Best for June: Singapore, Vietnam (Central), Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur & west coast and East-coast islands), Indonesia / Bali and Sri Lanka (East coast). Skip if you can: Thailand (Andaman coast), UAE / Dubai, Nepal and Japan.
Ratings come from national met services and tourism boards; the split between best and okay is editorial guidance. Figures are monthly averages (high/low °C, rain), not a forecast. Updated 17 October 2026.
Kuala Lumpur & west coastKuala Lumpur: 30°/24°C, 195 mm rainMetMalaysia: most of the peninsula has rain peaks in Oct-Nov and Apr-May, with minima in Jun-Jul and Feb.
East-coast islands (Perhentian, Redang, Tioman)No climate figures in our dataMetMalaysia: NE monsoon (Nov-Mar) brings heavy rain, floods and rough seas to the east coast; Nov-Jan wettest, Jun-Jul driest.
BaliBali (Denpasar): 27°/25°C, 80 mm rainBali Provincial Govt: dry season generally Apr-Oct, rainy season Oct-Apr, with Oct and Apr as transition months.
East coast (Trincomalee, Arugam Bay)Trincomalee: 34°/27°C, 15 mm rainMet Dept: the NE monsoon (Dec-Feb) rains on the north and east; Tourism SL says the east coast is at its finest May-Sep.
Sri Lanka: West & south coast, hill country (Colombo, Galle, Kandy)Colombo: 29°/25°C, 253 mm rain. Best: Dec-Mar.
Maldives: Male & central atollsMale: 29°/27°C, 81 mm rain. Best: Jan-Mar (dry NE monsoon, 10-11 h sunshine).
Bhutan: Paro, Thimphu, PunakhaParo: 22°/15°C, rain not shown (model data unreliable here). Best: Mar-May, Oct-Nov.
South Korea: Seoul, Busan, JejuSeoul: 28°/19°C, 116 mm rain. Best: Apr-May, Sep-Oct.
Avoid if you can in June
Thailand: Andaman coast (Phuket, Krabi)May-Oct (SW monsoon; 248-340 mm/month in our data). Best instead: Dec-Mar.
UAE / Dubai: Dubai & Abu DhabiMay-Sep (avg highs 38-42 C in our data). Best instead: Nov-Mar.
Nepal: Kathmandu, PokharaJun-Aug (monsoon; 80% of rain falls Jun-Sep). Best instead: Mar-Apr, Oct-Nov.
Japan: Tokyo, Osaka/KyotoJun (tsuyu rainy season); also Golden Week (late Apr-early May) for crowds. Best instead: Late Mar-May (cherry blossom late Mar-early Apr), Oct-Nov (autumn leaves late Nov).
Weather data by Open-Meteo.com, licensed CC BY 4.0. Climate averages are 2016–2025 ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service, ECMWF), processed by India Outbound Travel News. These are not official WMO normals; where a met service publishes station figures, the charts use them instead, as labelled.