The best times to visit San Diego for ideal weather are
February to November
Yeah, that's been my impression, too! :-)
Show HN: The best time to visit any city
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#52This is great - I think the search functionality could be improved a bit (a lot of results following the one I was looking for that didn't seem related, but the right one did show up first). I wonder if there would be a benefit of a "community" element as well, as in allowing comments on the pages, to give locals the opportunity to chime in with their advice.
Love the idea, but yes, the search needs some work. For example, the search engine doesn't get "St. Louis, MO" right at all. Iterate and carry on!
I'd be curious to know why so many search functions have trouble with St. Louis. I was recently trying to book a flight there, and often had to use the airport code to have it show up!
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#53This is super interesting idea and something I'd reference a lot. The big question I have is what are your factors for deciding the best time to visit? I'd argue setting up the context is really important because weather is a major factor but it isn't the only one. There are times of year that have cultural significance as well as annual events, etc. I like the safety advisory aspect and the population of travelers.…
"As of 6/22/2017 there are travel warnings for the United Kingdom; exercise a high degree of caution." I thought this was an error at first, but the .ca travel advice is indeed to be extra careful visiting the UK. Spain, meanwhile: "Exercise normal security precautions". Huh. I guess it's only as good as the data sources :)
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#54This is super interesting idea and something I'd reference a lot. The big question I have is what are your factors for deciding the best time to visit? I'd argue setting up the context is really important because weather is a major factor but it isn't the only one. There are times of year that have cultural significance as well as annual events, etc. I like the safety advisory aspect and the population of travelers.…
Yes! There's a few cities I visit very often but I ONLY visit in the "off season." Everything is much cheaper, things don't sell out, I don't get bothered by stupid events I have no interest in, parking is free or reduced price, I don't have to sit in traffic, and crowds are non-existent. I'd rather avoid crowds than pretty much any other factor other than maybe price.
http://offpeak.io the project my team has been working on aims to solve this exact problem. We help travelers avoid peak season, and peak dates that are often associated with large business conferences.
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#55Great idea, mediocre execution, someone else here please get with OP and help him! This is an awesome tool!
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#56How do you get number of Google searches programatically? Is there an API or something?
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#57The 'when to travel' could be made dependend on where you live. When I lived in Norway I thought 25C is quite warm. Now that I live in south Germany I think 25C is more intermediate. Also in Spring, temperatures feel a lot higher (since I got used to cold winter weather) then by the end of summer (when I got used to hot weather).
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#58I bet you could do this by looking at all the Yelp reviews for an area over time. Some combination of average review score and total review quantity would produce a legit metric.
But Yelp and Google's APIs aren't really designed for this kind of use sadly.
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#59How about looking at average flight prices?