Title: I wanted to build a tool to help people decide <i></i>when and where to travel<i></i>. As I started building, I realized that &quot;when&quot; and &quot;where&quot; need separate treatment to be most useful. The map tool handles &quot;where&quot; best:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;championtraveler.com&#x2F;travel-weather-map&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;championtraveler.com&#x2F;travel-weather-map&#x2F;</a><p>Clicking through each week would be frustrating for those who know where they want to travel but not when. For these people I built &quot;best time to travel&quot; pages using the same data.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;championtraveler.com&#x2F;best-time-to-travel&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;championtraveler.com&#x2F;best-time-to-travel&#x2F;</a><p>My hope is this site will help travelers plan.<p>This data is taken from the National and Atmospheric Administration&#x27;s global summaries of the day (NOOA&#x27;s GSoD). I used an SQL database to crunch the numbers into monthly and weekly averages by station. For the &quot;best time&quot; pages I used and calculated several more variables. I then imported the data into Tableau and added the filters you see on the map. I also used data from the State Department regarding travel advisories.<p>Would love your thoughts!<p>The whole buildout was a solo project, but I owe Ryan Whitacker a big &quot;thank you&quot; for his guidance. He built a similar tool on his site (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;decisiondata.org&#x2F;the-best-time-to-visit-anywhere&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;decisiondata.org&#x2F;the-best-time-to-visit-anywhere&#x2F;</a>) in April, and was generous to offer me guidance for expanding upon his idea.<p>Known issues:<p>* I am aware that the map is bad on mobile, so my next step is to improve the mobile experience.
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