Best Time to Visit

Most travel guides tell you that the best time to visit South Africa is May to September. They aren’t lying, but they are only giving you half the story. South Africa is often called a World in One Country, and its weather patterns prove it. While the north is bone-dry and perfect for safaris in…

If you want the perfect balance of mild weather and vibrant city life, visit Milan between late April and mid-June or during September and October. These months avoid the biting winter fog and the suffocating August humidity, though you will need to book months in advance to dodge the price hikes of Fashion Week and…

Many travelers will tell you that the dry season is the only time to visit Bali, but that generic advice often leads to three-hour traffic jams in Canggu or paying triple for a villa in Seminyak. In my experience, finding the perfect window is about balancing world-class swells, spiritual silence, and the best humidity-to-price ratio….

Chile is a 4,270-kilometer ribbon of land that stretches from the driest desert on Earth to the icy reaches of the Antarctic. If you try to plan a trip here using a single best time rule, you will likely find yourself ill-equipped for the sheer variety of the landscape. I’ve seen travelers arrive in the…

Most travelers look at a weather chart, see the rainy season label, and immediately cross half the year off their calendar. That is a massive mistake that often leads to missing out on the most vibrant versions of the landscape. After a decade of navigating the Cardamom Mountains and the humid corridors of Angkor Wat,…

Most travelers pack for Mexico City expecting a tropical heatwave, only to find themselves shivering in a thin t-shirt as the sun dips behind the skyscrapers. At 7,350 feet above sea level, CDMX is a high-altitude metropolis with a climate that can be perfect one hour and punishing the next if you are not prepared….

Australia is so massive that while you are sunbathing in Sydney, someone in Darwin is likely hiding from a monsoon. Picking the wrong month for your specific destination can turn a dream vacation into a battle against 100 percent humidity or freezing Antarctic winds. I have navigated the transit lanes between the Red Centre and…

Don’t settle for mild when planning your escape. If you’re chasing a tan in January, you need to know exactly where the clouds disappear and where the heating stays off. Many travelers make the mistake of trusting general climate charts that do not account for the biting coastal winds or the drastic temperature drop once…

Taiwan is perhaps the only place on earth where you can surf a tropical break in the morning and wander through a misty, ancient alpine forest by mid-afternoon. However, timing your trip is essential to avoid the humid Plum Rain season or the disruptive peak of the typhoon months. In my experience, travelers often treat…

Most people think Texas is just flat, dry, and hot. They are half right. If you time your visit to Dallas poorly, you will be walking through triple-digit heat or staring at a massive hotel bill because a convention just rolled into town. In my experience, finding the perfect window is about balancing the thriving…