Best time to visit Estonia
Every guide's best months, checked against its own thirty-year rainfall: a filled month is recommended, a hatched one has over 250 mm of rain. Most of Estonia agrees on May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
| Place | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | In words |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TallinnMay to September (the white nights in high summer; the Christmas market in the old town square is the winter reason) | May to September (the white nights in high summer; the Christmas market in the old town square is the winter reason) | ||||||||||||
| PärnuJune to August (the sea is warm enough by high summer; the town half-closes in winter) | June to August (the sea is warm enough by high summer; the town half-closes in winter) | ||||||||||||
| TartuMay to September (the students leave in high summer and the town is quieter; the winter is dark and studious) | May to September (the students leave in high summer and the town is quieter; the winter is dark and studious) | ||||||||||||
| SaaremaaMay to September (the ferry runs all year; the island is quiet and windswept in winter) | May to September (the ferry runs all year; the island is quiet and windswept in winter) | ||||||||||||
| LahemaaMay to September (the bogs are best in early summer light; the manors close in winter, the boardwalks do not) | May to September (the bogs are best in early summer light; the manors close in winter, the boardwalks do not) | ||||||||||||
| HaapsaluMay to September (the bay is warm and shallow; the White Lady appears in the castle window at the late-summer full moon) | May to September (the bay is warm and shallow; the White Lady appears in the castle window at the late-summer full moon) |
best month · over 250 mm · the letters are the months, January to December.
The guides in Estonia
TallinnEstoniaThe best-kept medieval city in northern Europe, with a startup nation behind the walls, a sauna culture that means it, and Helsinki two hours across the water
PärnuEstoniaThe summer capital: a long shallow beach on a warm bay, spa hotels from the tsars’ time, and a wooden town behind the dunes
TartuEstoniaThe university town on the Emajõgi, a kissing-students fountain, a science centre for the family, and the intellectual capital of a country that takes the idea seriously
SaaremaaEstoniaThe big island: a Teutonic castle with a moat, windmills, a meteorite crater, juniper heath and a coast that nobody else has found
LahemaaEstoniaEstonia’s first national park, an hour from Tallinn: bog boardwalks, manor houses, fishing villages on a stony coast, and the forest that is most of the country
HaapsaluEstoniaA small spa town on a warm bay with a bishop’s castle, a promenade Tchaikovsky walked, a railway station with the longest platform in the north, and a lace shawl to buy