Where to stay in Traverse City

from €50/night23 hotels sampledUS
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3★+ hotels in Traverse City from €50/night (range €50–204, 23 hotels sampled, ~3 weeks out).

Quality Inn Traverse City hotel · Traverse City
from €50/night★ 3
Howard Johnson by Wyndham Traverse City hotel · Traverse City
from €58/night★ 3
Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Traverse City, MI hotel · Traverse City
from €66/night★ 4

Getting there

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Weather in Traverse City

Thu 🌦️ 12° 6° 💧47%
Fri 🌦️ 6° 4° 💧61%
Sat ☁️ 9° 4° 💧23%
Sun ☀️ 12° 3° 💧6%
Mon ☁️ 14° 5° 💧2%
Tue ☁️ 12° 7° 💧5%
Wed 🌦️ 7° 3° 💧5%

In Nov, Traverse City typically sees ~7°C daytime highs and 14 rainy days.

Best time to visit Traverse City — climate

Jan: ~-3°C daytime, 22 rainy days -3° JanFeb: ~-3°C daytime, 13 rainy days -3° FebMar: ~6°C daytime, 17 rainy days 6° MarApr: ~11°C daytime, 11 rainy days 11° AprMay: ~16°C daytime, 10 rainy days 16° MayJun: ~24°C daytime, 13 rainy days 24° JunJul: ~26°C daytime, 6 rainy days 26° JulAug: ~24°C daytime, 12 rainy days 24° AugSep: ~21°C daytime, 9 rainy days 21° SepOct: ~16°C daytime, 12 rainy days 16° OctNov: ~7°C daytime, 13 rainy days 7° NovDec: ~-1°C daytime, 15 rainy days -1° Dec

Things to do in Traverse City

Top-rated tours and tickets from €63 — book ahead for the popular ones.

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About Traverse City

Traverse City is a scenic city on the Grand Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan. Directly north of Traverse City, the Old Mission Peninsula splits the Grand Traverse Bay in two, with a beautiful windswept landscape and great views of the bay on either side. Slightly to the west, the Leelanau Peninsula, with its charming small towns, forms the "pinkie finger" of the Michigan peninsula, jutting into Lake Michigan. Both peninsulas are prime winemaking regions within the state, and as such are one of the main tourist attractions in the region.

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