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Shoulder season — the weeks either side of the peak — buys you lower prices, thinner crowds and often great weather. Here is what it is, why it…
By Laxman Rawal · Aug 21, 2026
Ask anyone who travels for a living when they take their own trips, and you will rarely hear "peak season." They go in the weeks on either side of it — the shoulder season , the buffer between the crowded, expensive peak and the quiet, cheap low season. It is…
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Peak season is created by two forces landing at once: the best weather and the school holidays. When a Mediterranean July or a cherry-blossom April in Japan lines both up, demand spikes and every price — airfare, hotel, tour, rental car — rises with it…
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The exact weeks shift with each destination, but the pattern is remarkably consistent. Here is how the big regions break down.
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A Mediterranean climate is built for shoulder-season travel. Summers here are hot and reliably dry under the subtropical ridge; winters are mild and wet. That leaves spring and autumn as long, temperate bridges — warm enough for the coast and the terraces…
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Nepal's calendar is unusually clear-cut. Autumn (roughly September—November) brings the cool, clear, dry skies that make October—November the busiest trekking weeks of the year. Spring (March—May) is the second season, warmer and greener, before the…
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