SeasonMap

Golden Week, month by month around the world

A country on the move; book everything early or go elsewhere.

38 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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When it is on

Number of destinations with golden week on in that month. Windows move a little each year.

Golden Week in April

  1. 🇯🇵 Beppu, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayFour national holidays in a row and the country on the move.85climate
  2. 🇯🇵 Osaka, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayFour national holidays in a row and the entire country on the move.83climate
  3. 🇯🇵 Kumamoto, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayThe week the country drives, and Kumamoto is on the road to Aso and the Kurokawa hot springs.83climate
  4. 🇺🇸 Honolulu, United StatesJapanese Golden Week · 27 Apr – 7 May (usually)Japan's run of public holidays at the turn of April into May fills Waikiki, the outlet buses and the Diamond Head trail the way nothing but Christmas does.82climate
  5. 🇯🇵 Tokyo, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayFour national holidays in a row put the whole country on the move.80climate
  6. 🇯🇵 Kyoto, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayFour national holidays in a row and the whole country travelling.80climate
  7. 🇯🇵 Matsumoto, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayThe first week Kamikochi is properly open, so the Sawando bus terminal queues from six in the morning and the castle keep runs a two-hour wait.78climate
  8. 🇯🇵 Nagano, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayThe alpine roads reopen around now and the whole country drives them.78climate
  9. 🇯🇵 Kanazawa, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayThe shinkansen from Tokyo made Kanazawa a Golden Week destination.76climate
  10. 🇯🇵 Ishigaki, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayThe sea is already warm and every seat to the Yaeyamas is spoken for.75climate
  11. 🇯🇵 Nikko, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayTwo hours from Tokyo, which is the problem.74climate
  12. 🇲🇵 Saipan, Northern Mariana IslandsGolden Week arrivals · 27 Apr – 6 MayJapan's run of public holidays at the turn of April fills the direct flights and the Garapan hotels, and Korean breaks do the same in shorter bursts.72climate
  13. 🇯🇵 Takayama, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayOne of the most-visited small towns in Japan in the week the whole country drives.72climate
  14. 🇲🇴 Macau, MacaoMainland Labour Day break · 29 Apr – 6 MayFive days when the mainland travels and Macau is one of the places it goes.71climate
  15. 🇯🇵 Hakone, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayTokyo's nearest hot-spring valley in the country's busiest travel week.69climate
  16. 🇯🇵 Fujikawaguchiko, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayThe lakeside road becomes a single line of stationary cars.69climate

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Golden Week in May

  1. 🇯🇵 Kanazawa, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayThe shinkansen from Tokyo made Kanazawa a Golden Week destination.88climate
  2. 🇯🇵 Nagano, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayThe alpine roads reopen around now and the whole country drives them.86climate
  3. 🇯🇵 Tokyo, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayFour national holidays in a row put the whole country on the move.85climate
  4. 🇯🇵 Kyoto, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayFour national holidays in a row and the whole country travelling.85climate
  5. 🇯🇵 Matsumoto, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayThe first week Kamikochi is properly open, so the Sawando bus terminal queues from six in the morning and the castle keep runs a two-hour wait.84climate
  6. 🇯🇵 Takayama, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayOne of the most-visited small towns in Japan in the week the whole country drives.83climate
  7. 🇯🇵 Osaka, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayFour national holidays in a row and the entire country on the move.82climate
  8. 🇯🇵 Beppu, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayFour national holidays in a row and the country on the move.82climate
  9. 🇺🇸 Honolulu, United StatesJapanese Golden Week · 27 Apr – 7 May (usually)Japan's run of public holidays at the turn of April into May fills Waikiki, the outlet buses and the Diamond Head trail the way nothing but Christmas does.81climate
  10. 🇨🇳 Shanghai, ChinaMay Day holiday · 1–5 MayThe other national travel week, and in a good-weather month it is worse than October in the centre.79climate
  11. 🇯🇵 Nikko, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayTwo hours from Tokyo, which is the problem.79climate
  12. 🇯🇵 Kumamoto, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayThe week the country drives, and Kumamoto is on the road to Aso and the Kurokawa hot springs.77climate
  13. 🇯🇵 Hakone, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayTokyo's nearest hot-spring valley in the country's busiest travel week.76climate
  14. 🇯🇵 Fujikawaguchiko, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayThe lakeside road becomes a single line of stationary cars.75climate
  15. 🇲🇵 Saipan, Northern Mariana IslandsGolden Week arrivals · 27 Apr – 6 MayJapan's run of public holidays at the turn of April fills the direct flights and the Garapan hotels, and Korean breaks do the same in shorter bursts.68climate
  16. 🇯🇵 Ishigaki, JapanGolden Week · 29 Apr – 5 MayThe sea is already warm and every seat to the Yaeyamas is spoken for.60climate
  17. 🇲🇴 Macau, MacaoMainland Labour Day break · 29 Apr – 6 MayFive days when the mainland travels and Macau is one of the places it goes.57climate

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Golden Week in October

  1. 🇨🇳 Qingdao, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctClear, cool and completely full.86climate
  2. 🇨🇳 Hangzhou, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctWest Lake takes several hundred thousand people a day in this week and the causeways are managed one-way.85climate
  3. 🇨🇳 Guilin, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctThe Li River boats run at capacity and the terrace villages have nowhere left to sleep.85climate
  4. 🇨🇳 Dali, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctThe one week to avoid outright.85climate
  5. 🇨🇳 Pingyao, ChinaNational Day golden week · 1–7 OctOne of the two weeks the whole country travels, and a walled town of one square mile is exactly the wrong shape for it.85climate
  6. 🇨🇳 Shanghai, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctSeven days off nationally, and the Bund, the Yu Garden and Nanjing Road take the whole country at once.84climate
  7. 🇨🇳 Suzhou, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctThe gardens run on daily caps and every one of them sells out for the whole week.84climate
  8. 🇨🇳 Beijing, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctThe whole country travels for a week from 1 October.80climate
  9. 🇨🇳 Kunming, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctThe whole province is booked from this city outward.80climate
  10. 🇨🇳 Yangshuo, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctPerfect weather, impossible logistics.80climate
  11. 🇨🇳 Chengdu, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctSeven days with the whole country travelling.79climate
  12. 🇨🇳 Lijiang, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctPeak weather and peak everything else.76climate
  13. 🇨🇳 Xi'an, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctThe Terracotta Army takes tens of thousands a day in this week and the pits are managed as a one-way loop.75climate
  14. 🇨🇳 Chongqing, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctSeven days off and the whole country moving.75climate
  15. 🇨🇳 Shangri-La, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctThe best week of the mountain year is also the one every domestic tour books.74climate
  16. 🇨🇳 Xiamen, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctThe best weather of the year and the worst crowds.73climate
  17. 🇨🇳 Zhangjiajie, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctThe park reaches its stated capacity and closes ticket sales on the day.69climate
  18. 🇨🇳 Huangshan, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctThe stone stairways move at a shuffle and the summit beds go the day booking opens.67climate
  19. 🇨🇳 Shenzhen, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctThe best weather of the year and the worst week to move.65climate
  20. 🇨🇳 Jinghong, ChinaNational Day golden week · 1–7 OctThe first week of October is one of the two weeks the whole country travels, and the botanical garden and the Wild Elephant Valley are shoulder to shoulder for it.64climate
  21. 🇲🇴 Macau, MacaoNational Day Golden Week · 1–8 OctThe first week of October is the busiest of the Macau year.63climate
  22. 🇨🇳 Sanya, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctA second peak inside the wet season.59climate
  23. 🇨🇳 Jiuzhaigou, ChinaNational Day Golden Week · 1–7 OctThe worst possible week to try this valley: the cap is full, the shuttle buses queue inside the gate, and the road up from Chengdu takes most of a day.56climate

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