According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Antarctica is November to March. Plan 8–24 days.
Best months for Antarctica
- Best months
- November to March
- How long to stay
- 8–24 days
- Continent
- Antarctica
What Antarctica is best for
Expedition cruises to see massive icebergs, penguin colonies, whales, and the dramatic Antarctic Peninsula.
Weather in Antarctica by month
Monthly averages around Antarctic Peninsula (Esperanza); the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January best | about −1 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
| February best | about −1 °C | some rain (57 mm) |
| March best | about −2 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| April | about −6 °C | some rain (60 mm) |
| May | about −7 °C | some rain (57 mm) |
| June | about −10 °C | some rain (57 mm) |
| July | about −11 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| August | about −10 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| September | about −7 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| October | about −4 °C | some rain (51 mm) |
| November best | about −2 °C | some rain (48 mm) |
| December best | about −1 °C | some rain (45 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
We haven’t written about Antarctica yet.