Where to go in December
239 destinations genuinely in season, warmest first: typical daytime highs, budget level and the full travel window for each. Tap one for details, or let the quiz pick for your whole group.
The bars on each card are its daytime highs across the year, January to December, with December marked.
- Bissau & the Bijagós Archipelago Guinea-Bissau
- Dakar & the Petite Côte Senegal
- El Salvador's Pacific coast El Salvador
- Goa India
- Lagos Nigeria
- Banjul & the Gambian coast Gambia
- Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
- Iguazu Falls Argentina
- Perth & Margaret River Australia
- Rottnest Island Australia
- Accra & the Cape Coast Ghana
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Cartagena Colombia - Cartagena & the coffee region Colombia
- Diani Beach & the Kenyan coast Kenya
- Freetown & the Sierra Leone coast Sierra Leone
- Kerala's backwaters India
- Krabi & Bangkok Thailand
- Lome Togo
- Mumbai India
- Nicaragua's volcanoes and colonial towns Nicaragua
- Pattaya & Rayong Thailand
- Phnom Penh Cambodia
- San Cristobal de las Casas Mexico
- Yangon Myanmar
- Abidjan & Grand-Bassam Côte d'Ivoire
- Conakry & the Fouta Djallon Guinea
- Cotonou Benin
- Douala & Mount Cameroon Cameroon
- Galle Sri Lanka
- Guayaquil & the Ecuadorian coast Ecuador
- Jeddah & the Red Sea coast Saudi Arabia
- Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
- Lamu Kenya
- Monrovia & the Liberian coast Liberia
- Nouakchott & the Sahara Mauritania
- Panama City & the canal Panama
- Phuket Thailand
- Rio & Iguaçu Brazil
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Siem Reap & Angkor Wat Cambodia - Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
- Aruba Aruba
- Bagan Myanmar
- Bonaire Bonaire
- Bora Bora & Moorea French Polynesia
- Cebu & the Visayas Philippines
- Chuuk Lagoon Micronesia
- Curaçao Curaçao
- Guadeloupe Guadeloupe
- Guam Guam
- Heron Island Australia
- Komodo Island Indonesia
- Langkawi Malaysia
- Madurai India
- Malabo Equatorial Guinea
- Martinique Martinique
- Merida Mexico
- Nauru Nauru
- Palau Palau
- Palawan Philippines
- Pohnpei Micronesia
- Pune India
- Raja Ampat Indonesia
- Recife & Fernando de Noronha Brazil
- Saipan Northern Mariana Islands
- Salvador & the Bahia coast Brazil
- Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
- Singapore & Malaysia Singapore
- St Lucia Saint Lucia
- The Andaman Islands India
- The Marquesas Islands French Polynesia
- Yap Micronesia
- Antigua & Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbados Barbados
- Chennai & the Coromandel Coast India
- Djibouti Djibouti
- French Guiana French Guiana
- Gabon – Loango National Park Gabon
- Grenada Grenada
- Hyderabad India
- Jamaica Jamaica
- Luang Prabang Laos
- Luang Prabang & the Mekong Laos
- Mysore India
- Pondicherry India
- Punta Cana Dominican Republic
- Punta Cana & Samaná Dominican Republic
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Juan & the Puerto Rican coast Puerto Rico
- The Cayman Islands Cayman Islands
- The Maldives Maldives
- The Marshall Islands Marshall Islands
- AdvisoryTrinidad Cuba Advisory
- Vientiane Laos
- Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
- Belize Belize
- Byron Bay & the Gold Coast Australia
- Cabo San Lucas Mexico
- Chiang Mai Thailand
- Copán & western Honduras Honduras
- Costa Rica Costa Rica
- Dominica Dominica
- Esperance Australia
- Fernando de Noronha Brazil
- Florianópolis Brazil
- AdvisoryHavana & the Cuban coast Cuba Advisory
- Hawai‘i – Big Island & Maui United States
- Mauritius Mauritius
- Oaxaca Mexico
- Providenciales & Grace Bay Turks and Caicos
- Puerto Vallarta Mexico
- Roatán & the Bay Islands Honduras
- Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis
- The British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands
- The Galápagos Ecuador
- The Sunshine Coast Australia
- The US Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
- Tulum Mexico
- AdvisoryVinales Cuba Advisory
- Yucatán & the Riviera Maya Mexico
- Bengaluru & Mysore India
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Cape Town & the Garden Route South Africa - Cape Verde Cape Verde
- Chittagong Bangladesh
- Christmas Island Christmas Island
- Dubai & the desert United Arab Emirates
- Honolulu & Waikiki United States
- Kigali Rwanda
- Kolkata India
- Muscat & the Wahiba Sands Oman
- Stellenbosch South Africa
- The Big Island of Hawai‘i United States
- The Exumas Bahamas
- Aswan & Nubia Egypt
- Da Lat Vietnam
- Dhaka Bangladesh
- Doha Qatar
- Miami & South Beach United States
- Montevideo Uruguay
- Montevideo & Punta del Este Uruguay
- Sydney & the NSW coast Australia
- Tegucigalpa Honduras
- Uganda – gorillas and the source of the Nile Uganda
- Guadalajara Mexico
- Lima & the Peruvian coast Peru
- Sharm El Sheikh & the Red Sea Egypt
- The Florida Keys United States
- Udaipur India
- AlUla Saudi Arabia
- Antigua & Tikal Guatemala
- Antigua Guatemala Guatemala
- Aqaba & the Jordanian Red Sea Jordan
- AdvisoryBahrain Bahrain Advisory
- Lake Atitlan Guatemala
- Varanasi India
- Agra India
- Auckland New Zealand
- Bay of Islands New Zealand
- Coromandel Peninsula New Zealand
- Gran Canaria Spain
- Iquique Chile
- Jaipur India
- Lalibela & the Ethiopian Highlands Ethiopia
- Lanzarote Spain
- Lord Howe Island Australia
- New Zealand – North Island New Zealand
- Pucon Chile
- Rajasthan India
- Riyadh Saudi Arabia
- San Luis Potosi Mexico
- Tampa United States
- Tauranga New Zealand
- Tenerife Spain
- Waiheke Island New Zealand
- Alexandria Egypt
- Asmara Eritrea
- Bariloche Argentina
- Delhi & the Golden Triangle India
-
Easter Island Chile - Hanoi Vietnam
- AdvisoryKuwait City Kuwait Advisory
- La Serena Chile
- Medellin Colombia
- Siwa Oasis Egypt
- The Nile & the Red Sea Egypt
- Christchurch & Canterbury New Zealand
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Hong Kong Hong Kong - Houston United States
- Lahore Pakistan
- Lake Taupo New Zealand
- Madeira Portugal
- Nelson & the Abel Tasman New Zealand
- New Plymouth New Zealand
- Quito & the Ecuadorian Andes Ecuador
- Tasmania Australia
- Amritsar India
- Bogotá & the Colombian Andes Colombia
- New Zealand – South Island New Zealand
- Palm Springs United States
- Palm Springs & Joshua Tree United States
- Phoenix & the Sonoran Desert United States
- Taipei Taiwan
- The Salar de Uyuni Bolivia
- Dunedin & the Otago Peninsula New Zealand
- Franz Josef Glacier New Zealand
- Wellington New Zealand
- Big Bend National Park United States
- Puerto Montt & the Chilean Lake District Chile
- Stewart Island New Zealand
- The Chatham Islands New Zealand
- Death Valley United States
- Puerto Natales Chile
- Patagonia Chile
- The Falkland Islands Falkland Islands
- Andorra & the Pyrenees Andorra
- Ushuaia – the end of the world Argentina
- New York City United States
- Niigata Japan
- Sofia & the Rila Mountains Bulgaria
- Alsace France
- Denver & the Front Range United States
- Innsbruck Austria
- Lake Tahoe United States
- Whistler & the Sea to Sky Canada
- Neuschwanstein & the Bavarian Alps Germany
- Nuremberg Germany
- Prague & Bohemia Czech Republic
- Salzburg & the Salzkammergut lakes Austria
- Zermatt & the Bernese Oberland Switzerland
- Mammoth Lakes & the Eastern Sierra United States
- Park City & the Wasatch United States
- Sun Valley United States
- Telluride United States
- Stowe & the Green Mountains United States
- Sapporo Japan
- Aspen & the Colorado Rockies United States
- Calgary Canada
- Finnish Lapland Finland
- Swedish Lapland Sweden
- The Yukon & the northern lights Canada
Nothing in December matches all of those.
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Where should I go in December?
239 destinations are genuinely in season in December. The warmest are Bissau & the Bijagós Archipelago (34°C/92°F), Dakar & the Petite Côte (34°C/93°F), El Salvador's Pacific coast (33°C/91°F), Goa (33°C/92°F), Lagos (33°C/91°F).
Where is it warmest in December?
Of the destinations in season in December, Bissau & the Bijagós Archipelago is the warmest, with typical daytime highs around 34°C (92°F).




