EUROPE HEAT ....does it put you off going?

We usually go abroad in June and September so we get lovely weather maybe up to 34 but we can cope with that with plenty of parasols, hats etc and air con of course.

We went to Malta once at end of July and it was unbearably hot. Never again.

I read that people are cancelling their foreign hols due to extreme heat so it will be good for UK holiday bookings.

MerylStreep

NanaDana
Desert conditions have been forming for some years in southern Europe.

Yes, and wildfires are also becoming regular events. The last year we were in Tavira, a wildfire came so close to our property it burnt down half the adjacent olive grove. We had bags packed and loaded into the car, ready to evacuate to a coastal hotel just over the Spanish border. I'd even phoned to book a room. Fortunately, the wind changed, and our property was spared. Sadly, it's just going to get worse.

Fleurpepper

Perfect time to visit the Alps or the Jura mountains- gorgeous weather, lots of lakes, river swimming and superb municipal pools and water parks- and it always cools down at night.

It was reported today that there are forest fires in the Alps and that villages have been evacuated, very worrying.

Is this unusual, Fleurpepper?

I expect if you'd already paid for your holiday you would go because I don't think your holiday insurance would pay out if you cancelled.

I’ve always wanted to go to Italy one day but always thought I would go in April or October. I am not a sun worshipper and very fair skinned and burn easily so Spring or Autumn temperatures would probably be near our average summer temperatures.

Am
I’m on holiday in the Algarve and it’s grey and cloudy with odd spots of rain but pleasantly but not overly warm with little wind.

If I had a European holiday booked, I’d still be going! I hate wearing a hat in the sun, just makes my head all sweaty and horrible.

Nicenanny3

I expect if you'd already paid for your holiday you would go because I don't think your holiday insurance would pay out if you cancelled.

My hubby said he heard on the TV that if you can prove to your insurer that you have an illness or disability that worsens in high temps then they will help you out.

We’ve been lucky in the Algarve this year, certainly not as hot (so far) as the rest of Europe. Most Portuguese people and tourists seem to wear hats here, come to think of it DD doesn’t but she has a healthy head of very thick hair. We’ve been out this evening to eat and because there’s been heavy cloud all day, it’s the first time I haven’t bothered to take a hat with me. DH can’t be persuaded to wear a hat except in the pool and yes he’s had several skin lesions removed. 🤷‍♀️

Yes it would, if I "did" holidays abroad I'd go in May.

I worry about it tho, yes all those driven to starvation by floods or OTOH unable to grow crops.

This heat definitely puts me off going to any of the countries involved in these dreadful heatwaves. I'd rather go to Scotland.

Can I just say - 34⁰ is very different to 44⁰ - at 44 there is no real "picking the cooler times of day" to do things.
If it's 44 in the daytime it's unlikely to drop much below 34 at night.

I wouldn't be booking a trip right now to an area predicted to be in the 40⁰s.

Georgesgran - Barcelona is predicted to be in the 20⁰s for the next couple of weeks.

Used to holiday in the Caribbean several times a year and always loved the coolness of the trade winds. It could get hot, hot, hot though. We could tolerate it in our younger days but not anymore. Good old blighty for our holidays now.

It is unbearable in Malta at the moment. I’ve lived here over 40 years but this year the heat is too much. 🥵

(Photo of yesterday’s temp as I drove to babysit my grandsons)

Bellasnana

It is unbearable in Malta at the moment. I’ve lived here over 40 years but this year the heat is too much. 🥵

(Photo of yesterday’s temp as I drove to babysit my grandsons)

OMG! And you're on an island which should benefit from sea breezes. Can't begin to think what it must be like in inland Southern Italy. Take care of yourself, and I hope it cools down soon.

Not for me Thankyou. I didn’t know what to do with myself for those two 40 degree days last year. I prefer spring or autumn weather.
I wouldn’t book to go abroad at this time of year, but of course us retirees do have the choice as families don’t.

Primrose53 Simon Calder- Travel guru stated unless you declared your pre existing medical conditions, the travel provider might be able to help you if your GP has stated that going away would not be good for your health, Its all down to what type of travel insurance you bought…

I blame Brexit

I would never go to a hot country at the height of summer whatever the temp. When I have been to the med it was always in May or October much more comfortable.

No. I visit the Middle East annually and these are regular temperatures there.

We just NEVER holiday abroad in July or August, I’m bloody awful in the heat or extreme cold !

Callistemon21

Fleurpepper

Perfect time to visit the Alps or the Jura mountains- gorgeous weather, lots of lakes, river swimming and superb municipal pools and water parks- and it always cools down at night.

It was reported today that there are forest fires in the Alps and that villages have been evacuated, very worrying.

Is this unusual, Fleurpepper?

There has been on forest fire in the southern alps, near the Italian border. Terrible, but fairly quickly controlled and now being monitored.

All fires are forbidden, and there is plenty of water around in case and superb fire services. Not unusual in Summer, but always very limited because very quickly tackled.

Very hot again, but always below 30 and always cool at night.

It doesn’t even have to be hot for fires, just dry. We had a spate of them in Wales last year. It’s really very worrying.

well, as someone living in southern France (where it is already 38o) I would say stay away. Irrespective of the discomfort (we are fortunate to have an old house with walls 1.5m thick, many newer buildings are like ovens) cheap flights to Europe are a major contributing factor, roads on the coast are jammed, the infrastructure cannot support it. See Simon Kuper's excellent article in last w/e's FT.