SeasonMap

Off-season shutdown, month by month around the world

Hotels, ferries and lifts close between seasons; quiet, cheap, and half of it shut.

265 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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Off-season shutdown in January

  1. 🇸🇦 Mecca, Saudi ArabiaThe quiet Umrah months · 15 Oct – 10 Feb (usually)Between the Hajj crowds and Ramadan the mosque is at its emptiest and the walk to it is bearable.90climate
  2. 🇹🇳 Djerba, TunisiaOut of season · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.82climate
  3. 🇵🇹 Tavira, PortugalOut of season · 1 Nov – 28 FebThe mildest corner of mainland Portugal in winter and one of the few Algarve towns that keeps working when the season ends, so the market and the tascas stay open on empty streets.82climate
  4. 🇹🇳 Hammamet, TunisiaResorts shut for the winter · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.82climate
  5. 🇨🇾 Larnaca, CyprusWinter low season · 15 Nov – 15 MarThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.81climate
  6. 🇵🇹 Lagos, PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.80climate
  7. 🇵🇹 Albufeira, PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 Nov – 15 MarMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.80climate
  8. 🇵🇹 Faro, PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.80climate
  9. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceWinter: charters stop · 5 Nov – 31 MarThe resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on.79climate
  10. 🇪🇸 Ibiza, SpainClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AprThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.78climate
  11. 🇪🇸 Marbella, SpainSeafront shuts for winter · 1 Nov – 28 FebMost beach clubs and a good share of Puerto Banus close from November.78climate
  12. 🇪🇸 Tarifa, SpainOut of season on the strait · 1 Nov – 28 FebMost of the beach camps and half the town close, and Atlantic fronts push through with the poniente.78climate
  13. 🇦🇷 Las Leñas, ArgentinaOut of season · 5 Oct – 15 Jun (usually)The place is a single cluster of hotels at 2,240 m with nothing else within 70 km of it, and outside the ski months most of it is shut.77climate
  14. 🇮🇹 Cagliari, ItalyWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 Nov – 20 MarSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.76climate
  15. 🇧🇲 Hamilton, BermudaLow season · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)The cruise ships stop, some resorts close for the winter and rates fall by half.75climate
  16. 🇬🇷 Santorini, GreeceThe island closes · 1 Nov – 20 Mar (usually)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.74climate
  17. 🇵🇹 Sintra, PortugalOut of season on the hill · 15 Nov – 28 FebShorter palace hours, no queue for anything, and a village you can actually walk through.74climate
  18. 🇲🇦 Chefchaouen, MoroccoThe wet, cold months · 1 Dec – 28 Feb (usually)Half the terrace restaurants shut and the guesthouses that stay open are often unheated, which matters more here than the forecast suggests.74climate
  19. 🇵🇹 Ericeira, PortugalWinter: the town shrinks · 1 Nov – 15 MarRentals halve in price and a share of the restaurants close for a month or two, while the surf is at its best.74climate
  20. 🇨🇱 Portillo, ChileClosed out of season · 15 Oct – 10 Jun (usually)There is no summer operation: the hotel shuts, the road is just the road to Mendoza and there is nothing at the lake but the lake.74climate
  21. 🇪🇸 Tossa de Mar, SpainOut of season · 20 Oct – 31 MarAlmost everything closes and the town drops back to a few thousand residents, with the walled old quarter and the coast path to yourself.74climate
  22. 🇬🇷 Rhodes, GreeceResorts shut for winter · 1 Nov – 31 MarOutside Rhodes Town the island closes: hotels boarded, Lindos down to a couple of kitchens, charter flights gone.72climate
  23. 🇮🇹 Olbia, ItalyCosta Smeralda shuts · 15 Oct – 30 AprPorto Cervo and the resort villages close down almost completely and Olbia carries on as an ordinary working port town.72climate
  24. 🇫🇷 Saint-Tropez, FranceThe winter shutdown · 5 Nov – 25 Mar (usually)Most of the restaurants, the beach clubs and a good half of the hotels close from November until around Easter.72climate
  25. 🇪🇸 Menorca, SpainResorts shut for winter · 1 Nov – 31 MarAlmost every coastal resort closes from November and the flight schedule drops to a handful of routes.72climate

…and 131 more in January.

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Off-season shutdown in February

  1. 🇪🇹 Lalibela, EthiopiaAfter the pilgrims leave · 1 Feb – 31 May (usually)Once Timkat is over the town goes quiet until the rains, and the churches are close to empty on a weekday morning.90climate
  2. 🇸🇦 Mecca, Saudi ArabiaThe quiet Umrah months · 15 Oct – 10 Feb (usually)Between the Hajj crowds and Ramadan the mosque is at its emptiest and the walk to it is bearable.87climate
  3. 🇹🇳 Djerba, TunisiaOut of season · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.87climate
  4. 🇵🇹 Tavira, PortugalOut of season · 1 Nov – 28 FebThe mildest corner of mainland Portugal in winter and one of the few Algarve towns that keeps working when the season ends, so the market and the tascas stay open on empty streets.85climate
  5. 🇨🇾 Larnaca, CyprusWinter low season · 15 Nov – 15 MarThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.84climate
  6. 🇵🇹 Albufeira, PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 Nov – 15 MarMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.84climate
  7. 🇹🇳 Hammamet, TunisiaResorts shut for the winter · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.84climate
  8. 🇵🇹 Lagos, PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.83climate
  9. 🇵🇹 Faro, PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.83climate
  10. 🇪🇸 Marbella, SpainSeafront shuts for winter · 1 Nov – 28 FebMost beach clubs and a good share of Puerto Banus close from November.83climate
  11. 🇹🇷 Kaş, TurkeyThe town shuts · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Most pensions and the dive shops close, the Kekova boats stop and the harbour restaurants go down to a handful.83climate
  12. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceWinter: charters stop · 5 Nov – 31 MarThe resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on.82climate
  13. 🇪🇸 Ibiza, SpainClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AprThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.82climate
  14. 🇪🇸 Tarifa, SpainOut of season on the strait · 1 Nov – 28 FebMost of the beach camps and half the town close, and Atlantic fronts push through with the poniente.82climate
  15. 🇮🇹 Cagliari, ItalyWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 Nov – 20 MarSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.81climate
  16. 🇹🇷 Fethiye, TurkeyThe coast shuts · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü close almost completely and the boats come out of the water.81climate
  17. 🇹🇷 Kalkan, TurkeyWinter shutdown · 5 Nov – 25 Mar (usually)A resort built around one summer trade: most of the harbour restaurants, the boat operators and a good share of the hotels close, and the wet months land squarely on the empty ones.81climate
  18. 🇦🇷 Las Leñas, ArgentinaOut of season · 5 Oct – 15 Jun (usually)The place is a single cluster of hotels at 2,240 m with nothing else within 70 km of it, and outside the ski months most of it is shut.80climate
  19. 🇬🇷 Rhodes, GreeceResorts shut for winter · 1 Nov – 31 MarOutside Rhodes Town the island closes: hotels boarded, Lindos down to a couple of kitchens, charter flights gone.80climate
  20. 🇧🇲 Hamilton, BermudaLow season · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)The cruise ships stop, some resorts close for the winter and rates fall by half.80climate
  21. 🇬🇷 Santorini, GreeceThe island closes · 1 Nov – 20 Mar (usually)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.79climate
  22. 🇬🇷 Mykonos, GreeceIsland shuts down · 1 Nov – 31 MarAlmost everything closes from November: beach clubs, most hotels, the majority of Chora's restaurants.79climate
  23. 🇪🇸 Toledo, SpainWinter quiet · 20 Nov – 28 FebCold mornings, frost in the gorge and the fewest visitors of the year, which is the only way to see the Santo Tome Greco or the synagogues without a queue.79climate
  24. 🇹🇷 Bodrum, TurkeyThe peninsula shuts · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The outlying villages close almost completely from November: Gumusluk and Turkbuku go dark and the beach clubs board up.79climate
  25. 🇪🇸 Menorca, SpainResorts shut for winter · 1 Nov – 31 MarAlmost every coastal resort closes from November and the flight schedule drops to a handful of routes.79climate

…and 132 more in February.

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Off-season shutdown in March

  1. 🇹🇳 Djerba, TunisiaOut of season · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.92climate
  2. 🇨🇾 Larnaca, CyprusWinter low season · 15 Nov – 15 MarThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.90climate
  3. 🇪🇹 Lalibela, EthiopiaAfter the pilgrims leave · 1 Feb – 31 May (usually)Once Timkat is over the town goes quiet until the rains, and the churches are close to empty on a weekday morning.89climate
  4. 🇹🇳 Hammamet, TunisiaResorts shut for the winter · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.88climate
  5. 🇹🇷 Kaş, TurkeyThe town shuts · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Most pensions and the dive shops close, the Kekova boats stop and the harbour restaurants go down to a handful.87climate
  6. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceWinter: charters stop · 5 Nov – 31 MarThe resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on.86climate
  7. 🇺🇾 Punta del Este, UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.86climate
  8. 🇪🇸 Ibiza, SpainClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AprThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.86climate
  9. 🇺🇾 Punta del Diablo, UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (usually)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.86climate
  10. 🇬🇷 Rhodes, GreeceResorts shut for winter · 1 Nov – 31 MarOutside Rhodes Town the island closes: hotels boarded, Lindos down to a couple of kitchens, charter flights gone.85climate
  11. 🇬🇷 Mykonos, GreeceIsland shuts down · 1 Nov – 31 MarAlmost everything closes from November: beach clubs, most hotels, the majority of Chora's restaurants.85climate
  12. 🇵🇹 Albufeira, PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 Nov – 15 MarMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.85climate
  13. 🇹🇷 Bodrum, TurkeyThe peninsula shuts · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The outlying villages close almost completely from November: Gumusluk and Turkbuku go dark and the beach clubs board up.85climate
  14. 🇹🇷 Fethiye, TurkeyThe coast shuts · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü close almost completely and the boats come out of the water.85climate
  15. 🇹🇷 Marmaris, TurkeyOut of season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Icmeler and the seafront strip shut almost entirely and the boats come out of the water.85climate
  16. 🇬🇷 Naxos, GreeceOut of season · 1 Nov – 31 MarNaxos farms, so it stays inhabited when its neighbours empty, but the beach hotels and most tavernas shut and the ferry connection thins to a few boats a week.85climate
  17. 🇹🇷 Kalkan, TurkeyWinter shutdown · 5 Nov – 25 Mar (usually)A resort built around one summer trade: most of the harbour restaurants, the boat operators and a good share of the hotels close, and the wet months land squarely on the empty ones.85climate
  18. 🇵🇹 Lagos, PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.84climate
  19. 🇵🇹 Faro, PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.84climate
  20. 🇮🇹 Cagliari, ItalyWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 Nov – 20 MarSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.84climate
  21. 🇬🇷 Santorini, GreeceThe island closes · 1 Nov – 20 Mar (usually)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.83climate
  22. 🇮🇹 Olbia, ItalyCosta Smeralda shuts · 15 Oct – 30 AprPorto Cervo and the resort villages close down almost completely and Olbia carries on as an ordinary working port town.83climate
  23. 🇬🇷 Kos, GreeceWinter shutdown · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe resort strips are shuttered and the island shrinks back to Kos town, where enough stays open for the locals.83climate
  24. 🇪🇸 Menorca, SpainResorts shut for winter · 1 Nov – 31 MarAlmost every coastal resort closes from November and the flight schedule drops to a handful of routes.83climate
  25. 🇬🇷 Paros, GreeceOut of season · 1 Nov – 31 MarNaoussa and the beach hotels close from November and Parikia goes back to being a working port.83climate

…and 107 more in March.

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Off-season shutdown in April

  1. 🇬🇷 Kefalonia, GreeceOut of season · 20 Oct – 15 AprCharter flights stop, the resorts board up and the ferry timetable thins to a couple of sailings a day.91climate
  2. 🇪🇸 Ibiza, SpainClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AprThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.90climate
  3. 🇦🇱 Ksamil, AlbaniaOut of season · 15 Oct – 30 AprAlmost everything on the beach road closes and the village goes back to a few hundred people and a lot of unfinished concrete.90climate
  4. 🇮🇹 Olbia, ItalyCosta Smeralda shuts · 15 Oct – 30 AprPorto Cervo and the resort villages close down almost completely and Olbia carries on as an ordinary working port town.89climate
  5. 🇮🇹 Lecce, ItalyCoast shuts, city stays open · 15 Oct – 15 AprThe lidi and most of the seaside towns close entirely for the winter, but Lecce itself is a university city and carries on.89climate
  6. 🇦🇱 Sarandë, AlbaniaOut of season · 15 Oct – 30 AprMost of the seafront bars and hotels close but the town keeps working, so unlike the villages around it there is still somewhere to eat.88climate
  7. 🇭🇷 Hvar, CroatiaThe island shuts · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)Nearly everything on the waterfront closes and the catamarans drop to a couple of sailings a day, weather permitting.88climate
  8. 🇮🇹 Tropea, ItalyOut of season · 20 Oct – 15 AprAlmost everything aimed at visitors closes from late October until spring, including most restaurants on the corso.88climate
  9. 🇬🇷 Halkidiki, GreeceOut of season · 15 Oct – 25 AprNearly everything on the three peninsulas closes for winter, hotels and beach tavernas alike, and the resorts revert to villages of a few hundred people.86climate
  10. 🇭🇷 Korčula, CroatiaThe island out of season · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The catamarans thin to a sailing or two a day and most of the old town's restaurants shut, though Korcula keeps more life than the smaller islands because people live here.86climate
  11. 🇲🇪 Budva, MontenegroOut of season · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The beach bars come down, the big hotels along the strip close and the old town keeps a few places open for locals.86climate
  12. 🇮🇹 Rimini, ItalyBeach shuts, trade fairs fill · 1 Oct – 30 AprThe seafront closes down but the exhibition centre keeps the city going, and the few weeks hotels are full and dear are the big fairs in November and January rather than anything to do with the sea.85climate
  13. 🇬🇪 Batumi, GeorgiaOut of season · 1 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)The beach bars are gone, a good share of the hotels close and the towers along the front stand empty in the rain.84climate
  14. 🇪🇹 Lalibela, EthiopiaAfter the pilgrims leave · 1 Feb – 31 May (usually)Once Timkat is over the town goes quiet until the rains, and the churches are close to empty on a weekday morning.84climate
  15. 🇷🇴 Mamaia, RomaniaResort shutdown · 20 Sep – 20 May (usually)Mamaia is a purpose-built summer strip and it closes almost completely: hotels shuttered, the cable car stopped, the club terraces stacked and wrapped.84climate
  16. 🇧🇬 Burgas, BulgariaCoast off-season · 10 Oct – 15 May (usually)Burgas is a working port and keeps going, but the beach bars, the Sea Garden kiosks and the resort strips north towards Sunny Beach board up entirely.83climate
  17. 🇧🇬 Sunny Beach, BulgariaThe winter shutdown · 10 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)By the middle of October the loungers are stacked and the strip is boarded up for the winter.83climate
  18. 🇺🇾 Punta del Este, UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.82climate
  19. 🇧🇬 Varna, BulgariaResort strip shuts · 10 Oct – 10 May (usually)Varna itself is a year-round city with a university and a port, but Golden Sands and St Konstantin up the coast close almost entirely — shuttered blocks, no buses to speak of, nothing open on the front.82climate
  20. 🇭🇺 Lake Balaton, HungaryShore shutdown · 20 Sep – 15 May (usually)The south shore in particular is a seasonal town strip: guesthouses, langos stands and half the restaurants close from about late September and do not reopen until May.81climate
  21. 🇺🇾 Punta del Diablo, UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (usually)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.81climate
  22. 🇺🇸 Boulder, United StatesHeavy spring snow · 1 Mar – 30 Apr (usually)March and April are the snowiest months on the Front Range, and it arrives as wet upslope storms that take down trees and shut the airport for a day.80climate
  23. 🇲🇰 Ohrid, North MacedoniaOut of season · 1 Nov – 15 AprMost of the lakefront restaurants and the boat operators shut and the town goes back to its own eight thousand people.79climate
  24. 🇨🇳 Harbin, ChinaThe thaw · 5 Mar – 25 Apr (usually)The ice attractions are demolished before they melt into hazards, the river breaks up, and nothing has greened yet.78climate
  25. 🇷🇺 Kislovodsk, RussiaOff-season sanatorium rates · 1 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)Outside the June-to-September rush, accommodation in Kislovodsk's sanatoriums and hotels typically runs thirty to forty percent cheaper, and the resort park and colonnade are far quieter.78climate

…and 73 more in April.

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Off-season shutdown in May

  1. 🇷🇴 Mamaia, RomaniaResort shutdown · 20 Sep – 20 May (usually)Mamaia is a purpose-built summer strip and it closes almost completely: hotels shuttered, the cable car stopped, the club terraces stacked and wrapped.92climate
  2. 🇧🇬 Burgas, BulgariaCoast off-season · 10 Oct – 15 May (usually)Burgas is a working port and keeps going, but the beach bars, the Sea Garden kiosks and the resort strips north towards Sunny Beach board up entirely.91climate
  3. 🇧🇬 Varna, BulgariaResort strip shuts · 10 Oct – 10 May (usually)Varna itself is a year-round city with a university and a port, but Golden Sands and St Konstantin up the coast close almost entirely — shuttered blocks, no buses to speak of, nothing open on the front.90climate
  4. 🇭🇺 Lake Balaton, HungaryShore shutdown · 20 Sep – 15 May (usually)The south shore in particular is a seasonal town strip: guesthouses, langos stands and half the restaurants close from about late September and do not reopen until May.88climate
  5. 🇺🇸 Burlington, United StatesMud season · 1 Apr – 25 MayThe high trails in the Greens are closed by the Green Mountain Club until the ground firms up, usually around Memorial Day, and walking them early wrecks them.86climate
  6. 🇨🇱 Viña del Mar, ChileOut of season · 1 May – 31 AugThe beach concessions come down, a fair share of the seafront restaurants close and the town runs on its own residents and the university.82climate
  7. 🇨🇱 Hanga Roa, ChileWinter low season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.81climate
  8. 🇪🇹 Lalibela, EthiopiaAfter the pilgrims leave · 1 Feb – 31 May (usually)Once Timkat is over the town goes quiet until the rains, and the churches are close to empty on a weekday morning.80climate
  9. 🇺🇾 Punta del Este, UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.80climate
  10. 🇺🇾 Punta del Diablo, UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (usually)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.80climate
  11. 🇦🇹 Innsbruck, AustriaBetween-seasons shutdown · 20 Apr – 25 May (usually)Between the last ski day and the first walking one the lifts stop, the huts are shut and a good share of the hotels close for maintenance.79climate
  12. 🇰🇬 Cholpon-Ata, KyrgyzstanOut of season on the shore · 1 Oct – 20 May (usually)The town slows the moment autumn arrives and most of the hotels and restaurants close until the following summer.79climate
  13. 🇧🇷 Trancoso, BrazilLow season on the Quadrado · 1 May – 30 Jun (usually)Between the summer and the July holidays a good share of the restaurants on the square close and the village goes back to a few hundred people.77climate
  14. 🇦🇷 Mar del Plata, ArgentinaWinter shutdown · 1 May – 31 Aug (usually)Beach clubs come down, the summer theatres go dark and a good part of the seafront closes; what is left is a working port city with cheap rooms and an empty rambla.77climate
  15. 🇰🇷 Pyeongchang, South KoreaBetween the seasons · 10 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)The lifts stop, the Olympic valley goes quiet and a lot of the resort restaurants shut until the summer trade.76climate
  16. 🇬🇲 Kololi, GambiaOut of season on the strip · 15 May – 15 Oct (usually)When the charters stop, a good share of the hotels, restaurants and excursion desks close with them.76climate
  17. 🇺🇸 Bozeman, United StatesMud season and the bears waking · 25 Mar – 20 May (usually)The lifts shut, the valley trails turn to mud and the grizzlies come out of the dens onto the same low ground.75climate
  18. 🇺🇸 Mackinac Island, United StatesGrand Hotel's season · 1 May – 31 Oct (usually)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.75climate
  19. 🇨🇦 Revelstoke, CanadaShoulder season · 20 Apr – 1 Jun (usually)Between the lifts stopping and the mountain roads drying out, the town goes quiet and a good part of it closes for a few weeks.73climate
  20. 🇯🇵 Nozawa Onsen, JapanBetween the seasons · 10 May – 30 Jun (usually)Lifts stopped and a good share of the inns and restaurants closed until the summer.72climate
  21. 🇯🇵 Niseko, JapanBetween the seasons · 10 May – 20 Jun (usually)Lifts stopped, snow going, and most of the restaurants and rental shops closed until the summer staff arrive.71climate
  22. 🇺🇸 Voyageurs National Park, United StatesSpring ice-out shoulder · 11 Mar – 5 May (usually)The ice roads close well before the lakes are open to boats — Kabetogama's ice-out averages 28 April, Rainy Lake's 3 May — so for six or seven weeks the park is reachable only from the handful of shore trailheads.69climate
  23. 🇧🇬 Bansko, BulgariaBetween-seasons shutdown · 20 Apr – 10 Jun (usually)Late April to early June is the dead spell: the lifts have stopped, the high trails are still under snow and a good share of the hotels and mehanas take their break.69climate
  24. 🇪🇸 Sierra Nevada, SpainResort closed between seasons · 5 May – 15 JunBetween the lifts shutting and the summer opening, Pradollano is a shuttered village of empty apartment blocks.69climate
  25. 🇺🇸 Whitefish, United StatesMud season · 10 Apr – 25 MayBetween the lifts stopping and Glacier's high road opening, the trails are soft and half the town takes its holiday.69climate

…and 63 more in May.

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Off-season shutdown in June

  1. 🇨🇱 Hanga Roa, ChileWinter low season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.86climate
  2. 🇺🇸 Mackinac Island, United StatesGrand Hotel's season · 1 May – 31 Oct (usually)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.83climate
  3. 🇧🇷 Trancoso, BrazilLow season on the Quadrado · 1 May – 30 Jun (usually)Between the summer and the July holidays a good share of the restaurants on the square close and the village goes back to a few hundred people.81climate
  4. 🇦🇺 Lord Howe Island, AustraliaWinter, half the island shut · 1 Jun – 31 AugLodges and restaurants take their own break through the coldest months and some close outright; the diving drops off with the water temperature and the birds on the mountain take over.80climate
  5. 🇪🇸 Sierra Nevada, SpainResort closed between seasons · 5 May – 15 JunBetween the lifts shutting and the summer opening, Pradollano is a shuttered village of empty apartment blocks.79climate
  6. 🇨🇦 Revelstoke, CanadaShoulder season · 20 Apr – 1 Jun (usually)Between the lifts stopping and the mountain roads drying out, the town goes quiet and a good part of it closes for a few weeks.78climate
  7. 🇷🇺 Sheregesh, RussiaOut of season · 10 May – 5 Nov (usually)Half the year the lifts are stopped and the village is a mining settlement in the taiga with a lot of empty hotel beds.78climate
  8. 🇺🇾 Colonia del Sacramento, UruguayWinter quiet · 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)Several of the restaurants in the historic quarter open only at weekends through the winter and the streets are close to empty on a weekday.78climate
  9. 🇯🇵 Niseko, JapanBetween the seasons · 10 May – 20 Jun (usually)Lifts stopped, snow going, and most of the restaurants and rental shops closed until the summer staff arrive.76climate
  10. 🇺🇸 Breckenridge, United StatesSpring mud season · 25 Apr – 5 JunThe lifts stop and half of Main Street shuts for six weeks while the trails are still under snow or under mud.76climate
  11. 🇧🇬 Bansko, BulgariaBetween-seasons shutdown · 20 Apr – 10 Jun (usually)Late April to early June is the dead spell: the lifts have stopped, the high trails are still under snow and a good share of the hotels and mehanas take their break.76climate
  12. 🇺🇾 Montevideo, UruguayWinter on the rambla · 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)Damp, grey and windy off the river, with the beaches empty and the city entirely its own.75climate
  13. 🇺🇾 Punta del Este, UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.75climate
  14. 🇺🇾 Punta del Diablo, UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (usually)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.75climate
  15. 🇧🇷 Morro de São Paulo, BrazilWinter quiet and rough crossings · 1 May – 31 Aug (usually)May to August is the wet half of the year, and swell in the bay regularly moves the fast boats from Salvador onto the longer road-and-river route.75climate
  16. 🇰🇪 Diani Beach, KenyaLow season on the south coast · 15 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)The long rains empty the south coast.74climate
  17. 🇦🇺 Kangaroo Island, AustraliaQuiet winter, shorter hours · 1 Jun – 31 AugWinter is the island at its emptiest: some tours and cellar doors drop to weekends or shut altogether, and the ferry runs with space on it.73climate
  18. 🇳🇿 Paihia, New ZealandQuiet, wet winter · 1 Jun – 31 AugWinter in the Bay is mild and wet, the cruise ships stop coming and a good share of the waterfront operators shorten their hours.73climate
  19. 🇦🇷 Mar del Plata, ArgentinaWinter shutdown · 1 May – 31 Aug (usually)Beach clubs come down, the summer theatres go dark and a good part of the seafront closes; what is left is a working port city with cheap rooms and an empty rambla.73climate
  20. 🇨🇱 Viña del Mar, ChileOut of season · 1 May – 31 AugThe beach concessions come down, a fair share of the seafront restaurants close and the town runs on its own residents and the university.72climate
  21. 🇨🇭 Engelberg, SwitzerlandBetween-seasons shutdown · 20 Apr – 5 Jun (usually)Between the last ski day and the first walking one much of the village closes: hotels take their break, the smaller lifts stop and the restaurants that stay open are the hotel ones.72climate
  22. 🇳🇴 Hemsedal, NorwayBetween the seasons · 5 May – 18 Jun (usually)Once the lifts stop in May the village shuts down until the summer trails dry out: half the restaurants closed, the high road still patchy with snow.72climate
  23. 🇰🇷 Pyeongchang, South KoreaBetween the seasons · 10 Apr – 15 Jun (usually)The lifts stop, the Olympic valley goes quiet and a lot of the resort restaurants shut until the summer trade.72climate
  24. 🇿🇦 Stellenbosch, South AfricaWet winter, quiet cellars · 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)Rain arrives in fronts of two or three days with cold clear weather in between, and the estates lean into it: fireplaces, soup and cheap midweek tastings.72climate
  25. 🇦🇹 Ischgl, AustriaBetween-seasons shutdown · 5 May – 20 Jun (usually)From the closing concert to midsummer almost everything shuts: lifts, most hotels and the restaurants.71climate

…and 41 more in June.

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Off-season shutdown in July

  1. 🇩🇪 Dresden, GermanySemperoper summer break · 10 Jul – 31 Aug (usually)The opera house stops performing for about seven weeks in high summer and switches to guided tours only.93climate
  2. 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, DenmarkThe Danish July · 5 Jul – 1 Aug (usually)Danes take their holiday in one block, and a good share of the small restaurants, bakeries and galleries simply close for three weeks.89climate
  3. 🇺🇸 Mackinac Island, United StatesGrand Hotel's season · 1 May – 31 Oct (usually)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.89climate
  4. 🇨🇱 Hanga Roa, ChileWinter low season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.85climate
  5. 🇧🇷 Morro de São Paulo, BrazilWinter quiet and rough crossings · 1 May – 31 Aug (usually)May to August is the wet half of the year, and swell in the bay regularly moves the fast boats from Salvador onto the longer road-and-river route.78climate
  6. 🇦🇺 Lord Howe Island, AustraliaWinter, half the island shut · 1 Jun – 31 AugLodges and restaurants take their own break through the coldest months and some close outright; the diving drops off with the water temperature and the birds on the mountain take over.78climate
  7. 🇨🇱 Viña del Mar, ChileOut of season · 1 May – 31 AugThe beach concessions come down, a fair share of the seafront restaurants close and the town runs on its own residents and the university.75climate
  8. 🇷🇺 Sheregesh, RussiaOut of season · 10 May – 5 Nov (usually)Half the year the lifts are stopped and the village is a mining settlement in the taiga with a lot of empty hotel beds.75climate
  9. 🇺🇾 Colonia del Sacramento, UruguayWinter quiet · 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)Several of the restaurants in the historic quarter open only at weekends through the winter and the streets are close to empty on a weekday.75climate
  10. 🇺🇾 Punta del Diablo, UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (usually)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.73climate
  11. 🇺🇾 Montevideo, UruguayWinter on the rambla · 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)Damp, grey and windy off the river, with the beaches empty and the city entirely its own.72climate
  12. 🇺🇾 Punta del Este, UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.72climate
  13. 🇦🇺 Kangaroo Island, AustraliaQuiet winter, shorter hours · 1 Jun – 31 AugWinter is the island at its emptiest: some tours and cellar doors drop to weekends or shut altogether, and the ferry runs with space on it.72climate
  14. The Bottom, SabaQuiet season · 1 Jul – 30 Nov (usually)Everything on Saba arrives by boat and every restaurant is small, so through the wetter, hurricane-season half of the year fewer of them open each night and the ones that do fill quickly.72climate
  15. 🇲🇪 Podgorica, MontenegroThe city empties · 15 Jul – 25 AugAugust is the capital's dead month: half the cafes closed, the ministries on leave and the population somewhere on the Adriatic.71climate
  16. 🇿🇦 Stellenbosch, South AfricaWet winter, quiet cellars · 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)Rain arrives in fronts of two or three days with cold clear weather in between, and the estates lean into it: fireplaces, soup and cheap midweek tastings.71climate
  17. 🇳🇿 Paihia, New ZealandQuiet, wet winter · 1 Jun – 31 AugWinter in the Bay is mild and wet, the cruise ships stop coming and a good share of the waterfront operators shorten their hours.71climate
  18. 🇦🇷 Mar del Plata, ArgentinaWinter shutdown · 1 May – 31 Aug (usually)Beach clubs come down, the summer theatres go dark and a good part of the seafront closes; what is left is a working port city with cheap rooms and an empty rambla.70climate
  19. 🇱🇰 Bentota, Sri LankaOff-season on the strip · 15 May – 15 Sep (usually)The sea gets rough and brown, the jet-ski and banana-boat outfits mostly stop, and a good share of the beach restaurants close for repairs.61climate
  20. 🇮🇳 Varkala, IndiaCliff shuts for the monsoon · 25 May – 15 Sep (usually)Most of the North Cliff strip boards up for the season and the laterite edge loses another metre or two to the rain.59climate
  21. 🇬🇲 Kololi, GambiaOut of season on the strip · 15 May – 15 Oct (usually)When the charters stop, a good share of the hotels, restaurants and excursion desks close with them.58climate
  22. 🇹🇭 Ko Lanta, ThailandLow-season shutdown · 15 May – 15 Oct (usually)Most of the south of the island closes, the speedboats stop and the west-coast swell takes the sand.55climate
  23. 🇺🇸 Everglades National Park, United StatesSummer service reductions · 1 May – 31 OctRanger programmes are cut back, boat and tram schedules thin out and some visitor centre hours shorten through the wet season.53climate
  24. 🇨🇱 Castro, ChileWinter shutdown · 1 May – 15 Sep (usually)The rain is near-constant from May, the excursion boats stop and a fair share of the waterfront closes.53climate
  25. 🇨🇱 Puerto Varas, ChileWet winter, quiet town · 1 May – 31 Aug (usually)Rain settles in for months, the volcanoes disappear behind cloud for days at a time, and the tour desks on the waterfront work reduced hours or shut.50climate

…and 12 more in July.

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Off-season shutdown in August

  1. 🇺🇸 Mackinac Island, United StatesGrand Hotel's season · 1 May – 31 Oct (usually)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.91climate
  2. 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, DenmarkThe Danish July · 5 Jul – 1 Aug (usually)Danes take their holiday in one block, and a good share of the small restaurants, bakeries and galleries simply close for three weeks.88climate
  3. 🇩🇪 Dresden, GermanySemperoper summer break · 10 Jul – 31 Aug (usually)The opera house stops performing for about seven weeks in high summer and switches to guided tours only.88climate
  4. 🇨🇱 Hanga Roa, ChileWinter low season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.86climate
  5. 🇦🇺 Lord Howe Island, AustraliaWinter, half the island shut · 1 Jun – 31 AugLodges and restaurants take their own break through the coldest months and some close outright; the diving drops off with the water temperature and the birds on the mountain take over.83climate
  6. 🇨🇱 Viña del Mar, ChileOut of season · 1 May – 31 AugThe beach concessions come down, a fair share of the seafront restaurants close and the town runs on its own residents and the university.80climate
  7. 🇺🇾 Colonia del Sacramento, UruguayWinter quiet · 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)Several of the restaurants in the historic quarter open only at weekends through the winter and the streets are close to empty on a weekday.80climate
  8. 🇧🇷 Morro de São Paulo, BrazilWinter quiet and rough crossings · 1 May – 31 Aug (usually)May to August is the wet half of the year, and swell in the bay regularly moves the fast boats from Salvador onto the longer road-and-river route.79climate
  9. 🇺🇾 Montevideo, UruguayWinter on the rambla · 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)Damp, grey and windy off the river, with the beaches empty and the city entirely its own.77climate
  10. 🇺🇾 Punta del Este, UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.77climate
  11. 🇿🇦 Stellenbosch, South AfricaWet winter, quiet cellars · 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)Rain arrives in fronts of two or three days with cold clear weather in between, and the estates lean into it: fireplaces, soup and cheap midweek tastings.77climate
  12. 🇦🇺 Kangaroo Island, AustraliaQuiet winter, shorter hours · 1 Jun – 31 AugWinter is the island at its emptiest: some tours and cellar doors drop to weekends or shut altogether, and the ferry runs with space on it.76climate
  13. 🇳🇿 Paihia, New ZealandQuiet, wet winter · 1 Jun – 31 AugWinter in the Bay is mild and wet, the cruise ships stop coming and a good share of the waterfront operators shorten their hours.76climate
  14. 🇦🇷 Mar del Plata, ArgentinaWinter shutdown · 1 May – 31 Aug (usually)Beach clubs come down, the summer theatres go dark and a good part of the seafront closes; what is left is a working port city with cheap rooms and an empty rambla.76climate
  15. 🇺🇾 Punta del Diablo, UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (usually)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.76climate
  16. 🇷🇺 Sheregesh, RussiaOut of season · 10 May – 5 Nov (usually)Half the year the lifts are stopped and the village is a mining settlement in the taiga with a lot of empty hotel beds.73climate
  17. The Bottom, SabaQuiet season · 1 Jul – 30 Nov (usually)Everything on Saba arrives by boat and every restaurant is small, so through the wetter, hurricane-season half of the year fewer of them open each night and the ones that do fill quickly.71climate
  18. 🇺🇸 Washington, United StatesAugust recess · 1 Aug – 5 SepCongress goes home, the lobbying and lawyer city empties with it, and downtown restaurants that live on expense accounts run their quiet weeks.70climate
  19. 🇲🇪 Podgorica, MontenegroThe city empties · 15 Jul – 25 AugAugust is the capital's dead month: half the cafes closed, the ministries on leave and the population somewhere on the Adriatic.70climate
  20. The Valley, AnguillaOff-season hotel closures · 16 Aug – 15 Oct (usually)Several of the island's biggest names close for repairs and staff leave between mid-August and mid-October, Cap Juluca and the Four Seasons among them.64climate
  21. 🇮🇳 Varkala, IndiaCliff shuts for the monsoon · 25 May – 15 Sep (usually)Most of the North Cliff strip boards up for the season and the laterite edge loses another metre or two to the rain.60climate
  22. 🇱🇰 Bentota, Sri LankaOff-season on the strip · 15 May – 15 Sep (usually)The sea gets rough and brown, the jet-ski and banana-boat outfits mostly stop, and a good share of the beach restaurants close for repairs.60climate
  23. 🇺🇸 Gates of the Arctic National Park, United StatesFreeze-up · 15 Aug – 10 Oct (usually)Frosts start in mid-August, the first snows dust the slopes by late August, and the rivers are shutting between mid-September and early October.58climate
  24. 🇦🇷 El Calafate, ArgentinaWinter shutdown · 1 May – 31 Aug (usually)Half the hotels and most of the excursion desks close, the boats drop to a short timetable and the glacier walkways can be iced over.56climate
  25. 🇨🇱 Castro, ChileWinter shutdown · 1 May – 15 Sep (usually)The rain is near-constant from May, the excursion boats stop and a fair share of the waterfront closes.56climate

…and 15 more in August.

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Off-season shutdown in September

  1. 🇷🇴 Mamaia, RomaniaResort shutdown · 20 Sep – 20 May (usually)Mamaia is a purpose-built summer strip and it closes almost completely: hotels shuttered, the cable car stopped, the club terraces stacked and wrapped.93climate
  2. 🇭🇺 Lake Balaton, HungaryShore shutdown · 20 Sep – 15 May (usually)The south shore in particular is a seasonal town strip: guesthouses, langos stands and half the restaurants close from about late September and do not reopen until May.91climate
  3. 🇨🇱 Hanga Roa, ChileWinter low season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The southern winter is the island's wettest and quietest stretch: fewer flights, cheaper rooms, and the ahu to yourself except for the tour groups off the one plane that landed.90climate
  4. 🇫🇷 Lille, FranceThe lull before the market · 15 Sep – 15 NovBetween the Braderie and the Christmas market the city is students, rain and cheap rooms.86climate
  5. 🇺🇸 Mackinac Island, United StatesGrand Hotel's season · 1 May – 31 Oct (usually)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.86climate
  6. 🇺🇾 Punta del Este, UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.81climate
  7. 🇪🇸 Ibiza, SpainClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AprThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.80climate
  8. 🇺🇸 Washington, United StatesAugust recess · 1 Aug – 5 SepCongress goes home, the lobbying and lawyer city empties with it, and downtown restaurants that live on expense accounts run their quiet weeks.80climate
  9. 🇺🇾 Punta del Diablo, UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (usually)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.79climate
  10. The Bottom, SabaQuiet season · 1 Jul – 30 Nov (usually)Everything on Saba arrives by boat and every restaurant is small, so through the wetter, hurricane-season half of the year fewer of them open each night and the ones that do fill quickly.67climate
  11. 🇮🇹 Livigno, ItalyBetween seasons · 25 Sep – 20 NovLifts stop, most hotels close and half the shops with them.65climate
  12. 🇨🇱 Castro, ChileWinter shutdown · 1 May – 15 Sep (usually)The rain is near-constant from May, the excursion boats stop and a fair share of the waterfront closes.65climate
  13. 🇮🇳 Varkala, IndiaCliff shuts for the monsoon · 25 May – 15 Sep (usually)Most of the North Cliff strip boards up for the season and the laterite edge loses another metre or two to the rain.64climate
  14. Gustavia, Saint BarthélemyAutumn shutdown · 1 Sep – 31 OctSeptember and October are when the villas, the hotels and most of the good restaurants close for their annual break and the staff go home.64climate
  15. 🇷🇺 Sheregesh, RussiaOut of season · 10 May – 5 Nov (usually)Half the year the lifts are stopped and the village is a mining settlement in the taiga with a lot of empty hotel beds.63climate
  16. The Valley, AnguillaOff-season hotel closures · 16 Aug – 15 Oct (usually)Several of the island's biggest names close for repairs and staff leave between mid-August and mid-October, Cap Juluca and the Four Seasons among them.60climate
  17. Marigot, Saint MartinAutumn shutdown · 1 Sep – 31 OctSeptember and October are the island's annual break: a good share of the restaurants and hotels close for maintenance and staff holidays.59climate
  18. 🇺🇸 Denali National Park, United StatesAutumn shoulder season · 16 Sep – 20 Oct (usually)Once the buses stop you can drive your own car to the Teklanika at mile 30 until the road ices up, usually somewhere around mid-October.58climate
  19. 🇱🇰 Bentota, Sri LankaOff-season on the strip · 15 May – 15 Sep (usually)The sea gets rough and brown, the jet-ski and banana-boat outfits mostly stop, and a good share of the beach restaurants close for repairs.57climate
  20. 🇨🇱 Puerto Natales, ChileWinter shutdown · 1 May – 15 Sep (usually)The circuit closes, most outfitters and half the hostels shut and the buses to the park drop to a couple a week.56climate
  21. 🇨🇷 Santa Teresa, Costa RicaThe shutdown months · 15 Sep – 31 Oct (usually)The wettest weeks of the year, when the road in gets cut more than once and a good share of the restaurants and hotels close until November.53climate
  22. 🇬🇲 Kololi, GambiaOut of season on the strip · 15 May – 15 Oct (usually)When the charters stop, a good share of the hotels, restaurants and excursion desks close with them.52climate
  23. Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsWinter shutdown · 1 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)Ships stop calling and the island is left to a handful of government staff, the museum team and the fisheries patrol.52climate
  24. 🇹🇭 Pai, ThailandRainy-season quiet · 1 Jun – 15 Oct (usually)Half the walking street shuts, the guesthouses drop their rates and the mountain road gets slick and slide-prone.51climate
  25. 🇮🇳 Gokarna, IndiaMonsoon shutdown on the beaches · 1 Jun – 30 SepThe huts come down, the boats between the beaches stop running and the cliff path turns to mud and leeches.50climate

…and 9 more in September.

What's on around the world in September →

Off-season shutdown in October

  1. 🇮🇹 Olbia, ItalyCosta Smeralda shuts · 15 Oct – 30 AprPorto Cervo and the resort villages close down almost completely and Olbia carries on as an ordinary working port town.91climate
  2. 🇪🇸 Ibiza, SpainClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AprThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.88climate
  3. 🇮🇹 Lecce, ItalyCoast shuts, city stays open · 15 Oct – 15 AprThe lidi and most of the seaside towns close entirely for the winter, but Lecce itself is a university city and carries on.88climate
  4. 🇪🇸 Tossa de Mar, SpainOut of season · 20 Oct – 31 MarAlmost everything closes and the town drops back to a few thousand residents, with the walled old quarter and the coast path to yourself.86climate
  5. 🇬🇷 Halkidiki, GreeceOut of season · 15 Oct – 25 AprNearly everything on the three peninsulas closes for winter, hotels and beach tavernas alike, and the resorts revert to villages of a few hundred people.86climate
  6. 🇦🇱 Sarandë, AlbaniaOut of season · 15 Oct – 30 AprMost of the seafront bars and hotels close but the town keeps working, so unlike the villages around it there is still somewhere to eat.85climate
  7. 🇺🇾 Punta del Este, UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.85climate
  8. 🇧🇬 Sunny Beach, BulgariaThe winter shutdown · 10 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)By the middle of October the loungers are stacked and the strip is boarded up for the winter.85climate
  9. 🇧🇬 Varna, BulgariaResort strip shuts · 10 Oct – 10 May (usually)Varna itself is a year-round city with a university and a port, but Golden Sands and St Konstantin up the coast close almost entirely — shuttered blocks, no buses to speak of, nothing open on the front.84climate
  10. 🇧🇬 Burgas, BulgariaCoast off-season · 10 Oct – 15 May (usually)Burgas is a working port and keeps going, but the beach bars, the Sea Garden kiosks and the resort strips north towards Sunny Beach board up entirely.84climate
  11. 🇮🇹 Tropea, ItalyOut of season · 20 Oct – 15 AprAlmost everything aimed at visitors closes from late October until spring, including most restaurants on the corso.84climate
  12. 🇦🇱 Ksamil, AlbaniaOut of season · 15 Oct – 30 AprAlmost everything on the beach road closes and the village goes back to a few hundred people and a lot of unfinished concrete.84climate
  13. 🇺🇾 Punta del Diablo, UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (usually)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.84climate
  14. 🇮🇹 Rimini, ItalyBeach shuts, trade fairs fill · 1 Oct – 30 AprThe seafront closes down but the exhibition centre keeps the city going, and the few weeks hotels are full and dear are the big fairs in November and January rather than anything to do with the sea.83climate
  15. 🇷🇴 Mamaia, RomaniaResort shutdown · 20 Sep – 20 May (usually)Mamaia is a purpose-built summer strip and it closes almost completely: hotels shuttered, the cable car stopped, the club terraces stacked and wrapped.82climate
  16. 🇬🇷 Kefalonia, GreeceOut of season · 20 Oct – 15 AprCharter flights stop, the resorts board up and the ferry timetable thins to a couple of sailings a day.82climate
  17. 🇭🇺 Lake Balaton, HungaryShore shutdown · 20 Sep – 15 May (usually)The south shore in particular is a seasonal town strip: guesthouses, langos stands and half the restaurants close from about late September and do not reopen until May.76climate
  18. 🇫🇷 Lille, FranceThe lull before the market · 15 Sep – 15 NovBetween the Braderie and the Christmas market the city is students, rain and cheap rooms.73climate
  19. 🇷🇺 Kislovodsk, RussiaOff-season sanatorium rates · 1 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)Outside the June-to-September rush, accommodation in Kislovodsk's sanatoriums and hotels typically runs thirty to forty percent cheaper, and the resort park and colonnade are far quieter.73climate
  20. 🇰🇬 Cholpon-Ata, KyrgyzstanOut of season on the shore · 1 Oct – 20 May (usually)The town slows the moment autumn arrives and most of the hotels and restaurants close until the following summer.71climate
  21. 🇦🇩 Andorra la Vella, AndorraBetween seasons · 1 Oct – 25 NovThe lifts and most mountain refuges are shut and the summer trails are past their best, so the country is down to shopping and thermal baths.70climate
  22. 🇺🇸 Burlington, United StatesStick season · 25 Oct – 5 DecThe local name for the weeks between the last leaf and the first real snow: bare grey woods, no visitors, and the lowest rates of the year.70climate
  23. The Bottom, SabaQuiet season · 1 Jul – 30 Nov (usually)Everything on Saba arrives by boat and every restaurant is small, so through the wetter, hurricane-season half of the year fewer of them open each night and the ones that do fill quickly.68climate
  24. 🇺🇸 Mackinac Island, United StatesGrand Hotel's season · 1 May – 31 Oct (usually)The big porch hotel opens at the start of May and closes at the end of October, and the rest of the island's rooms run a similar window.67climate
  25. 🇨🇭 Interlaken, SwitzerlandBetween-seasons lull · 25 Oct – 10 Dec (usually)The summer lifts have stopped, the ski trains have not started and the hotels take their break.66climate

…and 41 more in October.

What's on around the world in October →

Off-season shutdown in November

  1. 🇨🇾 Larnaca, CyprusWinter low season · 15 Nov – 15 MarThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.92climate
  2. 🇹🇳 Djerba, TunisiaOut of season · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.91climate
  3. 🇺🇾 Punta del Este, UruguayOut of season · 15 Mar – 30 NovMost of the restaurants and half the hotels close from the end of March, Jose Ignacio boards up entirely, and the towers stand empty.90climate
  4. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceWinter: charters stop · 5 Nov – 31 MarThe resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on.89climate
  5. 🇹🇷 Fethiye, TurkeyThe coast shuts · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü close almost completely and the boats come out of the water.89climate
  6. 🇺🇾 Punta del Diablo, UruguayOff-season · 15 Mar – 30 Nov (usually)Outside the summer most of the restaurants and clubs close and the village goes back to a few hundred people and its fishing boats.89climate
  7. 🇱🇧 Byblos, LebanonThe harbour shuts down · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Most of the restaurants around the old port close or drop to weekends only and the souk is half shuttered.89climate
  8. 🇹🇳 Hammamet, TunisiaResorts shut for the winter · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.89climate
  9. 🇹🇷 Kaş, TurkeyThe town shuts · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Most pensions and the dive shops close, the Kekova boats stop and the harbour restaurants go down to a handful.88climate
  10. 🇹🇷 Kalkan, TurkeyWinter shutdown · 5 Nov – 25 Mar (usually)A resort built around one summer trade: most of the harbour restaurants, the boat operators and a good share of the hotels close, and the wet months land squarely on the empty ones.88climate
  11. 🇵🇹 Tavira, PortugalOut of season · 1 Nov – 28 FebThe mildest corner of mainland Portugal in winter and one of the few Algarve towns that keeps working when the season ends, so the market and the tascas stay open on empty streets.87climate
  12. 🇬🇷 Santorini, GreeceThe island closes · 1 Nov – 20 Mar (usually)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.86climate
  13. 🇵🇹 Lagos, PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.86climate
  14. 🇵🇹 Albufeira, PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 Nov – 15 MarMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.86climate
  15. 🇵🇹 Faro, PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.86climate
  16. 🇬🇷 Paros, GreeceOut of season · 1 Nov – 31 MarNaoussa and the beach hotels close from November and Parikia goes back to being a working port.85climate
  17. 🇬🇷 Rhodes, GreeceResorts shut for winter · 1 Nov – 31 MarOutside Rhodes Town the island closes: hotels boarded, Lindos down to a couple of kitchens, charter flights gone.84climate
  18. 🇪🇸 Ibiza, SpainClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AprThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.84climate
  19. 🇬🇷 Mykonos, GreeceIsland shuts down · 1 Nov – 31 MarAlmost everything closes from November: beach clubs, most hotels, the majority of Chora's restaurants.84climate
  20. 🇪🇸 Marbella, SpainSeafront shuts for winter · 1 Nov – 28 FebMost beach clubs and a good share of Puerto Banus close from November.83climate
  21. 🇬🇷 Naxos, GreeceOut of season · 1 Nov – 31 MarNaxos farms, so it stays inhabited when its neighbours empty, but the beach hotels and most tavernas shut and the ferry connection thins to a few boats a week.83climate
  22. 🇹🇷 Ölüdeniz, TurkeyWinter shutdown · 10 Nov – 25 Mar (usually)A one-season resort in the plainest sense: the hotels, the beach bars and most of the flight operators close, and the dolmus to Fethiye thins to a few a day.83climate
  23. 🇮🇹 Cagliari, ItalyWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 Nov – 20 MarSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.82climate
  24. 🇹🇷 Marmaris, TurkeyOut of season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Icmeler and the seafront strip shut almost entirely and the boats come out of the water.82climate
  25. 🇬🇷 Milos, GreeceOut of season · 1 Nov – 31 MarMilos still mines bentonite and perlite, so winter here is a working island rather than a shut one, but the boat trips and most rooms close and the ferry drops to a few sailings a week.82climate

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  1. 🇹🇳 Djerba, TunisiaOut of season · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)A good share of the beach hotels close outright and the ones that stay open run skeleton kitchens.84climate
  2. 🇸🇦 Mecca, Saudi ArabiaThe quiet Umrah months · 15 Oct – 10 Feb (usually)Between the Hajj crowds and Ramadan the mosque is at its emptiest and the walk to it is bearable.83climate
  3. 🇨🇾 Larnaca, CyprusWinter low season · 15 Nov – 15 MarThe Finikoudes seafront empties, room rates fall by half and the sea is too cold for most people.83climate
  4. 🇹🇳 Hammamet, TunisiaResorts shut for the winter · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)A good share of the beachfront hotels close between seasons and the ones that stay open run half their restaurants.82climate
  5. 🇬🇷 Heraklion, GreeceWinter: charters stop · 5 Nov – 31 MarThe resorts either side of the city close and the charter flights end, but Heraklion is a working port city of 150,000 and carries on.81climate
  6. 🇵🇹 Tavira, PortugalOut of season · 1 Nov – 28 FebThe mildest corner of mainland Portugal in winter and one of the few Algarve towns that keeps working when the season ends, so the market and the tascas stay open on empty streets.81climate
  7. 🇪🇸 Ibiza, SpainClosing parties, then the shutdown · 28 Sep – 20 AprThe clubs close across the first fortnight of October and the island empties behind them.80climate
  8. 🇵🇹 Lagos, PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarA share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open.80climate
  9. 🇵🇹 Albufeira, PortugalLow season on the Strip · 1 Nov – 15 MarMost of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week.80climate
  10. 🇵🇹 Faro, PortugalLow season · 1 Nov – 15 MarCharter flights drop away and the resort towns close, but Faro is a working city with a university and stays open.80climate
  11. 🇧🇲 Hamilton, BermudaLow season · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)The cruise ships stop, some resorts close for the winter and rates fall by half.79climate
  12. 🇪🇸 Marbella, SpainSeafront shuts for winter · 1 Nov – 28 FebMost beach clubs and a good share of Puerto Banus close from November.77climate
  13. 🇮🇳 Nainital, IndiaWinter quiet · 1 Dec – 20 FebHalf the hotels close and the lake sits under mist most mornings; snow reaches the ridge some years and not others.77climate
  14. 🇪🇸 Tarifa, SpainOut of season on the strait · 1 Nov – 28 FebMost of the beach camps and half the town close, and Atlantic fronts push through with the poniente.77climate
  15. 🇬🇷 Santorini, GreeceThe island closes · 1 Nov – 20 Mar (usually)Caldera hotels and most restaurants shut from early November, the cable car drops to split winter hours and the ferry timetable thins to what islanders need.76climate
  16. 🇮🇹 Cagliari, ItalyWinter: routes and beach kiosks shut · 1 Nov – 20 MarSeasonal flights stop and Poetto goes back to dog walkers, but unlike the resort towns Cagliari is a working city and the old quarters stay open all winter.76climate
  17. 🇪🇸 Menorca, SpainResorts shut for winter · 1 Nov – 31 MarAlmost every coastal resort closes from November and the flight schedule drops to a handful of routes.76climate
  18. 🇪🇸 Tossa de Mar, SpainOut of season · 20 Oct – 31 MarAlmost everything closes and the town drops back to a few thousand residents, with the walled old quarter and the coast path to yourself.76climate
  19. 🇱🇧 Byblos, LebanonThe harbour shuts down · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)Most of the restaurants around the old port close or drop to weekends only and the souk is half shuttered.76climate
  20. 🇬🇷 Mykonos, GreeceIsland shuts down · 1 Nov – 31 MarAlmost everything closes from November: beach clubs, most hotels, the majority of Chora's restaurants.75climate
  21. 🇮🇹 Olbia, ItalyCosta Smeralda shuts · 15 Oct – 30 AprPorto Cervo and the resort villages close down almost completely and Olbia carries on as an ordinary working port town.75climate
  22. 🇹🇷 Fethiye, TurkeyThe coast shuts · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Ölüdeniz and Hisarönü close almost completely and the boats come out of the water.75climate
  23. 🇬🇷 Naxos, GreeceOut of season · 1 Nov – 31 MarNaxos farms, so it stays inhabited when its neighbours empty, but the beach hotels and most tavernas shut and the ferry connection thins to a few boats a week.75climate
  24. 🇵🇹 Sintra, PortugalOut of season on the hill · 15 Nov – 28 FebShorter palace hours, no queue for anything, and a village you can actually walk through.74climate
  25. 🇵🇹 Ericeira, PortugalWinter: the town shrinks · 1 Nov – 15 MarRentals halve in price and a share of the restaurants close for a month or two, while the surf is at its best.74climate

…and 129 more in December.

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