December to April. Month by month below, with the weather, what's on and what it costs to fly there from your city.
Dry-season winter, December to February, wins for weather; March and April stay good but add Spring Break and heat.
5 of the 6 travel guides we read name these months.
Average high and low in Miami, and days with rain
Best timeJanuaryChecking fares…Peak season: highs about 25C (mid-70s F), low humidity, but the densest crowds.Month table lists January as peak season with about 50mm of rain.Florida Keys Seafood Festival · Mile 0 Fest
Best timeFebruaryChecking fares…Miami International Boat Show in February.South Beach Wine and Food Festival lands in late February.Average high of 76F; low humidity and few rainy days.
Best timeMarchChecking fares…Spring Break in the first half brings a young crowd; the second half and April are quieter.Miami Music Week and Ultra Music Festival close the month, with 100,000-plus at Bayfront Park.Carnival Miami and Calle Ocho street festival in March.Calle Ocho Music Festival · Ultra Music Festival
Best timeAprilChecking fares…Quieter after Spring Break, weather still excellent, water warming into the mid-70s F.Shoulder season with good weather and fewer crowds.Miami Beach Pride is held in April.Key West Songwriters Festival
MayChecking fares…Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix; start of the wet season.Crowds drop sharply after Memorial Day.
JuneChecking fares…Hurricane season starts; hot, humid and stormy.Afternoon thunderstorms pass and leave the beach quiet.Key West Pride · Key Lime Festival
JulyChecking fares…Miami Swim Week typically falls in the second week of July; July 4th is busy.Hottest month with highs of 32C and daily afternoon thunderstorms.
AugustChecking fares…Wettest month, averaging 19 rain days; peak hurricane risk.Miami Spice restaurant months run through August and September, with easier reservations.Key West Lobsterfest
SeptemberChecking fares…Peak hurricane risk and the heaviest rain in the month table.Off-season: highs around 31C and about 240mm of rain.Miami Carnival · Key West BrewFest
OctoberChecking fares…Hurricane season continues; rain easing.Stone crab season opens mid-October.Fantasy Fest
NovemberChecking fares…Humidity lifts, temperatures in the mid-to-upper 70s F, brief and infrequent rain.Shoulder season: good weather, fewer crowds.Key West Powerboat World Championship
Best timeDecemberChecking fares…Art Basel Miami Beach arrives in early December.Final week of December through New Year is the busiest stretch.Art Basel Miami Beach · Schooner Wharf Lighted Boat ParadeWeather: Miami averages from NOAA (1991 to 2020 averages), as listed in its climate table on Wikipedia.
Live fares from your airport. Watch them and we alert you when they drop.
Festivals and seasons through the year
Florida Keys Seafood Festival
Mile 0 Fest
Calle Ocho Music Festival
Ultra Music Festival
Taste of Key West
Key West Songwriters Festival
Key West Pride
Key Lime Festival
Key West Lobsterfest
Miami Carnival
Key West BrewFest
Fantasy Fest
Key West Powerboat World Championship
Art Basel Miami Beach
Schooner Wharf Lighted Boat Parade
Cancún
The Grand Canyon
Disneyland
Myrtle Beach
Prague
Bali
Maui
Montreal
Venice
Aruba
New Orleans
Nashville
Disney World
New York
Rome
San Diego
Phuket
Boston
Dubai
Seoul
Florida
Lisbon
Los Angeles
Chicago
Paris
Las Vegas
San Francisco
Edinburgh
Napa
Sydney
Hawaii
Scotland
Punta Cana
Savannah
Washington, DC
Mexico City
Zion National Park
Turks and Caicos
Puerto Vallarta
Honolulu
Banff
Yosemite
Tulum
The Bahamas
Sedona
Seattle
Santorini
Buenos Aires
London
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Amsterdam
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US Virgin Islands
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Santa Fe
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Utah
Joshua Tree
Patagonia
St. Thomas
Florida Keys
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Copenhagen
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Mallorca
Madeira
Cape Town
Ibiza
Zanzibar
Lake Como
Madrid
New Mexico
Tennessee
Vermont
Wyoming
Bryce Canyon
Oahu
St. Martin
Hilton Head
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San Antonio
Rocky Mountain National Park
Dublin
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Athens
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Texas
South America
Shenandoah National Park
Phoenix
North Carolina
Medellín
Cairo
Budapest
Arches National Park
St. John
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Reykjavik
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Milan
Houston
Hanoi
Canary Islands
Big Island of Hawaii
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The Caribbean
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South Dakota
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New England
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Jeju
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Osaka
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Door County
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New Hampshire
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Asia
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Nairobi
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The Hamptons
Grand Teton National Park
Finger Lakes
Charlotte
Bogotá
Auckland
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Olympic National Park
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Sequoia National Park
Big Bend National Park
Mackinac Island
Sint Maarten
Nantucket
Outer Banks
California
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Crater Lake
Scottsdale
Nice
Mount Rainier
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Badlands National Park
Salt Lake City
Denali
Philadelphia
Tucson
Provence
Guadalajara
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Upper Peninsula
Sonoma
Memphis
Idaho
Da Nang
Cotswolds
Arkansas
St. Louis
Capri
Glacier National Park
Barcelona
Vancouver
Denver
Istanbul
Riviera Maya
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Santiago, Chile
Naples, Italy
Central America
Minneapolis
Sarasota
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Pittsburgh
Helsinki
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Johannesburg
Brisbane
Málaga
Phu Quoc
Perth
Dubrovnik
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Massachusetts
Oklahoma
Torres del Paine
Czech Republic
Ho Chi Minh City
Anchorage
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West Virginia
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Canyonlands National Park
Baja California
Blue Ridge Mountains
Fort Myers
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Kathmandu
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Cebu
Brussels
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Antalya
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Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Capitol Reef National Park