Miami was incorporated in 1896 after landowner Julia Tuttle mailed railroad magnate Henry Flagler orange blossoms proving a 1895 freeze had spared the area, making it the only major US city founded by a woman. It sits on Biscayne Bay behind the barrier island of Miami Beach, whose South Beach holds the world's largest concentration of Art Deco buildings, restored from the 1980s onward. Cuban exiles after the 1959 revolution built Little Havana and made the city the country's financial and logistics gateway to Latin America, still its defining economic role. Hurricane season runs June through November, and the flat, low-lying coastline makes tropical storms routine.
Nights sit around 25°C and afternoons around 33°C.
The year in Miami moves gently: summer afternoons sit around 33°C, winter ones around 26°C.
Some winter nights drop to 11°C.
Most of the rain falls in summer, least in winter. In September it rains about 16 days in 30; in December, 6.
Wind is rarely an issue; most months sit between calm and a light breeze. Air quality is worth watching: July averages an AQI of 58, while September clears to 38.
Days stretch to about 13.6 hours of light in June and shrink to 10.4 in December — something to weigh if you work to a fixed timezone.
For what you're after, the best months in Miami are February – April. Expect fast internet (333 Mbps) and a high cost of living (about €3350 a month).
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