Seasick00 Posted October 16, 2016 #1 Share Posted October 16, 2016 What is the best time of year to cruise the Baltic on the Viking Homelands cruise? Has anyone taken this ocean cruise with Viking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vineyard View Posted October 16, 2016 #2 Share Posted October 16, 2016 We had a terrific cruise last year which included the Baltic with Viking. We travelled mid-late May. Weather was mostly great temps for travel, although there was rain in a few ports. That said, those ports have rain throughout and is very common. We also enjoyed that the crowds were lower than summer months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigiandbaba Posted October 16, 2016 #3 Share Posted October 16, 2016 We took the Homelands cruise Sept 4-18-packed for cool and rainy weather-but we had beautiful weather-sunny and only a few drops of rain in St. Petersburg-in fact in Germany, the temperature was close to 90 !!! We had sun in all of the ports in Norway which is known for its rainy weather. I think it is very hard to predict which time of year is best for weather in the Baltics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasick00 Posted October 16, 2016 Author #4 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Beside the weather, what were the sea conditions on the Baltic? Any problems sailing in mid-May or mid-Sept? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigiandbaba Posted October 16, 2016 #5 Share Posted October 16, 2016 On our Sept cruise, the sea was really calm in the Baltic but when we got into the North Sea on our way to Norway, there was only a slight chop but nothing to interfere with anything you wanted to do. We had brought Bonine and ginger candies with us but never opened them!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Vineyard View Posted October 16, 2016 #6 Share Posted October 16, 2016 We had very smooth sailing in the Baltic in May. We also had very little is any humidity - We had rough seas coming out of Gibraltar During the early part of our cruise, and also coming out of Stavanger in the North Sea. I understand that is not unusual. I brought out the Bonnie and ginger! 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyOh Posted October 17, 2016 #7 Share Posted October 17, 2016 We went in late July and had some rain, some warm temperatures. I think that the months of May-September will offer a mix of rain and sun. Take your chances!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill'sBride Posted October 17, 2016 #8 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Not with Viking, but we did a Baltic cruise the first two weeks of June a number of years ago. It was warm and the waters were calm. Only one day of light rain. Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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