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Where to go in August

Well-known places at their most comfortable in the month you choose: mild days and little rain, from twenty years of weather averages. Typical weather, not a forecast, and never a place under a travel advisory.

53 of 85 well-known places suit August; the best 12 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

  1. Number 1

    Quito

    Ecuador

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    24° / 11°
    Rain in the month
    25 mm
    Open brief for Quito

  2. Number 2

    Cairns

    Australia

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    24° / 19°
    Rain in the month
    26 mm
    Open brief for Cairns

  3. Number 3

    Lisbon

    Portugal

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    24° / 17°
    Rain in the month
    8 mm
    Open brief for Lisbon

  4. Number 4

    Nairobi

    Kenya

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    25° / 11°
    Rain in the month
    32 mm
    Open brief for Nairobi

  5. Number 5

    San Francisco

    United States

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    23° / 12°
    Rain in the month
    1 mm
    Open brief for San Francisco

  6. Number 6

    Istanbul

    Turkey

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    26° / 24°
    Rain in the month
    23 mm
    Open brief for Istanbul

  7. Number 7

    Bali

    Indonesia

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    26° / 21°
    Rain in the month
    24 mm
    Open brief for Bali

  8. Number 8

    Honolulu

    United States

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    27° / 25°
    Rain in the month
    34 mm
    Open brief for Honolulu

  9. Number 9

    Rio de Janeiro

    Brazil

    Comfort 99 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    26° / 13°
    Rain in the month
    37 mm
    Open brief for Rio de Janeiro

  10. Number 10

    Papeete

    French Polynesia

    Comfort 98 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    26° / 25°
    Rain in the month
    48 mm
    Open brief for Papeete

  11. Number 11

    Paris

    France

    Comfort 96 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    25° / 13°
    Rain in the month
    59 mm
    Open brief for Paris

  12. Number 12

    Barcelona

    Spain

    Comfort 96 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    27° / 22°
    Rain in the month
    56 mm
    Open brief for Barcelona

Show all 53 places for August

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.