Seasonal Report · Summer 2026
Crowd-Free Summer
July & August
8 destinations combine genuinely quiet streets with viable summer weather. Cape Town leads — peak summer, minimal tourists, conditions worth travelling for.
Ranked by average crowd score across July and August (1–10, 10 = fewest tourists). How scores are calculated →
Cape Town
South Africa
Siem Reap
Cambodia
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Sydney
Australia
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Cartagena
Colombia
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Tulum
Mexico
Cancun
Mexico
Singapore
Singapore
Osaka
Japan
Zanzibar
Tanzania
Medellín
Colombia
Tbilisi
Georgia
Paris
France
Hoi An
Vietnam
Queenstown
New Zealand
New York
USA
Istanbul
Turkey
Vienna
Austria
Fiji
Fiji
Copenhagen
Denmark
Lisbon
Portugal
Rome
Italy
London
United Kingdom
Iceland
Iceland
Florence
Italy
Porto
Portugal
Edinburgh
Scotland
Barcelona
Spain
Bali
Indonesia
Santorini
Greece
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Dubrovnik
Croatia
Prague
Czech Republic
Amalfi Coast
Italy
Kraków
Poland
Cusco
Peru
Budapest
Hungary
Mykonos
Greece
Athens
Greece
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