Holiday regions

The UK's favourite holiday spots have their own seasons — the Canaries are warm when Madrid is cold, Phuket's best months are Bangkok's rainiest. Each region has its own weather, sea temperatures, costs and flights.

Short-haul

  • Algarve
    PortugalBest: May–Jun, Sep2h 50m from LondonSea up to 21°C~£130/day
  • Azores
    PortugalBest: Jun–Sep4h 10m from LondonSea up to 23°C~£135/day
  • Balearic Islands
    SpainBest: May–Jun, Sep2h 20m from LondonSea up to 26°C~£150/day
  • Canary Islands
    SpainBest: Oct–Mar4h 30m from LondonSea up to 24°C~£130/day
  • Corfu & the Ionian Islands
    GreeceBest: May–Jun, Sep3h 05m from LondonSea up to 26°C~£125/day
  • Costa del Sol & Andalucía coast
    SpainBest: May–Jun, Sep–Oct2h 50m from LondonSea up to 24°C~£130/day
  • Crete
    GreeceBest: May–Jun, Sep–Oct4h from LondonSea up to 26°C~£120/day
  • Cyclades (Santorini, Mykonos, Naxos)
    GreeceBest: Jun, Sep3h 55m from LondonSea up to 25°C~£170/day
  • Dalmatian Coast
    CroatiaBest: Jun, Sep2h 30m from LondonSea up to 24°C~£140/day
  • Finnish Lapland
    FinlandBest: Dec–Mar3h 30m from London~£190/day
  • Madeira
    PortugalBest: Apr–Jun, Sep3h 55m from LondonSea up to 24°C~£120/day
  • Sardinia
    ItalyBest: Jun, Sep2h 50m from LondonSea up to 26°C~£140/day
  • Sicily
    ItalyBest: May–Jun, Sep–Oct3h from LondonSea up to 27°C~£130/day
  • Turkish Riviera (Antalya, Dalaman coast)
    TurkeyBest: May–Jun, Sep–Oct4h 20m from LondonSea up to 29°C~£100/day

Long-haul

  • Bali
    IndonesiaBest: May–Sep18h from LondonSea up to 29°C~£90/day
  • Cancún & the Riviera Maya
    MexicoBest: Dec–Apr11h from LondonSea up to 29°C~£130/day
  • Cape Town & the Western Cape
    South AfricaBest: Nov–Mar11h 30m from LondonSea up to 17°C~£100/day
  • Florida
    United StatesBest: Feb–Apr, Nov9h 30m from LondonSea up to 31°C~£200/day
  • Goa
    IndiaBest: Nov–Mar10h from LondonSea up to 30°C~£75/day
  • Koh Samui & the Gulf islands
    ThailandBest: Feb–Aug16h 30m from LondonSea up to 30°C~£115/day
  • New York City
    United StatesBest: May–Jun, Sep–Oct8h from London~£240/day
  • Phuket, Krabi & the Andaman coast
    ThailandBest: Nov–Apr12h from LondonSea up to 30°C~£105/day
  • Red Sea coast
    EgyptBest: Mar–Apr, Oct–Nov5h 20m from LondonSea up to 29°C~£80/day
  • Zanzibar
    TanzaniaBest: Jun–Oct, Jan–Feb14h 30m from LondonSea up to 29°C~£110/day