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 andbars. Districts such 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
MAIN GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES
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 the summer and particularly cold and disagreeable in the winter or early spring. It's a very changeable weather, with moderate precipitation all year long (snow is concentrated in the winter months).
Considering the weather issue alone, then the best time to visit Washington is undoubtedly mid and late spring - May, June – or late-summer and autumn. Autumn, in terms of weather, is perhaps the best period.
But there are, of course, other issues when considering a visit to Washington.
If hotels prices are 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 and shop 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 into 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 large crowds and accommodation – namely in the Cherry Blossom period - tends to be more expensive than in another seasons.
For details about Washington weather, see table below.
Washington DC Table Weather
