Rising temperatures, stronger storms, sea level rise, and shrinking snowpack are already changing many of the places people travel to every year.
Take our quiz to discover your perfect getaway — and see how climate change could transform it by the end of the century.
Think about your favorite vacation days, not the hottest days
Choose the setting that defines your ideal trip
Choose up to 3 activities
Think beyond temperature — precipitation and sky matter too
How do you actually spend your vacation days?
Analyzing your vacation preferences…
Your ideal trip centers on warm coastal temperatures, sunshine, and comfortable ocean water. You travel for the feeling of warmth on your face and sand between your toes.
The map shows current climate suitability for your vacation type across all 50 states. Greener states offer conditions closest to what your ideal trip needs right now.
Enjoy it. Because the map is about to change.
CMIP6 climate projections show that by mid-century, the climate behind your vacation will have measurably changed. Some shifts are subtle. Others are not. The map is no longer what it was.
The direction is clear. The only question is how far it goes.
End-of-century projections show what continued warming means for your vacation climate. For some trip types, the experience worsens in place. For others, the ideal conditions relocate entirely. For some, they disappear.
Scroll to find out what happened to your vacation — and why.
The Climate Mechanism
Here are the specific climate variables that are shifting conditions for your vacation type — and by how much, from today to 2100.
The Verdict
The climate that makes your vacation possible is shifting. The destinations you love are not disappearing overnight — but they are changing, and the change is directional.
Compare vacation climate suitability across all states, time periods, and emissions scenarios. Click any state on the map for details.
The one thing to take away
Every American vacation is really a climate preference in disguise. You book Florida in January because you want warmth. You drive to Vermont in February because you need snow. You hike Colorado in July because you need mild air. That relationship between people and place is built entirely on climate — and climate is changing.
The most important insight from this project is not that temperatures are rising. It is that the experiences people travel to find — warmth without danger, reliable snow, cool summer air — are shifting in ways that will force Americans to either adapt where they travel or accept a diminished version of the trip they once loved.
Why this visualization succeeds at showing it: Unlike a static chart of rising temperatures, this project makes climate change personal. You built your vacation first. The map showed you where it exists today. Then you watched it change — specifically for your trip, your preferences, your states. The verdict (WORSENING, RELOCATING, or DISAPPEARING) is not a global average. It is yours. That personalization is what transforms an abstract projection into a decision you might actually face.