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Travel by MonthJune

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Where to go in June

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

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

Best weather

DestinationAvg highRainComfortFrom / day
Barcelona Spain25°C30 mm100%$76
Budapest Hungary25°C64 mm100%$54
Istanbul Türkiye (Turkey)26°C25 mm100%$49
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain25°C0 mm100%$65
Lisbon Portugal25°C21 mm100%$69
Split Croatia27°C51 mm100%$70
Zanzibar (Stone Town and Paje) Tanzania29°C7 mm100%$43
Athens Greece31°C11 mm99%$64
Bali (Canggu and Ubud) Indonesia31°C53 mm97%$35
Rio de Janeiro Brazil25°C80 mm97%$45
Cusco Peru · editorial pick20°C2 mm—$38
Funchal (Madeira) Portugal · editorial pick22°C12 mm—$65
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia · editorial pick33°C125 mm—$30
Medellín Colombia · editorial pick28°C158 mm—$38
Porto Portugal · editorial pick23°C53 mm—$62
Prague Czechia · editorial pick23°C57 mm—$57
Tbilisi Georgia · editorial pick—°C76 mm—$38
Tirana Albania · editorial pick———$41

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.
The Cinque Terre coast, Italy

Three Weeks in Italy by Train

21 days$2,100–$9,800Best Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 1/5

Venice to the Amalfi Coast on fast trains, with Sicily as an optional extension.
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.
Blue domes in Oia, Santorini, Greece

Three Weeks Island-Hopping in Greece

21 days$1,900–$9,200Best May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 2/5

Athens, four Cycladic islands and Crete, linked entirely by 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.
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.
Gergeti Trinity Church, Kazbegi, Georgia

Four Weeks in Turkey and Georgia

28 days$1,300–$6,500Best May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 3/5

Istanbul, Cappadocia and the Lycian coast, then east to the Caucasus.
The Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Four Weeks on the Silk Road: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

28 days$1,100–$5,200Best May, Jun, SepAdventure 4/5

Tiled Samarkand and Bukhara, then yurts and alpine lakes in the Tian Shan.
The Alhambra, Granada, Spain

One Month in Spain and Portugal

30 days$2,300–$10,200Best Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 1/5

Barcelona to Porto through Andalusia and the Algarve by fast train and bus.
Stari Most, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Five Weeks Overland Through the Balkans

35 days$2,000–$8,800Best May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 3/5

Alpine lakes to the Aegean by bus and train across seven countries.
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.
Dubrovnik

Two Months in Europe

60 days$4,000–$15,000Best May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 2/5

Lisbon to Istanbul by train, with the Schengen clock in mind.
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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