Best Weather by Wedding Month

Great weather and optimal sightseeing opportunities, as well as high room rates and more crowds, often go hand in hand during a destination’s high season. Low season is when seasonal businesses, such as restaurants and island ferries, shut down and attractions may close for renovations. But you can get some great honeymoon deals in low season.

If high season perks are what you seek for your once in a lifetime honeymoon, we’ll tell you where to go to find the best weather or, if you have your heart set on a specific place, what to expect during that month.

A destination’s high season usually coincides with an area’s best weather, but it can also determined solely by demand. High season in Hawaii and the Caribbean, where the weather doesn’t change that dramatically, runs from January to April simply because people from colder climes flock to their sunny beaches to flee the winter chill. Conversely, Disney World is packed in the summer despite the searing heat because kids are out of school.

If cost is your first priority, check the ‘When to Go’ section of our destination articles for low season months.

Weather by Date

Check out the best weather for your honeymoon destination by doing an internet search of your destination. Get more details about a destination’s year round weather from a travel guidebook or by calling its tourism board. Just before you go, be sure to check the forecast at a weather website such as weather.com to help you pack.

Remember that this is a guide to when different destinations traditionally experience the most ideal weather of the year. The months immediately preceding and succeeding a destination’s prime time are often called ‘shoulder’ seasons, and usually have good weather as well. Other destinations, such as the Caribbean and Hawaii, are temperate year round, but particularly incredible at the times listed below.

January & February

Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bali, Belize, Brazil, Canada (ski destinations), Caribbean, Central & South Africa, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, the Florida Keys, USA (ski destinations)

March

Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Canada (ski destinations), Caribbean, Central & South Africa, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, the Florida Keys, USA (ski destinations, Southeast, Southwest)

April

Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Caribbean, Central & South Africa, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Egypt, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Italy, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Spain, the Florida Keys, USA

May

Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Caribbean, Central & South Africa, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Greece, Hawaii, Ireland, Italy, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Seychelles, Spain, Thailand, the Florida Keys, USA

June

Bermuda, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Central & South Africa, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Greece, Hawaii, Ireland, Italy, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Spain, Thailand, USA (Alaska, Northeast)

July & August

Bermuda, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Central & South Africa, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Ireland, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Seychelles, Thailand, USA (Alaska, Northeast)

September

Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Central & South Africa, Czech Republic, Fiji, France, French Polynesia, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Spain, Thailand, USA

October

Australia, Bali, Belize, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Central & South Africa, Egypt, Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Italy, Madagascar, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Seychelles, Spain, USA

November

Australia, Bahamas, Bali, Belize, Brazil, Canada (ski destinations), Central & South Africa, Egypt, French Polynesia, Hawaii, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Seychelles, Spain, USA (ski destinations, Southeast, Southwest)

December

Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Bali, Belize, Brazil, Canada (ski destinations), Caribbean, Central & South Africa, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, the Florida Keys, USA (ski destinations)

Weather by Destination

Frost be damned, you want to go to Paris? We’d be the last ones to stop you! But remember that your dream destination may not be so dreamy in the dead of winter, or heat of summer. Below, some of the most popular honeymoon destinations and their not so pretty seasons.

Hawaii

• Best months: March to July, October and November
• Worst months: Far from horrible, December and January are coolest
• August and September are hottest. The wettest months are from November to March.

Note: In general, every island’s northern shore gets more rain than the southern, especially on Kauai and the Big Island.

Bahamas

• Best months: November to April
• Worst months: It is hottest and rainiest from June to October

Bermuda

• Best months: May to October
• Worst month: January and February

Caribbean

• Best months: Technically, December to May, when the area is coolest and enjoys the most wind
• Worst months: Official hurricane season runs from June to November. The worst months are August, September, and October.

Note: High altitude and coastal spots are cooled by trade winds year round (a good salve during the hotter and more humid summer months)

Europe

• Best months: May through September or October
• Worst months: December to February

Florida

• Best months: March, April, October, November
• Worst months: May to September

Note: The Florida Keys experience temperate, Caribbean like weather year round.

Las Vegas

• Best months: March, April, October, November
• Worst months: June to September

Note: July and August are scorchers, but at least it’s a dry heat, humidity is very low year round

Mexico

• Best months: October to May
• Worst months: Rainy season runs June through September, but usually only involves a short daily dousing. It is also hotter during the summer months.

Note: Coastal playgrounds and low lying sections of the country are hotter than higher altitude destinations such as Mexico City, Guadalajara, and the heartland Silver Cities.

Southeast Asia

• Best months: November to February
• Worst months: Hottest between April and May, rainy from June to September

South Pacific, French Polynesia

• Best months: May to October
• Worst months: December to February (hot, humid and rainy). Tahiti lies well outside the Pacific cyclone zone and while Fiji does not, it is rarely hit during the highest risk months of January and February