When to Go: Best Months for 50 Activity Destinations

Most “best time to visit” advice is somebody’s memory of one holiday. This is ten years of actual weather data for every destination we cover — pick what you want to do and the conditions you enjoy, and see which places deliver them, and when.

Planning something soon? See where to go in September — the same data, grouped by what next month actually delivers.

Pick what you want to do and the weather you actually enjoy, and this shows which of 50 destinations deliver it, and in which months. Every figure is a ten-year average from ERA5, the reanalysis dataset the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts builds from historical observations — not a brochure's idea of a good month.

matches what you asked for outside your range Figures are the average daily high in °C.
Destination Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Arco Climbing · Italy 9 11 15 18 21 27 29 29 24 19 13 9
Chamonix Climbing · France 4 6 8 12 15 21 23 23 18 15 9 5
El Chorro Climbing · Spain 15 17 19 21 26 30 35 34 29 25 19 17
Fontainebleau Climbing · France 7 9 12 16 19 24 26 26 22 17 11 9
Kalymnos Climbing · Greece 12 13 14 18 21 25 28 27 25 21 18 14
Leonidio Climbing · Greece 14 15 17 21 25 30 34 33 29 24 19 15
Portland and Swanage Climbing · England 9 9 9 11 13 16 18 18 17 15 12 11
Rodellar Climbing · Spain 8 10 12 15 19 24 28 27 22 18 12 10
Sardinia and Cala Gonone Climbing · Italy 13 14 16 18 22 27 31 30 27 23 18 15
Siurana and Margalef Climbing · Spain 10 12 14 17 21 25 29 29 24 20 14 11
The Costa Blanca Climbing · Spain 15 16 17 18 22 26 29 29 26 23 19 17
Alpe d'Huez Cycling · France 5 8 11 14 17 22 25 25 20 17 10 8
Bled and the Julian Alps Cycling · Slovenia 5 7 10 15 18 24 26 25 20 16 10 6
Corsica Cycling · France 13 14 16 18 22 27 30 30 26 22 17 14
Flanders Cycling · Belgium 7 9 11 14 18 22 23 23 20 16 11 8
Girona Cycling · Spain 13 15 17 19 23 28 32 31 26 22 17 14
Gran Canaria Cycling · Spain 21 22 23 23 25 26 30 31 28 27 25 23
Lake Garda Cycling · Italy 8 11 14 18 21 27 29 29 24 19 13 9
Madeira Cycling · Portugal 19 19 19 20 22 24 26 28 26 24 21 20
Mallorca Cycling · Spain 15 15 16 18 22 26 30 29 26 23 19 16
Mont Ventoux Cycling · France 10 12 14 17 21 27 30 30 24 20 14 11
Ronda Cycling · Spain 12 14 15 18 23 27 32 32 27 22 16 14
Sierra Nevada and Granada Cycling · Spain 13 15 17 20 25 30 35 35 29 24 17 15
Tenerife Cycling · Spain 21 21 21 22 23 24 26 27 26 26 24 22
The Dolomites Cycling · Italy 2 4 6 9 14 20 21 21 17 13 7 3
Tuscany Cycling · Italy 10 12 14 18 22 28 32 32 26 21 15 11
The Gaula Fishing · Norway -0 1 4 8 14 18 19 18 15 9 3 1
The River Moy Fishing · Ireland 8 9 10 12 15 16 17 17 16 13 10 9
The River Spey Fishing · Scotland 5 5 7 10 14 16 17 17 15 11 7 6
The River Tweed Fishing · Scotland 6 7 9 11 14 17 19 18 16 13 9 7
The River Wye Fishing · Wales 7 8 10 12 16 19 20 20 18 14 10 9
The Soča Fishing · Slovenia 6 8 10 14 18 23 25 26 21 16 11 7
The Test and Itchen Fishing · England 8 9 10 13 17 20 22 21 19 15 11 9
The West Rangá Fishing · Iceland 1 2 3 7 10 13 15 14 11 7 3 1
Ayrshire Golf · Scotland 7 8 9 11 14 16 17 17 16 13 10 9
Belek Golf · Türkiye 15 16 18 22 26 31 36 35 32 28 22 17
Murcia and La Manga Golf · Spain 16 16 17 19 22 25 28 29 27 24 20 17
Portrush and the Causeway Coast Golf · Northern Ireland 8 8 9 11 14 16 17 17 16 13 10 9
South West Ireland Golf · Ireland 8 9 10 12 14 16 17 17 16 13 10 9
The Algarve Golf · Portugal 16 17 18 20 24 26 30 30 27 23 19 17
The Costa Brava Golf · Spain 13 14 16 18 21 25 28 28 25 21 17 15
The Costa del Sol Golf · Spain 16 17 18 20 23 27 30 30 27 24 20 17
The East Neuk and St Andrews Golf · Scotland 7 8 9 10 14 16 18 18 16 13 9 8
The Kent links Golf · England 8 9 10 12 16 19 21 22 19 15 11 9
The Lisbon Coast Golf · Portugal 15 15 16 18 20 21 23 23 23 21 18 16
Edinburgh Theatre · Scotland 7 7 9 11 14 17 18 18 16 13 9 8
London Theatre · England 8 9 11 14 17 21 23 22 20 16 11 9
Paris Theatre · France 7 10 12 16 19 23 26 26 22 17 11 9
Stratford-upon-Avon Theatre · England 7 9 10 13 17 20 22 21 19 15 10 9
Vienna Theatre · Austria 4 8 11 16 20 26 27 27 22 16 9 5

How this is calculated

Each figure is a ten-year normal (2015–2024) computed from daily ERA5 reanalysis at the destination's base locality — the town people actually stay in, never a country centroid, which would average mountains and coast into a number describing nowhere. High and low are the mean daily maximum and minimum for that calendar month. Rainy days is the average count of days with at least 1mm of precipitation — a count, not a percentage. Every destination row carries the exact API request that returns its numbers.

What these averages do not tell you

  • A ten-year average is not a forecast. It tells you what a normal October looks like, not what next October will do.
  • Averages hide extremes. A destination averaging 28°C in August has days well above that, and mountain destinations vary enormously with altitude — the figure describes the base town, not the summit.
  • Rainy days count frequency, not intensity. Six light-drizzle days and six thunderstorm days score identically here.
  • Sea temperature, wind and humidity are not included, and all three matter for sailing, surfing and hot-weather cycling.

Source

Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 reanalysis), 2015–2024. Open-Meteo data is CC BY 4.0; ERA5 is produced by ECMWF / Copernicus. Last reviewed 2026-08-13. Every destination's exact API request is recorded in the underlying data, so any figure here can be reproduced.