Summer Would You Rather Questions
Beach, vacation, pool, and camp questions for summer parties and road trips.
Using this list
Summer questions have one real advantage over every other seasonal list: you can play them anywhere, because the whole point of summer is being somewhere other than indoors. These are written for that — a car, a beach, a queue for a ride, a tent at eleven at night when nobody will go to sleep. The heat section is the one that gets the strongest reactions, because everybody has a limit and nobody agrees where it is.
Best for: Road trips, beach days, summer camp, garden parties, and the last week of the school year.
- → Perfect car game — nothing to hold, nothing to read, works with the driver playing too.
- → For camp or a large group, split the field: option A one side, option B the other.
- → The camping section works best actually camping, ideally after dark.
Water and the beach
The reliable opener. (8 questions)
Would you rather spend every day at the sea or spend every day at a pool?
Would you rather swim in cold clear water or swim in warm murky water?
Would you rather get sand everywhere for a day or smell of chlorine for a day?
Would you rather have a beach entirely to yourself or have a busy beach with everything nearby?
Would you rather be able to hold your breath for ten minutes or be able to swim twice as fast?
Would you rather surf badly or snorkel well?
Would you rather have unlimited ice cream at the beach or have unlimited cold drinks at the beach?
Would you rather build the best sandcastle or find the best shell?
Heat and weather
Everybody has a limit. Nobody agrees where it is. (8 questions)
Would you rather be slightly too hot all summer or be slightly too cold all summer?
Would you rather have a perfect tan or never get sunburned?
Would you rather have air conditioning but no garden or have a garden but no air conditioning?
Would you rather sleep in a hot room with a fan or sleep in a cool room with noise outside?
Would you rather get one enormous thunderstorm a week or get grey skies with no rain?
Would you rather have perfect weather every day or have summer last twice as long?
Would you rather wear only flip-flops all summer or wear only sunglasses all summer?
Would you rather be caught in a downpour with no coat or be caught in the sun with no water?
Trips and travel
Reveals how someone likes to spend time. (8 questions)
Would you rather take a road trip with friends or fly somewhere new with family?
Would you rather stay in one place for two weeks or see five places in ten days?
Would you rather plan the whole trip in advance or decide each morning?
Would you rather have a long journey and a great destination or have a short journey somewhere ordinary?
Would you rather be in charge of the music or be in charge of the route?
Would you rather travel with no phone or travel with no camera?
Would you rather go somewhere hot and crowded or go somewhere cool and empty?
Would you rather come home early with money left or stay to the last day and spend everything?
Camping and long evenings
Best played after dark, ideally in a tent. (8 questions)
Would you rather camp for a week or stay somewhere comfortable for a week?
Would you rather sleep in a tent in the rain or sleep outside under clear sky?
Would you rather have a bonfire every night or watch fireworks every night?
Would you rather cook everything over a fire or eat cold food but sleep in a bed?
Would you rather be the one who puts the tent up or be the one who cooks?
Would you rather have no signal for a week or have no hot water for a week?
Would you rather stay up until sunrise or get up for the sunrise?
Would you rather hear an animal outside the tent or hear absolutely nothing all night?
Frequently Asked Questions
Do these work as a car game?
They are one of the better car games, because nothing has to be held, read or passed around, and the driver can play. Read a question, everyone answers, ask one person why. Repeat until someone falls asleep.
Are these suitable for summer camp and children?
Yes. The whole page is written for mixed ages, and the water, heat and camping sections in particular work with groups of children. For a large camp group, have option A stand on one side and option B on the other.
How many questions are on this page?
Thirty-two, in four sections, all listed in full on this page with nothing hidden behind a button.