Region · United States
Where to stay in New Jersey
This guide covers 36 destinations in New Jersey, a first-level administrative division of United States, with 122 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Newark, Jersey City and Paterson. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR).
- Destinations in this guide
- 36
- Places to stay
- 122
- Main airport
- EWRNewark Liberty International Airport
- Currency
- USDUnited States dollar
- Time zone
- America/New York
Destinations
Destinations in New Jersey
Every destination in this guide in New Jersey, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West New York | 52,912 | 65 | TEB · 8 km |
| Trenton | 90,871 | 5 | TTN · 8 km |
| Franklin Township | 68,364 | 5 | TTN · 32 km |
| Middletown | 67,106 | 5 | EWR · 33 km |
| Hoboken | 60,419 | 5 | TEB · 12 km |
| Parsippany-Troy Hills | 56,162 | 5 | EWR · 29 km |
| Howell | 53,537 | 5 | TTN · 53 km |
| Plainfield | 54,586 | 4 | EWR · 22 km |
| Hamilton Township | 92,297 | 3 | TTN · 14 km |
| Newark | 311,549 | 2 | EWR · 5 km |
| Jersey City | 292,449 | 2 | EWR · 10 km |
| Elizabeth | 137,298 | 2 | EWR · 4 km |
| Woodbridge Township | 103,639 | 2 | EWR · 18 km |
| Cherry Hill | 74,553 | 2 | PHL · 19 km |
| Bloomfield | 53,105 | 2 | TEB · 12 km |
| Brick Township | 73,620 | 1 | TTN · 64 km |
| Bayonne | 71,686 | 1 | EWR · 6 km |
| Old Bridge Township | 66,876 | 1 | EWR · 33 km |
| Gloucester Township | 66,034 | 1 | PHL · 20 km |
| Piscataway | 60,804 | 1 | EWR · 29 km |
| Vineland | 60,780 | 1 | ACY · 37 km |
| Union | 59,728 | 1 | EWR · 8 km |
| New Brunswick | 55,266 | 1 | EWR · 32 km |
| Paterson | 159,732 | TEB · 12 km | |
| Lakewood | 135,158 | TTN · 54 km | |
| Edison | 107,588 | EWR · 26 km | |
| Toms River | 95,438 | TTN · 63 km | |
| Clifton | 90,296 | TEB · 9 km | |
| Camden | 71,791 | PHL · 14 km | |
| Passaic | 70,537 | TEB · 6 km | |
| East Orange | 69,612 | EWR · 9 km | |
| North Bergen | 63,361 | TEB · 7 km | |
| Irvington | 61,176 | EWR · 7 km | |
| Jackson | 58,544 | TTN · 44 km | |
| Perth Amboy | 55,436 | EWR · 21 km | |
| Wayne | 54,838 | TEB · 19 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in New Jersey
122 hotels in New Jersey 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.
When to go
Best time to visit New Jersey
From the climate of 36 destinations in New Jersey 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 36 | 4 °C | 93 mm |
| February | 0 of 36 | 5 °C | 78 mm |
| March | 0 of 36 | 10 °C | 114 mm |
| April | 0 of 36 | 17 °C | 102 mm |
| May | 0 of 36 | 22 °C | 99 mm |
| June | 0 of 36 | 27 °C | 113 mm |
| July | 0 of 36 | 30 °C | 124 mm |
| August | 0 of 36 | 29 °C | 116 mm |
| September | 0 of 36 | 26 °C | 117 mm |
| October | 0 of 36 | 19 °C | 114 mm |
| November | 0 of 36 | 13 °C | 91 mm |
| December | 0 of 36 | 7 °C | 111 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 New Jersey
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in New Jersey 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.
EWR · Newark Liberty International Airport
TEB · Teterboro Airport
TTN · Trenton Mercer Airport
PHL · Philadelphia International Airport
ACY · Atlantic City International Airport
LGA · LaGuardia Airport
JFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport
ILG · Wilmington Airport
DOV · Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base
Good to know
Public holidays in New Jersey, 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 New Jersey
Nearby
Regions near New Jersey
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.