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When to go

Every island, at its best — month by month

The month decides the island more than anything else. Here is when each of the six is at its finest, when it is quieter and better value, and where to go in the month you can travel.

Ask which island suits your month

The year at a glance

Seven destinations, twelve months.

Nowhere here has a bad month — the shoulders are quieter and cheaper — but this is when each is at its finest. You are in October.

Best and shoulder months for each destination
IslandJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MaldivesJanuary: at its bestFebruary: at its bestMarch: at its bestApril: at its bestMay: shoulder seasonJune: green or wetter seasonJuly: green or wetter seasonAugust: green or wetter seasonSeptember: green or wetter seasonOctober: shoulder seasonNovember: at its bestDecember: at its best
SeychellesJanuary: green or wetter seasonFebruary: green or wetter seasonMarch: green or wetter seasonApril: at its bestMay: at its bestJune: shoulder seasonJuly: shoulder seasonAugust: shoulder seasonSeptember: shoulder seasonOctober: at its bestNovember: at its bestDecember: green or wetter season
MauritiusJanuary: shoulder seasonFebruary: green or wetter seasonMarch: green or wetter seasonApril: shoulder seasonMay: at its bestJune: at its bestJuly: at its bestAugust: at its bestSeptember: at its bestOctober: at its bestNovember: at its bestDecember: at its best
Andaman IslandsJanuary: at its bestFebruary: at its bestMarch: at its bestApril: at its bestMay: shoulder seasonJune: green or wetter seasonJuly: green or wetter seasonAugust: green or wetter seasonSeptember: green or wetter seasonOctober: shoulder seasonNovember: at its bestDecember: at its best
Bora BoraJanuary: green or wetter seasonFebruary: green or wetter seasonMarch: green or wetter seasonApril: shoulder seasonMay: at its bestJune: at its bestJuly: at its bestAugust: at its bestSeptember: at its bestOctober: at its bestNovember: shoulder seasonDecember: green or wetter season
FijiJanuary: green or wetter seasonFebruary: green or wetter seasonMarch: green or wetter seasonApril: shoulder seasonMay: at its bestJune: at its bestJuly: at its bestAugust: at its bestSeptember: at its bestOctober: at its bestNovember: shoulder seasonDecember: green or wetter season
PalawanJanuary: at its bestFebruary: at its bestMarch: at its bestApril: at its bestMay: at its bestJune: shoulder seasonJuly: green or wetter seasonAugust: green or wetter seasonSeptember: green or wetter seasonOctober: shoulder seasonNovember: at its bestDecember: at its best
  • At its best
  • Shoulder — quieter, often better value
  • Green or wetter season

Where to go

The month you can travel, and the islands that suit it.

  1. January

    At their bestMaldivesAndaman IslandsPalawan

    ShoulderMauritius

    A good month for Maldives or Andaman Islands or Palawan; the others are quieter.

  2. February

    At their bestMaldivesAndaman IslandsPalawan

    A good month for Maldives or Andaman Islands or Palawan; the others are quieter.

  3. March

    At their bestMaldivesAndaman IslandsPalawan

    A good month for Maldives or Andaman Islands or Palawan; the others are quieter.

  4. April

    At their bestMaldivesSeychellesAndaman IslandsPalawan

    ShoulderMauritiusBora BoraFiji

    One of the easiest months of the year to choose in — most of the islands are at their best.

  5. May

    At their bestSeychellesMauritiusBora BoraFijiPalawan

    ShoulderMaldivesAndaman Islands

    One of the easiest months of the year to choose in — most of the islands are at their best.

  6. June

    At their bestMauritiusBora BoraFiji

    ShoulderSeychellesPalawan

    A good month for Mauritius or Bora Bora or Fiji; the others are quieter.

  7. July

    At their bestMauritiusBora BoraFiji

    ShoulderSeychelles

    A good month for Mauritius or Bora Bora or Fiji; the others are quieter.

  8. August

    At their bestMauritiusBora BoraFiji

    ShoulderSeychelles

    A good month for Mauritius or Bora Bora or Fiji; the others are quieter.

  9. September

    At their bestMauritiusBora BoraFiji

    ShoulderSeychelles

    A good month for Mauritius or Bora Bora or Fiji; the others are quieter.

  10. October

    At their bestSeychellesMauritiusBora BoraFiji

    ShoulderMaldivesAndaman IslandsPalawan

    One of the easiest months of the year to choose in — most of the islands are at their best.

  11. November

    At their bestMaldivesSeychellesMauritiusAndaman IslandsPalawan

    ShoulderBora BoraFiji

    One of the easiest months of the year to choose in — most of the islands are at their best.

  12. December

    At their bestMaldivesMauritiusAndaman IslandsPalawan

    One of the easiest months of the year to choose in — most of the islands are at their best.

Island by island

The seasons, in detail.

Seychelles

Best
April to May and October to November
Shoulder
June to September — windier, cooler, good for sailing
Green season
December to March — warm and wetter, calm seas
Seychelles honeymoon

Fiji

Best
May to October — dry season
Shoulder
April and November
Green season
November to April — warmer, wetter, cyclone season
Fiji honeymoon

Palawan

Best
November to May — dry season
Shoulder
June and October
Green season
June to October — wetter, with typhoon risk
Palawan honeymoon

Any month, honestly

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