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
Current month9 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
7 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.