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Ana Larrea

Editor of When To Go — Seasons & Destination Rhythms

Ana Larrea studies destinations through the changes that shape them over time. Rather than focusing on weather or travel planning, her work explores when a place reveals its most meaningful version. She is drawn to seasonal rituals, shifting landscapes, local rhythms, cultural traditions, and the fleeting moments that make a destination feel different from one month to the next. Ana is an editorial voice created by FlowTravel to help travelers understand how time transforms places and why certain moments reveal them more clearly than others.

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It is the dry capital of a wet island.Port Louis
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It is the dry capital of a wet island.

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It rains eight days a year.Nouakchott
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It rains eight days a year.

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In July and August mean rainfall is zero.Lilongwe
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In July and August mean rainfall is zero.

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Three thousand four hundred and ninety hours of sun a year.Windhoek
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Three thousand four hundred and ninety hours of sun a year.

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Humidity goes from 44 to 88 per cent.Abuja
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Humidity goes from 44 to 88 per cent.

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The best month of the year is midwinter.Maputo
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The best month of the year is midwinter.

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The highest mean high is 27 degrees. The record is 47.Rabat
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The highest mean high is 27 degrees. The record is 47.

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March is the hottest month and not a drop falls.Bissau
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March is the hottest month and not a drop falls.

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In July the night drops to nine degrees, and this is the equator.Nairobi
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In July the night drops to nine degrees, and this is the equator.

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January leaves 205 millimetres and July leaves 16.Mbabane
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January leaves 205 millimetres and July leaves 16.

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In July the mean minimum is below zero.Maseru
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In July the mean minimum is below zero.

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In August the sun adds up to eighty-one hours in the whole month.Monrovia
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In August the sun adds up to eighty-one hours in the whole month.

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In August five millimetres fall. In January, three hundred and twelve.Antananarivo
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In August five millimetres fall. In January, three hundred and twelve.

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The temperature changes more in a day than in a whole year.Asmara
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The temperature changes more in a day than in a whole year.

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The dry season is the least sunny time of year.Libreville
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The dry season is the least sunny time of year.

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New Year falls on 11 September, when the rains end.Addis Ababa
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New Year falls on 11 September, when the rains end.

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In August, more than a metre of rain falls.Conakry
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In August, more than a metre of rain falls.

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August sits in the middle of the year and it barely rains.Accra
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August sits in the middle of the year and it barely rains.

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Across seven consecutive months, less than six millimetres fall.Banjul
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Across seven consecutive months, less than six millimetres fall.

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December has four days of rain and September has twenty-one.Malabo
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December has four days of rain and September has twenty-one.

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In July, the average low is 31 degrees.Djibouti
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In July, the average low is 31 degrees.

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The sun is out for under five hours a day here.Kinshasa
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The sun is out for under five hours a day here.

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In July and August it does not rain for a single day.Brazzaville
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In July and August it does not rain for a single day.

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In Segovia, day and night are two different climatesSegovia
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In Segovia, day and night are two different climates

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It rains sixty-four days a year, and nearly all of them in winter.Algiers
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It rains sixty-four days a year, and nearly all of them in winter.

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The temperature does not move all year.Gitega
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The temperature does not move all year.

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The dry season is the cloudiest of the year.Yaoundé
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The dry season is the cloudiest of the year.

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There are two rainy seasons and a dry pause in August.Porto-Novo
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There are two rainy seasons and a dry pause in August.

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In July it rains half a millimetre.Gaborone
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In July it rains half a millimetre.

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It rains twelve days a year here.Praia
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It rains twelve days a year here.

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The driest month receives ninety-seven millimetres.Moroni
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The driest month receives ninety-seven millimetres.

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In June and July not a drop falls.Luanda
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In June and July not a drop falls.

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Seventy-one degrees separate its hottest and coldest records.Ashgabat
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Seventy-one degrees separate its hottest and coldest records.

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Three thousand five hundred hours of sun and fifty millimetres of rain.Abu Dhabi
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Three thousand five hundred hours of sun and fifty millimetres of rain.

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March has forty-five hours of sunshine in the whole month.Hanoi
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March has forty-five hours of sunshine in the whole month.

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August brings two millimetres of rain and February seventy-two.Tashkent
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August brings two millimetres of rain and February seventy-two.

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It only rains fifty-three days a year here.Toledo
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It only rains fifty-three days a year here.

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Humidity never drops below 70% in any month.Taipei
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Humidity never drops below 70% in any month.

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It thunders here 167 days a year.Singapore
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It thunders here 167 days a year.

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There are 1.7 degrees between the warmest month and the coolest.Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
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There are 1.7 degrees between the warmest month and the coolest.

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The hottest month is not the wettest.Manila
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The hottest month is not the wettest.

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Five millimetres of rain fall in September.Dili
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Five millimetres of rain fall in September.

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63% of the rain falls in three months.Seoul
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63% of the rain falls in three months.

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One millimetre of rain falls in August.Dushanbe
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One millimetre of rain falls in August.

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The thermometer here has dropped to almost twenty-five below.Ankara
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The thermometer here has dropped to almost twenty-five below.

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In Seward, the wettest month is not the coldest one: it is the prettiestSeward (Alaska)
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In Seward, the wettest month is not the coldest one: it is the prettiest

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The year in Malé has twenty-seven parts, not twelveMalé
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The year in Malé has twenty-seven parts, not twelve

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In Islamabad, the monsoon brings half the year's rain in just two monthsIslamabad
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In Islamabad, the monsoon brings half the year's rain in just two months

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The year in Ulaanbaatar opens and closes across forty degreesUlaanbaatar
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The year in Ulaanbaatar opens and closes across forty degrees

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In Juneau it rains 230 days a year: the question is which onesJuneau
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In Juneau it rains 230 days a year: the question is which ones

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In Muscat, fourteen degrees separate the good month from the unlivable oneMuscat
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In Muscat, fourteen degrees separate the good month from the unlivable one

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In Kathmandu you are not choosing temperature: you are choosing visibilityKathmandu
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In Kathmandu you are not choosing temperature: you are choosing visibility

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In Kuwait City there are four consecutive months without a single dropKuwait City
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In Kuwait City there are four consecutive months without a single drop

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In Bishkek the wet season is April and summer is the dry oneBishkek
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In Bishkek the wet season is April and summer is the dry one

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In Vientiane December is 5 millimetres and August is 341Vientiane
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In Vientiane December is 5 millimetres and August is 341

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In Astana there are 93 degrees between the cold record and the heat recordAstana
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In Astana there are 93 degrees between the cold record and the heat record

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In Kuala Lumpur do not pick the month: pick the hourKuala Lumpur
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In Kuala Lumpur do not pick the month: pick the hour

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In New Delhi the month that looks best on the table is the worst to breatheNew Delhi
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In New Delhi the month that looks best on the table is the worst to breathe

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In Amman there are three months a year without a single drop of rainAmman
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In Amman there are three months a year without a single drop of rain

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In Tbilisi the wet season is spring, not winterTbilisi
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In Tbilisi the wet season is spring, not winter

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In Thimphu the month is decided by the night, not the dayThimphu
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In Thimphu the month is decided by the night, not the day

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In Dhaka the heat arrives ahead of the rainDhaka
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In Dhaka the heat arrives ahead of the rain

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Yerevan swings forty degrees between January and AugustYerevan
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Yerevan swings forty degrees between January and August

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In Baku the sea holds out six weeks longer than the airBaku
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In Baku the sea holds out six weeks longer than the air

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Nicosia is the Mediterranean capital the sea breeze never reachesNicosia
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Nicosia is the Mediterranean capital the sea breeze never reaches

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In Bandar Seri Begawan the whole year fits in two degreesBandar Seri Begawan
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In Bandar Seri Begawan the whole year fits in two degrees

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In Phnom Penh the month almost everyone gets wrong is AprilPhnom Penh
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In Phnom Penh the month almost everyone gets wrong is April

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In Beijing more than half the year's rain falls in two monthsBeijing
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In Beijing more than half the year's rain falls in two months

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In Manama there are only four months, and you choose among themManama
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In Manama there are only four months, and you choose among them

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In Stockholm the month is decided by the light, not the thermometerStockholm
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In Stockholm the month is decided by the light, not the thermometer

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In Belgrade, the calendar is set by the river, not the thermometerBelgrade
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In Belgrade, the calendar is set by the river, not the thermometer

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It rains all year in Ljubljana: you choose the month by sunshine hoursLjubljana
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It rains all year in Ljubljana: you choose the month by sunshine hours

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In Bern the month is decided by the river temperatureBern
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In Bern the month is decided by the river temperature

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In the Vatican the month is decided by capacity, not climateVatican City
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In the Vatican the month is decided by capacity, not climate

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Bratislava is at its best when the slope is harvestedBratislava
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Bratislava is at its best when the slope is harvested

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Skopje: a dry capital in a valley that does not ventilateSkopje
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Skopje: a dry capital in a valley that does not ventilate

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Bucharest: seventy-seven degrees between its two recordsBucharest
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Bucharest: seventy-seven degrees between its two records

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In San Marino, the hour of the day matters more than the monthSan Marino
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In San Marino, the hour of the day matters more than the month

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Warsaw: the summer is measured in SundaysWarsaw
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Warsaw: the summer is measured in Sundays

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Podgorica: two European records that never overlapPodgorica
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Podgorica: two European records that never overlap

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Chișinău: the only thermometer that never moves is undergroundChișinău
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Chișinău: the only thermometer that never moves is underground

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Monaco measures its year in assembly and dismantlingMonaco
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Monaco measures its year in assembly and dismantling

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Valletta between April and May: the weeks when Malta is green and dry at onceValletta
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Valletta between April and May: the weeks when Malta is green and dry at once

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Luxembourg in late August: the three weeks when the capital stops being an officeLuxembourg City
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Luxembourg in late August: the three weeks when the capital stops being an office

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Vilnius in October: the last month the city has any lightVilnius
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Vilnius in October: the last month the city has any light

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Pristina in September: The Year Splits in Two and Only One Half Is Easy to BreathePristina
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Pristina in September: The Year Splits in Two and Only One Half Is Easy to Breathe

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Budapest Only Makes Sense When It's Cold: January Gives the Steam BackBudapest
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Budapest Only Makes Sense When It's Cold: January Gives the Steam Back

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Riga in June: The Month Without Night and the Two Days the City EmptiesRiga
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Riga in June: The Month Without Night and the Two Days the City Empties

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Vaduz in October: In the Alps, Summer Is the Wet SeasonVaduz
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Vaduz in October: In the Alps, Summer Is the Wet Season

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Reykjavík in September: The Month the Night Comes Back and You Can Still Get EverywhereReykjavík
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Reykjavík in September: The Month the Night Comes Back and You Can Still Get Everywhere

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Dublin in May: The Sunniest Month of a Year That Rains the Same in Every MonthDublin
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Dublin in May: The Sunniest Month of a Year That Rains the Same in Every Month

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Tallinn Is Not Finished Until Snow Falls on Its RoofsTallinn
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Tallinn Is Not Finished Until Snow Falls on Its Roofs

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Brussels Lights Up from Within When December Darkens the SkyBrussels
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Brussels Lights Up from Within When December Darkens the Sky

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Sarajevo Explains Itself in Winter, When Snow Joins the Valley to the Olympic MountainsSarajevo
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Sarajevo Explains Itself in Winter, When Snow Joins the Valley to the Olympic Mountains

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Helsinki, the Winter When the Sea Becomes GroundHelsinki
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Helsinki, the Winter When the Sea Becomes Ground

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The Summer Copenhagen Gets into Its Own HarbourCopenhagen
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The Summer Copenhagen Gets into Its Own Harbour

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Zagreb's Green Horseshoe Fills Up When It Runs Out of LeavesZagreb
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Zagreb's Green Horseshoe Fills Up When It Runs Out of Leaves

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Sofia Has a Mountain for a Ceiling, and Winter Proves ItSofia
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Sofia Has a Mountain for a Ceiling, and Winter Proves It

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Tirana Returns to the Street in March, as Dajti Begins to Lose Its SnowTirana
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Tirana Returns to the Street in March, as Dajti Begins to Lose Its Snow

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Andorra la Vella Breathes in October, Between the Last Trail and the First SnowAndorra la Vella
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Andorra la Vella Breathes in October, Between the Last Trail and the First Snow

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Minsk Was Built Wide for a Summer That Barely LastsMinsk
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Minsk Was Built Wide for a Summer That Barely Lasts

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Oslo Measures Its Year in Hours of Light, Not DegreesOslo
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Oslo Measures Its Year in Hours of Light, Not Degrees

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When Osaka: The Summer of a Hundred Fire-Lit BoatsOsaka
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When Osaka: The Summer of a Hundred Fire-Lit Boats

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On Siesta Key the Sand Never Burns; the Gulf Writes the YearSiesta Key
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On Siesta Key the Sand Never Burns; the Gulf Writes the Year

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In Sarasota the Curtain Rises in Winter: The Season It Inherited from the CircusSarasota
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In Sarasota the Curtain Rises in Winter: The Season It Inherited from the Circus

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When Santiago: The Day the Cordillera ReturnsSantiago
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When Santiago: The Day the Cordillera Returns

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Athens Returns from the Sea in October and the Marble Regains Its ColourAthens
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Athens Returns from the Sea in October and the Marble Regains Its Colour

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Santorini: A Rainless Island Harvested in AugustSantorini
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Santorini: A Rainless Island Harvested in August

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Málaga Is Understood When It Smells of Espeto, in the Months Without an RMálaga
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Málaga Is Understood When It Smells of Espeto, in the Months Without an R

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Maine Stops Being Vacationland When the Lobster Sheds Its ShellMaine
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Maine Stops Being Vacationland When the Lobster Sheds Its Shell

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Vancouver Makes Sense When the Rain Turns to BlossomVancouver
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Vancouver Makes Sense When the Rain Turns to Blossom

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Quebec Makes Sense When the River FreezesQuebec City
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Quebec Makes Sense When the River Freezes

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When Berlin Steps OutsideBerlin
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When Berlin Steps Outside

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Key West Lives Off the Winter It Doesn't HaveKey West
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Key West Lives Off the Winter It Doesn't Have

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Jakarta Measures Its Year in Water, Not in DegreesJakarta
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Jakarta Measures Its Year in Water, Not in Degrees

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Porto: The Autumn of the Douro HarvestPorto
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Porto: The Autumn of the Douro Harvest

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Valencia Explains Itself in Autumn, When the Rice Field Becomes a MirrorValencia
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Valencia Explains Itself in Autumn, When the Rice Field Becomes a Mirror

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When Milan: The Fog, Not the RunwayMilan
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When Milan: The Fog, Not the Runway

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Lisbon: When the Light Drops and the Tagus Turns to MirrorLisbon
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Lisbon: When the Light Drops and the Tagus Turns to Mirror

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When Edinburgh Becomes a StageEdinburgh
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When Edinburgh Becomes a Stage

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When Prague Gets Its Fog BackPrague
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When Prague Gets Its Fog Back

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San Juan Is Best When the Heat Eases and the Street Fills UpSan Juan
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San Juan Is Best When the Heat Eases and the Street Fills Up

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Gray Lima: When the Desert BloomsLima
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Gray Lima: When the Desert Blooms

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Amsterdam Changes With the Light and the StreetAmsterdam
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Amsterdam Changes With the Light and the Street

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Vienna Changes Its Room With the SeasonVienna
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Vienna Changes Its Room With the Season

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Naples Is Best Understood When the Street Is WalkableNaples
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Naples Is Best Understood When the Street Is Walkable

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Florence in Winter, Without the Window DisplayFlorence
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Florence in Winter, Without the Window Display

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When London: The City Built for the GloomLondon
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When London: The City Built for the Gloom

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When Venice: The Fog, Not the PostcardVenice
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When Venice: The Fog, Not the Postcard

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When Rio: Not the Postcard SummerRio de Janeiro
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When Rio: Not the Postcard Summer

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When Granada: The Contemplative WinterGranada
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When Granada: The Contemplative Winter

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When Barcelona: La Mercè, Not the CruiseBarcelona
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When Barcelona: La Mercè, Not the Cruise

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When Seville: The Orange Blossom and the FairSeville
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When Seville: The Orange Blossom and the Fair

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When Marrakech: Pack for Two ClimatesMarrakech
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When Marrakech: Pack for Two Climates

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When Kyoto: You're Chasing Something That Lasts a WeekKyoto
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When Kyoto: You're Chasing Something That Lasts a Week

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When Mexico City: Altitude, Not LatitudeMexico City
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When Mexico City: Altitude, Not Latitude

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When Cairo: Winter, When You Can See the PyramidsCairo
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When Cairo: Winter, When You Can See the Pyramids

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When Bangkok: The 'Cool' Season (That Isn't Cool)Bangkok
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When Bangkok: The 'Cool' Season (That Isn't Cool)

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When Rome: The Golden Light, Not SummerRome
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When Rome: The Golden Light, Not Summer

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When Buenos Aires: Autumn, Not the JacarandasBuenos Aires
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When Buenos Aires: Autumn, Not the Jacarandas

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When New York: Not the Holiday MovieNew York
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When New York: Not the Holiday Movie

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When Sydney: Autumn and the Late Warm SeaSydney
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When Sydney: Autumn and the Late Warm Sea

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When Dubai: The Inverted CalendarDubai
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When Dubai: The Inverted Calendar

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When Istanbul: The Tulip SpringIstanbul
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When Istanbul: The Tulip Spring

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When Madrid Becomes Madrid AgainMadrid
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When Madrid Becomes Madrid Again

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When Paris Makes Sense: Autumn, Not AprilParis
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When Paris Makes Sense: Autumn, Not April

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When Tokyo: Autumn, Not Just the SakuraTokyo
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When Tokyo: Autumn, Not Just the Sakura

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