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Where to go on holiday in December

Wondering where to go on holiday in December? These 157 destinations are at their best in December, when the weather, crowds and prices line up. For December sun, the warmest picks are Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket & Krabi, Ho Chi Minh City. Use the quiz to narrow them to your budget and travel style.

157 destinations

Bangkok Thailand · Asia ~12.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Chiang Mai Thailand · Asia ~14.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Phuket & Krabi Thailand · Asia ~12.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam · Asia ~12.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Siem Reap (Angkor) Cambodia · Asia ~12.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Luang Prabang Laos · Asia ~12.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Palawan (El Nido) Philippines · Asia ~16.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Kerala India · Asia ~11.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Goa India · Asia ~9.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Sri Lanka South Asia · Asia ~11.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Maldives Indian Ocean · Asia ~10.5h flight estimate£205+/dayHot Cancún & Riviera Maya Mexico · North America ~10.5h flight estimate£35+/dayHot Oaxaca Mexico · North America ~12h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Costa Rica Central America · North America ~12h flight estimate£45+/dayHot Belize Central America · North America ~12h flight estimate£45+/dayHot Panama Central America · North America ~11.5h flight estimate£35+/dayHot Jamaica Caribbean · North America ~10h flight estimate£55+/dayHot Dominican Republic (Punta Cana) Dominican Republic · North America ~9h flight estimate£50+/dayHot Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (USA) · North America ~9.5h flight estimate£55+/dayHot Rio de Janeiro Brazil · South America ~11.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Salvador (Bahia) Brazil · South America ~11.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Paracas & Huacachina Peru · South America ~13h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Galápagos Islands Ecuador · South America ~16.5h flight estimate£150+/dayHot Cartagena Colombia · South America ~10.5h flight estimate£30+/dayHot Tayrona (Santa Marta) Colombia · South America ~10.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Ghana West Africa · Africa ~6.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Zanzibar Tanzania · Africa ~9.5h flight estimate£55+/dayHot Diani Beach Kenya · Africa ~9.5h flight estimate£45+/dayHot Palau Pacific Islands · Oceania ~18h flight estimate£110+/dayHot Mumbai India · Asia ~9.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Cebu & Bohol Philippines · Asia ~16h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Phu Quoc Vietnam · Asia ~15h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Lamu Kenya · Africa ~10h flight estimate£55+/dayHot Tulum Mexico · North America ~11h flight estimate£40+/dayHot Barbados Caribbean · North America ~8.5h flight estimate£55+/dayHot St Lucia Caribbean · North America ~8.5h flight estimate£70+/dayHot Antigua Antigua & Barbuda · North America ~8.5h flight estimate£60+/dayHot Fernando de Noronha Brazil · South America ~12h flight estimate£150+/dayHot Mancora Peru · South America ~15h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Kampot & Kep Cambodia · Asia ~13h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Vang Vieng Laos · Asia ~13h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Langkawi Malaysia · Asia ~13.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Hampi India · Asia ~11h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Mui Ne Vietnam · Asia ~13h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Nicaragua Central America · North America ~12h flight estimate£25+/dayHot El Tunco El Salvador · North America ~12.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Puerto Escondido Mexico · North America ~12.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Roatan Honduras · North America ~12.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Montanita Ecuador · South America ~13h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Raja Ampat Indonesia · Asia ~19h flight estimate£110+/dayHot Kerala Backwaters India · Asia ~10.5h flight estimate£40+/dayHot Truk Lagoon Micronesia · Asia ~20h flight estimate£120+/dayHot Railay & Ao Nang Thailand · Asia ~14.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Merida & Yucatan Mexico · North America ~11h flight estimate£25+/dayHot The Gambia Gambia · Africa ~6.5h flight estimate£35+/dayHot Salalah Oman · Asia ~8h flight estimate£45+/dayHot Mafia Island Tanzania · Africa ~10.5h flight estimate£80+/dayHot Con Dao Islands Vietnam · Asia ~13.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Koh Kood Thailand · Asia ~12.5h flight estimate£30+/dayHot Palomino Colombia · South America ~11.5h flight estimate£25+/dayHot Las Terrenas (Samaná) Dominican Republic · North America ~9h flight estimate£50+/dayHot Watamu Kenya · Africa ~9.5h flight estimate£45+/dayHot San Blas Islands Panama · North America ~12h flight estimate£60+/dayHot Hong Kong East Asia · Asia ~13h flight estimate£55+/dayWarm Taipei Taiwan · Asia ~12h flight estimate£35+/dayWarm Hanoi Vietnam · Asia ~12.5h flight estimate£25+/dayWarm Dubai UAE · Asia ~7h flight estimate£70+/dayWarm Oman road trip: Muscat, Nizwa & the Wadis Oman · Asia · Touring trip ~7.5h flight estimate£50+/dayWarm Miami USA · North America ~9h flight estimate£70+/dayWarm Orlando USA · North America ~9h flight estimate£55+/dayWarm Mexico City Mexico · North America ~11h flight estimate£25+/dayWarm Los Cabos (Baja) Mexico · North America ~12.5h flight estimate£45+/dayWarm Guatemala (Antigua & Atitlán) Guatemala · North America ~12h flight estimate£25+/dayWarm Cuba (Havana) Cuba · North America ~10h flight estimate£25+/dayWarm Bahamas Caribbean · North America ~9.5h flight estimate£80+/dayWarm Florianópolis Brazil · South America ~12h flight estimate£25+/dayWarm Easter Island Chile · South America ~20h flight estimate£105+/dayWarm Lima Peru · South America ~13h flight estimate£25+/dayWarm Medellín Colombia · South America ~10.5h flight estimate£25+/dayWarm Salento & Colombia’s Coffee Region Colombia · South America ~10.5h flight estimate£25+/dayWarm Montevideo & Punta del Este Uruguay · South America ~14h flight estimate£40+/dayWarm Cairo & the Pyramids Egypt · Africa ~5h flight estimate£25+/dayWarm Luxor & the Nile Egypt · Africa ~5h flight estimate£25+/dayWarm Red Sea (Hurghada/Sharm) Egypt · Africa ~5h flight estimate£25+/dayWarm Cape Verde West Africa · Africa ~6h flight estimate£45+/dayWarm Senegal West Africa · Africa ~6h flight estimate£25+/dayWarm Uganda (Bwindi Gorillas) Uganda · Africa ~9.5h flight estimate£150+/dayWarm Rwanda (Volcanoes Gorillas) Rwanda · Africa ~9.5h flight estimate£185+/dayWarm Cape Town South Africa · Africa ~12h flight estimate£45+/dayWarm Cape Winelands South Africa · Africa ~12h flight estimate£50+/dayWarm Garden Route South Africa · Africa · Touring trip ~13h flight estimate£45+/dayWarm Mauritius Indian Ocean · Africa ~12.5h flight estimate£80+/dayWarm Melbourne Australia · Oceania ~23h flight estimate£60+/dayWarm Perth & Margaret River Australia · Oceania ~23h flight estimate£60+/dayWarm Kangaroo Island Australia · Oceania ~23h flight estimate£95+/dayWarm Bay of Islands New Zealand · Oceania ~25h flight estimate£55+/dayWarm New Caledonia Pacific Islands · Oceania ~24h flight estimate£105+/dayWarm Aswan Egypt · Africa ~6h flight estimate£25+/dayWarm Durban South Africa · Africa ~13h flight estimate£35+/dayWarm Cozumel Mexico · North America ~11.5h flight estimate£25+/dayWarm Muscat Oman · Asia ~7.5h flight estimate£50+/dayWarm Turks and Caicos Caribbean · North America ~9h flight estimate£135+/dayWarm Anguilla Caribbean · North America ~9.5h flight estimate£150+/dayWarm Grenada Caribbean · North America ~9.5h flight estimate£50+/dayWarm Curacao Caribbean · North America ~10h flight estimate£45+/dayWarm Isla Holbox Mexico · North America ~10.5h flight estimate£30+/dayWarm Baja California road trip Mexico · North America · Touring trip ~12.5h flight estimate£40+/dayWarm St Barts St Barthelemy · North America ~10.5h flight estimate£295+/dayWarm St Kitts & Nevis Caribbean · North America ~9.5h flight estimate£95+/dayWarm British Virgin Islands Caribbean · North America ~10h flight estimate£205+/dayWarm Cayman Islands Caribbean · North America ~10.5h flight estimate£115+/dayWarm Boa Vista Cape Verde · Africa ~6h flight estimate£45+/dayWarm Tenerife Spain · Europe ~4.5h flight estimate£40+/dayMild Vienna Austria · Europe ~2h flight estimate£55+/dayMild Salzburg Austria · Europe ~2h flight estimate£55+/dayMild El Calafate (Patagonia) Argentina · South America ~17h flight estimate£45+/dayMild Bariloche Argentina · South America ~16h flight estimate£40+/dayMild Valparaíso Chile · South America ~15h flight estimate£30+/dayMild Torres del Paine Chile · South America ~17h flight estimate£95+/dayMild Chilean Lake District Chile · South America ~15h flight estimate£40+/dayMild Bogotá Colombia · South America ~10.5h flight estimate£25+/dayMild Great Ocean Road Australia · Oceania · Touring trip ~23h flight estimate£55+/dayMild Tasmania Australia · Oceania ~23h flight estimate£60+/dayMild Auckland New Zealand · Oceania ~25h flight estimate£55+/dayMild Rotorua New Zealand · Oceania ~25h flight estimate£50+/dayMild Wellington New Zealand · Oceania ~25h flight estimate£55+/dayMild Queenstown New Zealand · Oceania ~25h flight estimate£70+/dayMild Fiordland (Milford Sound) New Zealand · Oceania ~25h flight estimate£90+/dayMild Wanaka New Zealand · Oceania ~25h flight estimate£60+/dayMild Franz Josef & Fox Glaciers New Zealand · Oceania ~25h flight estimate£55+/dayMild Abel Tasman New Zealand · Oceania ~25h flight estimate£55+/dayMild Christchurch & Canterbury New Zealand · Oceania ~25h flight estimate£50+/dayMild Swakopmund Namibia · Africa ~13h flight estimate£65+/dayMild Banos Ecuador · South America ~13h flight estimate£25+/dayMild Napier (Hawke's Bay) New Zealand · Oceania ~26h flight estimate£50+/dayMild Kaikoura New Zealand · Oceania ~26h flight estimate£75+/dayMild San Cristobal de las Casas Mexico · North America ~12h flight estimate£25+/dayMild El Chalten Argentina · South America ~17h flight estimate£35+/dayMild Gran Canaria Spain · Europe ~4.5h flight estimate£40+/dayMild Lanzarote Spain · Europe ~4h flight estimate£40+/dayMild Fuerteventura Spain · Europe ~4h flight estimate£35+/dayMild Doha Qatar · Asia ~7h flight estimate£55+/dayMild AlUla & Riyadh Saudi Arabia · Asia ~7h flight estimate£70+/dayMild Delhi & the Taj Mahal India · Asia ~8.5h flight estimate£25+/dayMild Jaipur & Rajasthan India · Asia ~9h flight estimate£25+/dayMild Prague Czechia · Europe ~2h flight estimate£25+/dayCool Ushuaia (Tierra del Fuego) Argentina · South America ~18h flight estimate£50+/dayCool Tromsø Norway · Europe ~3.5h flight estimate£110+/dayCold Andorra Alps · Europe ~2h flight estimate£45+/dayCold Swedish Lapland Sweden · Europe ~3.5h flight estimate£135+/dayCold Antarctic Peninsula Antarctica · South America ~17h flight estimate£445+/dayCold St Moritz Switzerland · Europe ~2h flight estimate£220+/dayCold Courchevel France · Europe ~2h flight estimate£220+/dayCold Verbier Switzerland · Europe ~2h flight estimate£190+/dayCold Gstaad Switzerland · Europe ~2h flight estimate£220+/dayCold Aspen USA · North America ~11.5h flight estimate£205+/dayCold Rovaniemi (Finnish Lapland) Finland · Europe ~3.5h flight estimate£125+/dayCold

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