  4. 🇦🇺 Melbourne, AustraliaAutumn colour in the gardens · 15 Apr – 20 May (usually)The exotics in the Fitzroy and Botanic Gardens and up in the Dandenongs turn through late April, which is the one thing this city's European planting gets right.79climate
  5. 🇦🇺 Canberra, AustraliaAutumn colour · 15 Apr – 20 May (usually)The city was planted with northern-hemisphere trees, so the older suburbs and the arboretum turn through late April.76climate
  6. 🇦🇺 Launceston, AustraliaAutumn in the parks and the gorge · 15 Apr – 20 May (usually)Launceston was planted with northern-hemisphere trees and they all turn at once — City Park, the Gorge, the streets around the Cataract.73climate
  7. 🇳🇿 Christchurch, New ZealandAutumn colour in the parks · 10 Apr – 20 May (usually)The English trees in Hagley Park and along the Avon turn through late April, which is what the garden city was planted for.72climate
  8. 🇳🇿 Lake Tekapo, New ZealandLarches turn on the lakeshore · 10 Apr – 15 May (usually)The planted larches and poplars around the church and along the canal road go gold through late April, against water that stays the same improbable colour all year.58climate
  9. 🇳🇿 Wānaka, New ZealandPoplars turn on the lakefront · 15 Apr – 20 May (usually)The willows and poplars planted around the lake and up the Cardrona valley go gold for a few weeks between the last of the walkers and the first of the skiers.54climate
  10. 🇳🇿 Queenstown, New ZealandAutumn colour in Arrowtown · 5 Apr – 5 May (usually)The poplars and larches in the old gold town turn through late April, which is the one thing every New Zealander drives here for out of ski season.53climate
  11. 🇦🇷 San Carlos de Bariloche, ArgentinaLenga forests turning · 1 Apr – 10 May (usually)The southern beech on the mountainsides goes red and orange through April, on empty trails, with the first snow already on the peaks above.53climate
  12. 🇦🇷 San Martín de los Andes, ArgentinaLenga and nire turning · 1 Apr – 15 May (usually)The beech on the Siete Lagos road goes yellow and red for about six weeks, with the lakes still flat and the town emptied out.53climate
  13. 🇦🇷 Ushuaia, ArgentinaLenga forests turn · 25 Mar – 5 May (usually)The southern beech around the town and up the Martial valley goes red and copper through April, with the first snow on the peaks above it.52climate
  14. 🇦🇷 El Chaltén, ArgentinaLenga forests turning · 1 Apr – 10 May (usually)The beech slopes under Fitz Roy go red and copper for about five weeks, with the first snow on the tops behind them.41climate
  15. 🇦🇺 Cradle Mountain, AustraliaThe turning of the fagus · 15 Apr – 15 May (usually)Australia's only native deciduous tree turns rust and gold around Crater Lake for about a fortnight from late April.41climate
  16. 🇨🇱 Torres del Paine, ChileLenga turning · 20 Mar – 10 May (usually)The southern beech goes red and orange across the lower valleys from late March, the wind drops off, and the park empties.31climate

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Autumn colour in June

  1. 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaAutumn in the plane trees · 15 Apr – 5 Jun (usually)The plátanos along the avenues and through Palermo turn and drop over about six weeks.78climate
  2. 🇿🇦 Stellenbosch, South AfricaThe oaks turn · 15 Apr – 5 Jun (usually)The trees the town is named for go over through late April and May, which is the one thing Stellenbosch has that the rest of the Cape does not.72climate

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Autumn colour in August

  1. 🇺🇸 Denali National Park, United StatesTundra turning · 20 Aug – 15 Sep (usually)The dwarf birch and blueberry go red across the whole open tundra for about three weeks from late August, well before the aspens down at the entrance.63climate

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Autumn colour in September

  1. 🇺🇸 Flagstaff, United StatesAspen colour on the Peaks · 20 Sep – 15 Oct (usually)The stands in the Inner Basin and along Hart Prairie turn gold for about a fortnight, starting high and working down.94climate
  2. 🇰🇿 Almaty, KazakhstanGolden autumn in the gorges · 25 Sep – 25 Oct (usually)The birch and poplar in the Almarasan and Butakovka gorges turn before the first snow reaches the tree line, and the Charyn day trip is at its best in the same fortnight.93climate
  3. 🇺🇸 Santa Fe, United StatesAspens turning · 25 Sep – 15 Oct (usually)The stands along the ski basin road and up towards Aspen Vista turn in the first week of October, high enough that the town cottonwoods are still green when they go.92climate
  4. 🇺🇸 Burlington, United StatesFall foliage · 25 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)Peak reaches the Champlain valley around the second week of October, a week or so after the spine of the Greens.92climate
  5. 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, United StatesFall colour · 25 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)The chain of lakes and the Mississippi gorge turn in the first half of October, a week or two after the north woods.91climate
  6. 🇺🇸 Denver, United StatesAspen colour · 15 Sep – 10 Oct (usually)The aspens above 2,700 metres turn in the last fortnight of September and the colour works its way down to the foothills by early October.90climate
  7. 🇨🇦 Montreal, CanadaFall colour · 25 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)Mount Royal turns in the first half of October and the Laurentians an hour north go a week earlier.89climate
  8. 🇨🇦 Ottawa, CanadaGatineau Park colour · 25 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)The maples across the river turn about ten days before the city trees do, usually peaking in the first week of October.89climate
  9. 🇺🇸 Gatlinburg, United StatesFall colour in the Smokies · 25 Sep – 5 Nov (usually)The high ground above four thousand feet turns first in early October and the valleys follow from mid-October into early November.87climate
  10. 🇯🇵 Sapporo, JapanAutumn colour · 20 Sep – 5 Nov (usually)Colour starts in Daisetsuzan in the third week of September, the earliest in Japan, and works down to the city parks by the end of October.86climate
  11. 🇺🇸 Mackinac Island, United StatesFall colour · 25 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)The hardwood on the island's interior turns in the first half of October, the day-trip crowds are gone and the carriage roads are yours.86climate
  12. 🇺🇸 South Lake Tahoe, United StatesHope Valley aspens · 25 Sep – 15 Oct (usually)The aspen stands in Hope Valley south of the lake turn in the first ten days of October, and the pass roads over Carson and Luther are the drive for it before the snow shuts them.85climate
  13. 🇺🇸 Taos, United StatesAspens turning · 22 Sep – 12 Oct (usually)The Enchanted Circle road over Bobcat Pass and the ski valley road turn gold in the last week of September, a fortnight before the cottonwoods along the Rio Grande do.84climate
  14. 🇨🇦 Quebec City, CanadaFall colour · 25 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)The maples on the north shore and up the Jacques-Cartier valley usually peak in the first ten days of October, a fortnight ahead of the city trees on the Plains.84climate
  15. 🇺🇸 Mesa Verde National Park, United StatesAutumn on the mesa · 25 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)Gambel oak turns rust across the mesa top and the aspen in the La Platas above go gold.81climate
  16. 🇺🇸 Bar Harbor, United StatesFall foliage · 28 Sep – 25 Oct (usually)Mount Desert Island turns through the first half of October, later than inland Maine because the sea holds its heat.81climate
  17. 🇲🇳 Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaLarch turning in Terelj · 10 Sep – 5 Oct (usually)The Siberian larch on the hills east of the city goes gold for a fortnight before it drops, and the first hard frost usually ends it.78climate
  18. 🇺🇸 Theodore Roosevelt National Park, United StatesCottonwood colour · 20 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)The cottonwoods along the Little Missouri turn yellow against grey and red clay for about a month, and the park is close to empty for it.78climate
  19. 🇫🇮 Helsinki, FinlandRuska, the autumn colour · 5 Sep – 10 Oct (usually)The autumn colour works its way down from Lapland through September.77climate
  20. 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, RussiaGolden autumn in the palace parks · 25 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)Pushkin, Pavlovsk and the Peterhof lower park turn through the first half of October, after the coach season has thinned.77climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Steamboat Springs, United StatesAspen colour · 15 Sep – 5 Oct (usually)The aspen on Rabbit Ears and Buffalo Pass turn in the second half of September, a fortnight at most, and the town is quiet for it between the summer and the first lifts.77climate
  22. 🇷🇺 Irkutsk, RussiaTaiga autumn colour · 1–25 Sep (usually)Early September turns the larch and birch along the Angara and around the lake gold, and it is the last stretch of settled weather before the cold arrives.76climate
  23. 🇺🇸 Mammoth Lakes, United StatesAspen colour · 15 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)Aspen stands in the June Lake Loop and the Lakes Basin turn from mid-September, working down from the high canyons through October.75climate
  24. 🇬🇪 Kazbegi, GeorgiaAutumn in the valley · 25 Sep – 31 Oct (usually)The birch and rowan below the treeline turn through October and the first snow usually caps Kazbek before the leaves are down.75climate
  25. 🇺🇸 Aspen, United StatesAspens turning · 18 Sep – 8 Oct (usually)The stands on Independence Pass and above Maroon Creek turn in the last week of September, and the Bells reservations for those days go the moment they open.74climate

…and 26 more in September.

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Autumn colour in October

  1. 🇺🇸 Atlanta, United StatesFall colour · 25 Oct – 20 Nov (usually)Atlanta has more tree canopy than any big American city and it turns late, through the first half of November.91climate
  2. 🇺🇸 Memphis, United StatesFall colour · 25 Oct – 20 Nov (usually)Later than most of the Midwest: Overton Park's old-growth forest and the bluffs above the Mississippi turn through the first half of November, well after the fairs have packed up.89climate
  3. 🇺🇸 Charlotte, United StatesBlue Ridge fall colour · 5 Oct – 5 Nov (usually)The mountains two hours west turn through October, high elevations first and the foothills last, and Charlotte's own trees follow in early November.89climate
  4. 🇮🇳 Srinagar, IndiaChinars turning · 20 Oct – 20 Nov (usually)The Mughal gardens and the chinar avenue at Naseem Bagh go red and copper for about a month, and the crowds have gone home by then.88climate
  5. 🇺🇸 Nashville, United StatesFall colour · 20 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)Later than the mountains east of here: Percy and Edwin Warner Parks and Radnor Lake turn through the first week of November, and the Natchez Trace out of town is the drive.87climate
  6. 🇺🇸 Louisville, United StatesAutumn colour in the parks · 10 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)Cherokee and Iroquois — Olmsted's parks, with the old hardwoods to match — turn through the second half of October.87climate
  7. 🇺🇸 Denver, United StatesAspen colour · 15 Sep – 10 Oct (usually)The aspens above 2,700 metres turn in the last fortnight of September and the colour works its way down to the foothills by early October.86climate
  8. 🇺🇸 Sedona, United StatesOak Creek Canyon colour · 15 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)The maples and sycamores in the canyon north of town turn from the top down through late October and into November, so the colour walks downhill towards Sedona over a month.86climate
  9. 🇺🇸 Asheville, United StatesFall foliage · 1 Oct – 5 Nov (usually)Colour drops down the mountain over five weeks: the high Parkway balds first in early October, the city itself in the last week of the month.86climate
  10. 🇺🇸 Washington, United StatesFall colour · 20 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)Rock Creek Park and the Virginia side of the Potomac turn from late October into the second week of November, a fortnight later than the Blue Ridge an hour west.85climate
  11. 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, United StatesFall colour · 18 Oct – 12 Nov (usually)The Wissahickon gorge and Fairmount Park turn from the third week of October into early November, and the city has more park inside its limits than most places have outside them.85climate
  12. 🇯🇵 Beppu, JapanAutumn colour on Mt Tsurumi · 20 Oct – 20 Nov (usually)The colour starts at the ropeway top station in late October and walks down the mountain over about five weeks, reaching the town and the Kannawa baths in the second half of November.84climate
  13. 🇺🇸 St. Louis, United StatesFall colour · 15 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)Forest Park and the Missouri river bluffs turn from mid-October, and the Ozark hills two hours south peak at about the same time.84climate
  14. 🇰🇷 Seoul, South KoreaAutumn colour · 20 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)The mountains that ring the city turn from the top down through late October, and Bukhansan on a Saturday is as busy as any street in Seoul.83climate
  15. 🇰🇷 Gyeongju, South KoreaAutumn colour · 25 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)The gingkos along the tomb park go yellow before the maples at Bulguksa and up at Seokguram turn.83climate
  16. 🇺🇸 Santa Fe, United StatesAspens turning · 25 Sep – 15 Oct (usually)The stands along the ski basin road and up towards Aspen Vista turn in the first week of October, high enough that the town cottonwoods are still green when they go.83climate
  17. 🇺🇸 Kansas City, United StatesFall colour · 10 Oct – 5 Nov (usually)Loose Park, the Plaza and the bluffs along the Missouri turn through the second half of October, and the oaks hold on into November well after the maples have gone.83climate
  18. 🇰🇷 Daegu, South KoreaPalgongsan autumn colour · 20 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)The colour comes down the mountain to Donghwasa and the cable car through the second half of October.83climate
  19. 🇺🇸 Gatlinburg, United StatesFall colour in the Smokies · 25 Sep – 5 Nov (usually)The high ground above four thousand feet turns first in early October and the valleys follow from mid-October into early November.83climate
  20. 🇺🇸 Indianapolis, United StatesFall colour · 10 Oct – 5 Nov (usually)The canal, Holliday Park and the Central Canal towpath turn through the second half of October.82climate
  21. 🇬🇷 Kalabaka, GreeceAutumn colour in the Pindus · 15 Oct – 20 Nov (usually)The oak and beech on the slopes behind the rocks turn through late October, and the coaches have gone.82climate
  22. 🇺🇸 Columbus, United StatesFall colour · 10 Oct – 5 Nov (usually)Central Ohio turns in the third and fourth weeks of October, and the Hocking Hills gorges an hour southeast are where people drive for it.81climate
  23. 🇺🇸 Flagstaff, United StatesAspen colour on the Peaks · 20 Sep – 15 Oct (usually)The stands in the Inner Basin and along Hart Prairie turn gold for about a fortnight, starting high and working down.81climate
  24. 🇨🇳 Beijing, ChinaFragrant Hills red leaves · 15 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)The smoke trees on the hills west of the city turn from around the third week of October; weekend visitor numbers are published and the park caps entry.80climate
  25. 🇺🇸 New York, United StatesFall colour · 20 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)The parks turn two to four weeks later than upstate because the buildings hold the heat, so late October into early November is the window here.80climate

…and 94 more in October.

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Autumn colour in November

  1. 🇯🇵 Osaka, JapanAutumn colour · 15 Nov – 5 Dec (usually)Later and shorter than Kyoto's, in the castle park and the Midosuji ginkgo avenue, and without anything like the crowds an hour up the line.84climate
  2. 🇯🇵 Kobe, JapanAutumn colour at Arima and Rokko · 5 Nov – 5 Dec (usually)It starts on top of Rokko in early November and reaches the Arima valley on the far side about three weeks later.83climate
  3. 🇯🇵 Beppu, JapanAutumn colour on Mt Tsurumi · 20 Oct – 20 Nov (usually)The colour starts at the ropeway top station in late October and walks down the mountain over about five weeks, reaching the town and the Kannawa baths in the second half of November.83climate
  4. 🇯🇵 Nara, JapanAutumn colour · 5 Nov – 5 Dec (usually)Nara Park turns later than Kyoto and takes a fraction of the crowd.80climate
  5. 🇯🇵 Kamakura, JapanAutumn colour · 20 Nov – 10 Dec (usually)Kamakura turns late — usually the last days of November into early December, a fortnight behind the mountains inland.79climate
  6. 🇰🇷 Gyeongju, South KoreaAutumn colour · 25 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)The gingkos along the tomb park go yellow before the maples at Bulguksa and up at Seokguram turn.78climate
  7. 🇨🇳 Chongqing, ChinaWushan red leaves · 10 Nov – 10 Dec (usually)The slopes above the Wu Gorge downriver turn red through late November and the county runs a festival around it, with extra boats from the city.78climate
  8. 🇰🇷 Daegu, South KoreaPalgongsan autumn colour · 20 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)The colour comes down the mountain to Donghwasa and the cable car through the second half of October.78climate
  9. 🇯🇵 Tokyo, JapanAutumn colour · 15 Nov – 10 Dec (usually)The gingkos and maples in the city gardens turn very late, usually peaking around the start of December, weeks after the mountains west of Tokyo.77climate
  10. 🇺🇸 Sedona, United StatesOak Creek Canyon colour · 15 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)The maples and sycamores in the canyon north of town turn from the top down through late October and into November, so the colour walks downhill towards Sedona over a month.77climate
  11. 🇺🇸 Atlanta, United StatesFall colour · 25 Oct – 20 Nov (usually)Atlanta has more tree canopy than any big American city and it turns late, through the first half of November.77climate
  12. 🇨🇳 Suzhou, ChinaRed maples at Tianping · 10 Nov – 5 Dec (usually)Four hundred year old maples on the hill west of the city, peaking very late — the second half of November into December.77climate
  13. 🇺🇸 Napa, United StatesVines turn · 1–30 Nov (usually)Once the fruit is in, the vines go yellow and red through November.76climate
  14. 🇺🇸 Memphis, United StatesFall colour · 25 Oct – 20 Nov (usually)Later than most of the Midwest: Overton Park's old-growth forest and the bluffs above the Mississippi turn through the first half of November, well after the fairs have packed up.76climate
  15. 🇺🇸 Asheville, United StatesFall foliage · 1 Oct – 5 Nov (usually)Colour drops down the mountain over five weeks: the high Parkway balds first in early October, the city itself in the last week of the month.75climate
  16. 🇺🇸 Charlotte, United StatesBlue Ridge fall colour · 5 Oct – 5 Nov (usually)The mountains two hours west turn through October, high elevations first and the foothills last, and Charlotte's own trees follow in early November.75climate
  17. 🇯🇵 Nikko, JapanAutumn colour · 5 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)Chuzenji and the Irohazaka hairpins turn from the top down through October.73climate
  18. 🇺🇸 Nashville, United StatesFall colour · 20 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)Later than the mountains east of here: Percy and Edwin Warner Parks and Radnor Lake turn through the first week of November, and the Natchez Trace out of town is the drive.72climate
  19. 🇯🇵 Matsumoto, JapanAutumn colour · 1 Oct – 5 Nov (usually)Kamikochi and the Norikura road turn first, from the treeline down, usually in the first half of October.72climate
  20. 🇺🇸 Washington, United StatesFall colour · 20 Oct – 15 Nov (usually)Rock Creek Park and the Virginia side of the Potomac turn from late October into the second week of November, a fortnight later than the Blue Ridge an hour west.71climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Philadelphia, United StatesFall colour · 18 Oct – 12 Nov (usually)The Wissahickon gorge and Fairmount Park turn from the third week of October into early November, and the city has more park inside its limits than most places have outside them.71climate
  22. 🇯🇵 Hakone, JapanAutumn colour · 1–30 Nov (usually)Lake Ashi and the Sengokuhara grass turn late, usually the middle of November.71climate
  23. 🇺🇸 Kansas City, United StatesFall colour · 10 Oct – 5 Nov (usually)Loose Park, the Plaza and the bluffs along the Missouri turn through the second half of October, and the oaks hold on into November well after the maples have gone.71climate
  24. 🇰🇷 Seoul, South KoreaAutumn colour · 20 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)The mountains that ring the city turn from the top down through late October, and Bukhansan on a Saturday is as busy as any street in Seoul.70climate
  25. 🇯🇵 Nagano, JapanAutumn colour · 5 Oct – 10 Nov (usually)Colour starts on the Shiga Kogen plateau in early October and works down to Zenkoji and the Togakushi cedars a month later.70climate

…and 49 more in November.

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Autumn colour in December

  1. 🇯🇵 Kamakura, JapanAutumn colour · 20 Nov – 10 Dec (usually)Kamakura turns late — usually the last days of November into early December, a fortnight behind the mountains inland.74climate
  2. 🇯🇵 Osaka, JapanAutumn colour · 15 Nov – 5 Dec (usually)Later and shorter than Kyoto's, in the castle park and the Midosuji ginkgo avenue, and without anything like the crowds an hour up the line.73climate
  3. 🇯🇵 Kobe, JapanAutumn colour at Arima and Rokko · 5 Nov – 5 Dec (usually)It starts on top of Rokko in early November and reaches the Arima valley on the far side about three weeks later.73climate
  4. 🇯🇵 Nara, JapanAutumn colour · 5 Nov – 5 Dec (usually)Nara Park turns later than Kyoto and takes a fraction of the crowd.72climate
  5. 🇯🇵 Tokyo, JapanAutumn colour · 15 Nov – 10 Dec (usually)The gingkos and maples in the city gardens turn very late, usually peaking around the start of December, weeks after the mountains west of Tokyo.69climate
  6. 🇨🇳 Chongqing, ChinaWushan red leaves · 10 Nov – 10 Dec (usually)The slopes above the Wu Gorge downriver turn red through late November and the county runs a festival around it, with extra boats from the city.69climate
  7. 🇨🇳 Suzhou, ChinaRed maples at Tianping · 10 Nov – 5 Dec (usually)Four hundred year old maples on the hill west of the city, peaking very late — the second half of November into December.67climate

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