Best places to visit in Asia in February
In February, Asia's best-scoring destinations are AlUla (94), Elbrus (94) and Furano (94): 95 of its 175 well-known places are at their seasonal best, mostly in South India; Siberia & Mongolia averages 39/100.
Each place is scored at its seasonal best — beaches on beach weather, cities on walking weather, ski towns in snow season. Tap any place for the full February breakdown.
Classics at their best in Asia in February
15The places you already know, in the month the climate agrees with them. 95 of Asia's 175 well-known places are in one of their own top-three months.
- 1AlUla 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabianice, dry · best February94
- 2Elbrus 🇷🇺 Russiafreezing, rainy, clean air · best February94
- 3Furano 🇯🇵 Japanfreezing, a little rain, clean air · best February94
- 4Jeddah 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabiahot, dry, poor air quality · best January93
- 5Pondicherry 🇮🇳 Indiasweltering, dry · best February93
- 6Varkala 🇮🇳 Indiasweltering, dry · best February93
- 7Agra 🇮🇳 Indiawarm, dry, poor air quality · best February92
- 8Alleppey 🇮🇳 Indiasweltering, dry, poor air quality · best February92
- 9Goa 🇮🇳 Indiasweltering, dry · best January92
- 10Jaipur 🇮🇳 Indiawarm, dry, poor air quality · best February92
- 11Abu Dhabi 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirateswarm, dry · best January91
- 12Aqaba 🇯🇴 Jordannice, dry, clean air · best October91
- 13Doha 🇶🇦 Qatarnice, dry · best January91
- 14Khao Lak 🇹🇭 Thailandsweltering, a little rain, clean air · best February91
- 15Ko Phi Phi 🇹🇭 Thailandhot, dry, clean air · best February91
Under the radar in Asia in February
12Less-visited places whose February weather outscores the classics above — the data's own suggestions.
- 16Ngapali 🇲🇲 Myanmarhot, dry · best February97
- 17Dalat 🇻🇳 Vietnamwarm, a little rain, clean air · best February96
- 18Salalah 🇴🇲 Omanhot, dry, poor air quality · best January96
- 19Sur 🇴🇲 Omanwarm, dry · best November95
- 20Cox's Bazar 🇧🇩 Bangladeshwarm, dry, poor air quality · best February94
- 21Lumbini 🇳🇵 Nepalwarm, dry, poor air quality · best February94
- 22Munnar 🇮🇳 Indiawarm, dry · best February94
- 23Taif 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabianice, dry · best February94
- 24Fujairah 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirateswarm, dry · best March93
- 25Khasab 🇴🇲 Omanwarm, dry · best March93
- 26Manama 🇧🇭 Bahrainnice, dry · best February93
- 27Mui Ne 🇻🇳 Vietnamhot, dry · best February93
Every region of Asia in February
33The best-known place in each part of Asia this month, even where the month is only fair.
- AlUla 🇸🇦 Saudi ArabiaArabia & the Gulf · avg 90/100 over 10 · nice, dry94
- Elbrus 🇷🇺 RussiaCaucasus · avg 70/100 over 9 · freezing, rainy, clean air94
- Furano 🇯🇵 JapanHokkaido · avg 77/100 over 3 · freezing, a little rain, clean air94
- Pondicherry 🇮🇳 IndiaSouth India · avg 86/100 over 10 · sweltering, dry93
- Agra 🇮🇳 IndiaNorthern India & Pakistan · avg 89/100 over 7 · warm, dry, poor air quality92
- Goa 🇮🇳 IndiaWestern India & Goa · avg 87/100 over 2 · sweltering, dry92
- Khao Lak 🇹🇭 ThailandAndaman Coast · avg 86/100 over 7 · sweltering, a little rain, clean air91
- Aqaba 🇯🇴 JordanLevant · avg 83/100 over 6 · nice, dry, clean air91
- Nuwara Eliya 🇱🇰 Sri LankaSri Lanka & the Maldives · avg 85/100 over 7 · nice, rainy, clean air91
- Nha Trang 🇻🇳 VietnamCentral Vietnam · avg 80/100 over 4 · hot, a little rain, muggy air90
- Phu Quoc 🇻🇳 VietnamSouthern Vietnam & Cambodia · avg 79/100 over 4 · sweltering, a little rain90
- Pattaya 🇹🇭 ThailandCentral Thailand · avg 79/100 over 2 · sweltering, a little rain89
- Ko Pha Ngan 🇹🇭 ThailandGulf of Thailand Islands · avg 89/100 over 3 · hot, a little rain, muggy air89
- Rishikesh 🇮🇳 IndiaHimalaya · avg 73/100 over 12 · nice, a little rain89
- Nozawa Onsen 🇯🇵 JapanMainland Japan · avg 69/100 over 16 · cold, soaked, clean air89
- Sun Moon Lake 🇹🇼 TaiwanTaiwan & Okinawa · avg 79/100 over 6 · nice, a little rain, muggy air89
- Coron 🇵🇭 PhilippinesPhilippines · avg 81/100 over 7 · hot, a little rain, clean air88
- Lijiang 🇨🇳 ChinaYunnan · avg 88/100 over 1 · cool, dry, clean air88
- Penang 🇲🇾 MalaysiaMalaysia, Singapore & Sumatra · avg 76/100 over 7 · sweltering, rainy, muggy air87
- Shenzhen 🇨🇳 ChinaSouthern China & Hong Kong · avg 81/100 over 6 · nice, a little rain87
- Uludağ 🇹🇷 TurkeyWestern Turkey · avg 72/100 over 10 · freezing, rainy, clean air85
- Luang Prabang 🇱🇦 LaosNorthern Thailand & Laos · avg 82/100 over 3 · hot, dry83
- Kolkata 🇮🇳 IndiaBangladesh & Bengal · avg 82/100 over 1 · hot, a little rain, poor air quality82
- Yazd 🇮🇷 IranIran & Iraq · avg 76/100 over 2 · cool, dry, clean air81
- Hanoi 🇻🇳 VietnamNorthern Vietnam · avg 76/100 over 2 · nice, a little rain, poor air quality81
- Göreme 🇹🇷 TurkeyCentral & Eastern Turkey · avg 78/100 over 1 · cold, a little rain, reliable snow78
- Zhangjiajie 🇨🇳 ChinaCentral China · avg 70/100 over 7 · cold, a little rain, muggy air75
- Bagan 🇲🇲 MyanmarMyanmar · avg 75/100 over 2 · hot, dry75
- Gili Trawangan 🇮🇩 IndonesiaJava, Bali & Nusa Tenggara · avg 61/100 over 8 · sweltering, soaked, muggy air70
- Bukhara 🇺🇿 UzbekistanCentral Asia · avg 58/100 over 2 · cold, dry, clean air69
- Busan 🇰🇷 South KoreaKorea · avg 61/100 over 3 · cold, a little rain69
- Xi'an 🇨🇳 ChinaNorthern China · avg 61/100 over 3 · cold, dry, poor air quality68
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 🇷🇺 RussiaSiberia & Mongolia · avg 39/100 over 2 · freezing, a little rain, clean air43