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When to go: choose a couples trip by month
How to choose a trip by month as a couple, with links to month pages, the winter sun shortlist and existing climate pages for single destinations.
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How to choose a trip by month as a couple
Choose in three steps. First decide what you want from the trip: warm sea, city walks, snow or mild weather for walking. Then check the climate figures of the places that fit, using a named official source and its period. Finally keep dates flexible enough to react to the forecast.
The month pages below compare places for one month each. They state which value the source gives, for example a mean daily maximum, and name the station and period. Averages are not forecasts, so use them to narrow the list, not to promise weather.
Reading climate figures: an example
In January, AEMET's 1981-2010 normals for Tenerife Sur Aeropuerto list a mean daily maximum of 21.7 °C. IPMA's 1991-2020 normals for Lisboa / Gago Coutinho list a mean daily maximum (TX) of 14.4 °C. The two figures come from different services, stations and periods, so treat the gap as a rough guide to how much warmer the Canary Islands are, not as a precise comparison.
Sources: Tenerife Sur Aeropuerto climate normals, 1981-2010, Lisboa / Gago Coutinho climate normals, 1991-2020
Month pages and winter sun
Use the winter sun page if you can choose between December, January and February.
Climate pages for single destinations
If you already know where you want to go, these existing pages show the best time to visit and the weather for specific months.
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- Where to go in January: warm places for couplesTen places for a couple's trip in January, from the Canary Islands to Hawaii, each with its official climate figures and rain days.
- Warm places in February for couples (weather figures)Ten warm February destinations for couples, each with official climate normals, rain days and a clear note on what the figures mean.
- Winter sun for couples: warm places December to FebruaryWarm winter destinations for couples from Europe and North America, from the Canary Islands to Hawaii, with official climate normals for December to February.
- Where to go in March: places for couples8 ideas for a couple's trip in March: official climate figures with station and period, plus a view on which place suits which kind of couple.
- Where to go in April: places for couples8 ideas for a couple's trip in April: official climate figures with station and period, plus a view on which place suits which kind of couple.
- Where to travel in May: places for couples8 ideas for a couple's trip in May: official climate figures with station and period, plus a view on which place suits which kind of couple.
- Where to go in June: places for couples8 ideas for a couple's trip in June: official climate figures with station and period, plus a view on which place suits which kind of couple.
- Where to go in July: places for couples8 ideas for a couple's trip in July: official climate figures with station and period, plus a view on which place suits which kind of couple.
- Where to go in August: late summer for couplesEight places for a couple's trip in August, from cool Edinburgh to hot Seville, each with official climate figures and rain days.
- Where to go in September: warm places for couplesNine places for a couple's trip in September, from Scotland to the Algarve and Kyoto, each with official climate figures and rain days.
- Where to go in October: warm places for couplesTen places for a couple's trip in October, from the Canary Islands and Madeira to Portugal and Kyoto, with official climate figures and rain days.
- Where to go in November: warm places for couplesTen places for a couple's trip in November, from the Canary Islands and Madeira to Hawaii and Florida, each with official climate figures.
- Where to go in December: warm places for couplesTen places for a couple's December trip, from the Canary Islands and Madeira to Hawaii, Florida and Singapore, with official climate figures.
Sources
- Tenerife Sur Aeropuerto climate normals, 1981-2010 (Agencia Estatal de Meteorología). Accessed
- Lisboa / Gago Coutinho climate normals, 1991-2020 (Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera). Accessed