Where to go in June
The places at their best in June, ranked by what the weather actually does — not by what a brochure says it does.
1. Los Angeles
United States
Beaches, canyons, tacos, and the industry that makes everything.
Highs around 26° (78°) · barely a wet day a month · 496 airlines fly there
2. Lisbon
Portugal
Tiled hills, trams, and Atlantic light.
Highs around 25° (77°) · about 4 wet days a month · 216 airlines fly there
3. Brasília
Brazil
Niemeyer's modernist capital, laid out like an aeroplane.
Highs around 25° (78°) · barely a wet day a month · 98 airlines fly there
4. Casablanca
Morocco
Art deco Morocco and a mosque over the Atlantic.
Highs around 25° (77°) · about 2 wet days a month · 121 airlines fly there
5. Barcelona
Spain
Modernist architecture between the hills and the Mediterranean.
Highs around 26° (79°) · about 6 wet days a month · 380 airlines fly there
6. Marbella
Spain
Costa del Sol glamour with a real old town behind.
Highs around 27° (81°) · about a wet day a month · 197 airlines fly there
7. Marseille
France
Bouillabaisse, calanques, and France's most argumentative port.
Highs around 26° (78°) · about 4 wet days a month · 125 airlines fly there
8. Frankfurt
Germany
Skyline on the Main, apple wine in the old quarter.
Highs around 25° (77°) · about 10 wet days a month · 483 airlines fly there
9. Faro
Portugal
Algarve gateway with a walled town and lagoon islands.
Highs around 26° (79°) · about 2 wet days a month · 103 airlines fly there
10. Ronda
Spain
A town split by a gorge, with Spain's oldest bullring.
Highs around 28° (82°) · about 2 wet days a month · 197 airlines fly there
11. Alicante
Spain
Castle on a rock, sandy city beach, tapas below.
Highs around 27° (81°) · about 2 wet days a month · 152 airlines fly there
12. Nice
France
Promenade des Anglais, an old town, and the Alps behind.
Highs around 26° (78°) · about 6 wet days a month · 131 airlines fly there