Where to go
Where to go in August
53 of 85 well-known places suit August; the best 40 are shown. 30 are too hot, cold or wet that month. 2 more would suit it but are left out because of a Level 3 or 4 travel advisory.
Places for August
Number 1
Quito
Ecuador
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 11°
- Rain in the month
- 25 mm
Number 2
Cairns
Australia
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 19°
- Rain in the month
- 26 mm
Number 3
Lisbon
Portugal
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 17°
- Rain in the month
- 8 mm
Number 4
Nairobi
Kenya
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 25° / 11°
- Rain in the month
- 32 mm
Number 5
San Francisco
United States
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 23° / 12°
- Rain in the month
- 1 mm
Number 6
Istanbul
Turkey
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 26° / 24°
- Rain in the month
- 23 mm
Number 7
Bali
Indonesia
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 26° / 21°
- Rain in the month
- 24 mm
Number 8
Honolulu
United States
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 27° / 25°
- Rain in the month
- 34 mm
Number 9
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Comfort 99 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 26° / 13°
- Rain in the month
- 37 mm
Number 10
Papeete
French Polynesia
Comfort 98 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 26° / 25°
- Rain in the month
- 48 mm
Number 11
Paris
France
Comfort 96 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 25° / 13°
- Rain in the month
- 59 mm
Number 12
Barcelona
Spain
Comfort 96 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 27° / 22°
- Rain in the month
- 56 mm
Number 13
Vancouver
Canada
Comfort 96 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 20° / 13°
- Rain in the month
- 61 mm
Number 14
London
United Kingdom
Comfort 95 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 22° / 12°
- Rain in the month
- 68 mm
Number 15
Nadi
Fiji
Comfort 95 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 26° / 23°
- Rain in the month
- 66 mm
Number 16
Dubrovnik
Croatia
Comfort 95 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 29° / 17°
- Rain in the month
- 43 mm
Number 17
Florence
Italy
Comfort 95 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 29° / 16°
- Rain in the month
- 40 mm
Number 18
Prague
Czechia
Comfort 94 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 26° / 14°
- Rain in the month
- 75 mm
Number 19
Stockholm
Sweden
Comfort 94 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 22° / 13°
- Rain in the month
- 72 mm
Number 20
Vienna
Austria
Comfort 94 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 27° / 15°
- Rain in the month
- 76 mm
Number 21
Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Comfort 92 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 21° / 15°
- Rain in the month
- 90 mm
Number 22
Copenhagen
Denmark
Comfort 92 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 21° / 15°
- Rain in the month
- 88 mm
Number 23
Lima
Peru
Comfort 92 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 17° / 16°
- Rain in the month
- 2 mm
Number 24
Budapest
Hungary
Comfort 91 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 29° / 16°
- Rain in the month
- 64 mm
Number 25
Venice
Italy
Comfort 90 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 29° / 22°
- Rain in the month
- 80 mm
Number 26
Sydney
Australia
Comfort 90 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 17° / 9°
- Rain in the month
- 43 mm
Number 27
Leh
India
Comfort 89 out of 100
Cool
- Typical high / low
- 16° / 2°
- Rain in the month
- 28 mm
Number 28
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Comfort 88 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 28° / 25°
- Rain in the month
- 113 mm
Number 29
Bengaluru
India
Comfort 88 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 28° / 19°
- Rain in the month
- 113 mm
Number 30
New York
United States
Comfort 86 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 28° / 17°
- Rain in the month
- 119 mm
Number 31
Santiago
Chile
Comfort 85 out of 100
Cool
- Typical high / low
- 15° / 3°
- Rain in the month
- 36 mm
Number 32
Athens
Greece
Comfort 83 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 32° / 23°
- Rain in the month
- 8 mm
Number 33
Rome
Italy
Comfort 83 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 32° / 20°
- Rain in the month
- 26 mm
Number 34
Cusco
Peru
Comfort 83 out of 100
Cool
- Typical high / low
- 14° / 2°
- Rain in the month
- 8 mm
Number 35
Mexico City
Mexico
Comfort 82 out of 100
Wet
- Typical high / low
- 20° / 9°
- Rain in the month
- 153 mm
Number 36
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Comfort 82 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 17° / 11°
- Rain in the month
- 100 mm
Number 37
Cape Town
South Africa
Comfort 82 out of 100
Cool
- Typical high / low
- 16° / 12°
- Rain in the month
- 71 mm
Number 38
Cancun
Mexico
Comfort 81 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 30° / 27°
- Rain in the month
- 103 mm
Number 39
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Comfort 80 out of 100
Wet
- Typical high / low
- 28° / 21°
- Rain in the month
- 173 mm
Number 40
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Comfort 80 out of 100
Cool
- Typical high / low
- 15° / 10°
- Rain in the month
- 71 mm
Places are ranked by the same comfort rule as the Best time of year card: the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. A place is listed only when its month is comfortable (a comfort of 70 or more, about a mild day with little rain). It is a short list of well-known places, not every place; crowds, prices, humidity and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell. Not a forecast. A place under a Level 3 or 4 travel advisory is never listed.
NASA POWER climatology (public domain), 2001–2020. Read on 2026-10-08. Search for any other place above its brief to see its own best time of year.