Annual Report · 2026
Best Overall Travel
Destinations
24 of 59 destinations score 6.5 or above across weather, atmosphere, and crowd levels. Sydney tops the overall ranking.
Ranked by a composite score: weather (40%) + atmosphere (40%) + crowd levels (20%), averaged across all 12 months. How scores are calculated →
Sydney
Australia
Madrid
Spain
Cape Town
South Africa
Lisbon
Portugal
Mexico City
Mexico
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Marrakech
Morocco
Queenstown
New Zealand
Tbilisi
Georgia
Amalfi Coast
Italy
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Athens
Greece
Barcelona
Spain
Vienna
Austria
Seville
Spain
Prague
Czech Republic
Medellín
Colombia
Miami
USA
Cartagena
Colombia
Istanbul
Turkey
Osaka
Japan
Santorini
Greece
Fiji
Fiji
Porto
Portugal
Chiang Mai
Thailand
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Iceland
Iceland
Kyoto
Japan
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Florence
Italy
Siem Reap
Cambodia
Paris
France
Kraków
Poland
Zanzibar
Tanzania
Budapest
Hungary
Cancun
Mexico
London
United Kingdom
Maldives
Maldives
Bangkok
Thailand
Dubrovnik
Croatia
Rome
Italy
Cusco
Peru
Singapore
Singapore
Bali
Indonesia
New York
USA
Seoul
South Korea
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Tulum
Mexico
Hanoi
Vietnam
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Tokyo
Japan
Copenhagen
Denmark
Phuket
Thailand
Hoi An
Vietnam
Krabi
Thailand
Edinburgh
Scotland
Goa
India
Mykonos
Greece
Palawan
Philippines
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