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November
November is the gateway to Asia's dry season, Día de los Muertos, autumn color in Kyoto and spring in the Southern Hemisphere, and a quiet window before holiday crowds.
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November
November is the gateway to Asia's dry season, Día de los Muertos, autumn color in Kyoto and spring in the Southern Hemisphere, and a quiet window before holiday crowds.
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Día de los Muertos
November 1 – November 2, 2026
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Christmas Markets Season
November 20 – December 24, 2026
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Thanksgiving Week
November 21 – November 29, 2026
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December
December brings Christmas markets and snow in the north, the start of Caribbean and Southeast Asian dry season, and summer holidays in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Christmas to New Year's Week
December 24 – January 1, 2027
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January
January is peak season for warm-weather escapes and mid-winter skiing. These picks pair reliable dry-season weather in the tropics and Southern Hemisphere with the Northern Hemisphere's best snow.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
January 18, 2027
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February
February is the sweet spot for safari calving season, Japanese powder, Carnival celebrations and dry-season beaches in the Caribbean and South Asia.
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March
March brings the first cherry blossoms, St. Patrick's Day, spring skiing at its sunniest and the last weeks of dry season across Mexico and the Caribbean.
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April
April is spring at its best across Europe and Japan, with tulips, Easter and Semana Santa, and festival season in New Orleans.
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May
May is the moment for the Mediterranean before summer crowds, the start of Bali's dry season and the Kentucky Derby.
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June
June brings midnight sun in the north, the start of safari dry season, and early summer in the Mediterranean and the Rockies before peak crowds.
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July
July is peak summer: the Great Migration reaches Kenya, lavender blooms in Provence, and northern lakes, coasts and mountains are at their warmest.
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August
August favors cooler escapes: Southern Africa's dry winter, the Edinburgh festivals, the Alps, and northern coasts at their warmest.
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September
September is harvest month: warm seas and thinning crowds in the Mediterranean, wine country at its liveliest, Oktoberfest and the first fall color in the Rockies.
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Mexican Independence Day
September 15 – September 16, 2027
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Oktoberfest
September 18 – October 3, 2027 (date may vary)
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October
October means peak fall foliage in North America, truffle season in Italy, Himalayan trekking weather and the end of summer heat in North Africa and the Middle East.
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Indigenous Peoples' Day / Columbus Day
October 11, 2027
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