8 articles
12 June 2026
thailandBest Time to Visit Koh Mak: Month-by-Month Weather and Crowds
Koh Mak runs on the same calendar as the rest of the Trat archipelago: a dry season from November to April when the island is open and easy, and a wet season from May to October when boats thin out and many resorts close. Being flat and low, it has no high ground to dodge the weather — so timing matters. Here is the year, month by month.
Henrik Vinter
11 June 2026
thailandBest Time to Visit Koh Kood: Month-by-Month Weather and Crowds
Koh Kood is a dry-season island in a way Koh Samui never is: a large share of its resorts simply close for the wet months, and the ferries thin out with them. That makes timing less about chasing the perfect forecast and more about travelling inside the window when the island is actually open. Here is how the year breaks down, month by month.
Henrik Vinter
24 February 2026
thailandBest Time to Visit Koh Chang: Month-by-Month Weather and Crowd Guide
Koh Chang follows the Gulf of Thailand weather pattern — completely different from the Andaman coast just a few hundred kilometres away — yet most traveller guides treat the entire country as a single climate zone. When Phuket and Krabi are drying out from their monsoon (May–October), Koh Chang and its neighbours Koh Mak and Koh Kood are saturated. The dry season runs November–April everywhere, but the monsoon dynamics shift. Using a generic Thailand weather guide for Koh Chang will lead to poor timing decisions.
Henrik Vinter
19 February 2026
greeceBest Time to Visit Greece: Islands, Mainland, and the Crowds in Between
Greece's tourism window is not July to August—it is May to October, with a critical distinction: ferries to the Cyclades (Santorini, Paros, Naxos, Mykonos) and the smaller Dodecanese islands run only from mid-May through late October. If your itinerary includes these islands, your realistic travel window is 5–6 months. If you're willing to stick to Athens, Crete, Rhodes, or Corfu, you have more flexibility, but you'll sacrifice the casual ferry-hopping and beach-bar culture that defines Greek island tourism. The real decision is not when to go—it's what you're willing to compromise on to get there.
Henrik Vinter
14 February 2026
japanBest Time to Visit Japan: A Month-by-Month Guide
Japan's peak seasons are narrow, furious, and prices-tripling events. Late March through early April brings cherry blossoms and the year's largest crowd surge; mid-November replicates it with autumn foliage. Between these two poles sits a year that most travellers ignore: July and August are genuinely hot and humid in most of Honshu but manageable in Hokkaido; June is rainy but photographers and budget travellers find underrated value; May 6–31 and October are genuinely excellent with near-zero crowds; January and early December are quiet and cheap.
Henrik Vinter
21 January 2026
croatiaBest Time to Visit Croatia: Coast, Islands, and Dubrovnik
Croatia's peak season runs mid-June through August, and during this window Dubrovnik's old city receives up to 10,000 cruise passengers daily in addition to hotel guests. The old city covers 2 square kilometres. Do the arithmetic — then decide whether July is the month you want to visit it.
Henrik Vinter
9 January 2026
baliBest Time to Visit Bali: Month-by-Month Guide
Bali offers warm weather and activities year-round, but timing your visit around the seasonal climate, religious festivals, and crowd patterns will significantly affect your experience. Unlike destinations with extreme seasonal swings, Bali's two broad seasons—dry and wet—overlap considerably with tourism cycles, making some months vastly better than others depending on what you want to do.
Henrik Vinter
7 January 2026
thailandBest Time to Visit Thailand: Month-by-Month Guide
Thailand's climate divides cleanly into three seasons, but the catch that catches most first-time visitors off guard is that these seasons don't apply uniformly across the country. The Gulf of Thailand coast and the Andaman Sea coast operate on opposite monsoon cycles, meaning there is almost always somewhere in Thailand worth visiting — but also meaning that choosing the wrong coast at the wrong time can derail an otherwise well-planned trip. This guide gives you the specific data you need to match your travel dates to conditions on the ground.
Henrik Vinter