WASHINGTON DC

Best Time to Visit Washington DC

Washington is history, expressed in thousands of memorials, monuments and museums. But Washington is also American modern life, expressed in actual politics, amusement, nightlife, clubs, bars. Districts as Georgetown are well representative of these last features.

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Best time to visit Washington
When not to go to Washington
Washington Weather Table 


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WHAT TO VISIT IN WASHINGTON?

Most of historical and modern Washington stands on the Northeast side of Potomac river, in a space that comprises:

The Constitution Gardens 
Lincoln Memorial
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Korean War Veterans Memorial
FDR Memorial
Washington Monument
Kennedy Center
Department of State

Old downtown and Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill
Library of Congress
Smithsonian Institution
The Mall
The White House
Convention Center
National Museum of Natural History
National Museum of American History
National Museum of African Art
National Museum of American Indian
Hirshhorn Museum

Georgetown, Dupont Circle Adams-Morgan districts
Districts representing modern Washington, with interesting bar, nightlife and entertainment possibilities.


BEST TIME TO TRAVEL AND VISIT WASHINGTON

Washington weather may be particularly hot and uncomfortable in summer, and particularly cold and disagreeable in winter or even in early spring. It's a very changeable weather, with moderate precipitation all over the year (snow is concentrated in winter months).

If we only consider the weather issue, then the best time to visit Washington is undoubtedly mid and late spring - May, June – orlate-summer and autumn. Autumn, in terms of weather, is perhaps the best period.

But… there are, of course, other issues when equating a visit to Washington.

If hotels prices is an important feature, and you want to bet on accommodation deals, then the summer months (during the vacations of Congress) are the best period (you can tour the museums, or monuments, or political buildings or shopping, without big crowds).  


WHEN NOT TO GO AND VISIT WASHINGTON

For many people Washington's summer should be avoided. Humidity and high temperatures may turn July and August very uncomfortable months. For other people, winter is also a period to avoid, due to the possibility of snow or bitterly cold weather. 

Spring has also a negative side: it's a season with big throngs, and accommodation – namely in the Cherry Blossom period - tend to be more expensive then in other seasons.

For details about Washington weather, see table below.

Washington DC Table Weather




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