SeasonMap

Winter-sun season, month by month around the world

The northern winter is this place's high season: full, sunny, and booked from October.

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

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When it is on

Number of destinations with winter-sun season on in that month. Windows move a little each year.

Winter-sun season in January

  1. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThis is the busy half of the year, and the city version of it is long-stay northern Europeans and remote workers rather than the package resorts in the south.92climate
  2. 🇪🇸 Lanzarote, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe island's real high season.91climate
  3. 🇴🇲 Khasab, OmanMusandam winter season · 15 Oct – 15 AprOctober to April is when Khasab works: the khors are calm enough for a full day on a dhow, cruise ships call in from Dubai, and the mountain road is a pleasure rather than an ordeal.91climate
  4. 🇺🇸 Naples, Florida, United StatesThe winter season · 15 Nov – 15 AprNaples roughly doubles in population between November and April as the northern residents come back.91climate
  5. 🇧🇭 Manama, BahrainThe outdoor half of the year · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The months the island is actually pleasant: the corniche, the fort at Qal'at al-Bahrain and the tree in the desert are all bearable on foot, and every outdoor event is scheduled into this window.90climate
  6. 🇮🇷 Qeshm, IranThe usable half of the year · 1 Nov – 31 MarNovember to March is when the island works: the Hara mangroves, the Chahkooh canyon and the Valley of Stars are walkable, and the water is still warm enough to get into.90climate
  7. 🇪🇸 Fuerteventura, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThis is the island's real high season: northern Europe arrives for weeks at a time, the resorts run full and Christmas and February half-term are the two spikes to book around.89climate
  8. 🇲🇦 Agadir, MoroccoThe northern winter season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels.89climate
  9. 🇴🇲 Salalah, OmanBeach and diving season · 15 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)Once the monsoon clears, the sea flattens and the beaches and the Mirbat dive sites are usable again.88climate
  10. 🇮🇱 Eilat, IsraelIsrael's winter escape · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)This is the season Eilat was built for: warm enough to sit outside when Tel Aviv is not, and the Red Sea diving is at its clearest.88climate
  11. 🇨🇳 Sanya, ChinaNorthern China's winter · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Sanya's high season is the northern winter, and a good part of it is retirees from Harbin and Beijing who rent for the whole of it.88climate
  12. 🇨🇳 Jinghong, ChinaNorthern winter escape · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)Xishuangbanna is where a good part of northern China spends the winter, and Jinghong's riverfront apartments are let by the month to people who arrive in November and leave in March.88climate
  13. 🇲🇽 Sayulita, MexicoWinter high season · 15 Dec – 31 MarNorth Americans arrive for the dry months and the village runs at capacity: rentals booked from the autumn, restaurants on a wait and the cobbled streets full after dark.86climate
  14. 🇺🇸 Tampa, United StatesDry-season high season · 1 Jan – 31 MarThe dry half of the Florida year, when the humidity drops out and the beaches at Clearwater and the Gulf side fill with people escaping the north.84climate
  15. 🇯🇴 Dead Sea, JordanWinter high season · 1 Nov – 31 MarFour hundred metres below sea level, so the winter here is what passes for spring anywhere else and the resorts run full.84climate
  16. 🇬🇲 Kololi, GambiaEuropean charter season · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The Senegambia strip runs on northern-winter charters.84climate
  17. 🇧🇸 Great Exuma, BahamasDry season and winter peak · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The dry, breezy half of the year and the one Exuma is priced for.82climate
  18. 🇪🇸 Nerja, SpainWinter residents' season · 1 Nov – 15 MarNorthern Europeans take apartments here for months at a time, so the town keeps its restaurants open through winter instead of shuttering like the resorts further east.81climate
  19. 🇺🇸 Clearwater, United StatesSnowbird season · 5 Jan – 31 MarLong-stay visitors from the northern states and Canada fill the condos and the early-evening restaurant tables from January.81climate
  20. 🇵🇸 Jericho, PalestineThe winter escape · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)This is the lowest town on earth and it is where Jerusalem and Ramallah come to sit outside in January.81climate
  21. 🇪🇸 Benidorm, SpainWinter-sun season · 15 Oct – 31 MarBritish and Nordic long-stay guests keep the whole town trading through winter, which is why almost nothing here closes out of season.80climate
  22. 🇵🇹 Portimão, PortugalWinter long-stay season · 1 Nov – 31 MarNorthern Europeans take apartments by the month and the golf courses and the walking routes are the draw rather than the beach.80climate
  23. 🇺🇸 Palm Springs, United StatesSnowbird season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe desert's high season: seasonal residents arrive from Canada and the northern states, the golf rates peak, and the weekend traffic in from Los Angeles fills downtown.79climate
  24. 🇨🇾 Limassol, CyprusWinter season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Nothing closes.79climate
  25. 🇲🇽 Bacalar, MexicoDry high season · 15 Dec – 15 AprThe rains have stopped and the lagoon is at its clearest, which is when the town fills with people who drove down from Tulum.79climate

…and 18 more in January.

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Winter-sun season in February

  1. 🇮🇱 Eilat, IsraelIsrael's winter escape · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)This is the season Eilat was built for: warm enough to sit outside when Tel Aviv is not, and the Red Sea diving is at its clearest.96climate
  2. 🇧🇭 Manama, BahrainThe outdoor half of the year · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The months the island is actually pleasant: the corniche, the fort at Qal'at al-Bahrain and the tree in the desert are all bearable on foot, and every outdoor event is scheduled into this window.93climate
  3. 🇴🇲 Khasab, OmanMusandam winter season · 15 Oct – 15 AprOctober to April is when Khasab works: the khors are calm enough for a full day on a dhow, cruise ships call in from Dubai, and the mountain road is a pleasure rather than an ordeal.93climate
  4. 🇺🇸 Palm Springs, United StatesSnowbird season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe desert's high season: seasonal residents arrive from Canada and the northern states, the golf rates peak, and the weekend traffic in from Los Angeles fills downtown.92climate
  5. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThis is the busy half of the year, and the city version of it is long-stay northern Europeans and remote workers rather than the package resorts in the south.92climate
  6. 🇨🇳 Sanya, ChinaNorthern China's winter · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Sanya's high season is the northern winter, and a good part of it is retirees from Harbin and Beijing who rent for the whole of it.92climate
  7. 🇮🇷 Qeshm, IranThe usable half of the year · 1 Nov – 31 MarNovember to March is when the island works: the Hara mangroves, the Chahkooh canyon and the Valley of Stars are walkable, and the water is still warm enough to get into.92climate
  8. 🇪🇸 Lanzarote, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe island's real high season.91climate
  9. 🇲🇦 Agadir, MoroccoThe northern winter season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels.91climate
  10. 🇺🇸 Tampa, United StatesDry-season high season · 1 Jan – 31 MarThe dry half of the Florida year, when the humidity drops out and the beaches at Clearwater and the Gulf side fill with people escaping the north.90climate
  11. 🇯🇴 Dead Sea, JordanWinter high season · 1 Nov – 31 MarFour hundred metres below sea level, so the winter here is what passes for spring anywhere else and the resorts run full.90climate
  12. 🇪🇸 Fuerteventura, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThis is the island's real high season: northern Europe arrives for weeks at a time, the resorts run full and Christmas and February half-term are the two spikes to book around.89climate
  13. 🇺🇸 Clearwater, United StatesSnowbird season · 5 Jan – 31 MarLong-stay visitors from the northern states and Canada fill the condos and the early-evening restaurant tables from January.89climate
  14. 🇲🇽 Sayulita, MexicoWinter high season · 15 Dec – 31 MarNorth Americans arrive for the dry months and the village runs at capacity: rentals booked from the autumn, restaurants on a wait and the cobbled streets full after dark.88climate
  15. 🇺🇸 Naples, Florida, United StatesThe winter season · 15 Nov – 15 AprNaples roughly doubles in population between November and April as the northern residents come back.88climate
  16. 🇴🇲 Salalah, OmanBeach and diving season · 15 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)Once the monsoon clears, the sea flattens and the beaches and the Mirbat dive sites are usable again.87climate
  17. 🇪🇸 Benidorm, SpainWinter-sun season · 15 Oct – 31 MarBritish and Nordic long-stay guests keep the whole town trading through winter, which is why almost nothing here closes out of season.86climate
  18. 🇨🇳 Jinghong, ChinaNorthern winter escape · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)Xishuangbanna is where a good part of northern China spends the winter, and Jinghong's riverfront apartments are let by the month to people who arrive in November and leave in March.86climate
  19. 🇪🇸 Nerja, SpainWinter residents' season · 1 Nov – 15 MarNorthern Europeans take apartments here for months at a time, so the town keeps its restaurants open through winter instead of shuttering like the resorts further east.86climate
  20. 🇵🇸 Jericho, PalestineThe winter escape · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)This is the lowest town on earth and it is where Jerusalem and Ramallah come to sit outside in January.86climate
  21. 🇧🇸 Great Exuma, BahamasDry season and winter peak · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The dry, breezy half of the year and the one Exuma is priced for.85climate
  22. 🇨🇾 Paphos, CyprusWinter season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Paphos does not shut: the hotels stay open for northern Europeans on long stays, the golf courses are at their best and the Akamas is walkable for the only time all year.84climate
  23. 🇨🇾 Limassol, CyprusWinter season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Nothing closes.84climate
  24. 🇵🇹 Portimão, PortugalWinter long-stay season · 1 Nov – 31 MarNorthern Europeans take apartments by the month and the golf courses and the walking routes are the draw rather than the beach.84climate
  25. 🇺🇸 Destin, United StatesSnowbird season · 5 Jan – 28 FebLong-stay visitors from the Midwest and Canada take the condos by the month and the beaches are otherwise empty.82climate

…and 18 more in February.

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Winter-sun season in March

  1. 🇺🇸 Palm Springs, United StatesSnowbird season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe desert's high season: seasonal residents arrive from Canada and the northern states, the golf rates peak, and the weekend traffic in from Los Angeles fills downtown.95climate
  2. 🇪🇸 Lanzarote, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe island's real high season.95climate
  3. 🇵🇸 Jericho, PalestineThe winter escape · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)This is the lowest town on earth and it is where Jerusalem and Ramallah come to sit outside in January.95climate
  4. 🇲🇦 Agadir, MoroccoThe northern winter season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels.94climate
  5. 🇯🇴 Dead Sea, JordanWinter high season · 1 Nov – 31 MarFour hundred metres below sea level, so the winter here is what passes for spring anywhere else and the resorts run full.94climate
  6. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThis is the busy half of the year, and the city version of it is long-stay northern Europeans and remote workers rather than the package resorts in the south.93climate
  7. 🇪🇸 Fuerteventura, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThis is the island's real high season: northern Europe arrives for weeks at a time, the resorts run full and Christmas and February half-term are the two spikes to book around.91climate
  8. 🇺🇸 Clearwater, United StatesSnowbird season · 5 Jan – 31 MarLong-stay visitors from the northern states and Canada fill the condos and the early-evening restaurant tables from January.91climate
  9. 🇮🇱 Eilat, IsraelIsrael's winter escape · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)This is the season Eilat was built for: warm enough to sit outside when Tel Aviv is not, and the Red Sea diving is at its clearest.90climate
  10. 🇨🇾 Limassol, CyprusWinter season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Nothing closes.89climate
  11. 🇺🇸 Tampa, United StatesDry-season high season · 1 Jan – 31 MarThe dry half of the Florida year, when the humidity drops out and the beaches at Clearwater and the Gulf side fill with people escaping the north.89climate
  12. 🇲🇽 Sayulita, MexicoWinter high season · 15 Dec – 31 MarNorth Americans arrive for the dry months and the village runs at capacity: rentals booked from the autumn, restaurants on a wait and the cobbled streets full after dark.89climate
  13. 🇺🇸 Pensacola, United StatesSnowbird season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Long-stay visitors from the northern states and Canada take the beach condos by the month from about Thanksgiving, so the island is busy while the water is far too cold to swim in.89climate
  14. 🇨🇾 Paphos, CyprusWinter season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Paphos does not shut: the hotels stay open for northern Europeans on long stays, the golf courses are at their best and the Akamas is walkable for the only time all year.87climate
  15. 🇺🇸 Naples, Florida, United StatesThe winter season · 15 Nov – 15 AprNaples roughly doubles in population between November and April as the northern residents come back.86climate
  16. 🇪🇸 Benidorm, SpainWinter-sun season · 15 Oct – 31 MarBritish and Nordic long-stay guests keep the whole town trading through winter, which is why almost nothing here closes out of season.85climate
  17. 🇧🇸 Great Exuma, BahamasDry season and winter peak · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The dry, breezy half of the year and the one Exuma is priced for.85climate
  18. 🇮🇷 Qeshm, IranThe usable half of the year · 1 Nov – 31 MarNovember to March is when the island works: the Hara mangroves, the Chahkooh canyon and the Valley of Stars are walkable, and the water is still warm enough to get into.85climate
  19. 🇧🇭 Manama, BahrainThe outdoor half of the year · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The months the island is actually pleasant: the corniche, the fort at Qal'at al-Bahrain and the tree in the desert are all bearable on foot, and every outdoor event is scheduled into this window.84climate
  20. 🇨🇳 Sanya, ChinaNorthern China's winter · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Sanya's high season is the northern winter, and a good part of it is retirees from Harbin and Beijing who rent for the whole of it.84climate
  21. 🇵🇹 Portimão, PortugalWinter long-stay season · 1 Nov – 31 MarNorthern Europeans take apartments by the month and the golf courses and the walking routes are the draw rather than the beach.84climate
  22. 🇪🇸 Nerja, SpainWinter residents' season · 1 Nov – 15 MarNorthern Europeans take apartments here for months at a time, so the town keeps its restaurants open through winter instead of shuttering like the resorts further east.84climate
  23. 🇹🇷 Alanya, TurkeyWinter long-stay season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The package hotels board up but the town does not: German and Scandinavian residents wintering here keep the markets, cafes and clinics open, and rents fall by more than half.83climate
  24. 🇬🇲 Kololi, GambiaEuropean charter season · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The Senegambia strip runs on northern-winter charters.82climate
  25. 🇴🇲 Khasab, OmanMusandam winter season · 15 Oct – 15 AprOctober to April is when Khasab works: the khors are calm enough for a full day on a dhow, cruise ships call in from Dubai, and the mountain road is a pleasure rather than an ordeal.81climate

…and 15 more in March.

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Winter-sun season in April

  1. 🇲🇦 Agadir, MoroccoThe northern winter season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels.94climate
  2. 🇺🇸 Palm Springs, United StatesSnowbird season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe desert's high season: seasonal residents arrive from Canada and the northern states, the golf rates peak, and the weekend traffic in from Los Angeles fills downtown.82climate
  3. 🇧🇸 Great Exuma, BahamasDry season and winter peak · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The dry, breezy half of the year and the one Exuma is priced for.81climate
  4. 🇺🇸 Naples, Florida, United StatesThe winter season · 15 Nov – 15 AprNaples roughly doubles in population between November and April as the northern residents come back.79climate
  5. 🇺🇸 Death Valley National Park, United StatesPeak visiting season · 1 Nov – 15 AprThe valley floor is only comfortable for walking in the cool half of the year, so this is when everyone comes.78climate
  6. 🇬🇲 Kololi, GambiaEuropean charter season · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The Senegambia strip runs on northern-winter charters.78climate
  7. Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesDry season and winter peak · 1 Jan – 30 Apr (usually)The dry, breezy months, when the charter yachts work their way down the Grenadines and the Saturday market in Kingstown is at its busiest.76climate
  8. Road Town, British Virgin IslandsCharter yacht season · 1 Dec – 30 AprTortola is the bareboat capital of the Caribbean and the winter is when the fleet goes out: settled trades, light swell in the Sir Francis Drake Channel, and boats booked a year ahead.76climate
  9. Sint Eustatius, Sint EustatiusDry season · 15 Dec – 15 Jun (usually)The drier half of the year, when the crater trail into the Quill is walkable rather than a mudslide and the dive boats get out to the old anchorage most mornings.76climate
  10. 🇩🇴 Puerto Plata, Dominican RepublicWinter high season · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)Charter flights from Canada and the north-east US fill the all-inclusives along Playa Dorada from mid-December.75climate
  11. Virgin Gorda, British Virgin IslandsWinter charter season · 1 Dec – 30 Apr (usually)Steady trade winds of 15 to 25 knots and the winter exodus from North America fill Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour and the North Sound moorings from December to April.75climate
  12. Basseterre, Saint Kitts and NevisDry season and winter peak · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The drier half of the year and the one the hotels price for.73climate
  13. 🇴🇲 Khasab, OmanMusandam winter season · 15 Oct – 15 AprOctober to April is when Khasab works: the khors are calm enough for a full day on a dhow, cruise ships call in from Dubai, and the mountain road is a pleasure rather than an ordeal.73climate
  14. 🇧🇿 San Pedro, BelizeWinter high season · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)North American flights into Belize City double up and the golf carts on Front Street stop moving.72climate
  15. 🇲🇽 Bacalar, MexicoDry high season · 15 Dec – 15 AprThe rains have stopped and the lagoon is at its clearest, which is when the town fills with people who drove down from Tulum.72climate
  16. 🇴🇲 Salalah, OmanBeach and diving season · 15 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)Once the monsoon clears, the sea flattens and the beaches and the Mirbat dive sites are usable again.71climate
  17. Oranjestad, ArubaDry season and winter peak · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)Aruba sits below the usual hurricane track and dries out over the northern winter, which is why the high-rise strip is booked from October and the same families come back for the same week each year.71climate
  18. Palm Beach, ArubaWinter high season · 15 Dec – 15 AprThe strip of high-rise hotels behind this beach runs full from mid-December to April, when North America wants out of the cold.71climate
  19. 🇰🇪 Malindi, KenyaItalian winter season · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)Malindi's high season is driven by Italian charter flights and long-staying visitors escaping Europe's cold, running from early December through Easter.61climate

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Winter-sun season in May

  1. Sint Eustatius, Sint EustatiusDry season · 15 Dec – 15 Jun (usually)The drier half of the year, when the crater trail into the Quill is walkable rather than a mudslide and the dive boats get out to the old anchorage most mornings.72climate

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Winter-sun season in June

  1. Sint Eustatius, Sint EustatiusDry season · 15 Dec – 15 Jun (usually)The drier half of the year, when the crater trail into the Quill is walkable rather than a mudslide and the dive boats get out to the old anchorage most mornings.70climate

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Winter-sun season in October

  1. 🇪🇸 Benidorm, SpainWinter-sun season · 15 Oct – 31 MarBritish and Nordic long-stay guests keep the whole town trading through winter, which is why almost nothing here closes out of season.89climate
  2. 🇲🇦 Agadir, MoroccoThe northern winter season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels.85climate
  3. 🇴🇲 Salalah, OmanBeach and diving season · 15 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)Once the monsoon clears, the sea flattens and the beaches and the Mirbat dive sites are usable again.75climate
  4. 🇴🇲 Khasab, OmanMusandam winter season · 15 Oct – 15 AprOctober to April is when Khasab works: the khors are calm enough for a full day on a dhow, cruise ships call in from Dubai, and the mountain road is a pleasure rather than an ordeal.64climate

What's on around the world in October →

Winter-sun season in November

  1. 🇨🇾 Limassol, CyprusWinter season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Nothing closes.93climate
  2. 🇨🇾 Paphos, CyprusWinter season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Paphos does not shut: the hotels stay open for northern Europeans on long stays, the golf courses are at their best and the Akamas is walkable for the only time all year.92climate
  3. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThis is the busy half of the year, and the city version of it is long-stay northern Europeans and remote workers rather than the package resorts in the south.92climate
  4. 🇲🇦 Agadir, MoroccoThe northern winter season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels.91climate
  5. 🇪🇸 Lanzarote, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe island's real high season.90climate
  6. 🇵🇸 Jericho, PalestineThe winter escape · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)This is the lowest town on earth and it is where Jerusalem and Ramallah come to sit outside in January.90climate
  7. 🇺🇸 Palm Springs, United StatesSnowbird season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe desert's high season: seasonal residents arrive from Canada and the northern states, the golf rates peak, and the weekend traffic in from Los Angeles fills downtown.89climate
  8. 🇪🇸 Fuerteventura, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThis is the island's real high season: northern Europe arrives for weeks at a time, the resorts run full and Christmas and February half-term are the two spikes to book around.89climate
  9. 🇺🇸 Pensacola, United StatesSnowbird season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Long-stay visitors from the northern states and Canada take the beach condos by the month from about Thanksgiving, so the island is busy while the water is far too cold to swim in.88climate
  10. 🇪🇸 Benidorm, SpainWinter-sun season · 15 Oct – 31 MarBritish and Nordic long-stay guests keep the whole town trading through winter, which is why almost nothing here closes out of season.87climate
  11. 🇪🇸 Nerja, SpainWinter residents' season · 1 Nov – 15 MarNorthern Europeans take apartments here for months at a time, so the town keeps its restaurants open through winter instead of shuttering like the resorts further east.87climate
  12. 🇵🇹 Portimão, PortugalWinter long-stay season · 1 Nov – 31 MarNorthern Europeans take apartments by the month and the golf courses and the walking routes are the draw rather than the beach.86climate
  13. 🇹🇷 Alanya, TurkeyWinter long-stay season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The package hotels board up but the town does not: German and Scandinavian residents wintering here keep the markets, cafes and clinics open, and rents fall by more than half.86climate
  14. 🇯🇴 Dead Sea, JordanWinter high season · 1 Nov – 31 MarFour hundred metres below sea level, so the winter here is what passes for spring anywhere else and the resorts run full.86climate
  15. 🇮🇱 Eilat, IsraelIsrael's winter escape · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)This is the season Eilat was built for: warm enough to sit outside when Tel Aviv is not, and the Red Sea diving is at its clearest.84climate
  16. 🇮🇷 Qeshm, IranThe usable half of the year · 1 Nov – 31 MarNovember to March is when the island works: the Hara mangroves, the Chahkooh canyon and the Valley of Stars are walkable, and the water is still warm enough to get into.81climate
  17. 🇴🇲 Salalah, OmanBeach and diving season · 15 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)Once the monsoon clears, the sea flattens and the beaches and the Mirbat dive sites are usable again.79climate
  18. 🇨🇳 Sanya, ChinaNorthern China's winter · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Sanya's high season is the northern winter, and a good part of it is retirees from Harbin and Beijing who rent for the whole of it.79climate
  19. 🇨🇳 Jinghong, ChinaNorthern winter escape · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)Xishuangbanna is where a good part of northern China spends the winter, and Jinghong's riverfront apartments are let by the month to people who arrive in November and leave in March.78climate
  20. 🇴🇲 Khasab, OmanMusandam winter season · 15 Oct – 15 AprOctober to April is when Khasab works: the khors are calm enough for a full day on a dhow, cruise ships call in from Dubai, and the mountain road is a pleasure rather than an ordeal.78climate
  21. 🇺🇸 Naples, Florida, United StatesThe winter season · 15 Nov – 15 AprNaples roughly doubles in population between November and April as the northern residents come back.78climate
  22. 🇧🇭 Manama, BahrainThe outdoor half of the year · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The months the island is actually pleasant: the corniche, the fort at Qal'at al-Bahrain and the tree in the desert are all bearable on foot, and every outdoor event is scheduled into this window.74climate
  23. 🇬🇲 Kololi, GambiaEuropean charter season · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The Senegambia strip runs on northern-winter charters.72climate
  24. 🇺🇸 Death Valley National Park, United StatesPeak visiting season · 1 Nov – 15 AprThe valley floor is only comfortable for walking in the cool half of the year, so this is when everyone comes.68climate

What's on around the world in November →

Winter-sun season in December

  1. 🇮🇱 Eilat, IsraelIsrael's winter escape · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)This is the season Eilat was built for: warm enough to sit outside when Tel Aviv is not, and the Red Sea diving is at its clearest.93climate
  2. 🇪🇸 Las Palmas, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThis is the busy half of the year, and the city version of it is long-stay northern Europeans and remote workers rather than the package resorts in the south.91climate
  3. 🇪🇸 Lanzarote, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThe island's real high season.90climate
  4. 🇲🇦 Agadir, MoroccoThe northern winter season · 15 Oct – 15 Apr (usually)Agadir's real high season is the European winter, when charter flights and long-stay retirees fill the seafront hotels.90climate
  5. 🇨🇳 Sanya, ChinaNorthern China's winter · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Sanya's high season is the northern winter, and a good part of it is retirees from Harbin and Beijing who rent for the whole of it.90climate
  6. 🇨🇳 Jinghong, ChinaNorthern winter escape · 15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)Xishuangbanna is where a good part of northern China spends the winter, and Jinghong's riverfront apartments are let by the month to people who arrive in November and leave in March.90climate
  7. 🇪🇸 Fuerteventura, SpainWinter-sun season · 1 Nov – 31 MarThis is the island's real high season: northern Europe arrives for weeks at a time, the resorts run full and Christmas and February half-term are the two spikes to book around.88climate
  8. 🇮🇷 Qeshm, IranThe usable half of the year · 1 Nov – 31 MarNovember to March is when the island works: the Hara mangroves, the Chahkooh canyon and the Valley of Stars are walkable, and the water is still warm enough to get into.88climate
  9. 🇧🇭 Manama, BahrainThe outdoor half of the year · 1 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)The months the island is actually pleasant: the corniche, the fort at Qal'at al-Bahrain and the tree in the desert are all bearable on foot, and every outdoor event is scheduled into this window.87climate
  10. 🇴🇲 Khasab, OmanMusandam winter season · 15 Oct – 15 AprOctober to April is when Khasab works: the khors are calm enough for a full day on a dhow, cruise ships call in from Dubai, and the mountain road is a pleasure rather than an ordeal.86climate
  11. 🇯🇴 Dead Sea, JordanWinter high season · 1 Nov – 31 MarFour hundred metres below sea level, so the winter here is what passes for spring anywhere else and the resorts run full.85climate
  12. 🇺🇸 Palm Springs, United StatesSnowbird season · 1 Nov – 30 AprThe desert's high season: seasonal residents arrive from Canada and the northern states, the golf rates peak, and the weekend traffic in from Los Angeles fills downtown.84climate
  13. 🇺🇸 Naples, Florida, United StatesThe winter season · 15 Nov – 15 AprNaples roughly doubles in population between November and April as the northern residents come back.84climate
  14. 🇵🇸 Jericho, PalestineThe winter escape · 15 Nov – 15 Mar (usually)This is the lowest town on earth and it is where Jerusalem and Ramallah come to sit outside in January.84climate
  15. 🇴🇲 Salalah, OmanBeach and diving season · 15 Oct – 30 Apr (usually)Once the monsoon clears, the sea flattens and the beaches and the Mirbat dive sites are usable again.82climate
  16. 🇨🇾 Limassol, CyprusWinter season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Nothing closes.82climate
  17. 🇪🇸 Benidorm, SpainWinter-sun season · 15 Oct – 31 MarBritish and Nordic long-stay guests keep the whole town trading through winter, which is why almost nothing here closes out of season.81climate
  18. 🇵🇹 Portimão, PortugalWinter long-stay season · 1 Nov – 31 MarNorthern Europeans take apartments by the month and the golf courses and the walking routes are the draw rather than the beach.81climate
  19. 🇪🇸 Nerja, SpainWinter residents' season · 1 Nov – 15 MarNorthern Europeans take apartments here for months at a time, so the town keeps its restaurants open through winter instead of shuttering like the resorts further east.81climate
  20. 🇨🇾 Paphos, CyprusWinter season · 15 Nov – 31 Mar (usually)Paphos does not shut: the hotels stay open for northern Europeans on long stays, the golf courses are at their best and the Akamas is walkable for the only time all year.80climate
  21. 🇲🇽 Sayulita, MexicoWinter high season · 15 Dec – 31 MarNorth Americans arrive for the dry months and the village runs at capacity: rentals booked from the autumn, restaurants on a wait and the cobbled streets full after dark.80climate
  22. 🇬🇲 Kololi, GambiaEuropean charter season · 1 Nov – 15 Apr (usually)The Senegambia strip runs on northern-winter charters.80climate
  23. 🇧🇸 Great Exuma, BahamasDry season and winter peak · 1 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)The dry, breezy half of the year and the one Exuma is priced for.78climate
  24. 🇲🇽 Bacalar, MexicoDry high season · 15 Dec – 15 AprThe rains have stopped and the lagoon is at its clearest, which is when the town fills with people who drove down from Tulum.77climate
  25. 🇩🇴 Puerto Plata, Dominican RepublicWinter high season · 15 Dec – 15 Apr (usually)Charter flights from Canada and the north-east US fill the all-inclusives along Playa Dorada from mid-December.76climate

…and 14 more in December.

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