Time Your Trip to Miami
When freezing temperatures and snow become too much to bear, northerners head to sunny Miami to recuperate. South Florida's largest city is also a prime place for vacations due to ocean views, year-round beaches and a nightlife that never sleeps. Make the most of your trip when you learn how to time your trip to Miami.
Steps
- Consider what you want most from a Miami trip, because most trips involve a trade-off.
- The best time of year in terms of weather and Miami attractions and events is also the most expensive.
- If you're looking for the best value for your money, you can avoid the crowds, but Miami weather can be uncomfortable and volatile.
- Visit Miami at peak time, which is January through April.
- Temperatures are in the 70s (20s Celsius), and the sun is always shining.
- A popular Miami attraction is its nightlife, which kicks into full gear during the peak season.
- Dinner reservations can be hard to get.
- Due to the crowds at Miami attractions, the advice is usually to arrive early.
- Weekdays are slightly less busy than weekends.
- Hotels fill up quickly, so book early.
- Take a Miami trip in June through September, the low season, for great deals and fewer crowds.
- Many hotels offer great deals in the off-season; however, some use off-season to make renovations.
- Daily rains aren't unheard of, but sometimes they're over quickly.
- Labor Day weekend finds Miami bursting at the seams, however, as visitors try to get one more vacation weekend under their belts.
- Combine the best of the high and low seasons when you time your Miami travel for the last three months of the year.
- Visit Miami in October through December to benefit from great Miami weather while avoiding the worst of the crowds.
- Avoid Miami trips around holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas, when the crowds visit Miami.
- Avoid nasty and uncomfortable Miami weather in August.
- June through November is hurricane season with hurricanes typically peaking in August.
- August tends to be the most humid month, with humidity pushing the heat index over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 degrees Celsius).
- Miami weather in August doesn't mean the most rain, however. That distinction belongs to June. However, August usually has the second most rainfall.
- If Miami travel must be during summer, remember that you can cool off in the Atlantic Ocean at Miami's great beaches.
- Find more events happening during the peak season, but most Miami attractions are open year-round.
- Look at specific Miami areas, like the Art Dec district, Little Havana, South Beach or Calle Ocho.
- Attend Miami sporting events in season.
- Two tracks offer thoroughbred racing: Calder Racecourse and Gulfstream Park.
- The city's home football team is the Miami Dolphins.
- The Miami Heat is the professional basketball team.
- The Florida Marlins won major league baseball's 2003 World Series.
- If you want to catch professional ice hockey, Miami has the Florida Panthers.
Tips
- Travel insurance may be a good investment if you decide on Miami travel during hurricane season.
Warnings
- Miami's sun can cause sunburn even on cloudy days. Wear sun block whenever you go out.
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