Where to go in February

Bangkok, Thailand

Hot, layered, relentlessly awake

32°C in February · 16h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Lagos, Nigeria

Loud, ambitious, relentlessly creative

32°C in February · 15h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Dubai, UAE

Glossy, ambitious, larger than life

27°C in February, and dry · 16h 30m from Los Angeles · 3-5 nights

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Key West, Florida, USA

Sunburnt, boozy, cheerfully eccentric

24°C in February · 5h from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Humid, layered, late-night eating

31°C in February · 17h 25m from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights

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Singapore

Humid, polished, wide awake

29°C in February · 17h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Hanoi, Vietnam

Loud, low-slung, endlessly sociable

22°C in February · 15h 15m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Boracay, Philippines

Sociable, sandy, sunset-driven

27°C in February · sea at 27° · 14h 40m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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New Orleans, Louisiana

Humid, musical, gloriously unbothered

19°C in February · 3h 45m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Palermo, Sicily

Raw, baroque, deliciously disorderly

16°C in February · 13h 10m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Austin, Texas

Laid-back, musical, sweaty, unpretentious

18°C in February · 2h 55m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Lisbon, Portugal

Steep, sunlit, gently melancholic

16°C in February · 11h 30m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Tel Aviv, Israel

Loud, sun-bleached, permanently outdoors

17°C in February · 15h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Madrid, Spain

Late-night, grand, unpretentious

14°C in February · 11h 45m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Taipei, Taiwan

Late-night, steamy, easy-going

20°C in February · 13h 35m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Athens, Greece

Ancient, gritty, sociable, sun-bleached

14°C in February · 13h 50m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Thessaloniki, Greece

Late-night, food-obsessed, unpolished

13°C in February · 13h 30m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Mykonos, Greece

Glossy, loud, expensively bronzed

14°C in February · 14h from Los Angeles · 3–5 nights

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Porto, Portugal

Tiled, steep, warmly unpolished

15°C in February · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Tirana, Albania

Loud, colourful, cheerfully chaotic

13°C in February · 13h 15m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Bucharest, Romania

Cheap, late, gloriously unpolished

10°C in February · 13h 10m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Belgrade, Serbia

Raw, riverside, relentlessly sociable

11°C in February · 12h 50m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Memphis, Tennessee

Soulful, unpolished, music-steeped

13°C in February · 3h 40m from Los Angeles · a long weekend, 3-4 nights

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Nashville, Tennessee

Loud, friendly, relentlessly musical

13°C in February · 4h from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Osaka, Japan

Neon, greedy, cheerfully brash

10°C in February · 11h 35m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Zrće Beach, Pag, Croatia

Loud, sunburnt, relentlessly nocturnal

11°C in February · 12h 40m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Budapest, Hungary

Grand, faded, steam-warmed

9°C in February · 12h 30m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Sofia, Bulgaria

Cheap, green, unexpectedly fun

9°C in February · 13h 15m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Tbilisi, Georgia

Ramshackle, generous, wide awake

9°C in February · 14h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Ghent, Belgium

Medieval, studenty, late-running

10°C in February · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Studenty, cheap, late, unpolished

7°C in February · 12h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Dublin, Ireland

Literary, sociable, unpretentious

9°C in February · 10h 30m from Los Angeles · a long weekend

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Leipzig, Germany

Flat, cheap, culturally overqualified

8°C in February · 11h 45m from Los Angeles · a long weekend

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Chicago, Illinois

Big-shouldered, musical, architecturally serious

2°C in February · 3h 55m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Kraków, Poland

Medieval, candlelit, cheerfully nocturnal

6°C in February · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Warsaw, Poland

Rebuilt, restless, late and cheap

5°C in February · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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