Places which are hot in february

If you want to go beyond the beach in Thailand in search of culture and adventures, check out these great ideas from Experience Travel Group including bespoke food tours. Also consider: Cambodia has welcoming people, pristine beaches and world-class sights such as Angkor Wat. Other countries on your list at this time of year should include the west coast of Malaysia and Vietnam. British Airways now flies direct to the capital, San Jose, and there are some good value tours including this day Costa Rica Highlights itinerary which visits jungles, cloud forest, volcanoes and beaches.

South Africa is good value now due to the weakness of the Rand. Enjoy the city beaches, the sensational food and summer festivals. As well as climbing Table Mountain and visiting Robben Island, you can rent a car to visit the Winelands. Also consider: gorilla tracking in Rwanda is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, as is the mass wildlife migration from Tanzania to Kenya , a truly amazing sight.

Over in Asia, Rajasthan in Northern India is perfect in February with stunning temples, vibrant culture and low-season hotel rates. See all the latest deals. We publish new deals most weeks and you can get them delivered to your inbox by entering your email address below. Angama Safari Camp was featured in our Hot List Where to stay: Strawberry Hill , a hotel an hour's drive up the Blue Mountains, with a mountain stream-cool swimming pool and a new Aveda Concept Spa.

Between its capital, Honolulu, and its quieter northern and eastern shores, Oahu offers a dynamic mix of big-city amenities and archetypal tropical good looks. And February brings the fun with the Buffalo Big Board Surfing Classic, when locals gather for bragging rights and banter.

The real joy lies in being a spectator during the festivities on Mahaka beach, where music, food and families fuel a proper Hawaiian party.

Where to stay: Halekulani , meaning 'House Befitting Heaven', is a restored two-storey building that houses a colonial-style teakwood lounge area, banquet room, bar and upstairs restaurant.

The end of the southern hemisphere summer is a fine time to make a trip to Easter Island : the flight schedule remains regular and temperatures are balmy but no longer sweltering. For the beaches swarming with a hot, ripped young crowd, streets marinating in raucous revelry, the sound of samba pulsing everywhere you go? Desperate to decompress? The Emiliano , the preserve of architects, designers and other tastemakers, offers Ocean Spa Suites with a private sauna, massage tub and views of Copacabana beach below.

Where to stay: Belmond Copacabana Palace , where vintage glamour and impeccable attention to the tiniest detail prove this is still the first address not only on Copacabana but in the whole of Rio.

Down the coast from Goa in south-west India, Gokarna is a chaotic temple town that also happens to have a surplus of perfect beaches. Hippies looking for something more lo-fi than its raving neighbour have taken note, and now more luxurious operations have too. Namely, Kahani Paradise — lavish and discreet in equal parts, this enormous villa sits in the hills above the appropriately named Paradise Beach.

Where to stay: Kahani Paradise House Gokarna , a substantial villa on 20 acres that is available to book either as a whole or room by room, with an aesthetic that is at once lavish and discreet — deliberately so on both counts.

The best winter sun destinations — 50 hot spots. Where to go on holiday in February. Where is hot in December? Getty Images. Unlike other climates, there two distinct seasons in Cairo, a long hot summer and a mild winter. In spite of being part of Egypt's winter, February in Cairo is still relatively warm seeing average daily maximums of As ever, rainfall in Cairo in February is very low, totalling only 3mm across the whole of the month.

In spite of the winter season, February is still relatively warm in Orlando thanks to a powerful Atlantic Ocean current which causes warmer waters to be brought from the tropics and the sub-tropical climate. February is typically characterised by rising daily temperatures as the month progresses with average daily maximums reaching Chances of rain do increase in February with the average total rainfall increasing from the previous month to 77 mm.

This rainfall does tend to occur in short bursts, so remember to head out with an umbrella so you don't get caught out. Situated on New Zealand's North Island, Auckland is the largest and most populous urban area in the country and sees a relatively stable warm temperature all year round. February is in Auckland's summer season and is the hottest month of the year with average daily maximums reaching Its one of the year's driest months but you can still expect to see an average rainfall of 71 mm.

Temperatures of Rainfall is low in February, as it is for much of the year in Melbourne with an average of 46 mm. The Mediterranean climate of Cape Town means that summers are warm and mild. February sits in Cape Town's summer season and is the hottest month of the year. Temperatures reach an average daily maximum of