When to travel
Where to go in November
Low season in Europe, the start of the dry season in South-East Asia, and full spring in the southern hemisphere.
At their best
These countries call November their strongest month: weather, landscape and rhythm all line up.
East Asia
Japan
A world where centuries-old tradition and radical modernity sit effortlessly side by side.
South-East Asia
Vietnam
A country best discovered at the table, one that feels like an almost different place from north to south.
Middle East
Jordan
Desert, history and a hospitality that often turns out to be the most memorable part of the journey.
South America
Argentina
From city rhythm to Patagonian wind, a country whose vast distances are part of the appeal.
Arabian Peninsula
Oman
Mountains, wadis and a quiet coastline: a destination that reveals itself at an unhurried pace.
Arabian Gulf
United Arab Emirates
Seven emirates, not all of them skylines. Beyond the famous cities lies a land of dunes, wadis and oasis villages that move at a very different pace.
Arabian Gulf
Qatar
A peninsula that rebuilt itself within a few decades, yet just beyond the new skyline remains quiet and bare.
United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi
The capital prefers to govern with calm rather than noise, putting its wealth towards culture and space rather than spectacle.
United Arab Emirates
Dubai
A city that keeps rewriting itself, though the old creek and its souks still hold on to the pace of life before the skyscrapers.
United Arab Emirates
Sharjah
The most understated of the emirates, where culture and heritage matter more than height or gloss.
Maghreb, north-west Africa
Morocco
A country where desert, mountains and coast merge within a few hours' drive, and the cities hold their own just as well.
Central American Pacific coast
El Salvador
A country that's compact, not small, with volcanoes running all the way to a coast that's never far away.
Central American highlands
Guatemala
A highland where Maya culture isn't a backdrop but sets the rhythm of everyday life.
Southern South America
Uruguay
Flat, green and rarely loud, a country that prefers quiet over the spectacle of its neighbours.
Eastern Himalaya
Bhutan
Monasteries clinging to cliffs, valleys without traffic and access the country deliberately keeps limited, a calm its neighbours lost long ago.
South-East Asia
Cambodia
Overgrown temples and a quiet resilience that say more about the past than any history book.
South Asia
India
Sacred and everyday, silence and noise: extremes that simply coexist on this subcontinent, no explanation needed.
South-East Asia
Laos
Time still flows with the river here, at a pace its neighbours traded for haste long ago.
Central Himalaya
Nepal
Valleys and temple towns that reveal as much about the country as its mountains do: there is far more here than Everest.
South-East Asia
Thailand
From busy Bangkok streets to quiet mountain villages in the north, this country has as many faces as it has provinces.
South China coast
Hong Kong
Skyscrapers give way to green islands and hiking trails within half an hour, in a city that rarely stands still.
Andes and Pacific
Chile
A country 4,270 kilometres long: desert in the north, glaciers in the south and an island in the middle of the Pacific.
Nile Valley and Red Sea
Egypt
A green strip along the Nile, with temples, tombs and desert on either side.
Also good
Perfectly workable in November, with a caveat spelled out on the destination page itself.
Southern Africa
Namibia
Silence on a scale found nowhere else, with deserts that change character every hundred kilometres.
Southern Africa
Botswana
A delta that changes with every season, in a country that deliberately keeps visitor numbers low across a vast expanse.
South-East Africa, Indian Ocean coast
Mozambique
A coastline tourism has yet to discover, still bearing clear traces of its Swahili and Portuguese past.
Southern Africa
South Africa
A country with so many faces that two travellers rarely tell the same story about it.
Indian Ocean, granite islands
Seychelles
An archipelago where granite, primeval forest and sea sit so close together it almost feels unreal.
Maghreb, Mediterranean coast
Tunisia
A small country where three thousand years of history and the edge of the Sahara lie just a few hours' drive apart.
Southern Africa, Zambezi valley
Zambia
A country where the wilderness is still given real space, and the waterfall at its edge almost becomes an afterthought.
Central America
Costa Rica
Sandwiched between two oceans, with volcanoes and cloud forest that need no introduction.
Central American lake district
Nicaragua
Two colonial cities, centuries-old rivals, separated by a lake dotted with volcanic islands, rougher around the edges than its neighbours.
East Asia
China
Ancient traditions, fast-paced cities and still landscapes exist side by side, in a country that seems to reinvent itself everywhere you look.
Silk Road, Central Asia
Uzbekistan
Turquoise domes and hushed caravanserais that still tell the story of where the Silk Road once converged.
Eastern Mediterranean
Cyprus
An island that calls itself Greek, feels Turkish, and is fully neither, with an interior that few visitors ever see.
Aegean world
Greece
Every island is a different Greece, and the mountainous mainland remains unknown territory for most visitors.
Anatolia
Turkey
A country spanning two continents and some ten layers of civilisation, with an interior far larger and quieter than its coast.
Central Mediterranean
Malta
Malta is an island of limestone and fortress walls where every layer of history is still legible.
Iberian Peninsula
Portugal
Portugal turns its back on Europe and its face to the ocean, with a wistfulness that rarely turns heavy.
Iberian Peninsula
Spain
Spain differs as much from itself as from its neighbours, with a dry interior, a green north, and a day that starts late and ends later.
Tyrrhenian Sea
Sardinia
Sardinia has a rugged interior that wants little to do with the glamour of its own coastline.
Strait of Sicily
Sicily
Sicily carries the traces of Greeks, Arabs and Normans, with a volcano that always keeps the last word.
Oceania
Australia
A reef off the north-east coast, red rock in the centre, and an Aboriginal history tens of thousands of years deep.
Oceania
French Polynesia
A hundred and eighteen islands and atolls in the Pacific, from the lagoons of the Society Islands to the cliffs of the Marquesas.
Caucasus
Georgia
Tbilisi, the Kakheti wine region and the villages of the Caucasus, with medieval monasteries and a script of its own.
Atlantic Ocean
Madeira
A Portuguese island in the Atlantic, with peaks up to 1,862 metres, levadas along the mountainsides and a laurel forest on the north side.
Highlands and Yucatán
Mexico
A capital built on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, colonial cities and Maya cities in the forests of Yucatán.
Oceania
New Zealand
Two islands of volcanoes, glaciers and fjords, with a Māori history you meet everywhere.
Andes and Amazon
Peru
Inca cities in the Andes, a lake at 3,810 metres and rainforest on the eastern side of the range.
East Asia
South Korea
A mountainous peninsula where a fast-moving capital and centuries-old monasteries sit a few hours apart by train.
Frequently asked questions
Where should you travel in November?
In November, 23 destinations are at their best, including Japan, Vietnam, Jordan and Argentina. Another 27 are good to visit, such as Namibia, Botswana and Mozambique. Every destination is listed here because its own seasonal information says so.
Is November a good month for Morocco?
Yes. According to the seasonal information for Morocco, November is one of the strongest months of the year there. Its strongest months are March, April, May, October and November.
Can you visit Uzbekistan in November?
Yes. Uzbekistan is good to visit in November, with a caveat described on the destination page itself. Its strongest months are April, May, September and October.