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Where to stay in Connecticut
This guide covers 19 destinations in Connecticut, a first-level administrative division of United States, with 31 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Bridgeport, Stamford and New Haven. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN).
- Destinations in this guide
- 19
- Places to stay
- 31
- Main airport
- HVNTweed New Haven Airport
- Currency
- USDUnited States dollar
- Time zone
- America/New York
Destinations
Destinations in Connecticut
Every destination in this guide in Connecticut, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven | 134,023 | 4 | HVN · 6 km |
| Waterbury | 114,403 | 4 | HVN · 35 km |
| Greenwich | 63,518 | 4 | HPN · 8 km |
| Hartford | 121,054 | 3 | BDL · 20 km |
| Danbury | 86,518 | 3 | HPN · 42 km |
| Bristol | 60,833 | 3 | BDL · 36 km |
| Bridgeport | 148,654 | 2 | HVN · 28 km |
| West Hartford | 64,083 | 2 | BDL · 20 km |
| Stamford | 135,470 | 1 | HPN · 13 km |
| Norwalk | 91,184 | 1 | HPN · 24 km |
| Fairfield | 61,512 | 1 | HVN · 34 km |
| Meriden | 60,850 | 1 | HVN · 31 km |
| Manchester | 59,713 | 1 | BDL · 23 km |
| Stratford | 52,355 | 1 | HVN · 22 km |
| New Britain | 74,135 | BDL · 30 km | |
| Hamden | 61,169 | HVN · 15 km | |
| West Haven | 55,584 | HVN · 7 km | |
| East Hartford | 51,045 | BDL · 20 km | |
| Milford | 50,558 | HVN · 15 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Connecticut
31 hotels in Connecticut recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Goodwin Hotel | Hartford | 1989 |
| Hotel Beach | Bridgeport | |
| Yankee Pedlar Inn | Bristol | |
| Capt. William Bull Tavern | Bristol | 1760 |
| Elton Hotel | Waterbury | |
| Hampton Inn | Stamford | |
| Hotel Bond | Hartford | 1913 |
| Milford Point Hotel | Stratford | |
| Palace and Majestic Theaters | Bridgeport | |
| Widow Haviland's Tavern | Greenwich | |
| Winvian | Waterbury | |
| Delamar Greenwich Harbor | Greenwich | |
| Delamar Southport | Fairfield | |
| Delamar West Hartford | West Hartford | |
| Graduate New Haven | New Haven | |
| Graduate Storrs | Manchester | |
| Hartford Marriott Downtown | Hartford | |
| Heidi's Inn | Danbury | |
| Heritage Hotel, Golf, Spa & Conference Center, BW Premier Collection | Waterbury | |
| Homestead Inn | Danbury | |
| Hotel Zero Degrees Danbury | Danbury | |
| Hyatt Regency Greenwich | Greenwich | |
| Inn at Middletown | Meriden | |
| Litchfield Inn | Bristol | |
| Mayflower Inn & Spa, Auberge Resorts Collection | Waterbury | |
| Norwalk Inn | Norwalk | |
| Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale | New Haven | |
| Simsbury 1820 House | West Hartford | |
| The Blake Hotel | New Haven | |
| The J House Greenwich Hotel | Greenwich |
When to go
Best time to visit Connecticut
From the climate of 19 destinations in Connecticut with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 19 | 3 °C | 91 mm |
| February | 0 of 19 | 4 °C | 81 mm |
| March | 0 of 19 | 8 °C | 116 mm |
| April | 0 of 19 | 15 °C | 106 mm |
| May | 0 of 19 | 21 °C | 93 mm |
| June | 0 of 19 | 26 °C | 112 mm |
| July | 0 of 19 | 29 °C | 98 mm |
| August | 0 of 19 | 28 °C | 104 mm |
| September | 0 of 19 | 24 °C | 114 mm |
| October | 0 of 19 | 18 °C | 110 mm |
| November | 0 of 19 | 11 °C | 92 mm |
| December | 0 of 19 | 6 °C | 116 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Connecticut
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Connecticut name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
HVN · Tweed New Haven Airport
BDL · Bradley International Airport
HPN · Westchester County Airport
ISP · Long Island MacArthur Airport
WST · Westerly State Airport
LGA · LaGuardia Airport
TEB · Teterboro Airport
SWF · New York Stewart International Airport
ORH · Worcester Regional Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Connecticut, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in United States
Regional holidays observed in Connecticut
Nearby
Regions near Connecticut
Other regions of United States with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.