Las Vegas Guide
Four miles of resort corridor, one desert valley, and a calendar that runs on conventions and fight weekends.
The Strip is a single boulevard where the walk between two hotels can take twenty minutes, so plan by cluster rather than by address. Room rates here track the convention calendar far more than the season — the same suite can triple in price the week CES is in town.
The Strip, end to end
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Las Vegas explained
Hour-by-hour plans drawn by hand — pick one and follow it from first coffee to last call.
24 Hours in Las Vegas
One day, done properly: brunch off-Strip, desert light, a great dinner and one nightcap.
48 Hours in Las Vegas
A full weekend across the Strip, downtown and the desert.
The Las Vegas calendar
The dates that actually move prices, crowds and opening hours.
January
CES
The convention centre and every Strip hotel fill; expect peak rates, hour-long rideshare waits and booked-out steakhouses.
March
March Madness
Sportsbooks are standing-room only from the first Thursday tip-off; reserve book seating weeks ahead.
May
Pool season opens in earnest
Dayclubs move to full weekend programming and rooftop temperatures are still tolerable before June.
September
Formula 1 build-out begins
Grandstand construction along the Strip starts weeks before the November race and closes lanes at night.
October
When We Were Young / festival season
Festival weekends at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds spike downtown and mid-Strip hotel demand.
November
Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix
The most expensive weekend of the year: road closures, resort minimums and multi-night stay requirements.
December
National Finals Rodeo & New Year's Eve
NFR reshapes the whole city's crowd for ten days; NYE closes the Strip to cars.
Seasonal highlights
- Spring (Mar–May)
- The best weather of the year — 70s to 90s°F, Red Rock and Valley of Fire are still comfortable at midday.
- Summer (Jun–Sep)
- 110°F afternoons. Days belong to pools and air conditioning; hiking is a sunrise-only activity.
- Autumn (Oct–Nov)
- Patios reopen, the desert cools, and the sports and race calendar peaks.
- Winter (Dec–Feb)
- Cool, dry, quiet after New Year — the cheapest rooms of the year land in the second half of January.
Off-peak intel
- Sunday through Wednesday is a different city: same restaurants, half the resort fee-adjusted rate, no queue at the door.
- Late January and the first weeks of December (before NFR) are the softest demand windows of the year.
- Check the convention calendar before you book — a mid-week trade show costs more than a Saturday.
- Book headline shows for weeknights; the same production plays to a smaller, cheaper room.