FORT LAUDERDALE, PORT RATON, PALM BEACH
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Fort Lauderdale, Port Raton and Palm Beach - just a few dozen miles north of Miami - are three major Florida beach resort destinations.
Fort Lauderdale is an exclusive and luxurious beach destination greatly recommended for yatching. Port Raton is a sophisticated retirement center and also an important beach and tourist destination. Palm Beach - a small island a little more distant from Miami, but not very much - is a sophisticated and selected residential center, with luxurious hotels.
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Best time to visit Fort Lauderdale, Port Raton and Palm Beach
When not to go to Fort Lauderdale, Port Raton and Palm Beach
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WHAT TO VISIT IN THE FORT LAUDERDALE, PORT RATON AND PALM BEACH REGION
Palm Beach, Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale allow for a lot of opportunities: the local beaches, museums, visits to notable cases of Mediterranean architecture, nightlife, cuisine...
Besides, from any one of these destinations it's easy to visit the others. Or visit Miami, and its attractions. Or even the Everglades National Park, or the Florida Keys, in the west coast. The distances are relatively small.
See Florida Travel Map.
BEST TIME TO TRAVEL TO FORT LAUDERDALE, PORT RATON AND PALM BEACH REGION
Winter (December-March) is the best time to travel to Fort Lauderdale, Port Raton and Palm Beach, and the most popular. Temperatures are high and agreeable, but not too high.
But winter has larger throngs and higher accommodation costs, and you may prefer transitional months such as April and May, or September to November. They are also excellent periods to visit Fort Lauderdale, Port Raton and Pal Beach Region. Spring and Autumn have very pleasant weather and hotel rates are much lower than during winter.
If you don't mind lots of humidity and daily afternoon rainfalls, the summer period is a suitable alternative: the rewards are, obviously, better hotel rates and smaller crowds.
Some additional notes:
- June to October is the hurricane period, but the authorities carefully track the storms and you will be noticed, if there is the need to evacuate.
- Afternoon summer's thunderstorms are very common in Fort Lauderdale, Port Raton and Pal Beach Region.
- It rains less during winter than in the summer, but showers tend to be short and cause minimum effects in vacations. See Miami Weather Map.
- Especially packed days, weeks and weekends: Presidents' Day weekend (February), Easter week, Memorial Day weekend (end of May), the Fourth of July, Labour Day weekend (September), Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's.
- Eventual winter cold snaps last only a few days.
WHEN NOT TO GO TO FORT LAUDERDALE, PORT RATON AND PALM BEACH REGION
If you want to avoid the hurricane season, then don't go to Fort Lauderdale, Port Raton and Palm Beach from June to October.
Avoid popular periods, if you want to avoid crowds (though Fort Lauderdale, Port Raton and Palm Beach tend to be rather unpacked and reasonably selective destinations): winter period, Presidents' Day weekend (February), Easter week, Memorial Day weekend (end of May), the Fourth of July, Labour Day weekend (September), Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's.
If you want to enjoy low accommodation prices, then avoid the winter period, especially the November-March period.
For details on precipitation, temperatures, humidity and other weather variables, see Miami Weather Map.
