Where to go and when
A travel calendar built around the seventeen destinations in the destinations guide. The picks are climate-driven: where it's pleasant enough to live and work for a few weeks at a time, not where there's a beach. Swiss-passport visa windows are noted on each city's own page.
The current month is highlighted below. Use the month chips to jump to any other month, or scan the year-at-a-glance matrix to see when each destination is in season.
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January
7 picksSwiss winter at its deepest. The sun is south of the equator; tropical Asia is in its dry window.
February
8 picksStill winter at home. Southeast Asia's cool-and-dry window peaks; Latin America is well into its summer.
March
9 picksIberian spring starts. Southern hemisphere transitions out of high summer.
Lisbon
CHF 2'200 / mo · 100 Mbps
Valencia
CHF 1'700 / mo · 300 Mbps
Cape Town
CHF 1'900 / mo · 50 Mbps
Da Nang
CHF 1'100 / mo · 100 Mbps
Mexico City
CHF 1'700 / mo · 100 Mbps
Playa Del Carmen
CHF 1'700 / mo · 80 Mbps
Buenos Aires
CHF 1'500 / mo · 100 Mbps
Rio De Janeiro
CHF 1'600 / mo · 100 Mbps
Lima
CHF 1'300 / mo · 100 Mbps
April
9 picksEuropean spring fully arrives. Shoulder season on both sides of the equator.
Lisbon
CHF 2'200 / mo · 100 Mbps
Barcelona
CHF 2'400 / mo · 200 Mbps
Valencia
CHF 1'700 / mo · 300 Mbps
Tbilisi
CHF 1'300 / mo · 50 Mbps
Da Nang
CHF 1'100 / mo · 100 Mbps
Mexico City
CHF 1'700 / mo · 100 Mbps
Buenos Aires
CHF 1'500 / mo · 100 Mbps
Rio De Janeiro
CHF 1'600 / mo · 100 Mbps
Lima
CHF 1'300 / mo · 100 Mbps
May
9 picksOne of the most generous travel months globally. Europe warming, the tropics drying out.
June
6 picksEuropean summer opens. The Mediterranean and Eastern Europe peak; Bali enters its dry season.
July
3 picksEuropean peak heat. Most southern and tropical destinations are too hot or too rainy to recommend.
August
3 picksSame picture as July. The shortest list of the year; Europeans are away and prices reflect it.
September
8 picksShoulder season opens almost everywhere. For many, the single best travel month of the year.
October
Current month7 picksAutumn in Europe. Cape Town's spring and South America's transitional months both starting.
November
6 picksEurope winds down. Southeast Asia's cool season begins; Cape Town and the Yucatán open up.
December
7 picksSwiss winter begins. Tropical and southern-hemisphere picks peak again.
Reviewed once a year. Picks are sourced from each destination's listed best months in the destinations guide. Climate ranges shift; if something here feels wrong, it probably is, and that's worth saying so.