SeasonMap

Summer season opens, month by month around the world

Beach clubs, lake steamers, the funicular, the cave tours and the open-air cinema — what runs for the season only.

167 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 summer season opens on in that month. Windows move a little each year.

Summer season opens in January

  1. 🇦🇪 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesGlobal Village season · 10 Oct – 31 May (usually)The open-air pavilion park reopens in mid-October and runs to late May, which is as good a marker as any for when Dubai becomes an outdoor city again.93climate
  2. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSheikh Zayed Festival · 1 Nov – 22 Mar (usually)The heritage and culture festival out at Al Wathba runs from the start of November to late March, with country pavilions and fireworks most nights.93climate
  3. 🇦🇺 Launceston, AustraliaThe Basin pool opens · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)The free pool at First Basin in Cataract Gorge is staffed and open for the summer only, a fifteen-minute walk from the middle of town.93climate
  4. 🇨🇱 Castro, ChileChiloé summer season · 1 Jan – 28 FebJanuary and February are when the boat trips, the island's small museums and the palafito hotels are all running, and all full.90climate
  5. 🇮🇳 Mysuru, IndiaDasara exhibition · 1 Oct – 15 Jan (usually)The fairground at Doddakere Maidan opens with Dasara and stays up for months afterwards — stalls, rides and a stage, and the one part of the festival that outlasts the crowds.88climate
  6. 🇦🇷 Mar del Plata, ArgentinaSummer theatre season · 20 Dec – 28 Feb (usually)Half of Buenos Aires theatre moves down the coast for the summer and the Avenida Independencia bills comedies and revues nightly.86climate
  7. 🇨🇱 Punta Arenas, ChilePatagonia season opens · 1 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)This is the gateway rather than the destination: the Paine buses, the Cape Horn boats and the Antarctic charters all run in this window, so the hotels price against Torres del Paine.81climate
  8. 🇮🇳 Gokarna, IndiaBeach hut season · 15 Oct – 28 FebThe huts go back up on Kudle and Om once the rain stops and the walk between the beaches is passable again.81climate
  9. 🇦🇷 Rosario, ArgentinaRiver season on the Parana · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)The balnearios along the north bank open and the launches start running to the sandbank beaches on the island side.75climate
  10. 🇨🇱 Farellones, ChileSummer mountain park · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)Out of the snow the village runs a small adventure park with a zip-line canopy, and the climb up is a cyclists' route; most of the hotels stay shut.74climate
  11. 🇦🇺 Mount Buller, AustraliaBike park and walking season · 1 Dec – 5 Apr (usually)Early December to early April the mountain runs for bikes and walkers instead, and it is a fraction as busy.73climate
  12. Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsExpedition ship season · 15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)Everything here happens in the southern summer, when expedition ships work down from the Falklands and the museum, church and post office at Grytviken open for the hours a ship is in the bay.72climate

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Summer season opens in February

  1. 🇦🇺 Launceston, AustraliaThe Basin pool opens · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)The free pool at First Basin in Cataract Gorge is staffed and open for the summer only, a fifteen-minute walk from the middle of town.95climate
  2. 🇨🇱 Castro, ChileChiloé summer season · 1 Jan – 28 FebJanuary and February are when the boat trips, the island's small museums and the palafito hotels are all running, and all full.92climate
  3. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSheikh Zayed Festival · 1 Nov – 22 Mar (usually)The heritage and culture festival out at Al Wathba runs from the start of November to late March, with country pavilions and fireworks most nights.91climate
  4. 🇦🇪 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesGlobal Village season · 10 Oct – 31 May (usually)The open-air pavilion park reopens in mid-October and runs to late May, which is as good a marker as any for when Dubai becomes an outdoor city again.89climate
  5. 🇦🇷 Mar del Plata, ArgentinaSummer theatre season · 20 Dec – 28 Feb (usually)Half of Buenos Aires theatre moves down the coast for the summer and the Avenida Independencia bills comedies and revues nightly.84climate
  6. 🇨🇱 Punta Arenas, ChilePatagonia season opens · 1 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)This is the gateway rather than the destination: the Paine buses, the Cape Horn boats and the Antarctic charters all run in this window, so the hotels price against Torres del Paine.79climate
  7. 🇨🇱 Farellones, ChileSummer mountain park · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)Out of the snow the village runs a small adventure park with a zip-line canopy, and the climb up is a cyclists' route; most of the hotels stay shut.77climate
  8. 🇦🇷 Rosario, ArgentinaRiver season on the Parana · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)The balnearios along the north bank open and the launches start running to the sandbank beaches on the island side.77climate
  9. 🇮🇳 Gokarna, IndiaBeach hut season · 15 Oct – 28 FebThe huts go back up on Kudle and Om once the rain stops and the walk between the beaches is passable again.77climate
  10. 🇦🇺 Mount Buller, AustraliaBike park and walking season · 1 Dec – 5 Apr (usually)Early December to early April the mountain runs for bikes and walkers instead, and it is a fraction as busy.76climate
  11. Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsExpedition ship season · 15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)Everything here happens in the southern summer, when expedition ships work down from the Falklands and the museum, church and post office at Grytviken open for the hours a ship is in the bay.70climate

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Summer season opens in March

  1. 🇦🇺 Launceston, AustraliaThe Basin pool opens · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)The free pool at First Basin in Cataract Gorge is staffed and open for the summer only, a fifteen-minute walk from the middle of town.92climate
  2. 🇺🇸 Pensacola, United StatesBlue Angels practice days · 25 Mar – 1 Nov (usually)The squadron flies practice sessions over the naval air station on most Tuesday and Wednesday mornings in season, free to watch from behind the museum.89climate
  3. 🇬🇷 Santorini, GreeceSeason opens · 25 Mar – 10 May (usually)Caldera hotels and the boat trips restart through April; the cable car leaves its winter half-day timetable on 1 April and only runs late from May.83climate
  4. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSheikh Zayed Festival · 1 Nov – 22 Mar (usually)The heritage and culture festival out at Al Wathba runs from the start of November to late March, with country pavilions and fireworks most nights.82climate
  5. 🇦🇷 Rosario, ArgentinaRiver season on the Parana · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)The balnearios along the north bank open and the launches start running to the sandbank beaches on the island side.81climate
  6. 🇦🇪 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesGlobal Village season · 10 Oct – 31 May (usually)The open-air pavilion park reopens in mid-October and runs to late May, which is as good a marker as any for when Dubai becomes an outdoor city again.79climate
  7. 🇮🇹 Sorrento, ItalyFerries and hotels reopen · 20 Mar – 1 May (usually)The fast boats to Capri, Positano and Amalfi restart around Easter along with most of the cliff hotels.79climate
  8. 🇮🇹 Positano, ItalyHotels and ferries reopen · 20 Mar – 1 May (usually)Most of the town wakes up around Easter: the beach clubs on Spiaggia Grande and Fornillo, the cliff hotels and the fast ferries from Sorrento and Amalfi all restart within a fortnight of each other.78climate
  9. 🇮🇹 Sirmione, ItalyLake season opens · 20 Mar – 1 May (usually)Hotels reopen around Easter, the lake boats to Desenzano and Garda restart and the Grotte di Catullo goes back to summer hours.77climate
  10. 🇮🇹 Capri, ItalyIsland season opens · 25 Mar – 15 May (usually)Hotels, the Marina Piccola beach clubs and the full ferry timetable restart around Easter.76climate
  11. 🇫🇷 Carcassonne, FranceCanal du Midi boating season · 25 Mar – 5 Nov (usually)Hire boats work the canal through the town from the end of March to the start of November; the locks come out of service for maintenance over the winter.75climate
  12. 🇮🇹 Como, ItalyVilla gardens and full boat timetable · 20 Mar – 5 Nov (usually)Villa Carlotta, Balbianello and the rest open for the season in the second half of March, and the lake boats move to the full timetable with them.73climate
  13. 🇨🇭 Lugano, SwitzerlandSan Salvatore funicular season · 14 Mar – 8 Nov (usually)The funicular up the sugarloaf runs from about mid-March to early November and then stops for the winter.73climate
  14. 🇨🇱 Punta Arenas, ChilePatagonia season opens · 1 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)This is the gateway rather than the destination: the Paine buses, the Cape Horn boats and the Antarctic charters all run in this window, so the hotels price against Torres del Paine.71climate
  15. 🇸🇰 Bratislava, SlovakiaDanube catamaran from Vienna · 25 Mar – 5 Nov (usually)The fast boat down from Vienna's Schwedenplatz runs for the season only, about seventy-five minutes each way.70climate
  16. 🇦🇺 Mount Buller, AustraliaBike park and walking season · 1 Dec – 5 Apr (usually)Early December to early April the mountain runs for bikes and walkers instead, and it is a fraction as busy.69climate
  17. 🇸🇮 Ljubljana, SloveniaOpen Kitchen food market · 15 Mar – 31 Oct (usually)Every Friday from spring to the end of October the market square becomes an open-air kitchen with a hundred-odd stalls.69climate
  18. 🇬🇧 Cambridge, United KingdomPunting season · 15 Mar – 31 Oct (usually)The chauffeured punts and the touts on Magdalene Bridge appear with the first warm weekend and are gone by November.69climate
  19. 🇨🇱 Farellones, ChileSummer mountain park · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)Out of the snow the village runs a small adventure park with a zip-line canopy, and the climb up is a cyclists' route; most of the hotels stay shut.63climate
  20. 🇺🇦 Lviv, UkraineRynok Square farmers' fair · 29 Mar – 30 Sep (usually)Producers set up on Rynok Square from spring to the end of September — cheese, honey, berries in their weeks, and the coffee roasters the city is known for.63climate
  21. Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsExpedition ship season · 15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)Everything here happens in the southern summer, when expedition ships work down from the Falklands and the museum, church and post office at Grytviken open for the hours a ship is in the bay.63climate
  22. 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, DenmarkTivoli summer season · 25 Mar – 22 Sep (usually)Tivoli opens for the summer at the end of March and shuts in the third week of September.62climate
  23. 🇬🇧 Keswick, United KingdomDerwentwater launch season · 20 Mar – 1 Nov (usually)The launches round the lake run a full timetable from spring to the end of October and a skeleton one after.60climate
  24. 🇺🇸 Gateway Arch National Park, United StatesRiverboat cruise season · 1 Mar – 30 NovThe paddlewheelers run off the levee from March to November, with the lock-and-dam trips added in October.59climate

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Summer season opens in April

  1. 🇬🇷 Rhodes, GreeceResort season opens · 1 Apr – 10 May (usually)Charter flights, the east-coast hotels and the Lindos tavernas restart around Easter.93climate
  2. 🇬🇷 Santorini, GreeceSeason opens · 25 Mar – 10 May (usually)Caldera hotels and the boat trips restart through April; the cable car leaves its winter half-day timetable on 1 April and only runs late from May.92climate
  3. 🇬🇷 Mykonos, GreeceBeach clubs open · 20 Apr – 1 Jun (usually)Paradise, Super Paradise and the Psarou loungers stagger their openings through May, and the Delos boats start with them.92climate
  4. 🇬🇷 Paros, GreeceRooms and ferries open up · 15 Apr – 25 May (usually)Naoussa's harbour tavernas, the Antiparos crossing and the fast boats from Piraeus all restart around Easter.92climate
  5. 🇵🇹 Tavira, PortugalIlha de Tavira ferry season · 1 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)The sandbar island's beach bars and the frequent boats out to it run from spring to mid-October.92climate
  6. 🇹🇷 Datça, TurkeyBodrum ferry season · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The crossing from Bodrum to Körmen runs a few times a week in spring and autumn and two or three times a day through high summer, then stops.92climate
  7. 🇬🇷 Naxos, GreeceRooms and ferries open up · 15 Apr – 25 May (usually)Hotels along Agios Prokopios and the fast ferries from Piraeus and Mykonos both come back around Easter, which is also when the wildflowers on the Tragea plateau are still out.91climate
  8. 🇹🇷 Ölüdeniz, TurkeyBabadag paragliding season · 1 Apr – 15 Nov (usually)The tandem flights off the mountain behind the lagoon are what most people come for, and the shuttles up to the launch decks run through the warm half of the year.91climate
  9. 🇪🇸 Ibiza, SpainOpening parties · 20 Apr – 20 May (usually)The clubs, the beach clubs and most of the island's restaurants all open across three or four weekends from late April.90climate
  10. 🇬🇷 Corfu, GreeceIsland season opens · 15 Apr – 20 May (usually)Resorts, charter flights and the Paleokastritsa boats restart around Easter, and the island is at its greenest for the six weeks before the heat arrives.90climate
  11. 🇬🇷 Milos, GreeceBoats and rooms open · 15 Apr – 20 May (usually)The Kleftiko boat trips, the hire-car offices and most tavernas start up between Easter and mid-May, and the Piraeus ferry timetable thickens with them.90climate
  12. 🇦🇱 Ksamil, AlbaniaButrint on summer hours · 1 Apr – 31 OctFrom April to October the Roman and Venetian site down the road takes last entry at six and closes at eight; in winter the last ticket is sold at three.90climate
  13. 🇪🇸 Marbella, SpainBeach clubs and chiringuitos open · 1 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)The chiringuitos on the sand run from Easter to about mid-October, sardines on a skewer over a boat full of embers.89climate
  14. 🇮🇹 Sorrento, ItalyFerries and hotels reopen · 20 Mar – 1 May (usually)The fast boats to Capri, Positano and Amalfi restart around Easter along with most of the cliff hotels.89climate
  15. 🇮🇹 Capri, ItalyIsland season opens · 25 Mar – 15 May (usually)Hotels, the Marina Piccola beach clubs and the full ferry timetable restart around Easter.88climate
  16. 🇮🇹 Positano, ItalyHotels and ferries reopen · 20 Mar – 1 May (usually)Most of the town wakes up around Easter: the beach clubs on Spiaggia Grande and Fornillo, the cliff hotels and the fast ferries from Sorrento and Amalfi all restart within a fortnight of each other.88climate
  17. 🇫🇷 Bonifacio, FranceLavezzi boat season · 15 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Shuttles and excursion boats to the islands run from the middle of April to the end of October, hourly at the height of summer and on a shorter trip in April and October.88climate
  18. Vatican City, Vatican CityFriday evening museum openings · 15 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The museums open on Friday evenings from spring to late October, online booking only and capped in number.88climate
  19. 🇬🇷 Skiathos, GreeceRooms and boats open up · 20 Apr – 31 May (usually)Hotels, the Koukounaries beach bars and the caiques round to Lalaria all restart through May, as do the charter flights that make up most of the island's arrivals.87climate
  20. 🇭🇷 Dubrovnik, CroatiaIsland ferry season · 15 Apr – 20 Oct (usually)The catamarans to Mljet, Korčula and the Elafiti run to a summer timetable only; outside it the islands drop to a couple of sailings a week and a day trip stops being possible.86climate
  21. 🇮🇹 Milan, ItalyLake ferries on full timetable · 1 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)Como, Maggiore and Garda run the full public boat timetable from around Easter to mid-October, which is what makes the lakes a day out from Milan rather than a drive.85climate
  22. 🇧🇦 Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaVrbas rafting season · 15 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)The rafting clubs at Karanovac and up the canyon run from spring to autumn; the river is pushiest just after the snowmelt and gentlest in late summer.85climate
  23. 🇪🇸 Tossa de Mar, SpainResort season opens · 1 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)Hotels, the coastal boats to Lloret and Sant Feliu, and the restaurants under the Vila Vella walls all open around Easter and shut again in October.85climate
  24. 🇺🇸 Pensacola, United StatesBlue Angels practice days · 25 Mar – 1 Nov (usually)The squadron flies practice sessions over the naval air station on most Tuesday and Wednesday mornings in season, free to watch from behind the museum.85climate
  25. 🇮🇹 Sirmione, ItalyLake season opens · 20 Mar – 1 May (usually)Hotels reopen around Easter, the lake boats to Desenzano and Garda restart and the Grotte di Catullo goes back to summer hours.84climate

…and 28 more in April.

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Summer season opens in May

  1. 🇪🇸 Ibiza, SpainOpening parties · 20 Apr – 20 May (usually)The clubs, the beach clubs and most of the island's restaurants all open across three or four weekends from late April.95climate
  2. 🇬🇷 Paros, GreeceRooms and ferries open up · 15 Apr – 25 May (usually)Naoussa's harbour tavernas, the Antiparos crossing and the fast boats from Piraeus all restart around Easter.95climate
  3. 🇵🇹 Tavira, PortugalIlha de Tavira ferry season · 1 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)The sandbar island's beach bars and the frequent boats out to it run from spring to mid-October.95climate
  4. 🇹🇷 Ölüdeniz, TurkeyBabadag paragliding season · 1 Apr – 15 Nov (usually)The tandem flights off the mountain behind the lagoon are what most people come for, and the shuttles up to the launch decks run through the warm half of the year.95climate
  5. 🇬🇷 Santorini, GreeceSeason opens · 25 Mar – 10 May (usually)Caldera hotels and the boat trips restart through April; the cable car leaves its winter half-day timetable on 1 April and only runs late from May.94climate
  6. 🇬🇷 Mykonos, GreeceBeach clubs open · 20 Apr – 1 Jun (usually)Paradise, Super Paradise and the Psarou loungers stagger their openings through May, and the Delos boats start with them.94climate
  7. 🇪🇸 Marbella, SpainBeach clubs and chiringuitos open · 1 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)The chiringuitos on the sand run from Easter to about mid-October, sardines on a skewer over a boat full of embers.94climate
  8. 🇬🇷 Rhodes, GreeceResort season opens · 1 Apr – 10 May (usually)Charter flights, the east-coast hotels and the Lindos tavernas restart around Easter.93climate
  9. 🇷🇸 Belgrade, SerbiaThe river clubs open · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)Around the start of June the big indoor venues shut and reopen as splavovi, barges moored along the Sava and Danube, and move back inland at the end of September.93climate
  10. 🇧🇬 Plovdiv, BulgariaRoman theatre season · 20 May – 30 Sep (usually)Opera, drama and touring concerts move into the second-century theatre on the hill for the warm half of the year — it seats about five thousand and is still a working venue, not a ruin with a rope round it.93climate
  11. 🇮🇹 Olbia, ItalySummer flights and ferries · 15 May – 1 Oct (usually)Olbia is the gateway to the Costa Smeralda and its airport and the Golfo Aranci ferries run on a summer timetable; out of season the direct routes to northern Europe disappear almost entirely.93climate
  12. 🇬🇷 Kos, GreeceCharter and resort season · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Kardamena, Tigaki and Mastichari run on northern European charter flights, and the hotels, bike hire and beach bars open and close with them.93climate
  13. 🇫🇷 Bonifacio, FranceLavezzi boat season · 15 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Shuttles and excursion boats to the islands run from the middle of April to the end of October, hourly at the height of summer and on a shorter trip in April and October.93climate
  14. 🇪🇸 Tossa de Mar, SpainResort season opens · 1 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)Hotels, the coastal boats to Lloret and Sant Feliu, and the restaurants under the Vila Vella walls all open around Easter and shut again in October.93climate
  15. 🇬🇷 Naxos, GreeceRooms and ferries open up · 15 Apr – 25 May (usually)Hotels along Agios Prokopios and the fast ferries from Piraeus and Mykonos both come back around Easter, which is also when the wildflowers on the Tragea plateau are still out.93climate
  16. 🇹🇷 Datça, TurkeyBodrum ferry season · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The crossing from Bodrum to Körmen runs a few times a week in spring and autumn and two or three times a day through high summer, then stops.93climate
  17. 🇭🇺 Budapest, HungaryGarden bar season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The kertek — courtyard, rooftop and riverbank bars that only exist in warm months — open through May and are boarded up again by October.92climate
  18. 🇦🇱 Sarandë, AlbaniaCorfu crossing season · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)The hydrofoil to Corfu runs several times a day through the summer and drops to a skeleton service in winter; it is a half-hour crossing and the reason many people arrive here at all.92climate
  19. 🇬🇷 Corfu, GreeceIsland season opens · 15 Apr – 20 May (usually)Resorts, charter flights and the Paleokastritsa boats restart around Easter, and the island is at its greenest for the six weeks before the heat arrives.92climate
  20. 🇷🇴 Mamaia, RomaniaBeach season opens · 25 May – 15 Sep (usually)Beach clubs, sunbed concessions and the cable car along the strip come back at once around the start of June, and the whole four-kilometre sandbar switches on.92climate
  21. Vatican City, Vatican CityFriday evening museum openings · 15 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The museums open on Friday evenings from spring to late October, online booking only and capped in number.92climate
  22. 🇹🇷 Marmaris, TurkeyBlue cruise season · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)The gulet fleet comes out of winter lay-up in the bay and the week-long runs down towards Fethiye start going.91climate
  23. 🇬🇷 Milos, GreeceBoats and rooms open · 15 Apr – 20 May (usually)The Kleftiko boat trips, the hire-car offices and most tavernas start up between Easter and mid-May, and the Piraeus ferry timetable thickens with them.91climate
  24. 🇧🇬 Sunny Beach, BulgariaThe resort opens · 10 May – 10 Jun (usually)The strip comes back to life through May: hotels reopen in sequence, the beach concessions put the loungers out and the charter flights restart.91climate
  25. 🇦🇱 Ksamil, AlbaniaButrint on summer hours · 1 Apr – 31 OctFrom April to October the Roman and Venetian site down the road takes last entry at six and closes at eight; in winter the last ticket is sold at three.91climate

…and 76 more in May.

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Summer season opens in June

  1. 🇸🇪 Stockholm, SwedenArchipelago boat season · 15 Jun – 25 Aug (usually)The full ferry timetable to the outer islands runs for about ten weeks; outside it half the destinations have no service at all.95climate
  2. 🇷🇺 Kazan, RussiaVolga boat season · 1 May – 5 Oct (usually)River cruises between Moscow and Astrakhan tie up here for a day each, and the local hydrofoils and Sviyazhsk boats only run once the ice has gone.95climate
  3. 🇷🇺 Yakutsk, RussiaLena boat season · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)The ferry restarts and the boats to the Lena Pillars run for about four months — the only way to reach the rock columns upstream, a full day each way.95climate
  4. 🇺🇸 Bend, United StatesDeschutes float season · 15 Jun – 5 Sep (usually)Half the town floats the stretch from Riverbend Park to the Old Mill on a hot afternoon, and the shuttle runs all summer.94climate
  5. 🇺🇸 Santa Cruz, California, United StatesBoardwalk summer season · 23 May – 7 Sep (usually)The old wooden coaster and the rest of the seafront run daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with free bands on the beach on summer Friday evenings.94climate
  6. 🇵🇱 Warsaw, PolandVistula riverside season · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)The wild east bank and the boulevards opposite it are where the city drinks from May to September.93climate
  7. 🇩🇪 Leipzig, GermanyLake season south of the city · 1 Jun – 10 Sep (usually)The flooded lignite pits ringing the city — Cospudener, Markkleeberger, Zwenkauer — are the summer weekend, reachable by tram and bike path.93climate
  8. 🇵🇹 Costa da Caparica, PortugalBeach season · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)The bar-restaurants strung down the dune line only open for the declared bathing season, when the beaches are flagged and staffed.93climate
  9. 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, DenmarkTivoli summer season · 25 Mar – 22 Sep (usually)Tivoli opens for the summer at the end of March and shuts in the third week of September.92climate
  10. 🇺🇦 Lviv, UkraineRynok Square farmers' fair · 29 Mar – 30 Sep (usually)Producers set up on Rynok Square from spring to the end of September — cheese, honey, berries in their weeks, and the coffee roasters the city is known for.92climate
  11. 🇪🇸 Marbella, SpainBeach clubs and chiringuitos open · 1 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)The chiringuitos on the sand run from Easter to about mid-October, sardines on a skewer over a boat full of embers.92climate
  12. 🇵🇹 Peniche, PortugalBerlengas boat season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The nature reserve caps the island at 550 visitors at a time and the daily crossings only run through the summer, weather permitting.92climate
  13. 🇵🇹 Tavira, PortugalIlha de Tavira ferry season · 1 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)The sandbar island's beach bars and the frequent boats out to it run from spring to mid-October.92climate
  14. 🇨🇭 Bern, SwitzerlandAare swimming season · 20 May – 15 Sep (usually)The city swims in the river, not a pool: in at Eichholz, out at the Marzili, and the current does the work.92climate
  15. 🇷🇺 Nizhny Novgorod, RussiaVolga cruise season · 1 May – 5 Oct (usually)The Moscow-to-Astrakhan cruise boats call here for a day each once the ice has gone, and the local river trams and hydrofoils run on the same window.92climate
  16. 🇩🇪 Berlin, GermanyLake and Freibad season · 15 May – 31 Aug (usually)The outdoor pools open around the middle of May and the city moves outdoors with them.91climate
  17. 🇨🇭 Lausanne, SwitzerlandBelle Époque steamer season · 10 Apr – 20 Oct (usually)The paddle steamers out of Ouchy — the largest fleet of their kind anywhere — run a full timetable for the season and drop to a skeleton one after.91climate
  18. 🇺🇸 Hyannis, United StatesIsland ferry high season · 20 May – 15 Oct (usually)Hyannis is the mainland end of the Nantucket boats, and the summer timetable adds fast ferries and extra sailings from late May.91climate
  19. 🇩🇪 Munich, GermanyBeer garden season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The gardens open properly once the evenings hold, and the rule that you may bring your own food to the self-service tables is what makes them worth the trip.90climate
  20. 🇫🇮 Helsinki, FinlandTerrace and ferry season · 1 May – 15 Sep (usually)The island ferries to Suomenlinna and Vallisaari, the outdoor pools and every terrace in the city open within about a fortnight of each other, and the place is unrecognisable from March.90climate
  21. 🇩🇪 Hamburg, GermanyAlster and pool season · 15 May – 10 Sep (usually)The outdoor pools open in May and the Alster banks fill with rowers, beer and barbecues.90climate
  22. 🇸🇰 Bratislava, SlovakiaDanube catamaran from Vienna · 25 Mar – 5 Nov (usually)The fast boat down from Vienna's Schwedenplatz runs for the season only, about seventy-five minutes each way.90climate
  23. 🇺🇸 Boise, United StatesFloat the Boise season · 20 Jun – 7 Sep (usually)The city opens the river to tubes once the spring runoff drops to a safe flow, usually late June, and shuts it on Labor Day when the shuttle and rental stop.90climate
  24. 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, RussiaPeterhof fountains switched on · 25 Apr – 12 Oct (usually)The Grand Cascade is started with a ceremony in the last days of April and shut down in the second week of October.90climate
  25. 🇰🇿 Astana, KazakhstanYesil embankment season · 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)River boats, outdoor tables and the embankment walk only exist for these weeks, and the city uses them hard.90climate

…and 104 more in June.

What's on around the world in June →

Summer season opens in July

  1. 🇺🇸 Santa Cruz, California, United StatesBoardwalk summer season · 23 May – 7 Sep (usually)The old wooden coaster and the rest of the seafront run daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with free bands on the beach on summer Friday evenings.97climate
  2. 🇨🇦 Victoria, BC, CanadaButchart summer fireworks · 4 Jul – 5 Sep (usually)Saturday-night fireworks over the sunken garden through July and August, with live music on the lawn before them.95climate
  3. 🇷🇺 Novosibirsk, RussiaRiver and beach season · 10 Jun – 25 Aug (usually)The short, hot Siberian summer sends the city to the Ob beaches and the reservoir shore at Akademgorodok, and the river boats run for about ten weeks.94climate
  4. 🇬🇧 Cambridge, United KingdomPunting season · 15 Mar – 31 Oct (usually)The chauffeured punts and the touts on Magdalene Bridge appear with the first warm weekend and are gone by November.94climate
  5. 🇸🇪 Stockholm, SwedenArchipelago boat season · 15 Jun – 25 Aug (usually)The full ferry timetable to the outer islands runs for about ten weeks; outside it half the destinations have no service at all.93climate
  6. 🇫🇮 Helsinki, FinlandTerrace and ferry season · 1 May – 15 Sep (usually)The island ferries to Suomenlinna and Vallisaari, the outdoor pools and every terrace in the city open within about a fortnight of each other, and the place is unrecognisable from March.93climate
  7. 🇷🇺 Saint Petersburg, RussiaPeterhof fountains switched on · 25 Apr – 12 Oct (usually)The Grand Cascade is started with a ceremony in the last days of April and shut down in the second week of October.93climate
  8. 🇵🇹 Peniche, PortugalBerlengas boat season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The nature reserve caps the island at 550 visitors at a time and the daily crossings only run through the summer, weather permitting.93climate
  9. 🇬🇧 Bath, United KingdomRoman Baths open late · 1 Jul – 31 AugThrough July and August the Baths stay open into the evening and the terrace is lit by torches.92climate
  10. 🇷🇺 Yakutsk, RussiaLena boat season · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)The ferry restarts and the boats to the Lena Pillars run for about four months — the only way to reach the rock columns upstream, a full day each way.92climate
  11. 🇧🇪 Antwerp, BelgiumZomer van Antwerpen · 18 Jun – 30 AugCircus tents, open-air cinema and free neighbourhood concerts spread across docks and squares for ten weeks, so the summer programme is scattered rather than in one place.92climate
  12. Saint Peter Port, GuernseyHerm and Sark boat season · 15 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)The small boats to Herm, Sark and Alderney run frequently from the harbour through the season and thin out sharply after October.92climate
  13. Mariehamn, Åland IslandsArchipelago summer season · 15 May – 10 Sep (usually)The inter-island ferries move to the full timetable, the guest harbours and the Pommern open up, and the cafes on Torggatan put tables outside.92climate
  14. 🇷🇺 Murmansk, RussiaBarents coast season · 15 Jun – 10 Sep (usually)Teriberka, two and a half hours out on the open Arctic shore, is the summer trip: the whale and bird boats run, the beach of wave-rounded boulders is walkable, and the road behaves.91climate
  15. 🇳🇱 Utrecht, NetherlandsWharf terrace season · 15 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)The cellars along the Oudegracht put their tables out at water level from spring to autumn.91climate
  16. 🇩🇪 Leipzig, GermanyLake season south of the city · 1 Jun – 10 Sep (usually)The flooded lignite pits ringing the city — Cospudener, Markkleeberger, Zwenkauer — are the summer weekend, reachable by tram and bike path.91climate
  17. 🇫🇷 Nantes, FranceLe Voyage a Nantes · 4 Jul – 6 Sep (usually)A green line painted on the pavement links a couple of dozen commissioned works across the city for the summer, most of them free and outdoors.91climate
  18. 🇧🇪 Ostend, BelgiumBeach season on the coast · 15 Jun – 5 Sep (usually)The beach bars, the lifeguard posts and the full coast tram timetable all run for the summer, and the whole of inland Belgium arrives on the first hot Sunday.91climate
  19. 🇺🇸 Bar Harbor, United StatesThe CAT ferry to Nova Scotia · 14 May – 14 Oct (usually)The fast ferry to Yarmouth runs from mid-May to mid-October and takes three and a half hours across the Gulf of Maine.91climate
  20. 🇫🇷 Strasbourg, FranceCathedral summer light show · 1 Jul – 5 Sep (usually)A projection on the cathedral front runs nightly through the summer, free, with the Petite France bridges lit alongside it.90climate
  21. 🇫🇷 Biarritz, FranceLifeguarded beach season · 15 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)The Grande Plage and Cote des Basques are only flagged and patrolled through the summer, and the beach clubs open with them.90climate
  22. 🇬🇧 Newquay, United KingdomLifeguarded beach season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The main beaches are patrolled from about May to the end of September and unpatrolled either side, when the rips at Fistral and Crantock are the same but nobody is watching them.90climate
  23. 🇫🇷 Paris, FranceParis-Plages · 6 Jul – 31 Aug (usually)Sand, deckchairs and pools go down along the Seine and the Bassin de la Villette for about eight weeks, free and busiest in the early evening.89climate
  24. 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, DenmarkTivoli summer season · 25 Mar – 22 Sep (usually)Tivoli opens for the summer at the end of March and shuts in the third week of September.89climate
  25. 🇩🇪 Hamburg, GermanyAlster and pool season · 15 May – 10 Sep (usually)The outdoor pools open in May and the Alster banks fill with rowers, beer and barbecues.89climate

…and 111 more in July.

What's on around the world in July →

Summer season opens in August

  1. 🇺🇸 Santa Cruz, California, United StatesBoardwalk summer season · 23 May – 7 Sep (usually)The old wooden coaster and the rest of the seafront run daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with free bands on the beach on summer Friday evenings.95climate
  2. 🇧🇪 Antwerp, BelgiumZomer van Antwerpen · 18 Jun – 30 AugCircus tents, open-air cinema and free neighbourhood concerts spread across docks and squares for ten weeks, so the summer programme is scattered rather than in one place.94climate
  3. 🇵🇹 Peniche, PortugalBerlengas boat season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The nature reserve caps the island at 550 visitors at a time and the daily crossings only run through the summer, weather permitting.94climate
  4. 🇨🇦 Victoria, BC, CanadaButchart summer fireworks · 4 Jul – 5 Sep (usually)Saturday-night fireworks over the sunken garden through July and August, with live music on the lawn before them.94climate
  5. 🇷🇺 Nizhny Novgorod, RussiaVolga cruise season · 1 May – 5 Oct (usually)The Moscow-to-Astrakhan cruise boats call here for a day each once the ice has gone, and the local river trams and hydrofoils run on the same window.94climate
  6. 🇩🇪 Berlin, GermanyLake and Freibad season · 15 May – 31 Aug (usually)The outdoor pools open around the middle of May and the city moves outdoors with them.93climate
  7. 🇩🇪 Hamburg, GermanyAlster and pool season · 15 May – 10 Sep (usually)The outdoor pools open in May and the Alster banks fill with rowers, beer and barbecues.93climate
  8. 🇰🇿 Astana, KazakhstanYesil embankment season · 1 Jun – 31 Aug (usually)River boats, outdoor tables and the embankment walk only exist for these weeks, and the city uses them hard.93climate
  9. 🇳🇱 Utrecht, NetherlandsWharf terrace season · 15 Apr – 30 Sep (usually)The cellars along the Oudegracht put their tables out at water level from spring to autumn.93climate
  10. 🇷🇺 Novosibirsk, RussiaRiver and beach season · 10 Jun – 25 Aug (usually)The short, hot Siberian summer sends the city to the Ob beaches and the reservoir shore at Akademgorodok, and the river boats run for about ten weeks.92climate
  11. 🇷🇺 Kazan, RussiaVolga boat season · 1 May – 5 Oct (usually)River cruises between Moscow and Astrakhan tie up here for a day each, and the local hydrofoils and Sviyazhsk boats only run once the ice has gone.92climate
  12. 🇫🇷 Nantes, FranceLe Voyage a Nantes · 4 Jul – 6 Sep (usually)A green line painted on the pavement links a couple of dozen commissioned works across the city for the summer, most of them free and outdoors.92climate
  13. 🇬🇧 Cambridge, United KingdomPunting season · 15 Mar – 31 Oct (usually)The chauffeured punts and the touts on Magdalene Bridge appear with the first warm weekend and are gone by November.92climate
  14. 🇵🇱 Sopot, PolandBeach season · 20 Jun – 5 Sep (usually)Sopot is where Warsaw goes in July: lifeguards, beach bars and the Monte Cassino strip solid with people from the station to the pier.92climate
  15. 🇫🇷 Paris, FranceParis-Plages · 6 Jul – 31 Aug (usually)Sand, deckchairs and pools go down along the Seine and the Bassin de la Villette for about eight weeks, free and busiest in the early evening.90climate
  16. 🇵🇱 Warsaw, PolandVistula riverside season · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)The wild east bank and the boulevards opposite it are where the city drinks from May to September.90climate
  17. 🇸🇪 Stockholm, SwedenArchipelago boat season · 15 Jun – 25 Aug (usually)The full ferry timetable to the outer islands runs for about ten weeks; outside it half the destinations have no service at all.90climate
  18. 🇺🇦 Lviv, UkraineRynok Square farmers' fair · 29 Mar – 30 Sep (usually)Producers set up on Rynok Square from spring to the end of September — cheese, honey, berries in their weeks, and the coffee roasters the city is known for.90climate
  19. 🇨🇿 Český Krumlov, CzechiaVltava paddling season · 1 May – 20 Sep (usually)Canoes and rubber rafts run the river through the middle of town all summer, with a weir chute under the castle that everyone stops to watch.90climate
  20. 🇧🇪 Ostend, BelgiumBeach season on the coast · 15 Jun – 5 Sep (usually)The beach bars, the lifeguard posts and the full coast tram timetable all run for the summer, and the whole of inland Belgium arrives on the first hot Sunday.90climate
  21. 🇩🇪 Leipzig, GermanyLake season south of the city · 1 Jun – 10 Sep (usually)The flooded lignite pits ringing the city — Cospudener, Markkleeberger, Zwenkauer — are the summer weekend, reachable by tram and bike path.89climate
  22. Saint Peter Port, GuernseyHerm and Sark boat season · 15 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)The small boats to Herm, Sark and Alderney run frequently from the harbour through the season and thin out sharply after October.89climate
  23. 🇩🇰 Copenhagen, DenmarkTivoli summer season · 25 Mar – 22 Sep (usually)Tivoli opens for the summer at the end of March and shuts in the third week of September.88climate
  24. 🇬🇧 Bath, United KingdomRoman Baths open late · 1 Jul – 31 AugThrough July and August the Baths stay open into the evening and the terrace is lit by torches.88climate
  25. 🇷🇺 Yakutsk, RussiaLena boat season · 1 Jun – 30 Sep (usually)The ferry restarts and the boats to the Lena Pillars run for about four months — the only way to reach the rock columns upstream, a full day each way.88climate

…and 110 more in August.

What's on around the world in August →

Summer season opens in September

  1. 🇺🇦 Odessa, UkraineBeach season opens · 15 May – 15 Sep (usually)Lanzheron, Otrada and the Arcadia strip put out loungers and reopen the beach bars from the middle of May, though wartime coastguard rules have kept swimming limited to netted, mine-cleared zones since 2022.95climate
  2. 🇧🇬 Plovdiv, BulgariaRoman theatre season · 20 May – 30 Sep (usually)Opera, drama and touring concerts move into the second-century theatre on the hill for the warm half of the year — it seats about five thousand and is still a working venue, not a ruin with a rope round it.94climate
  3. 🇺🇸 Boise, United StatesFloat the Boise season · 20 Jun – 7 Sep (usually)The city opens the river to tubes once the spring runoff drops to a safe flow, usually late June, and shuts it on Labor Day when the shuttle and rental stop.94climate
  4. 🇧🇬 Varna, BulgariaBeach and sea season · 1 Jun – 20 Sep (usually)The city beach below the Sea Garden and the resort strip north both switch on for the summer, with lifeguards and beach bars appearing within a fortnight of each other.94climate
  5. 🇭🇺 Budapest, HungaryGarden bar season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The kertek — courtyard, rooftop and riverbank bars that only exist in warm months — open through May and are boarded up again by October.93climate
  6. 🇫🇷 Strasbourg, FranceCathedral summer light show · 1 Jul – 5 Sep (usually)A projection on the cathedral front runs nightly through the summer, free, with the Petite France bridges lit alongside it.93climate
  7. 🇧🇬 Burgas, BulgariaBeach season opens · 1 Jun – 20 Sep (usually)Lifeguards, sunbed concessions and the beach bars under the Sea Garden come back for the summer, and the central beach is a short walk from the station rather than a drive.93climate
  8. 🇷🇴 Mamaia, RomaniaBeach season opens · 25 May – 15 Sep (usually)Beach clubs, sunbed concessions and the cable car along the strip come back at once around the start of June, and the whole four-kilometre sandbar switches on.93climate
  9. 🇺🇸 Santa Cruz, California, United StatesBoardwalk summer season · 23 May – 7 Sep (usually)The old wooden coaster and the rest of the seafront run daily from Memorial Day to Labor Day, with free bands on the beach on summer Friday evenings.93climate
  10. 🇹🇷 Kars, TurkeyShort summer on the steppe · 10 Jun – 10 Sep (usually)The grass comes up, the herders move to the highland pastures and the cheese-making starts.93climate
  11. 🇫🇷 Carcassonne, FranceCanal du Midi boating season · 25 Mar – 5 Nov (usually)Hire boats work the canal through the town from the end of March to the start of November; the locks come out of service for maintenance over the winter.92climate
  12. 🇨🇦 Niagara Falls, CanadaFalls boat season · 24 Apr – 30 Nov (usually)The boats run from late April to the end of November and are the only way to get under the falls.92climate
  13. 🇺🇸 Bend, United StatesDeschutes float season · 15 Jun – 5 Sep (usually)Half the town floats the stretch from Riverbend Park to the Old Mill on a hot afternoon, and the shuttle runs all summer.92climate
  14. 🇨🇭 Basel, SwitzerlandRhine swimming season · 15 Jun – 10 Sep (usually)Locals float through the middle of the city with their clothes in a waterproof bag and climb out at the marked steps.91climate
  15. 🇷🇸 Belgrade, SerbiaThe river clubs open · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)Around the start of June the big indoor venues shut and reopen as splavovi, barges moored along the Sava and Danube, and move back inland at the end of September.91climate
  16. 🇺🇸 Chicago, United StatesLakefront beach season · 22 May – 7 Sep (usually)The city's twenty-odd beaches are guarded from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day and effectively shut either side of it.91climate
  17. 🇺🇸 Cleveland, United StatesLakefront season · 1 Jun – 10 SepEdgewater and Euclid beaches, the Flats patios and free concerts in Public Square all run on the same short calendar.91climate
  18. 🇭🇺 Lake Balaton, HungaryFerries and lake boats return · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The scheduled passenger boats between the shores run to a seasonal timetable that thins out fast after August; the Szántód–Tihany car ferry itself runs year-round but on a much-reduced winter timetable.91climate
  19. 🇦🇹 Vienna, AustriaFilm festival on Rathausplatz · 28 Jun – 5 Sep (usually)The square in front of the city hall becomes an open-air screen and a street of food stalls every evening from the start of July to early September.90climate
  20. 🇺🇸 Denver, United StatesRed Rocks concert season · 1 Apr – 5 Nov (usually)The amphitheatre runs from about April to early November, with sunrise yoga and film nights filling the gaps between shows.90climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Detroit, United StatesRiverfront and Belle Isle season · 1 Jun – 15 Sep (usually)The riverwalk, the Belle Isle beach and the pop-up bars along the Dequindre Cut only exist for one season, and Detroit uses all of it.90climate
  22. 🇷🇺 Vladivostok, RussiaVelvet season · 5 Sep – 15 Oct (usually)Once the monsoon and the storms are done the air clears and the sea is still warm enough to swim — locals call it the velvet season and treat it as the real summer.90climate
  23. 🇧🇦 Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaVrbas rafting season · 15 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)The rafting clubs at Karanovac and up the canyon run from spring to autumn; the river is pushiest just after the snowmelt and gentlest in late summer.90climate
  24. 🇵🇹 Peniche, PortugalBerlengas boat season · 1 May – 30 Sep (usually)The nature reserve caps the island at 550 visitors at a time and the daily crossings only run through the summer, weather permitting.90climate
  25. 🇸🇰 Bratislava, SlovakiaDanube catamaran from Vienna · 25 Mar – 5 Nov (usually)The fast boat down from Vienna's Schwedenplatz runs for the season only, about seventy-five minutes each way.89climate

…and 95 more in September.

What's on around the world in September →

Summer season opens in October

  1. 🇹🇷 Ölüdeniz, TurkeyBabadag paragliding season · 1 Apr – 15 Nov (usually)The tandem flights off the mountain behind the lagoon are what most people come for, and the shuttles up to the launch decks run through the warm half of the year.93climate
  2. 🇫🇷 Bonifacio, FranceLavezzi boat season · 15 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)Shuttles and excursion boats to the islands run from the middle of April to the end of October, hourly at the height of summer and on a shorter trip in April and October.92climate
  3. 🇮🇹 Olbia, ItalySummer flights and ferries · 15 May – 1 Oct (usually)Olbia is the gateway to the Costa Smeralda and its airport and the Golfo Aranci ferries run on a summer timetable; out of season the direct routes to northern Europe disappear almost entirely.91climate
  4. 🇵🇹 Tavira, PortugalIlha de Tavira ferry season · 1 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)The sandbar island's beach bars and the frequent boats out to it run from spring to mid-October.90climate
  5. 🇹🇷 Fethiye, TurkeyBlue cruise season · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)The gulets come out of winter lay-up in Fethiye and Göcek harbours and the twelve-island runs start going daily.89climate
  6. 🇬🇷 Kos, GreeceCharter and resort season · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)Kardamena, Tigaki and Mastichari run on northern European charter flights, and the hotels, bike hire and beach bars open and close with them.88climate
  7. 🇪🇸 Marbella, SpainBeach clubs and chiringuitos open · 1 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)The chiringuitos on the sand run from Easter to about mid-October, sardines on a skewer over a boat full of embers.87climate
  8. 🇹🇷 Marmaris, TurkeyBlue cruise season · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)The gulet fleet comes out of winter lay-up in the bay and the week-long runs down towards Fethiye start going.87climate
  9. 🇺🇸 Denver, United StatesRed Rocks concert season · 1 Apr – 5 Nov (usually)The amphitheatre runs from about April to early November, with sunrise yoga and film nights filling the gaps between shows.86climate
  10. 🇪🇸 Tossa de Mar, SpainResort season opens · 1 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)Hotels, the coastal boats to Lloret and Sant Feliu, and the restaurants under the Vila Vella walls all open around Easter and shut again in October.86climate
  11. 🇹🇷 Datça, TurkeyBodrum ferry season · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The crossing from Bodrum to Körmen runs a few times a week in spring and autumn and two or three times a day through high summer, then stops.86climate
  12. 🇹🇳 Sousse, TunisiaResort season · 1 Jun – 7 OctThe season here traditionally opens at the start of June and closes with parties on the first weekend of October.86climate
  13. Vatican City, Vatican CityFriday evening museum openings · 15 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The museums open on Friday evenings from spring to late October, online booking only and capped in number.86climate
  14. 🇭🇷 Dubrovnik, CroatiaIsland ferry season · 15 Apr – 20 Oct (usually)The catamarans to Mljet, Korčula and the Elafiti run to a summer timetable only; outside it the islands drop to a couple of sailings a week and a day trip stops being possible.85climate
  15. 🇦🇱 Sarandë, AlbaniaCorfu crossing season · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)The hydrofoil to Corfu runs several times a day through the summer and drops to a skeleton service in winter; it is a half-hour crossing and the reason many people arrive here at all.85climate
  16. 🇺🇸 Outer Banks, United StatesLighthouse climbing season · 17 Apr – 12 Oct (usually)The seashore's towers open for climbs from the third Friday in April to Columbus Day, tickets timed and limited.85climate
  17. 🇫🇷 Carcassonne, FranceCanal du Midi boating season · 25 Mar – 5 Nov (usually)Hire boats work the canal through the town from the end of March to the start of November; the locks come out of service for maintenance over the winter.84climate
  18. 🇦🇱 Ksamil, AlbaniaButrint on summer hours · 1 Apr – 31 OctFrom April to October the Roman and Venetian site down the road takes last entry at six and closes at eight; in winter the last ticket is sold at three.84climate
  19. 🇬🇪 Kutaisi, GeorgiaCanyon and cave season · 1 May – 15 Oct (usually)The day trips the city is used as a base for — the Martvili boats, the Okatse walkway, the Prometheus cave boat ride — run properly in the warm half of the year and shrink or stop outside it.83climate
  20. 🇧🇦 Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaVrbas rafting season · 15 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)The rafting clubs at Karanovac and up the canyon run from spring to autumn; the river is pushiest just after the snowmelt and gentlest in late summer.81climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Pensacola, United StatesBlue Angels practice days · 25 Mar – 1 Nov (usually)The squadron flies practice sessions over the naval air station on most Tuesday and Wednesday mornings in season, free to watch from behind the museum.80climate
  22. 🇷🇺 Vladivostok, RussiaVelvet season · 5 Sep – 15 Oct (usually)Once the monsoon and the storms are done the air clears and the sea is still warm enough to swim — locals call it the velvet season and treat it as the real summer.77climate
  23. 🇮🇹 Milan, ItalyLake ferries on full timetable · 1 Apr – 15 Oct (usually)Como, Maggiore and Garda run the full public boat timetable from around Easter to mid-October, which is what makes the lakes a day out from Milan rather than a drive.76climate
  24. 🇭🇺 Lake Balaton, HungaryFerries and lake boats return · 1 Apr – 31 Oct (usually)The scheduled passenger boats between the shores run to a seasonal timetable that thins out fast after August; the Szántód–Tihany car ferry itself runs year-round but on a much-reduced winter timetable.76climate
  25. 🇮🇹 Como, ItalyVilla gardens and full boat timetable · 20 Mar – 5 Nov (usually)Villa Carlotta, Balbianello and the rest open for the season in the second half of March, and the lake boats move to the full timetable with them.75climate

…and 32 more in October.

What's on around the world in October →

Summer season opens in November

  1. 🇺🇸 Pensacola, United StatesBlue Angels practice days · 25 Mar – 1 Nov (usually)The squadron flies practice sessions over the naval air station on most Tuesday and Wednesday mornings in season, free to watch from behind the museum.88climate
  2. 🇦🇷 Rosario, ArgentinaRiver season on the Parana · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)The balnearios along the north bank open and the launches start running to the sandbank beaches on the island side.86climate
  3. 🇹🇷 Ölüdeniz, TurkeyBabadag paragliding season · 1 Apr – 15 Nov (usually)The tandem flights off the mountain behind the lagoon are what most people come for, and the shuttles up to the launch decks run through the warm half of the year.83climate
  4. 🇮🇳 Mysuru, IndiaDasara exhibition · 1 Oct – 15 Jan (usually)The fairground at Doddakere Maidan opens with Dasara and stays up for months afterwards — stalls, rides and a stage, and the one part of the festival that outlasts the crowds.77climate
  5. 🇦🇪 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesGlobal Village season · 10 Oct – 31 May (usually)The open-air pavilion park reopens in mid-October and runs to late May, which is as good a marker as any for when Dubai becomes an outdoor city again.76climate
  6. 🇨🇱 Punta Arenas, ChilePatagonia season opens · 1 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)This is the gateway rather than the destination: the Paine buses, the Cape Horn boats and the Antarctic charters all run in this window, so the hotels price against Torres del Paine.76climate
  7. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSheikh Zayed Festival · 1 Nov – 22 Mar (usually)The heritage and culture festival out at Al Wathba runs from the start of November to late March, with country pavilions and fireworks most nights.75climate
  8. 🇺🇸 Denver, United StatesRed Rocks concert season · 1 Apr – 5 Nov (usually)The amphitheatre runs from about April to early November, with sunrise yoga and film nights filling the gaps between shows.73climate
  9. 🇮🇳 Gokarna, IndiaBeach hut season · 15 Oct – 28 FebThe huts go back up on Kudle and Om once the rain stops and the walk between the beaches is passable again.72climate
  10. 🇫🇷 Carcassonne, FranceCanal du Midi boating season · 25 Mar – 5 Nov (usually)Hire boats work the canal through the town from the end of March to the start of November; the locks come out of service for maintenance over the winter.70climate
  11. 🇨🇭 Lugano, SwitzerlandSan Salvatore funicular season · 14 Mar – 8 Nov (usually)The funicular up the sugarloaf runs from about mid-March to early November and then stops for the winter.66climate
  12. Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsExpedition ship season · 15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)Everything here happens in the southern summer, when expedition ships work down from the Falklands and the museum, church and post office at Grytviken open for the hours a ship is in the bay.66climate
  13. 🇮🇹 Como, ItalyVilla gardens and full boat timetable · 20 Mar – 5 Nov (usually)Villa Carlotta, Balbianello and the rest open for the season in the second half of March, and the lake boats move to the full timetable with them.65climate
  14. 🇸🇰 Bratislava, SlovakiaDanube catamaran from Vienna · 25 Mar – 5 Nov (usually)The fast boat down from Vienna's Schwedenplatz runs for the season only, about seventy-five minutes each way.59climate
  15. 🇺🇸 Gateway Arch National Park, United StatesRiverboat cruise season · 1 Mar – 30 NovThe paddlewheelers run off the levee from March to November, with the lock-and-dam trips added in October.59climate
  16. 🇺🇸 Madison, United StatesFarmers' market on the Square · 15 Apr – 10 Nov (usually)Saturday mornings from mid-April to early November, producers only, and everyone walks the Capitol Square anticlockwise because that is the rule.59climate
  17. 🇨🇦 Niagara Falls, CanadaFalls boat season · 24 Apr – 30 Nov (usually)The boats run from late April to the end of November and are the only way to get under the falls.59climate
  18. 🇬🇧 Keswick, United KingdomDerwentwater launch season · 20 Mar – 1 Nov (usually)The launches round the lake run a full timetable from spring to the end of October and a skeleton one after.49climate

What's on around the world in November →

Summer season opens in December

  1. 🇦🇺 Launceston, AustraliaThe Basin pool opens · 1 Dec – 31 Mar (usually)The free pool at First Basin in Cataract Gorge is staffed and open for the summer only, a fifteen-minute walk from the middle of town.91climate
  2. 🇦🇷 Mar del Plata, ArgentinaSummer theatre season · 20 Dec – 28 Feb (usually)Half of Buenos Aires theatre moves down the coast for the summer and the Avenida Independencia bills comedies and revues nightly.88climate
  3. 🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSheikh Zayed Festival · 1 Nov – 22 Mar (usually)The heritage and culture festival out at Al Wathba runs from the start of November to late March, with country pavilions and fireworks most nights.86climate
  4. 🇦🇪 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesGlobal Village season · 10 Oct – 31 May (usually)The open-air pavilion park reopens in mid-October and runs to late May, which is as good a marker as any for when Dubai becomes an outdoor city again.85climate
  5. 🇮🇳 Mysuru, IndiaDasara exhibition · 1 Oct – 15 Jan (usually)The fairground at Doddakere Maidan opens with Dasara and stays up for months afterwards — stalls, rides and a stage, and the one part of the festival that outlasts the crowds.84climate
  6. 🇦🇷 Rosario, ArgentinaRiver season on the Parana · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)The balnearios along the north bank open and the launches start running to the sandbank beaches on the island side.81climate
  7. 🇨🇱 Punta Arenas, ChilePatagonia season opens · 1 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)This is the gateway rather than the destination: the Paine buses, the Cape Horn boats and the Antarctic charters all run in this window, so the hotels price against Torres del Paine.78climate
  8. 🇮🇳 Gokarna, IndiaBeach hut season · 15 Oct – 28 FebThe huts go back up on Kudle and Om once the rain stops and the walk between the beaches is passable again.78climate
  9. Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsExpedition ship season · 15 Oct – 31 Mar (usually)Everything here happens in the southern summer, when expedition ships work down from the Falklands and the museum, church and post office at Grytviken open for the hours a ship is in the bay.71climate
  10. 🇨🇱 Farellones, ChileSummer mountain park · 1 Dec – 15 Mar (usually)Out of the snow the village runs a small adventure park with a zip-line canopy, and the climb up is a cyclists' route; most of the hotels stay shut.70climate
  11. 🇦🇺 Mount Buller, AustraliaBike park and walking season · 1 Dec – 5 Apr (usually)Early December to early April the mountain runs for bikes and walkers instead, and it is a fraction as busy.67climate

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