When to travel
118 destinations where March is the season worth going — with what each one costs a day, how safe it rates, and flights from your airport.
March is the pivot month: Asia's dry season is ending, Europe's is beginning, and North Africa hits the sweet spot between winter rain and summer heat. Prices are still low almost everywhere because the school holidays have not started.
The ones we would book this month, and why this month.
Cherry blossom opens in the south — Kyushu and Shikoku from late March — a week or two before the Kyoto crowds and the Kyoto prices.
The desert is warm by day and cold at night, which is exactly how you want it. By June, Merzouga is unbearable.
The narrow stretch when the north has stopped drizzling and the south has not started raining. The whole country works at once in March.
Every destination in season this month, cheapest first. Daily cost is bed, food and getting around — not flights.
Seasons here are the destination’s own, not the calendar’s: for Argentina or New Zealand, “summer” means December to February. Daily costs are typical mid-range budgets, last reviewed in August 2026.