Where to go in June

Southern Hemisphere winter: ideal conditions, almost no rain, and the city is yours.

Festival month — Santos Populares transforms the city, but prices and crowds peak.

Peak dry season begins — reliably beautiful, before the full July–August crowd.

Sydney's "winter" — 17°C highs, Vivid Sydney peak, and the city's best prices for accommodation.

Pride, Wimbledon warm-up, 21°C and sunset at 21:20 — London's most event-rich month.

Fête de la Musique (21 June) fills every street with free live music — one of Europe's great free festivals.

Winter arrives — cold and wet, but southern right whales appear in False Bay.

The mid-dry season arrives — rain drops by 40%, sunshine returns, and the city starts to breathe.

High summer begins — excellent weather, but also the point where prices stop making sense.

Vienna Summer Nights — outdoor opera at Schönbrunn is free and spectacular.

Classic dry season — reliably clear, cooler than summer, excellent diving, prices building.

High season: outstanding weather, the Dubrovnik Summer Festival starts, but crowds surge.

Summer begins — hot, blue, and increasingly crowded as the season peaks.

High season arrives — outstanding weather, but the infrastructure strain begins.

Pride Month, outdoor concerts, rooftop bars opening — the city at its most energetic.

Hot and dry — peak season begins, but still manageable for the experienced traveller.

Summer arrives — beautiful long evenings, but Old Town is filling fast.

One of the drier, sunnier months — Singapore Food Festival and school holidays fill the city with energy.

Heat builds quickly — avoid unless you're heat-adapted and have a riad pool.

Summer arrives with long days — but so does the tourist peak that never quite left.

Rainy season in full swing — 121mm of rain, but the city's food and arts scene runs indoors undeterred.

Deep monsoon season: significant rainfall but exceptional surf and manta ray sightings.

Rainy season — hydrangeas bloom and the temples empty, but expect rain most days.

Midnight sun at its peak, all roads open, summer solstice festivals — and summer prices.

Deep wet season — budget travel window, but outdoor Bangkok is genuinely hampered.

Monsoon season begins — budget travel window but outdoor Seoul severely hampered.

High season arrives — beautiful evenings, but prices and queues spike sharply.

Hurricane season opens: heavy rain, high humidity, real risk — but prices drop steeply.

Tsuyu rainy season: a month of persistent drizzle and humidity. Go elsewhere.

Deep monsoon — heavy daily rain, rough seas, and Phuket at its quietest.

Oppressive heat and high humidity — Dubai Summer Surprises launches with mall deals, but this is serious heat.

Western summer peak — the most visited month, and ironically not the best weather.