Hotels with rooftop pools, city by city
Find out who can swim, which floor the pool is on, whether it's heated, when it opens and what a day pass costs, before you book.
Where to swim this winter
Cities warm enough for a rooftop swim from November to January. The full winter guide
Miami
December averages 78°F (26°C). 14 of 25 rooftop pools sell day passes, from $20, and seven are heated for winter swims.
Brisbane
December averages 30°C (85°F). Ten Brisbane hotels with rooftop pools: one sells day passes, six are guests only, and four heat the water.
Medellin
December averages 27°C (81°F). Six of 13 rooftop pools are heated, and two hotels sell day passes to non-guests, led by A Design Hotel's 11th floor.
Cape Town
December averages 26°C (78°F). Fifteen rooftop pools, but only Cloud 9 sells non-guest access. Eight are guests only and five are heated.
Chiang Mai
December averages 29°C (85°F). Four rooftop pools, one stated guests-only, none with published day passes. Infinity pools face the river and Doi Suthep.
Playa del Carmen
December averages 29°C (83°F). Thirteen rooftop pools in a beach town where January still averages 27.8°C. Five sell day passes to non-guests, from MX$545, and two are guests only.
Most searched destinations
Chicago
Short season, mostly guests-only decks. Two hotels sell day passes, from $20 on Sundays at The Hoxton.
Nashville
14 of 17 rooftop pools sell day passes, from $25 to $80, and six are heated for cooler months.
Toronto
Four heated pools, a 44th-floor pool at BISHA and one day-pass hotel, in a June to August swim season.
Houston
Eight of ten rooftop pools sell day passes, from $20 at the Marriott Marquis to an 18th-floor pool at $50.
Melbourne
Six of the seven rooftop pools are heated. Two of them let non-guests in with a day pass, so you don't need a room.
Montreal
Seven rooftop pools, none sold as day passes, and one heated outdoor pool at Hotel Bonaventure that stays open all year.
Austin
Eleven of 15 rooftop pools sell day passes, from $20, and six are heated for Austin's cooler months.
New Orleans
Nine of 13 rooftop pools sell day passes, from $10, and eight are heated, so swimming works well beyond summer.
Atlanta
Seven of 11 rooftop pools sell day passes, from $20 at W Atlanta Downtown, and four are heated.
How we check a rooftop pool
Most lists of rooftop pools don't tell you the one thing you need: whether you can actually swim there.
We start from every hotel that claims a pool on the roof, then check the claim against the hotel's own website and its Google listing. A pool on the 3rd-floor terrace of a 20-floor tower doesn't count, and neither does a hot tub on the roof. Each city page lists the hotels we rejected and why.
For each pool we record who can swim, the floor, heating, the season, the hours and the day-pass price, with the page each fact came from. When a hotel doesn't publish something, we say so instead of guessing.
Every city, by region
Facts last checked November 1, 2026
Europe
North America
- Atlanta 11
- Austin 15
- Baltimore 3
- Charleston 5
- Chicago 12
- Fort Lauderdale 7
- Houston 10
- Kansas City 3
- Miami 25
- Montreal 7
- Nashville 17
- New Orleans 13
- Oklahoma City 3
- Orlando 5
- Phoenix 7
- Salt Lake City 3
- San Antonio 7
- Santa Monica 7
- Savannah 5
- Scottsdale 9
- St Louis 3
- Tampa 10
- Toronto 8
- Vancouver 4
Latin America and the Caribbean
Asia
Australia and the Pacific
- Brisbane 10
- Gold Coast 4
- Melbourne 7
Guides across every city
Guide photos are samples, not the hotels listed.
Rooftop pool day passes
The 160 hotels that let non-guests swim, with day-pass prices where the seller publishes them.
Heated rooftop pools
The 186 pools whose hotels say the water is heated, city by city.
Rooftop pools in winter
Where the air is still warm enough to swim outdoors from November to January.