Best places to travel in June

Midsummer in the north, festival nights in Paris and Porto, and the last weeks before the Mediterranean fills up.

401
cities with good weather
85
warm enough for the beach
€15
a day, the cheapest on a shoestring

June is the month of long light. In Scandinavia it barely gets dark, Paris and Porto throw their biggest street parties, and the Adriatic and Ionian coasts have warm water without August’s crowds or prices.

These are the best places to travel in June, picked from our city guides using their own weather, crowds and daily costs.

🌍 The best places to travel in June

📍 Copenhagen, Denmark

Copenhagen, Denmark

☀️ 20° average high👥 very busy💶 about €63 a day

Our Copenhagen guide calls June the best month: light until eleven, and harbour swimming starts, at about 20°. Cycle more than you walk, then swim in the middle of the city. It’s busy and expensive, at about €63 a day on a shoestring.

📍 Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden

☀️ 20° average high👥 very busy💶 about €66 a day

Midsummer falls in June in Stockholm, and it barely gets dark, at about 20°. The capital spreads across fourteen islands, with a medieval old town and thirty thousand more islands on the doorstep. Plan on about €66 a day on a shoestring.

📍 Paris, France

Paris, France

☀️ 23° average high👥 very busy💶 about €59 a day

June is Paris’s best month, according to our guide, with the Fête de la Musique on the 21st, at about 23°. It’s worth more than the three days most people give it. A shoestring day is about €59.

📍 Porto, Portugal

Porto, Portugal

☀️ 23° average high👥 very busy💶 about €38 a day

São João on the 23rd is, in our Porto guide’s words, the best night of the year. At about 23°, the granite, tiles and port cellars on both banks of the gorge are at their liveliest. It costs about €38 a day on a shoestring.

📍 Budapest, Hungary

Budapest, Hungary

☀️ 25° average high👥 very busy💶 about €29 a day

Budapest’s guide calls June the best month before the heat builds, at about 25°. Thermal baths, ruin bars and the most theatrical parliament in Europe come at central European prices, about €29 a day on a shoestring.

📍 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

☀️ 25° average high👥 very busy💶 about €21 a day

June is Sarajevo’s best month: long evenings in the bazaar, at about 25°. An Ottoman bazaar meets Austro-Hungarian boulevards on a single street corner. At about €21 a day, it’s one of the cheapest city breaks in Europe.

📍 Kotor, Montenegro

Kotor, Montenegro

☀️ 27° average high👥 busy💶 about €38 a day

Our Kotor guide calls June the best month, at about 27°. The Venetian walled town sits at the end of a bay that looks like a fjord, below a mountain fortress. Go early in the morning, before the cruise ships. Budget about €38 a day.

📍 Sarandë, Albania

Sarandë, Albania

☀️ 28° average high👥 very busy💶 about €26 a day

June is the best month on the Albanian Riviera: warm sea before the crowds, at about 28°. Butrint’s ruins are down the coast and Corfu is across the water. At about €26 a day, it’s the cheapest beach pick of the summer.

🏖️ Best places for a beach trip in June

Our guides with a beach and a beach-weather high in June, the most hostels first.

  1. 1PhuketThailand31°, quiet
  2. 2Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam33°, quiet
  3. 3GoaIndia31°, very quiet
  4. 4Koh TaoThailand32°, busy
  5. 5CangguIndonesia30°, busy
  6. 6Koh SamuiThailand32°, busy

🏙️ Best city breaks in June

Our city break guides with good weather in June.

  1. 1BarcelonaSpain26°, busy
  2. 2RomeItaly28°, busy
  3. 3KathmanduNepal29°, very quiet
  4. 4ParisFrance23°, very busy
  5. 5LondonEngland21°, very busy
  6. 6MadridSpain28°, busy

💸 Cheapest places to travel in June

Good weather in June and the lowest shoestring budget.

  1. 1HanoiVietnam€15 a day
  2. 2VientianeLaos€15 a day
  3. 3DarjeelingIndia€15 a day
  4. 4Nong KhiawLaos€15 a day
  5. 5HampiIndia€15 a day
  6. 6Lake TobaIndonesia€15 a day

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Questions travellers ask

Where is warm in June?
Most of Europe. Sarandë and Kotor are about 27 to 28°, Budapest and Sarajevo about 25°, Paris and Porto about 23°. Copenhagen and Stockholm are a fresher 20°.
What are the best places to travel in June in Europe?
Our guides call June the best month in Copenhagen, Paris, Budapest, Sarajevo, Kotor and Sarandë.
What festivals are on in June?
Midsummer in Stockholm, the Fête de la Musique in Paris on the 21st, São João in Porto on the 23rd and Santo António in Lisbon on the 12th and 13th, according to our guides.
Where is cheap to travel in June?
Sarajevo (about €21 a day on a shoestring), Sarandë (€26) and Budapest (€29) are the cheapest of our picks.
Is June a good time to visit Asia?
It's rainy season in much of mainland Southeast Asia and Japan. Bali, Lombok and the Gili Islands are dry, and Siargao in the Philippines is good.
Where can I see the midnight sun in June?
Our Tromsø, Svolvær, Rovaniemi and Reykjavik guides all mark the midnight sun in June.
Is June good for a beach holiday in Europe?
Yes, and it's cheaper than July and August. Sarandë's guide calls it the best month, with a warm sea before the crowds.
How do you choose the best places to travel in June?
Every pick comes from one of our city guides, using its month-by-month table and shoestring budget. The finder below uses the same data for every guide.
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