Where to go in August

Where the weather is good in August

Destinations ranked by what August is usually like there, from mild to warm and dry down to cold, on NASA POWER's 2001–2020 averages.

July September

Of the atlas's 2,078 main cities, in August:

Mild to warm and dry301
Mild to warm, humid or showery694
Hot336
Cool55
Wet687
Cold5

Where to go in August

Ranked by what August is like

The 48 best-known places on each continent (by how many Wikipedias write about them), ranked by what the month is like there; every city in the atlas has its own month-by-month page.

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

Show places in230 places

#	Place	Mean high	Rain	What it is like
1	Rio de JaneiroBrazil · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	42 mm	Mild to warm and dry
2	IstanbulTürkiye · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	22 mm	Mild to warm and dry
3	Los AngelesUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	1 mm	Mild to warm and dry
4	TiranaAlbania · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	27 mm	Mild to warm and dry
5	LisbonPortugal · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	6 mm	Mild to warm and dry
6	São PauloBrazil · Mild–warm, dry	24°C	36 mm	Mild to warm and dry
7	BakuAzerbaijan · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	4 mm	Mild to warm and dry
8	BarcelonaSpain · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	41 mm	Mild to warm and dry
9	AnkaraTürkiye · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	14 mm	Mild to warm and dry
10	NairobiKenya · Mild–warm, dry	26°C	22 mm	Mild to warm and dry
11	San FranciscoUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	1 mm	Mild to warm and dry
12	BrasíliaBrazil · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	11 mm	Mild to warm and dry
13	LimaPeru · Mild–warm, dry	21°C	1 mm	Mild to warm and dry
14	AstanaKazakhstan · Mild–warm, dry	26°C	28 mm	Mild to warm and dry
15	BeirutLebanon · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	1 mm	Mild to warm and dry
16	FlorenceItaly · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	40 mm	Mild to warm and dry
17	NaplesItaly · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	24 mm	Mild to warm and dry
18	SkopjeNorth Macedonia · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	39 mm	Mild to warm and dry
19	ChisinauMoldova · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	36 mm	Mild to warm and dry
20	Andorra la VellaAndorra · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	47 mm	Mild to warm and dry
21	PretoriaSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	5 mm	Mild to warm and dry
22	MarseilleFrance · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	21 mm	Mild to warm and dry
23	PodgoricaMontenegro · Mild–warm, dry	28°C	44 mm	Mild to warm and dry
24	SeattleUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	29 mm	Mild to warm and dry
25	JohannesburgSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	7 mm	Mild to warm and dry
26	LuandaAngola · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	2 mm	Mild to warm and dry
27	BordeauxFrance · Mild–warm, dry	27°C	46 mm	Mild to warm and dry
28	VancouverCanada · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	33 mm	Mild to warm and dry
29	QuitoEcuador · Mild–warm, dry	24°C	25 mm	Mild to warm and dry
30	GenoaItaly · Mild–warm, dry	28°C	49 mm	Mild to warm and dry
31	AsunciónParaguay · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	38 mm	Mild to warm and dry
32	PalermoItaly · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	13 mm	Mild to warm and dry
33	HarareZimbabwe · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	2 mm	Mild to warm and dry
34	WindhoekNamibia · Mild–warm, dry	24°C	1 mm	Mild to warm and dry
35	BrisbaneAustralia · Mild–warm, dry	21°C	45 mm	Mild to warm and dry
36	LusakaZambia · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	0 mm	Mild to warm and dry
37	San DiegoUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	4 mm	Mild to warm and dry
38	MaputoMozambique · Mild–warm, dry	27°C	14 mm	Mild to warm and dry
39	GaboroneBotswana · Mild–warm, dry	26°C	2 mm	Mild to warm and dry
40	Salt Lake CityUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	24 mm	Mild to warm and dry
41	NovosibirskRussia · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	49 mm	Mild to warm and dry
42	VolgogradRussia · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	16 mm	Mild to warm and dry
43	DodomaTanzania · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	0 mm	Mild to warm and dry
44	DiliTimor-Leste · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	4 mm	Mild to warm and dry
45	PristinaKosovo · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	48 mm	Mild to warm and dry
46	LilongweMalawi · Mild–warm, dry	26°C	2 mm	Mild to warm and dry
47	BujumburaBurundi · Mild–warm, dry	26°C	42 mm	Mild to warm and dry
48	PisaItaly · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	37 mm	Mild to warm and dry
49	MauritiusMauritius · Mild–warm, dry	24°C	21 mm	Mild to warm and dry
50	CasablancaMorocco · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	3 mm	Mild to warm and dry
51	SucreBolivia · Mild–warm, dry	21°C	9 mm	Mild to warm and dry
52	San JoseUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	1 mm	Mild to warm and dry
53	Santiago de CompostelaSpain · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	43 mm	Mild to warm and dry
54	BilbaoSpain · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	36 mm	Mild to warm and dry
55	SaratovRussia · Mild–warm, dry	28°C	28 mm	Mild to warm and dry
56	BariItaly · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	28 mm	Mild to warm and dry
57	MontpellierFrance · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	25 mm	Mild to warm and dry
58	BloemfonteinSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	20°C	11 mm	Mild to warm and dry
59	San MarinoSan Marino · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	47 mm	Mild to warm and dry
60	MbabaneEswatini · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	13 mm	Mild to warm and dry
61	PortlandUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	28°C	20 mm	Mild to warm and dry
62	RennesFrance · Mild–warm, dry	24°C	47 mm	Mild to warm and dry
63	PortoPortugal · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	22 mm	Mild to warm and dry
64	Belo HorizonteBrazil · Mild–warm, dry	26°C	18 mm	Mild to warm and dry
65	OmskRussia · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	49 mm	Mild to warm and dry
66	SamaraRussia · Mild–warm, dry	27°C	38 mm	Mild to warm and dry
67	BursaTürkiye · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	13 mm	Mild to warm and dry
68	DurbanSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	21°C	36 mm	Mild to warm and dry
69	DarwinAustralia · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	2 mm	Mild to warm and dry
70	OaklandUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	1 mm	Mild to warm and dry
71	HelenaUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	37 mm	Mild to warm and dry
72	CheyenneUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	28°C	42 mm	Mild to warm and dry
73	OlympiaUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	33 mm	Mild to warm and dry
74	TijuanaMexico · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	4 mm	Mild to warm and dry
75	KayseriTürkiye · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	6 mm	Mild to warm and dry
76	VictoriaCanada · Mild–warm, dry	21°C	27 mm	Mild to warm and dry
77	KonyaTürkiye · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	4 mm	Mild to warm and dry
78	KaragandaKazakhstan · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	27 mm	Mild to warm and dry
79	Saint-DenisRéunion · Mild–warm, dry	20°C	31 mm	Mild to warm and dry
80	GanjaAzerbaijan · Mild–warm, dry	28°C	19 mm	Mild to warm and dry
81	GqeberhaSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	19°C	45 mm	Mild to warm and dry
82	GitegaBurundi · Mild–warm, dry	26°C	22 mm	Mild to warm and dry
83	HargeisaSomalia · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	44 mm	Mild to warm and dry
84	Gold CoastAustralia · Mild–warm, dry	21°C	45 mm	Mild to warm and dry
85	AnnabaAlgeria · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	21 mm	Mild to warm and dry
86	KimberleySouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	7 mm	Mild to warm and dry
87	PolokwaneSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	3 mm	Mild to warm and dry
88	PietermaritzburgSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	33 mm	Mild to warm and dry
89	SfaxTunisia · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	8 mm	Mild to warm and dry
90	CairnsAustralia · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	31 mm	Mild to warm and dry
91	BlantyreMalawi · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	8 mm	Mild to warm and dry
92	JamestownSt Helena · Mild–warm, dry	20°C	5 mm	Mild to warm and dry
93	MbombelaSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	26°C	10 mm	Mild to warm and dry
94	BulawayoZimbabwe · Mild–warm, dry	26°C	1 mm	Mild to warm and dry
95	ArushaTanzania · Mild–warm, dry	27°C	14 mm	Mild to warm and dry
96	LubumbashiDemocratic Republic of the Congo · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	1 mm	Mild to warm and dry
97	RustenburgSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	5 mm	Mild to warm and dry
98	Pointe-NoireRepublic of the Congo · Mild–warm, dry	24°C	2 mm	Mild to warm and dry
99	HuamboAngola · Mild–warm, dry	28°C	4 mm	Mild to warm and dry
100	DamiettaEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	0 mm	Mild to warm and dry
101	MwanzaTanzania · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	32 mm	Mild to warm and dry
102	BenguelaAngola · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	3 mm	Mild to warm and dry
103	KenitraMorocco · Mild–warm, dry	24°C	2 mm	Mild to warm and dry
104	LubangoAngola · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	1 mm	Mild to warm and dry
105	SowetoSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	7 mm	Mild to warm and dry
106	MorogoroTanzania · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	11 mm	Mild to warm and dry
107	LobitoAngola · Mild–warm, dry	28°C	3 mm	Mild to warm and dry
108	BeiraMozambique · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	8 mm	Mild to warm and dry
109	NdolaZambia · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	1 mm	Mild to warm and dry
110	RosettaEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	0 mm	Mild to warm and dry
111	KitweZambia · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	1 mm	Mild to warm and dry
112	MbeyaTanzania · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	8 mm	Mild to warm and dry
113	Logan CityAustralia · Mild–warm, dry	21°C	45 mm	Mild to warm and dry
114	ParisFrance · Mild–warm, mixed	25°C	59 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
115	LondonUnited Kingdom · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	66 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
116	MoscowRussia · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	75 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
117	BerlinGermany · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	58 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
118	New YorkUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	114 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
119	MonacoMonaco · Mild–warm, mixed	25°C	23 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
120	BeijingChina · Mild–warm, mixed	31°C	109 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
121	TokyoJapan · Mild–warm, mixed	31°C	134 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
122	Washington, D.C.United States · Mild–warm, mixed	30°C	109 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
123	ViennaAustria · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	86 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
124	HelsinkiFinland · Mild–warm, mixed	19°C	71 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
125	WarsawPoland · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	62 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
126	AmsterdamNetherlands · Mild–warm, mixed	21°C	90 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
127	BogotáColombia · Mild–warm, mixed	24°C	108 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
128	StockholmSweden · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	72 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
129	ChicagoUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	25°C	105 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
130	Saint PetersburgRussia · Mild–warm, mixed	20°C	98 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
131	PragueCzechia · Mild–warm, mixed	25°C	81 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
132	CuritibaBrazil · Mild–warm, mixed	20°C	77 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
133	KyotoJapan · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	149 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
134	BudapestHungary · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	63 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
135	JakartaIndonesia · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	49 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
136	CopenhagenDenmark · Mild–warm, mixed	21°C	83 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
137	OsloNorway · Mild–warm, mixed	19°C	122 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
138	MunichGermany · Mild–warm, mixed	23°C	143 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
139	BrusselsBelgium · Mild–warm, mixed	23°C	79 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
140	DublinIreland · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	91 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
141	MinskBelarus · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	83 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
142	OttawaCanada · Mild–warm, mixed	25°C	88 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
143	HamburgGermany · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	71 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
144	BelgradeSerbia · Mild–warm, mixed	31°C	55 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
145	TorontoCanada · Mild–warm, mixed	25°C	59 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
146	CaracasVenezuela · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	120 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
147	BostonUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	27°C	93 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
148	KarachiPakistan · Mild–warm, mixed	31°C	73 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
149	PhiladelphiaUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	121 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
150	MontrealCanada · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	98 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
151	HonoluluUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	44 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
152	UlaanbaatarMongolia · Mild–warm, mixed	21°C	61 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
153	DenverUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	52 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
154	PerthAustralia · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	106 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
155	DetroitUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	27°C	82 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
156	BengaluruIndia · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	113 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
157	IndianapolisUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	95 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
158	ParamariboSuriname · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	105 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
159	HiroshimaJapan · Mild–warm, mixed	30°C	122 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
160	KingstonJamaica · Mild–warm, mixed	30°C	104 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
161	TegucigalpaHonduras · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	148 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
162	BaltimoreUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	30°C	106 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
163	Nay Pyi TawMyanmar · Mild–warm, mixed	31°C	141 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
164	ColumbusUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	78 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
165	TianjinChina · Mild–warm, mixed	31°C	122 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
166	Port MoresbyPapua New Guinea · Mild–warm, mixed	27°C	35 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
167	Santo DomingoDominican Republic · Mild–warm, mixed	31°C	68 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
168	Sri LankaSri Lanka · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	113 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
169	QuébecCanada · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	108 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
170	PittsburghUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	81 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
171	CalgaryCanada · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	61 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
172	MinneapolisUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	27°C	107 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
173	BridgetownBarbados · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	95 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
174	ApiaSamoa · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	56 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
175	SuvaFiji · Mild–warm, mixed	25°C	95 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
176	LhasaChina · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	119 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
177	HarbinChina · Mild–warm, mixed	27°C	116 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
178	HaifaIsrael · Mild–warm, mixed	30°C	2 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
179	Port VilaVanuatu · Mild–warm, mixed	25°C	61 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
180	KobeJapan · Mild–warm, mixed	30°C	148 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
181	HoniaraSolomon Islands · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	114 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
182	Nuku‘alofaTonga · Mild–warm, mixed	23°C	81 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
183	TrabzonTürkiye · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	42 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
184	BatumiGeorgia · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	72 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
185	BandungIndonesia · Mild–warm, mixed	25°C	44 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
186	YarenNauru · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	118 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
187	KawasakiJapan · Mild–warm, mixed	31°C	134 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
188	YogyakartaIndonesia · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	31 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
189	ChangchunChina · Mild–warm, mixed	27°C	140 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
190	Ðà LạtVietnam · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	117 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
191	PapeeteFrench Polynesia · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	47 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
192	BaliIndonesia · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	24 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
193	NoumeaNew Caledonia · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	58 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
194	NewcastleAustralia · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	51 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
195	TarawaKiribati · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	107 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
196	Pago PagoAmerican Samoa · Mild–warm, mixed	27°C	56 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
197	AvaruaCook Islands · Mild–warm, mixed	24°C	63 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
198	Mata-UtuWallis and Futuna · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	79 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
199	Sunshine CoastAustralia · Mild–warm, mixed	21°C	64 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
200	JerusalemHot	33°C	0 mm	Hot
201	MeccaSaudi Arabia · Hot	41°C	0 mm	Hot
202	TbilisiGeorgia · Hot	32°C	27 mm	Hot
203	DubaiUnited Arab Emirates · Hot	39°C	1 mm	Hot
204	YerevanArmenia · Hot	35°C	21 mm	Hot
205	NicosiaCyprus · Hot	36°C	1 mm	Hot
206	RiyadhSaudi Arabia · Hot	44°C	0 mm	Hot
207	TashkentUzbekistan · Hot	35°C	3 mm	Hot
208	AmmanJordan · Hot	35°C	1 mm	Hot
209	Tel AvivIsrael · Hot	33°C	0 mm	Hot
210	AshgabatTurkmenistan · Hot	33°C	2 mm	Hot
211	DohaQatar · Hot	42°C	0 mm	Hot
212	BishkekKyrgyzstan · Hot	33°C	13 mm	Hot
213	Abu DhabiUnited Arab Emirates · Hot	39°C	1 mm	Hot
214	SydneyAustralia · Cool	17°C	47 mm	Cool
215	CanberraAustralia · Cool	11°C	53 mm	Cool
216	MelbourneAustralia · Cool	13°C	70 mm	Cool
217	WellingtonNew Zealand · Cool	12°C	82 mm	Cool
218	AdelaideAustralia · Cool	15°C	51 mm	Cool
219	AucklandNew Zealand · Cool	14°C	100 mm	Cool
220	HobartAustralia · Cool	12°C	75 mm	Cool
221	ChristchurchNew Zealand · Cool	11°C	70 mm	Cool
222	DunedinNew Zealand · Cool	10°C	43 mm	Cool
223	Central CoastAustralia · Cool	17°C	43 mm	Cool
224	MajuroMarshall Islands · Wet	28°C	234 mm	Wet
225	FunafutiTuvalu · Wet	29°C	167 mm	Wet
226	PalikirMicronesia · Wet	28°C	237 mm	Wet
227	NgerulmudPalau · Wet	28°C	303 mm	Wet
228	HagåtñaGuam · Wet	29°C	315 mm	Wet
229	SaipanNorthern Mariana Islands · Wet	29°C	302 mm	Wet
230	QueenstownNew Zealand · Cold	5°C	89 mm	Cold

How these sentences are worded

Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.

Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).

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