Miami

Best time to visit Miami

Miami is a fantastic destination year-round, but the best time to visit depends on what you’re looking for.

Winter (December to February)
This is peak season in Miami, offering pleasant temperatures ranging from 18-24°C. It's ideal for escaping colder climates and enjoying outdoor activities, though it's also the most crowded and expensive time of year.

Spring (March to May)
Spring is another great time to visit. The weather is warm but not overly hot, with temperatures ranging from 24-29°C. It’s also less crowded compared to winter, especially after spring break.

Summer (June to August)
Miami’s summer is hot and humid, with temperatures often exceeding 32°C. It’s also the start of the rainy season, so expect frequent afternoon showers. However, this is also when you can find the best deals on accommodations and experience Miami’s lively summer events.

Fall (September to November)
Fall offers warm weather similar to summer, but with slightly lower humidity and fewer crowds. It's a good time to visit if you’re looking for a quieter experience and better deals. However, be aware that hurricane season runs until November, so it’s wise to monitor weather forecasts.

Overall, for the best combination of pleasant weather and fewer crowds, consider visiting in the spring or early fall.

Discover Miami

Boasting a lively arts and cultural landscape, renowned nightlife scene and world-class dining and entertainment, Miami draws an eclectic mix of visitors from sizzling celebrities to frolicking families seeking fun in the sun. Visit the art deco area of South Beach (or SoBeach), a trendy neighbourhood alive with surfers catching the waves in a turquoise ocean, models sauntering along golden sands and rollerbladers gliding down Ocean Drive.

Discover stylish restaurants and glamorous neon-lit beach bars and plenty of shopping opportunities. For unique landscapes, look to the network of barrier islands, coral rock and mangrove swamps, connected by manmade additions of soaring bridges, stately causeways and panoramic roads.

Miles and miles of white sugar sand beaches hug the coastline, while the waters of the mighty Atlantic Ocean and tranquil Biscayne Bay gently envelop the city. With an unparalleled mix of ethnic and cultural groups that spreads throughout the city’s environs, Miami has “a live and let live” philosophy. Put on your favourite pastel colours, blend in with the locals and find yourself instantly getting into the Miami laid-back mood.

Things to do in Miami

Art Deco District
Miami’s South Beach includes more than 800 historic buildings erected in different architectural styles during the 1920s, 30s & 40s. Located in just one square mile, you can't fail to feel happy when you see the gorgeous pastel paintwork of these protected buildings. Enjoy a guided walking tour of the Art Deco District or explore at your leisure.

Little Havana
Visit for a taste of Cuba. Miami Cubans are incredibly proud of this neighbourhood. Calle Ocho (SW 8th Street) and the surrounding area are testimony to the American dream followed by the hundreds of thousands of Cubans who fled to Miami after Fidel Castro came to power in 1959. Here you'll find many restaurants and shops that are replicas of the ones they left behind. Mediterranean-style houses with rocking chairs on the porch, fragrant tobacco scents wafting from cigar stores and the hum of Latin music from record shops all help to make this feel like their home away from home. Try some authentic Cuban cuisine at the wide choice of restaurants including fritas, queso frito and the famous Cuban Sandwich.

Everglades National Park
Just outside Miami to the northwest is the largest designated sub-tropical wilderness reserve in the U.S. National Park System. The Everglades is a unique 1.5-million-acre eco-system of sawgrass prairies, mangrove swamps, subtropical jungle and the warm waters of Florida Bay. The best way to explore the Everglades in on an airboat tour that skims over wide-open swamps where you can spot alligators, crocodiles, manatees and many different bird and fish species.

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Things to do in Miami

Key Biscayne
Known as 'The Key' to locals, it is the northernmost island in the Florida Keys, just minutes from downtown Miami and is where life began as an exclusive resort in the early 1900s and it attracted the US president Richard Nixon in the 1970s, who bought a home here. Despite rising property prices, it has maintained a tranquil air. With a slower pace of life, the lure for visitors is nature: there are pristine beaches, two waterfront parks, a cycling path, and gorgeous views of Miami. On the east, Crandon Park has barbecue and picnic areas for family trips, while at the tip of the island there is good swimming in the 400-acre park of Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park.

Miami’s neighbourhoods
The unique resorts and neighbourhoods outside of Miami Beach are definitely worth visiting during your holiday. Head to historic Coral Gables that boasts beautiful architecture, a great food scene and boutique shopping, Wynwood is one of Miami’s hippest areas, full of eclectic restaurants and bars and colourful murals whilst Miami’s oldest neighbourhood Coconut Grove offers a laid-back, tropical vibe, lots of green parks and a popular boating scene.

Nightclubs
Miami has a bit of a reputation for cookie-cutter nightclubs, but South Beach is also home to glamorous, individual bar-clubs where you can live it up well into the night. SL Miami is one of the latest intimate lounge spots that are popping up all around SoBe—it's the place to go if you're looking to avoid sticky door policies and the sort of thumping baseline that makes it impossible to carry on a conversation. Cameo is a renovated art deco movie theatre that's a premier venue for superstar DJs. It's popular with a mod squad of glamazons and scenesters, so dress to get noticed.

Top tips for Miami holidays

• Weather
  While it’s usually always warm and sunny, Miami is also a tropical climate which means there’s lots of humidity and random rain showers. You might be walking around Lincoln Road on a sunny day and then the next minute clouds roll in and bring lots of heavy rain with it. The good thing is, the rain never usually lasts very long, and the sun always tends to make its way back out, but it's always a good idea to carry an umbrella with you when you are planning to be outdoors.

• Getting around
  Be prepared to do a little travelling. Miami is very spread out and has a lot to offer, so you’ll need to do some travelling to check out all the different neighbourhoods this place has to offer. There is a variety of ways to get around Miami if you don’t want to drive including the Miami Beach free trolley which has different loops such as the South Beach and North Beach Loops or by hiring a bicycle or scooter. Access to downtown Miami from the airport is easy on the city’s Metrorail system, where you can get a connecting metrobus to Miami Beach. Brightline offers a high-speed rail service from Miami to the high-end neighbourhood of Boca Raton and the popular holiday spots of Fort Lauderdale and Orlando amongst other destinations.
  
• Miami Beach
  Connected by bridges to mainland Miami, Miami Beach stretches from South Beach to North Beach, and both offer a different vibe. South Beach is where it’s, happening with the historic Art Deco district, popular restaurants, and a lively nightlife scene. Drive the 17 miles north via mid beach to North Beach, you still get the stunning Caribbean like sandy beaches, but it offers a quieter pace of life, more family friendly activities and hotels tend to be less expensive.

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Top tips for Miami holidays

• Dining & Shopping in Miami
  Miami has one of America’s best dining scenes with over 6000 restaurants serving flavours from Latin American, Caribbean, and Mediterranean cuisine. Miami is home to some outstanding restaurants and some of the best chefs in the world. Many of the city’s best restaurants are tucked inside hotels including the oceanfront DiLido Beach Club at the Ritz Carlton South Beach. Hip Wynwood has open-air and celebrity own restaurants. Holiday makers on a budget are well catered for in affordable bistros, food trucks and at the many food festivals that take place throughout the year.
  
• Children
  When not swimming in the sea or in the hotel’s pool, there are plenty of activities to occupy children starting with the Miami Children's Museum. With a futuristic design by the stellar architecture practice Arquitectonica, it's an exciting playground with many interactive displays. The instrument room has a big floor piano and children get to interact with exhibits including a bank with teller stations and fake cheques and a supermarket with checkout lanes. Zoo Miami is a 750-acre zoo showcasing more than 2,500 animals in large open-air exhibits where you can see jaguars, tigers, koalas, and orangutans.