When’s the best time to hike?

Pick your month and we’ll rank every trail in the directory for it — using real monthly climate normals (temperature and rainfall, altitude-adjusted) blended with each trail’s published walking season.

Winter

December 82 trails
  • · Fishermen’s Trail (Rota Vicentina)
  • · Rota Vicentina (Fishermen's Trail and Historical Way)
  • · GR221 (Dry Stone Route)
Best hikes in December →
January 74 trails
  • · Fishermen’s Trail (Rota Vicentina)
  • · Rota Vicentina (Fishermen's Trail and Historical Way)
  • · GR221 (Dry Stone Route)
Best hikes in January →
February 80 trails
  • · Fishermen’s Trail (Rota Vicentina)
  • · Ruta de los Monasterios
  • · Rota Vicentina (Fishermen's Trail and Historical Way)
Best hikes in February →

Spring

March 536 trails
  • · Camí de Ronda (Costa Brava Trail)
  • · Alpujarras Trail
  • · Aeolian Islands Trek
Best hikes in March →
April 690 trails
  • · Moselsteig
  • · Cotswold Way
  • · Stour Valley Way
Best hikes in April →
May 702 trails
  • · Tour du Mont Lozère
  • · GR70 (Stevenson Trail)
  • · European Long-Distance Path E6
Best hikes in May →

Summer

June 671 trails
  • · Peaks of the Balkans Trail
  • · Via Dinarica (Montenegro Section)
  • · Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park Trail
Best hikes in June →
July 530 trails
  • · Tour du Mont Blanc
  • · GR58 (Queyras Regional Park Trail)
  • · Tour du Queyras
Best hikes in July →
August 569 trails
  • · Tour du Mont Blanc
  • · Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park Trail
  • · Moskenesøya Traverse
Best hikes in August →

Autumn

September 698 trails
  • · Via Alpina
  • · Österlenleden
  • · Oulanka National Park Trail
Best hikes in September →
October 724 trails
  • · Amber Trail
  • · GR30 (Tour of Auvergne Volcanoes)
  • · RheinBurgenWeg (Rhine Castle Trail)
Best hikes in October →
November 590 trails
  • · Via Francigena (Tuscan Segment)
  • · Kurobe Gorge Trail
  • · Via Algarviana
Best hikes in November →

How it works: every trail on HikeList carries monthly climate normals from NASA POWER satellite-era data for its location, adjusted for altitude, plus an editorial walking season. Each month page ranks the trails where that month is genuinely good — not just survivable. You can also filter the full directory by month.