Destinations by region

Best time to visit Europe

72 destinations in Europe. The strip shows each month's season level, from January (left) to December (right).

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Destinations and their best seasons

DestinationBest season
AmalfiItalyEarly Jun–Late Aug
AmsterdamNetherlandsEarly Jun–Late Sep
AthensGreeceEarly May–Early Jun, Early Oct
AvignonFranceLate May, Mid Sep–Early Oct
BarcelonaSpainMid Jun–Late Jul
BergenNorwayMid May–Early Sep
BerlinGermanyLate Apr–Late Sep
BordeauxFranceLate May–Early Jun, Late Jun–Late Jul, Late Aug–Early Oct, Late Oct
BrugesBelgiumEarly Jun–Late Sep
BrusselsBelgiumLate May–Late Sep
BudapestHungaryLate Apr–Mid Jul, Early Aug–Early Oct
Cesky KrumlovCzechiaEarly Jun–Early Sep, Late Sep
ChamonixFranceMid Apr–Late Apr, Mid May–Late May, Mid Jun–Late Jun, Mid Jul, Late Aug–Mid Oct
Chania (Crete)GreeceLate Apr–Mid Jul, Early Aug–Early Oct
Cinque TerreItalyLate May, Mid Jun–Late Jul, Early Sep
CologneGermanyLate Apr–Late Sep
CopenhagenDenmarkLate May–Early Sep
CotswoldsUnited KingdomEarly Jun–Late Sep
Dolomites (Cortina)ItalyLate Apr, Late May–Mid Oct
DublinIrelandEarly Jun–Early Sep
DubrovnikCroatiaMid May–Mid Jul, Early Aug–Late Sep
EdinburghUnited KingdomEarly Jun, Late Jun–Early Sep
FlorenceItalyLate May, Late Sep
Funchal (Madeira)PortugalMid Jul–Early Sep
FussenGermanyEarly Jun–Late Sep, Mid Oct
GranadaSpainLate Sep–Early Oct
HallstattAustriaLate Apr–Early May, Mid Aug–Mid Oct
HelsinkiFinlandLate May–Early Sep
InterlakenSwitzerlandMid Jun–Late Sep, Mid Oct
Isle of SkyeUnited KingdomEarly Jul–Late Aug
KrakowPolandLate Apr–Early May, Late May–Late Sep
Lagos (Algarve)PortugalMid Jun–Early Sep
Lake BledSloveniaMid Apr–Mid Jul, Early Aug–Late Oct
LisbonPortugalLate Jun–Late Jul, Mid Aug–Early Sep
LiverpoolUnited KingdomLate May–Early Sep
LondonUnited KingdomLate May–Late Sep
LucerneSwitzerlandLate May–Late Sep
LyonFranceLate May, Mid Jun–Late Jul, Late Aug–Late Sep
MadridSpainEarly Sep–Early Oct
MallorcaSpainLate May–Early Jun
MarseilleFranceLate May–Early Jun, Early Sep, Late Sep
MeteoraGreeceLate Apr–Mid May, Early Oct, Late Oct
MilanItalyEarly Sep–Late Sep
Mont-Saint-MichelFranceLate May–Late Sep
MunichGermanyLate Apr–Late Sep, Mid Oct
MykonosGreeceMid May–Early Oct
NaplesItalyLate Apr–Mid Jun, Early Jul–Mid Jul, Late Sep
NiceFranceLate May, Mid Jun–Late Sep
ParisFranceLate May–Late Sep
Plitvice LakesCroatiaLate Apr–Early Sep, Late Sep
PortoPortugalMid Jun–Early Sep
PragueCzechiaLate Apr–Late Sep
ReykjavikIcelandLate Jun–Mid Aug
RomeItalyEarly May–Mid Jul, Early Sep–Late Oct
Rothenburg ob der TauberGermanyMid May–Late Sep
RovaniemiFinlandLate May–Early Sep
SalzburgAustriaLate Apr–Early May, Mid Jun, Mid Jul–Late Jul, Mid Aug–Late Sep, Mid Oct
San SebastianSpainLate May, Late Jun–Late Sep
SantoriniGreeceMid May–Early Oct
SevilleSpainMid Mar, Early Nov–Mid Nov
SplitCroatiaLate Apr–Mid Jul, Mid Aug–Late Oct
StockholmSwedenMid May–Late Sep
StrasbourgFranceLate Apr, Late May–Late Jul, Mid Aug–Late Sep
TallinnEstoniaEarly Jun–Late Aug
TaorminaItalyEarly May–Late Jun
TenerifeSpainEarly Sep–Late Sep
TromsoNorwayLate Jun–Late Aug
Valletta (Malta)MaltaLate Apr–Mid Jun, Mid Sep–Mid Oct
VeniceItalyMid May–Early Jun, Early Sep–Late Sep, Mid Oct
ViennaAustriaLate Apr–Early Oct
ZermattSwitzerlandLate Jun, Mid Jul–Early Sep
ZurichSwitzerlandLate May–Late Sep
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Season scores are relative to each destination's own year. Climate values show historical normals, not a weather forecast.

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