Destinations
Which coast in which month
The best place is a function of the calendar. A month-by-month reading of the sixteen destinations, with the honest weeks and the ones the brochures leave out.
Destinations
Season Compass
The right place depends on the month more than on anything else. The compass ranks all sixteen destinations for the month you choose, with air and sea temperatures, the crowd level and the events that fill it, and lets you weight the ranking towards warm water, quiet or good sailing.
Based on thirty-year climate averages and the desk’s own seasons.
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