Region · United States
Where to stay in Pennsylvania
This guide covers 20 destinations in Pennsylvania, a first-level administrative division of United States, with 125 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and South Philadelphia. Across its destinations, October is the month comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Philadelphia International Airport (PHL).
- Destinations in this guide
- 20
- Places to stay
- 125
- Comfortable in the most places
- October
- Main airport
- PHLPhiladelphia International Airport
- Currency
- USDUnited States dollar
- Time zone
- America/New York
Destinations
Destinations in Pennsylvania
Every destination in this guide in Pennsylvania, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia | 1,603,797 | 40 | PHL · 11 km |
| Lancaster | 58,039 | 16 | LNS · 9 km |
| Pittsburgh | 302,971 | 15 | PIT · 21 km |
| Haverford Township | 50,431 | 9 | PHL · 13 km |
| Lower Paxton Township | 53,501 | 8 | MDT · 16 km |
| Harrisburg | 50,099 | 6 | MDT · 13 km |
| Reading | 95,112 | 5 | LNS · 40 km |
| Allentown | 125,845 | 4 | ABE · 7 km |
| Erie | 94,831 | 4 | ERI · 9 km |
| Scranton | 76,328 | 3 | AVP · 10 km |
| Bethlehem | 75,781 | 3 | ABE · 6 km |
| Lower Merion Township | 63,633 | 3 | PHL · 13 km |
| Abington Township | 58,502 | 3 | PHL · 28 km |
| South Philadelphia | 168,782 | 1 | PHL · 8 km |
| Southwest Philadelphia | 123,829 | 1 | PHL · 3 km |
| Upper Darby Township | 85,681 | 1 | PHL · 11 km |
| Bensalem Township | 62,707 | 1 | TTN · 21 km |
| Bristol Township | 54,291 | 1 | TTN · 18 km |
| Levittown | 52,699 | 1 | TTN · 14 km |
| Millcreek Township | 54,073 | ERI · 10 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Pennsylvania
125 hotels in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania
From the climate of 20 destinations in Pennsylvania 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. The month comfortable in the most places: October.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 20 | 4 °C | 86 mm |
| February | 0 of 20 | 6 °C | 73 mm |
| March | 0 of 20 | 11 °C | 111 mm |
| April | 0 of 20 | 17 °C | 94 mm |
| May | 0 of 20 | 23 °C | 95 mm |
| June | 0 of 20 | 28 °C | 110 mm |
| July | 0 of 20 | 30 °C | 122 mm |
| August | 0 of 20 | 29 °C | 111 mm |
| September | 0 of 20 | 26 °C | 113 mm |
| October | 1 of 20 | 19 °C | 103 mm |
| November | 0 of 20 | 13 °C | 83 mm |
| December | 0 of 20 | 7 °C | 109 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 Pennsylvania
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Pennsylvania 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.
PHL · Philadelphia International Airport
TTN · Trenton Mercer Airport
ABE · Lehigh Valley International Airport
LNS · Lancaster Airport
MDT · Harrisburg International Airport
ERI · Erie International Tom Ridge Field
AVP · Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
PIT · Pittsburgh International Airport
ILG · Wilmington Airport
YHM · John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport
BFD · Bradford Regional Airport
LBE · Arnold Palmer Regional Airport
MGW · Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field
BGM · Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link field
HGR · Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field
IPT · Williamsport Regional Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Pennsylvania, 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 Pennsylvania
Nearby
Regions near Pennsylvania
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.