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Travel by MonthJuly

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Where to go in July

Highlighted on the map: destinations whose July climate normals score at least 72% on a warm-and-dry preference, plus editorial best-month picks where no station data exists.

Bali (Canggu and Ubud)BarcelonaBudapestCuscoFunchal (Madeira)IstanbulKuala LumpurLas Palmas de Gran CanariaLisbonMedellínPortoPragueRio de JaneiroZanzibar (Stone Town and Paje)

Best weather

DestinationAvg highRainComfortFrom / day
Bali (Canggu and Ubud) Indonesia30°C55 mm100%$35
Barcelona Spain28°C21 mm100%$76
Budapest Hungary28°C58 mm100%$54
Funchal (Madeira) Portugal24°C2 mm100%$65
Istanbul Türkiye (Turkey)28°C24 mm100%$49
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain27°C0 mm100%$65
Lisbon Portugal27°C5 mm100%$69
Porto Portugal25°C16 mm100%$62
Prague Czechia25°C64 mm100%$57
Rio de Janeiro Brazil25°C56 mm100%$45
Cusco Peru · editorial pick19°C4 mm—$38
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia · editorial pick32°C127 mm—$30
Medellín Colombia · editorial pick28°C119 mm—$38
Zanzibar (Stone Town and Paje) Tanzania · editorial pick29°C4 mm—$43

Comfort = 65% temperature fit (24–31°C ideal) + 35% rainfall fit, from WMO monthly normals; editorial picks are shown without a score.

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Backpacking routes in season

Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, Iceland

Two Weeks on Iceland's Ring Road

14 days$2,600–$9,800Best Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 3/5

Waterfalls, glacier lagoons and lava fields on a full self-drive loop.
Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Canada

Two Weeks in the Canadian Rockies and British Columbia

14 days$2,000–$7,800Best Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 2/5

Sea to Sky, the Icefields Parkway and the turquoise lakes of Banff.
Quilotoa crater lake, Ecuador

Three Weeks in Ecuador and the Galapagos

21 days$1,900–$7,800Best Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Dec, JanAdventure 3/5

Andean markets and crater lakes, then a land-based week in the Galapagos.
Bryggen, Bergen, Norway

Three Weeks in Scandinavia by Rail

21 days$3,100–$12,500Best Jun, Jul, AugAdventure 2/5

Nordic capitals and Norwegian fjords by train, ferry and fjord boat.
The Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland

Three Weeks in Scotland and Ireland

21 days$2,300–$10,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 2/5

Highlands, islands and the Atlantic coast by train, coach and ferry.
Wawel Castle, Kraków, Poland

Three Weeks in Poland and the Baltics

21 days$1,300–$6,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 2/5

Medieval old towns from Krakow to Tallinn by train and bus.
Machu Picchu, Peru

Four Weeks in Peru and Bolivia

28 days$1,500–$6,800Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, OctAdventure 4/5

Inca valleys, Lake Titicaca and the Uyuni salt flats on one high-altitude line.
La Piedra del Peñol, Guatapé, Colombia

Four Weeks in Colombia

28 days$1,300–$5,800Best Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Jul, AugAdventure 2/5

Andean cities, coffee hills and a Caribbean finish from Bogota to Palomino.
Safari vehicles and an elephant in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Four Weeks in East Africa: Safari and Coast

28 days$3,600–$14,500Best Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, OctAdventure 3/5

The Mara, the Serengeti and Ngorongoro, then slow days on Zanzibar.
Borobudur at dawn, Central Java, Indonesia

Five Weeks in Indonesia: Java to Komodo

35 days$1,500–$8,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 4/5

Temples and volcanoes on Java, then island-hopping east to the Komodo dragons.
Deadvlei, Namibia

Five Weeks Overland in Southern Africa

35 days$3,200–$15,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, OctAdventure 4/5

Cape Town to Victoria Falls through Namibia's dunes and Botswana's delta.
Gergeti Trinity Church above Kazbegi, Georgia

Three-Month Caucasus and Balkans Summer

90 days$4,500–$17,500Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 3/5

Georgia's mountains, Istanbul and the Balkans, mostly outside the Schengen Area.
Kazbegi, Georgia

European Summer Nomad Circuit

150 days$9,000–$26,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 2/5

Five bases from May to September for people who work on the way.

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