Where to go in December
127 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 band on each card is its year, January to December: blue where it's cool, red where it's hot, with December marked.
- Dakar & the Petite Côte Senegal
- Goa India
- Lagos Nigeria
- Banjul & the Gambian coast Gambia
- Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
- Iguazu Falls Argentina
- Perth & Margaret River Australia
- Accra & the Cape Coast Ghana
- Cartagena Colombia
- Diani Beach & the Kenyan coast Kenya
- Kerala's backwaters India
- Krabi & Bangkok Thailand
- Mumbai India
- Nicaragua's volcanoes and colonial towns Nicaragua
- Yangon Myanmar
- Jeddah & the Red Sea coast Saudi Arabia
- Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
- Lamu Kenya
- Panama City & the canal Panama
- Phuket Thailand
- Rio & Iguaçu Brazil
- Siem Reap & Angkor Wat Cambodia
- Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
- Aruba Aruba
- Bagan Myanmar
- Bora Bora & Moorea French Polynesia
- Cebu & the Visayas Philippines
- Curaçao Curaçao
- Guadeloupe Guadeloupe
- Komodo Island Indonesia
- Martinique Martinique
- Palau Palau
- Palawan Philippines
- Raja Ampat Indonesia
- Salvador & the Bahia coast Brazil
- Singapore & Malaysia Singapore
- St Lucia Saint Lucia
- The Andaman Islands India
- Antigua & Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbados Barbados
- Jamaica Jamaica
- Luang Prabang & the Mekong Laos
- Punta Cana & Samaná Dominican Republic
- San Juan & the Puerto Rican coast Puerto Rico
- The Cayman Islands Cayman Islands
- The Maldives Maldives
- Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
- Belize Belize
- Byron Bay & the Gold Coast Australia
- Cabo San Lucas Mexico
- Chiang Mai Thailand
- Costa Rica Costa Rica
- Fernando de Noronha Brazil
- Florianópolis Brazil
- Hawai‘i – Big Island & Maui United States
- Mauritius Mauritius
- Providenciales & Grace Bay Turks and Caicos
- Puerto Vallarta Mexico
- Roatán & the Bay Islands Honduras
- The British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands
- The Galápagos Ecuador
- The US Virgin Islands U.S. Virgin Islands
- Tulum Mexico
- Yucatán & the Riviera Maya Mexico
- Cape Town & the Garden Route South Africa
- Cape Verde Cape Verde
- Christmas Island Christmas Island
- Dubai & the desert United Arab Emirates
- Honolulu & Waikiki United States
- Muscat & the Wahiba Sands Oman
- The Exumas Bahamas
- Doha Qatar
- Miami & South Beach United States
- Montevideo & Punta del Este Uruguay
- Sydney & the NSW coast Australia
- Uganda – gorillas and the source of the Nile Uganda
- Lima & the Peruvian coast Peru
- Sharm El Sheikh & the Red Sea Egypt
- The Florida Keys United States
- AlUla Saudi Arabia
- Antigua & Tikal Guatemala
- Aqaba & the Jordanian Red Sea Jordan
- Lake Atitlan Guatemala
- Varanasi India
- Auckland New Zealand
- Bay of Islands New Zealand
- Gran Canaria Spain
- Lalibela & the Ethiopian Highlands Ethiopia
- Lanzarote Spain
- New Zealand – North Island New Zealand
- Rajasthan India
- Tenerife Spain
- Bariloche Argentina
- Delhi & the Golden Triangle India
- Easter Island Chile
- Hanoi Vietnam
- Medellin Colombia
- The Nile & the Red Sea Egypt
- Christchurch & Canterbury New Zealand
- Hong Kong Hong Kong
- Madeira Portugal
- Nelson & the Abel Tasman New Zealand
- Quito & the Ecuadorian Andes Ecuador
- Tasmania Australia
- Bogotá & the Colombian Andes Colombia
- New Zealand – South Island New Zealand
- Palm Springs & Joshua Tree United States
- The Salar de Uyuni Bolivia
- Franz Josef Glacier New Zealand
- Wellington New Zealand
- Death Valley United States
- Patagonia Chile
- Andorra & the Pyrenees Andorra
- Ushuaia – the end of the world Argentina
- New York City United States
- Sofia & the Rila Mountains Bulgaria
- Alsace France
- Innsbruck Austria
- Lake Tahoe United States
- Whistler & the Sea to Sky Canada
- Neuschwanstein & the Bavarian Alps Germany
- Prague & Bohemia Czech Republic
- Zermatt & the Bernese Oberland Switzerland
- Aspen & the Colorado Rockies United States
- Finnish Lapland Finland
- Swedish Lapland Sweden
- The Yukon & the northern lights Canada
Nothing in December matches all of those.
Which one would your whole group pick?
Can't agree where to go? Set what's actually possible, answer eight quick questions each, and out comes the one destination that fits everybody. Even the little ones join in, with questions read aloud and picture answers. Two minutes each, no signup.
Try it with your groupCommon questions
Where should I go in December?
127 destinations are genuinely in season in December. The warmest are Dakar & the Petite Côte (34°C/93°F), Goa (33°C/92°F), Lagos (33°C/91°F), Banjul & the Gambian coast (32°C/89°F), Ho Chi Minh City (32°C/89°F).
Where is it warmest in December?
Of the destinations in season in December, Dakar & the Petite Côte is the warmest, with typical daytime highs around 34°C (93°F).






























































































































