There is no time of the year that is worse or better. It does not matter whether it is summer, spring, winter or fall for having hip replacement surgery. I tell my patients that hip replacement surgery is “elective” and not “emergency” surgery and they can decide when they want to have it. They should get all the help they can when they have surgery. I tell my patients they should feel as if they are “the center of the world” when they have any elective surgery. Travel, vacation and other requests by patients and their friends and relatives should be in place well before the procedure.