Climate and how it affects travel

It's usually always sunny in my hometown, maybe just a little wet during the winter and spring. I've been to Japan during the summer and I don't ever want to do that again. It's really humid and sticky. I've never traveled anywhere when it was cold, but I am curious what it's like since I still haven't seen snow fall or white towns. It sounds like a dreamy place in my head.

Really,climate affects one's travelling a lot!Depending on climate,one's mood transforms from a bad one to a good one and also from a good one to a bad one!I love rains and according to me,the weather which takes place in the sky just before the rains are gonaa happen is the best weather to travel anywhere!!

Hi maxi, thanks for the information of weather condition of Europe. If I ever visit to Europe I shall go there in July-August. According to your information it is the best season to visit Europe. Indian Sub-Continent is in tropical region. In India May - June is Summer,July-August is Rainy season,September -October is Autumn, November-January is Winter and February-April is Spring. For European people November to February is the best period to visit India. Indian Summer is unbearable and Rainy Season is boring.

I'm in Minnesota (of the US) and I typically like to think our best months here are around May-June and again from September-October, depending on the year though. I don't think many people travel here because we aren't really a big tourist destination - the most we can brag about having is "the Mall of America" in a local suburb and my favorite - "the biggest ball of twine in Minnesota" LMAO. We are pretty boring. Yep. When I went over to Sweden, I went in April (end of April) and it was snwoy, rainy, and a solid 20-30 degrees. Probably picked the wrong month..But too late to turn back now LOL. Speaking of climate, I actually got stuck there for a while longer due to those volancic ashes a while back there were in the northern european airspace. So that affected my travel quite a bit. Spent way too much time in an airport and I honestly plan on never going through that again! Agh! lol. Good discussion! Whereabouts in Europe are you??

Climate really affects traveling that's why in most countries they have high and low season in the tourism industry. I was in Germany in the months of July, August, September and 1st week of October, July/August was the warmest and was perfect for me especially in the southern part. September/October I was in the north and it was rainy. It was May/June when I visited England and Scotland. I stayed in the northeast which is much colder than the south but still I need to go out to see the places, somehow there were days that i get sunshine. It was May until November when I visited US. I was in Southern California and weather was just fine in May and June but July till September was really hot and it was September when I visited Las Vegas, we were not able to go out during the day. I visited Washington State in October and the bay area in California. Weather in Washington was really cold for me but in the bay area was just perfectly cool. I live in the middle east in different countries. In 2002 I was in Qatar, 2003 in Dubai and 2004 till 2007 in Oman and now in 2010 I'm in Oman again. They have only summer and winter here. Winter in Doha, Qatar was much colder compared to the winter here in Oman but in summer it could reach until 50 degrees centigrade. You won't be able to stay long outside. Winter season is the high season in the tourism here. In my home country Philippines, we only have two seasons namely the dry and wet season. The best time to visit is from November to March, these are the months which has less rain. January to March has no rain at all, very seldom that it will rain in January. High season in the tourism is during the dry season. I don't have favorite month to travel as the time of travel depends on the season of your chosen destination. If you want to visit middle east, summer is not a good time but in Europe summer is the best time.

I am from Hong Kong and it has a sub-tropical climate. Therefore, it is always humid there. There is never snow in Hong Kong and this is why I have never encountered snow till I went to study in the UK. The UK is probably the coldest place I have been to and it was really lucky for me that it did not snow when I leave for my holiday in Hong Kong. Otherwise, I would have to wait in the airport like refugee. The city has the nicest weather in autumn because it is neither hot nor cold and it is drier and it is the best season to go for a picnic outdoor, visiting the scarce natural environments in Hong Kong. The hottest place that I have been to is Thailand and Malaysia and I had a even stronger feeling of heatstroke than the others as I went there in August. I think I like to go travelling most in summer because I have got a long summer holiday and I do not have to bring a lot of clothings while travelling. Yet, I would also like to try travelling in the winter and go to somewhere which has snow, probably switzerland as I have never ski before.

Here in the 'Frozen North', we get quite amused when our southern neighbours get a wee bit of snow and the news and newspapers get very excited about it, and it makes headlines for weeks, whereas our snow problems usually get very little mention (might have been slightly different last month when our main Motorway was closed for several days).. I was on a cruise to Norway last May, and it snowed several days, but that is probably normal there. April in Scotland can be quite warm some years, although others can be cold and wet.