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Where to go in February
24 vetted destinations are at their best in February, across 13 countries. Each one is rated from ten years of daily temperature and rainfall recorded at that city's own coordinates — so this is a weather answer, not a popularity ranking, and the figure beside every place is the actual average it earns that rating on.
A rating of “ideal” means the month lands in that destination's comfortable band for both heat and rain. It says nothing about crowds or prices, which move on school holidays rather than on the weather — a city can be at its climatic best and still be at its busiest, and several here are both.
- Rome · ItalyComfortable days around 15°C, and little rain (46mm rain).
- Santorini · GreeceComfortable days around 15°C, and little rain (57mm rain).
- Barcelona · SpainComfortable days around 15°C, and little rain (36mm rain).
- Delhi · IndiaComfortable days around 23°C, and little rain (22mm rain).
- Lisbon · PortugalComfortable days around 17°C, and little rain (48mm rain).
- Mexico City · MexicoComfortable days around 25°C, and little rain (5mm rain).
- Hanoi · VietnamComfortable days around 23°C, and little rain (78mm rain).
- Phuket · ThailandBeach weather at 32°C, and dry (42mm rain).
- Antalya · TürkiyeComfortable days around 16°C, and little rain (117mm rain).
- San Francisco · United StatesComfortable days around 14°C, and little rain (79mm rain).
- Nice · FranceComfortable days around 14°C, and little rain (34mm rain).
- Okinawa · JapanComfortable days around 20°C, and little rain (114mm rain).
- Trogir · CroatiaComfortable days around 13°C, and little rain (55mm rain).
- Florence · ItalyComfortable days around 14°C, and little rain (52mm rain).
- Athens · GreeceComfortable days around 14°C, and little rain (50mm rain).
- Madrid · SpainComfortable days around 15°C, and little rain (17mm rain).
- Agra · IndiaComfortable days around 25°C, and little rain (11mm rain).
- Porto · PortugalComfortable days around 16°C, and little rain (81mm rain).
- Tulum · MexicoBeach weather at 28°C, and dry (55mm rain).
- Hoi An · VietnamComfortable days around 25°C, and little rain (70mm rain).
- Krabi · ThailandBeach weather at 33°C, and dry (66mm rain).
- Bodrum · TürkiyeComfortable days around 15°C, and little rain (86mm rain).
- Los Angeles · United StatesComfortable days around 20°C, and little rain (53mm rain).
- Carcassonne · FranceComfortable days around 14°C, and little rain (37mm rain).
Where to skip in February
These are worth going to — just not now. The same ten-year record puts each of them outside its comfortable band this month, and every one has a better window on its own guide.
- Zermatt · SwitzerlandCold, around 3°C (64mm rain).
- Ho Chi Minh City · VietnamPunishing heat, around 34°C (14mm rain).
- Yellowstone · United StatesCold, around -7°C (76mm rain).
- Lake District · United KingdomVery wet — 273mm rain across the month (4°C).
- Sapporo · JapanCold, around -2°C (73mm rain).
- Hampi · IndiaPunishing heat, around 33°C (2mm rain).
- Ayutthaya · ThailandPunishing heat, around 33°C (32mm rain).
- Zakopane · PolandCold, around 3°C (100mm rain).