SeasonMap

Monsoon, month by month around the world

The wet season proper — heavy, daily, and the reason prices fall.

219 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 monsoon on in that month. Windows move a little each year.

Monsoon in January

  1. 🇨🇱 San Pedro de Atacama, ChileAltiplanic winter · 1 Jan – 15 Mar (usually)Storms build over the altiplano through the southern summer, heaviest in February, and the roads up to El Tatio and the high lagoons are shut for a day or two when they do.95climate
  2. 🇧🇴 Cochabamba, BoliviaThe valley rains · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)Almost all of the valley's rain falls in these months, usually as a heavy afternoon or evening storm rather than all day.85climate
  3. 🇧🇴 La Paz, BoliviaAltiplano rainy season · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Rain and hail arrive most afternoons and the steep streets run as rivers; the worst weeks bring mudslides on the slopes above the city and shut a road or two.81climate
  4. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United StatesWinter rain season · 1 Dec – 15 MarEffectively all of the year's rain falls in this window, in a handful of Pacific storms.80climate
  5. 🇰🇪 Lamu, KenyaKaskazi, the calm season · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)The northeast monsoon: hot, still and humid, with flat water in the channel and a steady breeze for the dhows.75climate
  6. 🇵🇪 Arequipa, PeruAndean rainy season · 1 Jan – 31 Mar (usually)The rain comes as heavy late afternoons rather than all day, and it puts cloud into the Colca in the mornings.74climate
  7. 🇪🇨 Otavalo, EcuadorWet season · 1–28 Jan (usually)23 rainy days and about 204 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.74climate
  8. 🇱🇰 Sigiriya, Sri LankaNortheast (Maha) monsoon · 15 Oct – 15 Jan (usually)The dry zone takes its rain now, in heavy evening bursts rather than all day.74climate
  9. 🇳🇦 Windhoek, NamibiaThe rains · 15 Nov – 10 Apr (usually)Late-afternoon thunderstorms rather than steady rain, and not many of them: the highland turns green for a few weeks and the dry riverbeds run for an hour at a time.73climate
  10. 🇰🇪 Watamu, KenyaKaskazi, the calm season · 1 Jan – 31 MarThe northeast monsoon flattens the lagoon and clears the water over the reef, the easiest and busiest stretch for diving, snorkelling and the marine park's glass-bottomed boats.73climate
  11. 🇰🇪 Mombasa, KenyaKaskazi, the calm season · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)The northeast monsoon: hot, humid and close to windless, with the flattest water and the clearest visibility on the reef.72climate
  12. 🇳🇦 Sossusvlei, NamibiaThe desert rains · 1 Jan – 31 Mar (usually)Rain here is a handful of storms rather than a season, but a big one cuts the Sesriem road, runs the canyon and puts grass on the dune streets within a week.72climate
  13. 🇦🇷 San Salvador de Jujuy, ArgentinaWet season · 1–28 Jan (usually)24 rainy days and about 248 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.72climate
  14. 🇧🇷 Campos do Jordão, BrazilWet season · 1–28 Jan (usually)25 rainy days and about 327 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.71climate
  15. 🇹🇿 Nungwi, TanzaniaKaskazi, the calm season · 1 Dec – 28 Feb (usually)The northeast monsoon brings hot, still weather and the flattest water of the year off the point, the easiest conditions for the dive centres and the busiest stretch on the beach.71climate
  16. 🇧🇷 Brasília, BrazilWet season · 1–28 Jan (usually)21 rainy days and about 204 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.70climate
  17. 🇿🇼 Harare, ZimbabweWet season · 1–28 Jan (usually)21 rainy days and about 236 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.70climate
  18. 🇵🇪 Huaraz, PeruThe wet months · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Cloud sits on the Cordillera Blanca most afternoons, the passes turn to mud and the high roads to the lagoons wash out for days at a time.70climate
  19. 🇨🇴 Palomino, ColombiaWet season · 1–28 Jan (usually)29 rainy days and about 269 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.70climate
  20. 🇵🇪 Cusco, PeruAndean rainy season · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Heavy afternoon rain and low cloud over the ruins, with the mountains greener than at any other point and the trails close to empty.69climate
  21. 🇦🇴 Luanda, AngolaThe rains · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Hot, humid months with heavy storms rather than constant rain.69climate
  22. 🇺🇸 San Francisco, United StatesPacific storm season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The year's rain arrives in a handful of atmospheric rivers rather than as steady drizzle, and the hills go green for it.68climate
  23. 🇵🇪 Puno, PeruWet season · 1–28 Jan (usually)27 rainy days and about 218 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.68climate
  24. 🇪🇨 Baños, EcuadorWet season · 1–28 Jan (usually)30 rainy days and about 279 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.68climate
  25. 🇨🇴 Cali, ColombiaWet season · 1–28 Jan (usually)23 rainy days and about 218 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.68climate

…and 112 more in January.

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Monsoon in February

  1. 🇨🇱 San Pedro de Atacama, ChileAltiplanic winter · 1 Jan – 15 Mar (usually)Storms build over the altiplano through the southern summer, heaviest in February, and the roads up to El Tatio and the high lagoons are shut for a day or two when they do.95climate
  2. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United StatesWinter rain season · 1 Dec – 15 MarEffectively all of the year's rain falls in this window, in a handful of Pacific storms.83climate
  3. 🇧🇴 Cochabamba, BoliviaThe valley rains · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)Almost all of the valley's rain falls in these months, usually as a heavy afternoon or evening storm rather than all day.83climate
  4. 🇧🇴 La Paz, BoliviaAltiplano rainy season · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Rain and hail arrive most afternoons and the steep streets run as rivers; the worst weeks bring mudslides on the slopes above the city and shut a road or two.79climate
  5. 🇪🇨 Cuenca, EcuadorWet season · 1–28 Feb (usually)26 rainy days and about 208 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.77climate
  6. 🇦🇷 San Salvador de Jujuy, ArgentinaWet season · 1–28 Feb (usually)22 rainy days and about 230 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.76climate
  7. 🇧🇷 Campos do Jordão, BrazilWet season · 1–28 Feb (usually)21 rainy days and about 253 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.76climate
  8. 🇺🇸 San Francisco, United StatesPacific storm season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The year's rain arrives in a handful of atmospheric rivers rather than as steady drizzle, and the hills go green for it.75climate
  9. 🇳🇦 Windhoek, NamibiaThe rains · 15 Nov – 10 Apr (usually)Late-afternoon thunderstorms rather than steady rain, and not many of them: the highland turns green for a few weeks and the dry riverbeds run for an hour at a time.75climate
  10. 🇰🇪 Lamu, KenyaKaskazi, the calm season · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)The northeast monsoon: hot, still and humid, with flat water in the channel and a steady breeze for the dhows.75climate
  11. 🇰🇪 Watamu, KenyaKaskazi, the calm season · 1 Jan – 31 MarThe northeast monsoon flattens the lagoon and clears the water over the reef, the easiest and busiest stretch for diving, snorkelling and the marine park's glass-bottomed boats.74climate
  12. 🇱🇰 Trincomalee, Sri LankaNortheast (Maha) monsoon · 1 Nov – 15 Feb (usually)The east coast's wet season, and a real shutdown: whale boats stop, the Pigeon Island crossing is off most days, and the beach hotels at Nilaveli close or drop to a caretaker.73climate
  13. 🇰🇪 Mombasa, KenyaKaskazi, the calm season · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)The northeast monsoon: hot, humid and close to windless, with the flattest water and the clearest visibility on the reef.72climate
  14. 🇳🇦 Sossusvlei, NamibiaThe desert rains · 1 Jan – 31 Mar (usually)Rain here is a handful of storms rather than a season, but a big one cuts the Sesriem road, runs the canyon and puts grass on the dune streets within a week.72climate
  15. 🇲🇾 Perhentian Islands, MalaysiaNortheast monsoon · 15 Oct – 1 Mar (usually)The east coast takes the full weight of it: heavy rain, strong onshore wind and a crossing that is unsafe more days than not.72climate
  16. 🇹🇿 Nungwi, TanzaniaKaskazi, the calm season · 1 Dec – 28 Feb (usually)The northeast monsoon brings hot, still weather and the flattest water of the year off the point, the easiest conditions for the dive centres and the busiest stretch on the beach.72climate
  17. 🇪🇨 Otavalo, EcuadorWet season · 1–28 Feb (usually)23 rainy days and about 235 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.71climate
  18. 🇧🇷 Ilha Grande, BrazilSummer storms and mud · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Afternoon storms come off the Serra do Mar most days, the forest trails turn to mud and the steep ones close after heavy rain.71climate
  19. 🇲🇻 Malé, MaldivesIruvai, the dry monsoon · 1 Dec – 30 AprThe northeast monsoon brings flat water, light wind and the clearest underwater visibility of the year.70climate
  20. 🇵🇪 Arequipa, PeruAndean rainy season · 1 Jan – 31 Mar (usually)The rain comes as heavy late afternoons rather than all day, and it puts cloud into the Colca in the mornings.69climate
  21. 🇮🇩 Lake Toba, IndonesiaWet season on the caldera · 1 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)Afternoon and evening storms roll down the crater walls onto the lake, and the ferry to Samosir gets choppy.69climate
  22. 🇹🇿 Zanzibar, TanzaniaKaskazi, the calm season · 1 Dec – 28 Feb (usually)The northeast monsoon brings hot, still, humid weather and the flattest water of the year: the best diving visibility and the least wind for the dhows.68climate
  23. 🇵🇪 Huaraz, PeruThe wet months · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Cloud sits on the Cordillera Blanca most afternoons, the passes turn to mud and the high roads to the lagoons wash out for days at a time.68climate
  24. 🇸🇨 Praslin, SeychellesThe northwest monsoon · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Hotter, wetter and much calmer: short heavy rain most days, glass-flat mornings, and the seaweed moving round to the north and west beaches instead.68climate
  25. 🇵🇪 Cusco, PeruAndean rainy season · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Heavy afternoon rain and low cloud over the ruins, with the mountains greener than at any other point and the trails close to empty.67climate

…and 81 more in February.

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Monsoon in March

  1. 🇨🇱 San Pedro de Atacama, ChileAltiplanic winter · 1 Jan – 15 Mar (usually)Storms build over the altiplano through the southern summer, heaviest in February, and the roads up to El Tatio and the high lagoons are shut for a day or two when they do.97climate
  2. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United StatesWinter rain season · 1 Dec – 15 MarEffectively all of the year's rain falls in this window, in a handful of Pacific storms.87climate
  3. 🇰🇪 Nairobi, KenyaThe long rains · 15 Mar – 31 May (usually)The heavier of the two wet seasons, arriving as afternoon storms and settling in through April.87climate
  4. 🇧🇴 Cochabamba, BoliviaThe valley rains · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)Almost all of the valley's rain falls in these months, usually as a heavy afternoon or evening storm rather than all day.86climate
  5. 🇳🇦 Windhoek, NamibiaThe rains · 15 Nov – 10 Apr (usually)Late-afternoon thunderstorms rather than steady rain, and not many of them: the highland turns green for a few weeks and the dry riverbeds run for an hour at a time.81climate
  6. 🇧🇴 La Paz, BoliviaAltiplano rainy season · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Rain and hail arrive most afternoons and the steep streets run as rivers; the worst weeks bring mudslides on the slopes above the city and shut a road or two.80climate
  7. 🇷🇼 Kigali, RwandaThe long rains · 1 Mar – 20 May (usually)The heavier of the two wet seasons: an hour of hard rain most afternoons rather than a grey day, and dirt roads outside the city that turn to clay.79climate
  8. 🇺🇸 San Francisco, United StatesPacific storm season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The year's rain arrives in a handful of atmospheric rivers rather than as steady drizzle, and the hills go green for it.76climate
  9. 🇨🇴 Bogotá, ColombiaFirst rainy season · 25 Mar – 31 May (usually)Bogota runs two wet seasons a year rather than one, and this is the heavier of them: clear mornings, a downpour most afternoons, and the hills above the city in cloud.76climate
  10. 🇨🇴 Villa de Leyva, ColombiaWet season · 1–28 Mar (usually)27 rainy days and about 223 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.76climate
  11. 🇲🇾 Perhentian Islands, MalaysiaNortheast monsoon · 15 Oct – 1 Mar (usually)The east coast takes the full weight of it: heavy rain, strong onshore wind and a crossing that is unsafe more days than not.75climate
  12. 🇰🇪 Maasai Mara, KenyaThe long rains · 15 Mar – 31 May (usually)The rains empty the reserve.74climate
  13. 🇦🇷 San Salvador de Jujuy, ArgentinaWet season · 1–28 Mar (usually)25 rainy days and about 269 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.74climate
  14. 🇹🇿 Serengeti, TanzaniaLong rains and green season · 15 Mar – 31 MayIt rarely rains all day, but it rains most days, the black cotton soil softens and the western corridor tracks get difficult.73climate
  15. 🇵🇪 Arequipa, PeruAndean rainy season · 1 Jan – 31 Mar (usually)The rain comes as heavy late afternoons rather than all day, and it puts cloud into the Colca in the mornings.73climate
  16. 🇳🇦 Sossusvlei, NamibiaThe desert rains · 1 Jan – 31 Mar (usually)Rain here is a handful of storms rather than a season, but a big one cuts the Sesriem road, runs the canyon and puts grass on the dune streets within a week.73climate
  17. 🇹🇿 Arusha, TanzaniaThe long rains · 15 Mar – 31 May (usually)The masika rains close a good part of the northern circuit and the town goes quiet with them.72climate
  18. 🇨🇴 Guatapé, ColombiaWet season · 1–28 Mar (usually)27 rainy days and about 265 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.72climate
  19. 🇧🇷 Ilha Grande, BrazilSummer storms and mud · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Afternoon storms come off the Serra do Mar most days, the forest trails turn to mud and the steep ones close after heavy rain.72climate
  20. 🇰🇪 Lamu, KenyaKaskazi, the calm season · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)The northeast monsoon: hot, still and humid, with flat water in the channel and a steady breeze for the dhows.71climate
  21. 🇸🇨 Praslin, SeychellesThe northwest monsoon · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Hotter, wetter and much calmer: short heavy rain most days, glass-flat mornings, and the seaweed moving round to the north and west beaches instead.71climate
  22. 🇵🇪 Cusco, PeruAndean rainy season · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Heavy afternoon rain and low cloud over the ruins, with the mountains greener than at any other point and the trails close to empty.70climate
  23. 🇪🇨 Otavalo, EcuadorWet season · 1–28 Mar (usually)26 rainy days and about 250 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.69climate
  24. 🇹🇿 Moshi, TanzaniaThe long rains · 20 Mar – 31 May (usually)The rains effectively shut the mountain: the forest sections of Machame and Umbwe turn to mud, summit nights come in cloud, and the operators still running trips price them to move.69climate
  25. 🇰🇪 Watamu, KenyaKaskazi, the calm season · 1 Jan – 31 MarThe northeast monsoon flattens the lagoon and clears the water over the reef, the easiest and busiest stretch for diving, snorkelling and the marine park's glass-bottomed boats.69climate

…and 96 more in March.

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Monsoon in April

  1. 🇳🇦 Windhoek, NamibiaThe rains · 15 Nov – 10 Apr (usually)Late-afternoon thunderstorms rather than steady rain, and not many of them: the highland turns green for a few weeks and the dry riverbeds run for an hour at a time.89climate
  2. 🇰🇪 Nairobi, KenyaThe long rains · 15 Mar – 31 May (usually)The heavier of the two wet seasons, arriving as afternoon storms and settling in through April.82climate
  3. 🇧🇹 Punakha, BhutanWet season · 1–28 Apr (usually)27 rainy days and about 234 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.78climate
  4. 🇮🇳 Gangtok, IndiaWet season · 1–28 Apr (usually)25 rainy days and about 248 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.76climate
  5. 🇨🇴 Bogotá, ColombiaFirst rainy season · 25 Mar – 31 May (usually)Bogota runs two wet seasons a year rather than one, and this is the heavier of them: clear mornings, a downpour most afternoons, and the hills above the city in cloud.75climate
  6. 🇷🇼 Kigali, RwandaThe long rains · 1 Mar – 20 May (usually)The heavier of the two wet seasons: an hour of hard rain most afternoons rather than a grey day, and dirt roads outside the city that turn to clay.75climate
  7. 🇳🇦 Etosha National Park, NamibiaThe rains · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The rain scatters the game across the whole park and the gravel roads west of Okaukuejo turn greasy.74climate
  8. 🇦🇷 San Salvador de Jujuy, ArgentinaWet season · 1–28 Apr (usually)21 rainy days and about 240 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.74climate
  9. 🇹🇿 Arusha, TanzaniaThe long rains · 15 Mar – 31 May (usually)The masika rains close a good part of the northern circuit and the town goes quiet with them.73climate
  10. 🇨🇴 Villa de Leyva, ColombiaFirst rainy season · 1 Apr – 31 May (usually)The dry valley greens up for a few weeks and the afternoon storms come over the ridge; it is the quietest stretch of the year and the guest houses discount for it.73climate
  11. 🇱🇰 Nuwara Eliya, Sri LankaWet season · 1–28 Apr (usually)20 rainy days and about 221 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.73climate
  12. 🇰🇪 Maasai Mara, KenyaThe long rains · 15 Mar – 31 May (usually)The rains empty the reserve.72climate
  13. 🇹🇿 Serengeti, TanzaniaLong rains and green season · 15 Mar – 31 MayIt rarely rains all day, but it rains most days, the black cotton soil softens and the western corridor tracks get difficult.72climate
  14. 🇦🇷 Tilcara, ArgentinaWet season · 1–28 Apr (usually)22 rainy days and about 219 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.71climate
  15. 🇼🇸 Savai'i, SamoaWet season · 1–28 Apr (usually)27 rainy days and about 229 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.71climate
  16. 🇹🇼 Hualien, TaiwanWet season · 1–28 Apr (usually)27 rainy days and about 272 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.69climate
  17. 🇹🇿 Moshi, TanzaniaThe long rains · 20 Mar – 31 May (usually)The rains effectively shut the mountain: the forest sections of Machame and Umbwe turn to mud, summit nights come in cloud, and the operators still running trips price them to move.69climate
  18. 🇵🇪 Chachapoyas, PeruWet season · 1–28 Apr (usually)29 rainy days and about 247 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.69climate
  19. 🇫🇯 Taveuni, FijiWet season · 1–28 Apr (usually)21 rainy days and about 222 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.69climate
  20. 🇻🇳 Hội An, VietnamBeach season · 1 Apr – 31 Aug (usually)An Bang and Cua Dai work in the dry half of the year; the northeast monsoon takes the sand and the swimming away from October onwards.68climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Hilo, United StatesWet season · 1–28 Apr (usually)21 rainy days and about 255 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.68climate
  22. 🇸🇴 Mogadishu, SomaliaGu, the main rains · 1 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)The longer of the two wet seasons, and the one the whole country's farming year turns on.68climate
  23. 🇪🇨 Otavalo, EcuadorWet season · 1–28 Apr (usually)26 rainy days and about 259 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.68climate
  24. 🇨🇷 Puerto Viejo, Costa RicaWet season · 1–28 Apr (usually)24 rainy days and about 201 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.67climate
  25. 🇰🇪 Lamu, KenyaThe long rains · 1 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)The kusi arrives with heavy rain and rough water in the channel, and a fair share of the guesthouses and restaurants in Shela close for it.66climate

…and 70 more in April.

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Monsoon in May

  1. 🇰🇪 Nairobi, KenyaThe long rains · 15 Mar – 31 May (usually)The heavier of the two wet seasons, arriving as afternoon storms and settling in through April.88climate
  2. 🇷🇼 Kigali, RwandaThe long rains · 1 Mar – 20 May (usually)The heavier of the two wet seasons: an hour of hard rain most afternoons rather than a grey day, and dirt roads outside the city that turn to clay.85climate
  3. 🇹🇿 Arusha, TanzaniaThe long rains · 15 Mar – 31 May (usually)The masika rains close a good part of the northern circuit and the town goes quiet with them.85climate
  4. 🇲🇽 Mexico City, MexicoAfternoon storm season · 25 May – 10 OctBright mornings, a heavy storm in the late afternoon, and clean air behind it.84climate
  5. 🇨🇳 Kunming, ChinaYunnan rainy season · 20 May – 10 Oct (usually)Nearly all the year's rain lands in these months, usually as a heavy build in the late afternoon.84climate
  6. 🇷🇼 Musanze, RwandaThe long rains · 1 Mar – 20 May (usually)The heavier of Rwanda's two wet seasons turns the volcano trails to thick mud and adds an hour of hard rain most afternoons.81climate
  7. 🇨🇴 Bogotá, ColombiaFirst rainy season · 25 Mar – 31 May (usually)Bogota runs two wet seasons a year rather than one, and this is the heavier of them: clear mornings, a downpour most afternoons, and the hills above the city in cloud.80climate
  8. 🇹🇿 Moshi, TanzaniaThe long rains · 20 Mar – 31 May (usually)The rains effectively shut the mountain: the forest sections of Machame and Umbwe turn to mud, summit nights come in cloud, and the operators still running trips price them to move.80climate
  9. 🇰🇪 Maasai Mara, KenyaThe long rains · 15 Mar – 31 May (usually)The rains empty the reserve.79climate
  10. 🇹🇿 Serengeti, TanzaniaLong rains and green season · 15 Mar – 31 MayIt rarely rains all day, but it rains most days, the black cotton soil softens and the western corridor tracks get difficult.79climate
  11. 🇨🇴 Villa de Leyva, ColombiaFirst rainy season · 1 Apr – 31 May (usually)The dry valley greens up for a few weeks and the afternoon storms come over the ridge; it is the quietest stretch of the year and the guest houses discount for it.76climate
  12. 🇦🇹 Hallstatt, AustriaWet season · 1–28 May (usually)22 rainy days and about 201 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.73climate
  13. 🇹🇿 Ngorongoro, TanzaniaThe long rains · 20 Mar – 20 May (usually)The rim road turns to mud and the descent tracks get awkward.73climate
  14. 🇨🇴 Guatapé, ColombiaFirst rainy season · 1 Apr – 31 May (usually)The heavier of the two wet spells: clear mornings on the reservoir, cloud on the Piedra by two and a downpour after it.73climate
  15. 🇵🇭 Baguio, PhilippinesWet season · 1–28 May (usually)26 rainy days and about 259 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.72climate
  16. 🇯🇵 Kagoshima, JapanTsuyu, the rain season · 30 May – 20 Jul (usually)Southern Kyushu takes the heaviest rainy season in Japan.72climate
  17. 🇧🇹 Paro, BhutanWet season · 1–28 May (usually)29 rainy days and about 240 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.72climate
  18. 🇻🇳 Sapa, VietnamWet season · 1–28 May (usually)25 rainy days and about 203 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.71climate
  19. 🇧🇹 Thimphu, BhutanWet season · 1–28 May (usually)29 rainy days and about 264 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.70climate
  20. 🇸🇴 Mogadishu, SomaliaGu, the main rains · 1 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)The longer of the two wet seasons, and the one the whole country's farming year turns on.68climate
  21. 🇮🇳 Kodaikanal, IndiaWet season · 1–28 May (usually)26 rainy days and about 323 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.68climate
  22. 🇧🇹 Punakha, BhutanWet season · 1–28 May (usually)30 rainy days and about 323 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.68climate
  23. 🇪🇨 Baños, EcuadorWet season · 1–28 May (usually)30 rainy days and about 271 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.67climate
  24. 🇨🇩 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the CongoThe rains · 20 Sep – 20 May (usually)Rain runs most of the year here, in two heavy pushes around November and again in March and April.67climate
  25. 🇮🇳 Gangtok, IndiaWet season · 1–28 May (usually)29 rainy days and about 333 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.67climate

…and 158 more in May.

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Monsoon in June

  1. 🇺🇸 Flagstaff, United StatesSouthwest monsoon · 15 Jun – 30 SepStorms build over the Peaks most afternoons from early July, drop hard for an hour and clear, and the burn scars above town flood downhill when they do.91climate
  2. 🇲🇽 San Miguel de Allende, MexicoRainy season · 1 Jun – 30 SepStorms in the late afternoon and evening, dry mornings, and the hills behind the town green for the only months of the year.83climate
  3. 🇲🇽 Morelia, MexicoSummer rains · 10 Jun – 30 SepRain arrives as an afternoon storm and clears by evening for most of the summer.83climate
  4. 🇰🇷 Incheon, South KoreaJangma, the rain front · 25 Jun – 31 Jul (usually)A few weeks of the summer front, which on this coast means low cloud over the bridges and the island ferries cancelling on short notice.82climate
  5. 🇲🇽 Mexico City, MexicoAfternoon storm season · 25 May – 10 OctBright mornings, a heavy storm in the late afternoon, and clean air behind it.81climate
  6. 🇲🇽 Guanajuato, MexicoRainy season · 15 Jun – 30 SepRain arrives as short heavy afternoon storms rather than all-day weather, and the hills around the city turn green for the only months of the year.81climate
  7. 🇮🇳 Kasol, IndiaMonsoon in the Parvati Valley · 25 Jun – 10 Sep (usually)The single road up from Bhuntar is an active landslide stretch once the rain sets in and gets blocked for days with no detour.80climate
  8. 🇲🇽 Querétaro, MexicoHighland rainy season · 1 Jun – 30 SepRain here arrives as a hard afternoon storm and clears by evening, so mornings stay usable and the semi-desert around the city turns green.80climate
  9. 🇱🇰 Nuwara Eliya, Sri LankaSouthwest monsoon on the hills · 15 May – 15 Sep (usually)The western slopes take the full force of it and the town spends weeks inside cloud rather than under rain.79climate
  10. 🇰🇷 Seoul, South KoreaJangma, the rain front · 25 Jun – 31 Jul (usually)The monsoon front parks over the peninsula for a few weeks and delivers the year's rain in short, very heavy bursts rather than steady drizzle.78climate
  11. 🇺🇸 Albuquerque, United StatesNorth American monsoon · 25 Jun – 20 Sep (usually)From late June the afternoons build thunderheads over the Sandias and drop an hour of hard rain, then clear.78climate
  12. 🇯🇵 Nikko, JapanWet season · 1–28 Jun (usually)22 rainy days and about 217 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.78climate
  13. 🇰🇷 Busan, South KoreaJangma, the rain front · 25 Jun – 31 Jul (usually)The monsoon front sits over the south coast first and hardest, delivering the year's heaviest rain in bursts and taking the beaches out of use for days.77climate
  14. 🇯🇵 Karuizawa, JapanTsuyu and the fog · 10 Jun – 15 Jul (usually)At a thousand metres the rainy season is cloud sitting in the larches rather than downpours.77climate
  15. 🇰🇪 Lamu, KenyaThe long rains · 1 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)The kusi arrives with heavy rain and rough water in the channel, and a fair share of the guesthouses and restaurants in Shela close for it.77climate
  16. 🇰🇪 Mombasa, KenyaThe long rains · 1 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)The real thing on this coast: days of rain, seaweed piled on the beaches and a good share of the south-coast hotels closed for renovation.76climate
  17. 🇰🇷 Gyeongju, South KoreaJangma, the rain front · 25 Jun – 31 Jul (usually)The summer front parks over the south-east for a few weeks.76climate
  18. 🇹🇿 Zanzibar, TanzaniaKusi, the cool monsoon · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)The southern monsoon is dry and breezy with clear water, which makes the middle of the year the island's best conditions and its reliable kitesurfing wind.75climate
  19. 🇮🇳 Ooty, IndiaSouth-west monsoon in the hills · 15 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)The hills go into cloud and the view from Doddabetta disappears for weeks.75climate
  20. 🇨🇳 Dali, ChinaYunnan rainy season · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)Most of the year's rain arrives in these four months, usually as a heavy late-afternoon build over Cangshan rather than all-day drizzle.75climate
  21. 🇰🇷 Jeju, South KoreaJangma, the rain front · 15 Jun – 25 Jul (usually)The monsoon front hits Jeju before the mainland and the island takes more rain than anywhere in Korea.74climate
  22. 🇲🇽 Guadalajara, MexicoEl temporal · 15 Jun – 15 OctThe summer rains arrive as a hard storm most late afternoons, often with hail, and the streets in the low colonias flood for an hour before it drains.74climate
  23. 🇨🇳 Shangri-La, ChinaRainy season · 15 Jun – 20 Sep (usually)The wet months are when the mountain roads fail.74climate
  24. 🇮🇳 Dharamshala, IndiaMonsoon on the Kangra slope · 25 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)One of the wettest corners of India: the Dhauladhar wrings out the cloud directly over the town for ten weeks.74climate
  25. 🇪🇹 Gondar, EthiopiaWet season · 1–28 Jun (usually)24 rainy days and about 252 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.73climate

…and 221 more in June.

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Monsoon in July

  1. 🇲🇳 Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaSummer rains and soft roads · 1 Jul – 25 Aug (usually)Most of the year's rain falls in these weeks as heavy afternoon showers, and the dirt tracks out to the ger camps turn to mud and river crossings rise.90climate
  2. 🇲🇽 San Miguel de Allende, MexicoRainy season · 1 Jun – 30 SepStorms in the late afternoon and evening, dry mornings, and the hills behind the town green for the only months of the year.86climate
  3. 🇺🇸 Santa Fe, United StatesMonsoon storms · 1 Jul – 10 SepStorms build over the Sangre de Cristos most July and August afternoons, drop hard for an hour and leave the light everyone paints here.85climate
  4. 🇲🇽 Mexico City, MexicoAfternoon storm season · 25 May – 10 OctBright mornings, a heavy storm in the late afternoon, and clean air behind it.84climate
  5. 🇲🇽 Oaxaca, MexicoAfternoon storm season · 1 Jun – 30 SepWarm mornings and a heavy storm most late afternoons, which turns the brown valley green within a fortnight.84climate
  6. 🇲🇽 Morelia, MexicoSummer rains · 10 Jun – 30 SepRain arrives as an afternoon storm and clears by evening for most of the summer.84climate
  7. 🇲🇽 Guanajuato, MexicoRainy season · 15 Jun – 30 SepRain arrives as short heavy afternoon storms rather than all-day weather, and the hills around the city turn green for the only months of the year.83climate
  8. 🇺🇸 Flagstaff, United StatesSouthwest monsoon · 15 Jun – 30 SepStorms build over the Peaks most afternoons from early July, drop hard for an hour and clear, and the burn scars above town flood downhill when they do.83climate
  9. 🇲🇽 Querétaro, MexicoHighland rainy season · 1 Jun – 30 SepRain here arrives as a hard afternoon storm and clears by evening, so mornings stay usable and the semi-desert around the city turns green.82climate
  10. 🇦🇹 Hallstatt, AustriaWet season · 1–28 Jul (usually)21 rainy days and about 209 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.81climate
  11. 🇹🇿 Zanzibar, TanzaniaKusi, the cool monsoon · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)The southern monsoon is dry and breezy with clear water, which makes the middle of the year the island's best conditions and its reliable kitesurfing wind.80climate
  12. 🇺🇸 Rocky Mountain National Park, United StatesAfternoon lightning season · 5 Jul – 5 Sep (usually)Storms build over the divide almost every summer afternoon and the tundra is the highest ground for miles with no shelter on it.79climate
  13. 🇩🇪 Füssen, GermanyWet season · 1–28 Jul (usually)20 rainy days and about 242 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.79climate
  14. 🇺🇸 Taos, United StatesMonsoon storms · 1 Jul – 10 SepAfternoon storms build over the Sangre de Cristos most days in July and August, brief and hard, with the cleanest light of the year behind them.78climate
  15. Vaduz, LiechtensteinWet season · 1–28 Jul (usually)21 rainy days and about 222 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.78climate
  16. 🇺🇸 Bryce Canyon National Park, United StatesMonsoon afternoon storms · 10 Jul – 10 Sep (usually)Thunderstorms build over the plateau most summer afternoons and the rim is the highest thing for miles.76climate
  17. 🇺🇸 Telluride, United StatesMonsoon storms · 5 Jul – 5 Sep (usually)Thunderstorms build over the San Juans most summer afternoons, and the exposed ridges and via ferrata above town are no place to be caught.75climate
  18. 🇨🇳 Lhasa, ChinaPlateau summer rains · 1 Jul – 31 Aug (usually)The plateau takes most of its rain in July and August and most of it falls overnight, so the days often stay clear.74climate
  19. 🇱🇰 Nuwara Eliya, Sri LankaSouthwest monsoon on the hills · 15 May – 15 Sep (usually)The western slopes take the full force of it and the town spends weeks inside cloud rather than under rain.74climate
  20. 🇺🇸 Mesa Verde National Park, United StatesSummer monsoon · 5 Jul – 10 Sep (usually)Afternoon thunderstorms build over the mesa most days from early July.73climate
  21. 🇪🇨 Baños, EcuadorWet season · 1–28 Jul (usually)27 rainy days and about 220 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.72climate
  22. 🇲🇽 San Cristóbal de las Casas, MexicoWet season · 1–28 Jul (usually)20 rainy days and about 273 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.72climate
  23. 🇬🇪 Kazbegi, GeorgiaWet season · 1–28 Jul (usually)24 rainy days and about 251 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.72climate
  24. 🇯🇵 Karuizawa, JapanTsuyu and the fog · 10 Jun – 15 Jul (usually)At a thousand metres the rainy season is cloud sitting in the larches rather than downpours.71climate
  25. 🇸🇳 Dakar, SenegalHivernage · 10 Jul – 30 Sep (usually)The short wet season: heavy storms in the evenings rather than all-day rain, humid air off the ocean, and standing water in the Pikine and Guediawaye suburbs for days after a big one.70climate

…and 227 more in July.

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Monsoon in August

  1. 🇺🇸 Santa Fe, United StatesMonsoon storms · 1 Jul – 10 SepStorms build over the Sangre de Cristos most July and August afternoons, drop hard for an hour and leave the light everyone paints here.88climate
  2. 🇺🇸 Flagstaff, United StatesSouthwest monsoon · 15 Jun – 30 SepStorms build over the Peaks most afternoons from early July, drop hard for an hour and clear, and the burn scars above town flood downhill when they do.88climate
  3. 🇲🇳 Ulaanbaatar, MongoliaSummer rains and soft roads · 1 Jul – 25 Aug (usually)Most of the year's rain falls in these weeks as heavy afternoon showers, and the dirt tracks out to the ger camps turn to mud and river crossings rise.87climate
  4. 🇲🇽 San Miguel de Allende, MexicoRainy season · 1 Jun – 30 SepStorms in the late afternoon and evening, dry mornings, and the hills behind the town green for the only months of the year.87climate
  5. 🇲🇽 Guanajuato, MexicoRainy season · 15 Jun – 30 SepRain arrives as short heavy afternoon storms rather than all-day weather, and the hills around the city turn green for the only months of the year.84climate
  6. 🇲🇽 Querétaro, MexicoHighland rainy season · 1 Jun – 30 SepRain here arrives as a hard afternoon storm and clears by evening, so mornings stay usable and the semi-desert around the city turns green.83climate
  7. 🇲🇽 Morelia, MexicoSummer rains · 10 Jun – 30 SepRain arrives as an afternoon storm and clears by evening for most of the summer.83climate
  8. 🇲🇽 Mexico City, MexicoAfternoon storm season · 25 May – 10 OctBright mornings, a heavy storm in the late afternoon, and clean air behind it.82climate
  9. 🇲🇽 Puebla, MexicoWet season · 1–28 Aug (usually)24 rainy days and about 209 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.81climate
  10. 🇺🇸 Taos, United StatesMonsoon storms · 1 Jul – 10 SepAfternoon storms build over the Sangre de Cristos most days in July and August, brief and hard, with the cleanest light of the year behind them.80climate
  11. 🇹🇿 Zanzibar, TanzaniaKusi, the cool monsoon · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)The southern monsoon is dry and breezy with clear water, which makes the middle of the year the island's best conditions and its reliable kitesurfing wind.79climate
  12. 🇲🇽 Oaxaca, MexicoAfternoon storm season · 1 Jun – 30 SepWarm mornings and a heavy storm most late afternoons, which turns the brown valley green within a fortnight.79climate
  13. 🇺🇸 Albuquerque, United StatesNorth American monsoon · 25 Jun – 20 Sep (usually)From late June the afternoons build thunderheads over the Sandias and drop an hour of hard rain, then clear.79climate
  14. 🇺🇸 Bryce Canyon National Park, United StatesMonsoon afternoon storms · 10 Jul – 10 Sep (usually)Thunderstorms build over the plateau most summer afternoons and the rim is the highest thing for miles.78climate
  15. 🇺🇸 Telluride, United StatesMonsoon storms · 5 Jul – 5 Sep (usually)Thunderstorms build over the San Juans most summer afternoons, and the exposed ridges and via ferrata above town are no place to be caught.78climate
  16. 🇪🇷 Asmara, EritreaWet season · 1–28 Aug (usually)28 rainy days and about 234 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.77climate
  17. 🇺🇸 Rocky Mountain National Park, United StatesAfternoon lightning season · 5 Jul – 5 Sep (usually)Storms build over the divide almost every summer afternoon and the tundra is the highest ground for miles with no shelter on it.77climate
  18. 🇺🇸 Mesa Verde National Park, United StatesSummer monsoon · 5 Jul – 10 Sep (usually)Afternoon thunderstorms build over the mesa most days from early July.77climate
  19. 🇨🇳 Lhasa, ChinaPlateau summer rains · 1 Jul – 31 Aug (usually)The plateau takes most of its rain in July and August and most of it falls overnight, so the days often stay clear.77climate
  20. 🇺🇸 Sedona, United StatesNorth American monsoon · 1 Jul – 15 Sep (usually)Storms build over the rim most summer afternoons and break hard over the canyon, then clear into the best light of the year.76climate
  21. 🇱🇰 Nuwara Eliya, Sri LankaSouthwest monsoon on the hills · 15 May – 15 Sep (usually)The western slopes take the full force of it and the town spends weeks inside cloud rather than under rain.74climate
  22. 🇮🇳 Ooty, IndiaSouth-west monsoon in the hills · 15 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)The hills go into cloud and the view from Doddabetta disappears for weeks.73climate
  23. 🇻🇳 Dalat, VietnamWet season · 1–28 Aug (usually)27 rainy days and about 241 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.72climate
  24. 🇨🇻 Praia, Cabo VerdeAs aguas, the rains · 1 Aug – 15 Oct (usually)Cabo Verde's short wet season is a handful of downpours rather than a monsoon, but they are enough to green the interior of Santiago and to send water down the ribeiras in an hour.71climate
  25. 🇲🇽 Guadalajara, MexicoEl temporal · 15 Jun – 15 OctThe summer rains arrive as a hard storm most late afternoons, often with hail, and the streets in the low colonias flood for an hour before it drains.71climate

…and 223 more in August.

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Monsoon in September

  1. 🇺🇸 Flagstaff, United StatesSouthwest monsoon · 15 Jun – 30 SepStorms build over the Peaks most afternoons from early July, drop hard for an hour and clear, and the burn scars above town flood downhill when they do.94climate
  2. 🇺🇸 Santa Fe, United StatesMonsoon storms · 1 Jul – 10 SepStorms build over the Sangre de Cristos most July and August afternoons, drop hard for an hour and leave the light everyone paints here.92climate
  3. 🇲🇽 San Miguel de Allende, MexicoRainy season · 1 Jun – 30 SepStorms in the late afternoon and evening, dry mornings, and the hills behind the town green for the only months of the year.89climate
  4. 🇲🇽 Guanajuato, MexicoRainy season · 15 Jun – 30 SepRain arrives as short heavy afternoon storms rather than all-day weather, and the hills around the city turn green for the only months of the year.87climate
  5. 🇺🇸 Albuquerque, United StatesNorth American monsoon · 25 Jun – 20 Sep (usually)From late June the afternoons build thunderheads over the Sandias and drop an hour of hard rain, then clear.86climate
  6. 🇺🇸 Taos, United StatesMonsoon storms · 1 Jul – 10 SepAfternoon storms build over the Sangre de Cristos most days in July and August, brief and hard, with the cleanest light of the year behind them.84climate
  7. 🇲🇽 Querétaro, MexicoHighland rainy season · 1 Jun – 30 SepRain here arrives as a hard afternoon storm and clears by evening, so mornings stay usable and the semi-desert around the city turns green.84climate
  8. 🇲🇽 Morelia, MexicoSummer rains · 10 Jun – 30 SepRain arrives as an afternoon storm and clears by evening for most of the summer.84climate
  9. 🇺🇸 Sedona, United StatesNorth American monsoon · 1 Jul – 15 Sep (usually)Storms build over the rim most summer afternoons and break hard over the canyon, then clear into the best light of the year.82climate
  10. 🇨🇴 Guatapé, ColombiaSecond rainy season · 15 Sep – 15 Nov (usually)The second wet spell of the year is the wetter one for eastern Antioquia, and the reservoir sits under low cloud for days at a time.82climate
  11. 🇲🇽 Mexico City, MexicoAfternoon storm season · 25 May – 10 OctBright mornings, a heavy storm in the late afternoon, and clean air behind it.81climate
  12. 🇺🇬 Kampala, UgandaThe second rains · 10 Sep – 30 Nov (usually)Storms build over the lake in the afternoon and arrive hard for an hour.81climate
  13. 🇺🇸 Mesa Verde National Park, United StatesSummer monsoon · 5 Jul – 10 Sep (usually)Afternoon thunderstorms build over the mesa most days from early July.81climate
  14. 🇨🇳 Kunming, ChinaYunnan rainy season · 20 May – 10 Oct (usually)Nearly all the year's rain lands in these months, usually as a heavy build in the late afternoon.79climate
  15. 🇹🇿 Zanzibar, TanzaniaKusi, the cool monsoon · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)The southern monsoon is dry and breezy with clear water, which makes the middle of the year the island's best conditions and its reliable kitesurfing wind.78climate
  16. 🇲🇽 Puebla, MexicoWet season · 1–28 Sep (usually)25 rainy days and about 247 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.77climate
  17. 🇮🇳 Shimla, IndiaMonsoon slips on the hill · 1 Jul – 15 Sep (usually)The slopes below the town give way most seasons and the Kalka road loses sections with them; the bad years have taken buildings down.76climate
  18. 🇨🇳 Dali, ChinaYunnan rainy season · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)Most of the year's rain arrives in these four months, usually as a heavy late-afternoon build over Cangshan rather than all-day drizzle.76climate
  19. 🇺🇸 Saguaro National Park, United StatesMonsoon season · 15 Jun – 30 SepFrom the middle of June to the end of September the afternoons build storms over the mountains, and the washes and canyons flash-flood fast enough to catch people out.75climate
  20. 🇨🇩 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the CongoThe rains · 20 Sep – 20 May (usually)Rain runs most of the year here, in two heavy pushes around November and again in March and April.75climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Bryce Canyon National Park, United StatesMonsoon afternoon storms · 10 Jul – 10 Sep (usually)Thunderstorms build over the plateau most summer afternoons and the rim is the highest thing for miles.74climate
  22. 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, IndiaSouthwest monsoon · 1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)The plateau's rain comes in bands rather than downpours and the city stays workable through it, with the parks at their greenest.73climate
  23. 🇲🇽 Oaxaca, MexicoAfternoon storm season · 1 Jun – 30 SepWarm mornings and a heavy storm most late afternoons, which turns the brown valley green within a fortnight.73climate
  24. 🇲🇽 Guadalajara, MexicoEl temporal · 15 Jun – 15 OctThe summer rains arrive as a hard storm most late afternoons, often with hail, and the streets in the low colonias flood for an hour before it drains.73climate
  25. 🇺🇸 Telluride, United StatesMonsoon storms · 5 Jul – 5 Sep (usually)Thunderstorms build over the San Juans most summer afternoons, and the exposed ridges and via ferrata above town are no place to be caught.73climate

…and 209 more in September.

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Monsoon in October

  1. 🇰🇪 Nairobi, KenyaThe short rains · 20 Oct – 15 Dec (usually)Lighter and less reliable than the long rains, usually starting late in October.90climate
  2. 🇲🇽 Mexico City, MexicoAfternoon storm season · 25 May – 10 OctBright mornings, a heavy storm in the late afternoon, and clean air behind it.89climate
  3. 🇲🇽 Guadalajara, MexicoEl temporal · 15 Jun – 15 OctThe summer rains arrive as a hard storm most late afternoons, often with hail, and the streets in the low colonias flood for an hour before it drains.86climate
  4. 🇨🇴 Bogotá, ColombiaSecond rainy season · 1 Oct – 30 Nov (usually)The rains come back for October and November, shorter and colder than the April round, with grey afternoons and the sabana flooding in the worst years.82climate
  5. 🇷🇼 Kigali, RwandaThe short rains · 1 Oct – 30 Nov (usually)A milder second wet season, mostly late-afternoon storms with clear mornings either side.82climate
  6. 🇨🇳 Kunming, ChinaYunnan rainy season · 20 May – 10 Oct (usually)Nearly all the year's rain lands in these months, usually as a heavy build in the late afternoon.80climate
  7. 🇨🇴 Villa de Leyva, ColombiaSecond rainy season · 1 Oct – 30 Nov (usually)The second and wetter of the two rainy spells, with cloud sitting on the hills and the tracks out to the fossil museums turning to mud.80climate
  8. 🇺🇬 Kampala, UgandaThe second rains · 10 Sep – 30 Nov (usually)Storms build over the lake in the afternoon and arrive hard for an hour.79climate
  9. 🇧🇹 Punakha, BhutanWet season · 1–28 Oct (usually)21 rainy days and about 223 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.75climate
  10. 🇸🇴 Mogadishu, SomaliaDeyr, the short rains · 1 Oct – 30 Nov (usually)The second, lighter wet season, between the dusty monsoon and the long dry Jilaal.74climate
  11. 🇪🇨 Baños, EcuadorWet season · 1–28 Oct (usually)29 rainy days and about 241 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.73climate
  12. 🇷🇼 Musanze, RwandaWet season · 1–28 Oct (usually)23 rainy days and about 201 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.73climate
  13. 🇨🇻 Praia, Cabo VerdeAs aguas, the rains · 1 Aug – 15 Oct (usually)Cabo Verde's short wet season is a handful of downpours rather than a monsoon, but they are enough to green the interior of Santiago and to send water down the ribeiras in an hour.72climate
  14. 🇮🇳 Gangtok, IndiaWet season · 1–28 Oct (usually)23 rainy days and about 259 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.72climate
  15. 🇮🇳 Ooty, IndiaWet season · 1–28 Oct (usually)22 rainy days and about 226 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.71climate
  16. 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, IndiaRetreating monsoon downpours · 15 Sep – 15 Nov (usually)The wettest weeks of the Bengaluru year arrive after the main monsoon has gone: short violent evening storms that flood the underpasses and lock the Outer Ring Road solid for hours.70climate
  17. 🇬🇹 Antigua Guatemala, GuatemalaWet season · 1–28 Oct (usually)22 rainy days and about 216 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.68climate
  18. 🇵🇪 Chachapoyas, PeruWet season · 1–28 Oct (usually)28 rainy days and about 264 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.68climate
  19. 🇨🇴 Guatapé, ColombiaSecond rainy season · 15 Sep – 15 Nov (usually)The second wet spell of the year is the wetter one for eastern Antioquia, and the reservoir sits under low cloud for days at a time.68climate
  20. 🇱🇦 Luang Prabang, LaosSouthwest monsoon · 15 May – 15 Oct (usually)Rain in heavy afternoon bursts rather than all day, a brown and high Mekong, green hills, and the lowest room rates of the year.67climate
  21. 🇮🇳 Madikeri, IndiaWet season · 1–28 Oct (usually)22 rainy days and about 254 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.67climate
  22. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong KongDry hiking season · 1 Oct – 31 DecThe northeast monsoon takes the humidity out and the ridges come back into view.65climate
  23. 🇪🇨 Quito, EcuadorAndean rainy season · 1 Oct – 31 May (usually)Quito's rain arrives as a hard couple of hours in the afternoon, heaviest around April, and the streets in the old town run fast.65climate
  24. 🇨🇩 Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the CongoThe rains · 20 Sep – 20 May (usually)Rain runs most of the year here, in two heavy pushes around November and again in March and April.65climate
  25. 🇬🇹 Panajachel, GuatemalaWet season · 1–28 Oct (usually)25 rainy days and about 276 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.65climate

…and 172 more in October.

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Monsoon in November

  1. 🇰🇪 Nairobi, KenyaThe short rains · 20 Oct – 15 Dec (usually)Lighter and less reliable than the long rains, usually starting late in October.88climate
  2. 🇳🇦 Windhoek, NamibiaThe rains · 15 Nov – 10 Apr (usually)Late-afternoon thunderstorms rather than steady rain, and not many of them: the highland turns green for a few weeks and the dry riverbeds run for an hour at a time.82climate
  3. 🇿🇼 Harare, ZimbabweThe rains arrive · 15 Nov – 31 Dec (usually)Afternoon thunderstorms break the heat from about mid-November and the highveld turns green in a fortnight.82climate
  4. 🇺🇸 San Francisco, United StatesPacific storm season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The year's rain arrives in a handful of atmospheric rivers rather than as steady drizzle, and the hills go green for it.80climate
  5. 🇷🇼 Kigali, RwandaThe short rains · 1 Oct – 30 Nov (usually)A milder second wet season, mostly late-afternoon storms with clear mornings either side.80climate
  6. 🇦🇷 San Salvador de Jujuy, ArgentinaWet season · 1–28 Nov (usually)20 rainy days and about 215 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.80climate
  7. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong KongDry hiking season · 1 Oct – 31 DecThe northeast monsoon takes the humidity out and the ridges come back into view.78climate
  8. 🇮🇳 Bengaluru, IndiaRetreating monsoon downpours · 15 Sep – 15 Nov (usually)The wettest weeks of the Bengaluru year arrive after the main monsoon has gone: short violent evening storms that flood the underpasses and lock the Outer Ring Road solid for hours.78climate
  9. 🇨🇴 Bogotá, ColombiaSecond rainy season · 1 Oct – 30 Nov (usually)The rains come back for October and November, shorter and colder than the April round, with grey afternoons and the sabana flooding in the worst years.78climate
  10. 🇹🇿 Moshi, TanzaniaThe short rains · 1 Nov – 15 Dec (usually)Three or four weeks of afternoon rain over the lower forest.78climate
  11. 🇹🇿 Arusha, TanzaniaThe short rains · 1 Nov – 15 Dec (usually)Afternoon storms rather than all-day rain, and the dust settles out of the air.77climate
  12. 🇨🇴 Villa de Leyva, ColombiaSecond rainy season · 1 Oct – 30 Nov (usually)The second and wetter of the two rainy spells, with cloud sitting on the hills and the tracks out to the fossil museums turning to mud.77climate
  13. 🇺🇬 Kampala, UgandaThe second rains · 10 Sep – 30 Nov (usually)Storms build over the lake in the afternoon and arrive hard for an hour.76climate
  14. 🇰🇪 Maasai Mara, KenyaThe short rains · 1 Nov – 10 Dec (usually)Short storms in the afternoon and new grass coming through after the herds have gone south.75climate
  15. 🇹🇿 Serengeti, TanzaniaShort rains · 1 Nov – 15 Dec (usually)A month or so of afternoon showers that green the plains and knock five months of dust out of the air.73climate
  16. 🇻🇳 Dalat, VietnamWet season · 1–28 Nov (usually)21 rainy days and about 228 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.73climate
  17. 🇪🇨 Otavalo, EcuadorWet season · 1–28 Nov (usually)25 rainy days and about 216 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.73climate
  18. 🇼🇸 Savai'i, SamoaWet season · 1–28 Nov (usually)27 rainy days and about 245 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.72climate
  19. 🇧🇷 Brasília, BrazilWet season · 1–28 Nov (usually)23 rainy days and about 203 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.71climate
  20. 🇦🇴 Luanda, AngolaThe rains · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Hot, humid months with heavy storms rather than constant rain.71climate
  21. 🇵🇫 Bora Bora, French PolynesiaWet season · 1–28 Nov (usually)23 rainy days and about 201 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.71climate
  22. 🇸🇴 Mogadishu, SomaliaDeyr, the short rains · 1 Oct – 30 Nov (usually)The second, lighter wet season, between the dusty monsoon and the long dry Jilaal.71climate
  23. 🇪🇨 Baños, EcuadorWet season · 1–28 Nov (usually)29 rainy days and about 267 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.69climate
  24. 🇦🇷 Tilcara, ArgentinaWet season · 1–28 Nov (usually)25 rainy days and about 265 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.69climate
  25. 🇷🇼 Musanze, RwandaWet season · 1–28 Nov (usually)24 rainy days and about 238 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.68climate

…and 134 more in November.

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Monsoon in December

  1. 🇰🇪 Nairobi, KenyaThe short rains · 20 Oct – 15 Dec (usually)Lighter and less reliable than the long rains, usually starting late in October.91climate
  2. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong KongDry hiking season · 1 Oct – 31 DecThe northeast monsoon takes the humidity out and the ridges come back into view.89climate
  3. 🇧🇴 Cochabamba, BoliviaThe valley rains · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)Almost all of the valley's rain falls in these months, usually as a heavy afternoon or evening storm rather than all day.86climate
  4. 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, United StatesWinter rain season · 1 Dec – 15 MarEffectively all of the year's rain falls in this window, in a handful of Pacific storms.81climate
  5. 🇧🇴 La Paz, BoliviaAltiplano rainy season · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Rain and hail arrive most afternoons and the steep streets run as rivers; the worst weeks bring mudslides on the slopes above the city and shut a road or two.81climate
  6. 🇹🇿 Arusha, TanzaniaThe short rains · 1 Nov – 15 Dec (usually)Afternoon storms rather than all-day rain, and the dust settles out of the air.78climate
  7. 🇳🇦 Windhoek, NamibiaThe rains · 15 Nov – 10 Apr (usually)Late-afternoon thunderstorms rather than steady rain, and not many of them: the highland turns green for a few weeks and the dry riverbeds run for an hour at a time.77climate
  8. 🇿🇼 Harare, ZimbabweThe rains arrive · 15 Nov – 31 Dec (usually)Afternoon thunderstorms break the heat from about mid-November and the highveld turns green in a fortnight.77climate
  9. 🇹🇿 Moshi, TanzaniaThe short rains · 1 Nov – 15 Dec (usually)Three or four weeks of afternoon rain over the lower forest.77climate
  10. 🇰🇪 Maasai Mara, KenyaThe short rains · 1 Nov – 10 Dec (usually)Short storms in the afternoon and new grass coming through after the herds have gone south.76climate
  11. 🇸🇿 Mbabane, EswatiniWet season · 1–28 Dec (usually)22 rainy days and about 209 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.76climate
  12. 🇧🇷 Campos do Jordão, BrazilWet season · 1–28 Dec (usually)22 rainy days and about 268 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.75climate
  13. 🇹🇿 Serengeti, TanzaniaShort rains · 1 Nov – 15 Dec (usually)A month or so of afternoon showers that green the plains and knock five months of dust out of the air.74climate
  14. 🇦🇷 San Salvador de Jujuy, ArgentinaWet season · 1–28 Dec (usually)23 rainy days and about 254 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.74climate
  15. 🇵🇪 Huaraz, PeruThe wet months · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Cloud sits on the Cordillera Blanca most afternoons, the passes turn to mud and the high roads to the lagoons wash out for days at a time.73climate
  16. 🇧🇷 Ilha Grande, BrazilSummer storms and mud · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Afternoon storms come off the Serra do Mar most days, the forest trails turn to mud and the steep ones close after heavy rain.73climate
  17. 🇦🇴 Luanda, AngolaThe rains · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Hot, humid months with heavy storms rather than constant rain.72climate
  18. 🇰🇪 Lamu, KenyaKaskazi, the calm season · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)The northeast monsoon: hot, still and humid, with flat water in the channel and a steady breeze for the dhows.72climate
  19. 🇵🇪 Cusco, PeruAndean rainy season · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Heavy afternoon rain and low cloud over the ruins, with the mountains greener than at any other point and the trails close to empty.71climate
  20. 🇷🇼 Musanze, RwandaWet season · 1–28 Dec (usually)25 rainy days and about 225 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.71climate
  21. 🇧🇷 Ouro Preto, BrazilWet season · 1–28 Dec (usually)22 rainy days and about 279 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.69climate
  22. 🇰🇪 Mombasa, KenyaKaskazi, the calm season · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)The northeast monsoon: hot, humid and close to windless, with the flattest water and the clearest visibility on the reef.68climate
  23. 🇺🇸 San Francisco, United StatesPacific storm season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The year's rain arrives in a handful of atmospheric rivers rather than as steady drizzle, and the hills go green for it.67climate
  24. 🇪🇨 Baños, EcuadorWet season · 1–28 Dec (usually)31 rainy days and about 292 mm in the month — the real kind of rainy season, not afternoon showers.67climate
  25. 🇵🇪 Ollantaytambo, PeruSacred Valley rainy season · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)Afternoon rain over the terraces from December, with the valley greener than at any other point and the guest houses half empty.67climate

…and 132 more in December.

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