Where to go in October

Where the weather is good in October

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

September November

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

Mild to warm and dry295
Mild to warm, humid or showery754
Hot182
Cool383
Wet348
Cold116

Where to go in October

Ranked by what October 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	BeijingChina · Mild–warm, dry	19°C	30 mm	Mild to warm and dry
2	JerusalemMild–warm, dry	28°C	14 mm	Mild to warm and dry
3	AthensGreece · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	49 mm	Mild to warm and dry
4	Los AngelesUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	17 mm	Mild to warm and dry
5	SantiagoChile · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	12 mm	Mild to warm and dry
6	CairoEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	5 mm	Mild to warm and dry
7	BakuAzerbaijan · Mild–warm, dry	19°C	22 mm	Mild to warm and dry
8	AnkaraTürkiye · Mild–warm, dry	18°C	33 mm	Mild to warm and dry
9	San FranciscoUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	21°C	29 mm	Mild to warm and dry
10	TbilisiGeorgia · Mild–warm, dry	20°C	38 mm	Mild to warm and dry
11	LimaPeru · Mild–warm, dry	21°C	1 mm	Mild to warm and dry
12	Cape TownSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	18°C	31 mm	Mild to warm and dry
13	BeirutLebanon · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	23 mm	Mild to warm and dry
14	YerevanArmenia · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	33 mm	Mild to warm and dry
15	NicosiaCyprus · Mild–warm, dry	27°C	20 mm	Mild to warm and dry
16	Addis AbabaEthiopia · Mild–warm, dry	21°C	34 mm	Mild to warm and dry
17	Las VegasUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	27°C	13 mm	Mild to warm and dry
18	KathmanduNepal · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	45 mm	Mild to warm and dry
19	TashkentUzbekistan · Mild–warm, dry	20°C	26 mm	Mild to warm and dry
20	AmmanJordan · Mild–warm, dry	28°C	6 mm	Mild to warm and dry
21	IslamabadPakistan · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	24 mm	Mild to warm and dry
22	PretoriaSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	48 mm	Mild to warm and dry
23	Tel AvivIsrael · Mild–warm, dry	28°C	14 mm	Mild to warm and dry
24	AshgabatTurkmenistan · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	10 mm	Mild to warm and dry
25	BishkekKyrgyzstan · Mild–warm, dry	19°C	36 mm	Mild to warm and dry
26	PhoenixUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	14 mm	Mild to warm and dry
27	DushanbeTajikistan · Mild–warm, dry	20°C	11 mm	Mild to warm and dry
28	PerthAustralia · Mild–warm, dry	20°C	32 mm	Mild to warm and dry
29	AlexandriaEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	28°C	7 mm	Mild to warm and dry
30	HarareZimbabwe · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	25 mm	Mild to warm and dry
31	SacramentoUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	26°C	30 mm	Mild to warm and dry
32	WindhoekNamibia · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	20 mm	Mild to warm and dry
33	ValenciaSpain · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	44 mm	Mild to warm and dry
34	San DiegoUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	15 mm	Mild to warm and dry
35	AsmaraEritrea · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	8 mm	Mild to warm and dry
36	AdelaideAustralia · Mild–warm, dry	21°C	24 mm	Mild to warm and dry
37	TianjinChina · Mild–warm, dry	20°C	29 mm	Mild to warm and dry
38	LilongweMalawi · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	12 mm	Mild to warm and dry
39	NouakchottMauritania · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	19 mm	Mild to warm and dry
40	ZaragozaSpain · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	40 mm	Mild to warm and dry
41	AlmatyKazakhstan · Mild–warm, dry	19°C	37 mm	Mild to warm and dry
42	MauritiusMauritius · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	29 mm	Mild to warm and dry
43	SucreBolivia · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	41 mm	Mild to warm and dry
44	San JoseUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	24°C	25 mm	Mild to warm and dry
45	GranadaSpain · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	47 mm	Mild to warm and dry
46	SamarkandUzbekistan · Mild–warm, dry	20°C	14 mm	Mild to warm and dry
47	BloemfonteinSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	34 mm	Mild to warm and dry
48	MarrakechMorocco · Mild–warm, dry	27°C	23 mm	Mild to warm and dry
49	ZhengzhouChina · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	39 mm	Mild to warm and dry
50	AlbuquerqueUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	22 mm	Mild to warm and dry
51	Santa FeUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	19°C	30 mm	Mild to warm and dry
52	HaifaIsrael · Mild–warm, dry	27°C	28 mm	Mild to warm and dry
53	OaklandUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	21°C	29 mm	Mild to warm and dry
54	AdanaTürkiye · Mild–warm, dry	28°C	39 mm	Mild to warm and dry
55	BukharaUzbekistan · Mild–warm, dry	22°C	5 mm	Mild to warm and dry
56	LucknowIndia · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	29 mm	Mild to warm and dry
57	TucsonUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	26°C	15 mm	Mild to warm and dry
58	MonterreyMexico · Mild–warm, dry	24°C	43 mm	Mild to warm and dry
59	El PasoUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	21 mm	Mild to warm and dry
60	BhopalIndia · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	25 mm	Mild to warm and dry
61	AntofagastaChile · Mild–warm, dry	18°C	0 mm	Mild to warm and dry
62	GaziantepTürkiye · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	32 mm	Mild to warm and dry
63	ChandigarhIndia · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	12 mm	Mild to warm and dry
64	FresnoUnited States · Mild–warm, dry	27°C	15 mm	Mild to warm and dry
65	TijuanaMexico · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	15 mm	Mild to warm and dry
66	GizaEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	5 mm	Mild to warm and dry
67	KonyaTürkiye · Mild–warm, dry	19°C	35 mm	Mild to warm and dry
68	OranAlgeria · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	49 mm	Mild to warm and dry
69	AntakyaTürkiye · Mild–warm, dry	27°C	42 mm	Mild to warm and dry
70	PrayagrajIndia · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	35 mm	Mild to warm and dry
71	LaayouneMild–warm, dry	29°C	33 mm	Mild to warm and dry
72	QingdaoChina · Mild–warm, dry	20°C	26 mm	Mild to warm and dry
73	PeshawarPakistan · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	28 mm	Mild to warm and dry
74	AgadirMorocco · Mild–warm, dry	28°C	24 mm	Mild to warm and dry
75	JinanChina · Mild–warm, dry	20°C	26 mm	Mild to warm and dry
76	Saint-DenisRéunion · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	34 mm	Mild to warm and dry
77	EilatIsrael · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	3 mm	Mild to warm and dry
78	IndoreIndia · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	26 mm	Mild to warm and dry
79	DiyarbakırTürkiye · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	39 mm	Mild to warm and dry
80	OshKyrgyzstan · Mild–warm, dry	19°C	16 mm	Mild to warm and dry
81	NoumeaNew Caledonia · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	41 mm	Mild to warm and dry
82	GqeberhaSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	21°C	43 mm	Mild to warm and dry
83	HargeisaSomalia · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	29 mm	Mild to warm and dry
84	SuezEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	5 mm	Mild to warm and dry
85	HurghadaEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	2 mm	Mild to warm and dry
86	KimberleySouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	27 mm	Mild to warm and dry
87	PolokwaneSouth Africa · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	42 mm	Mild to warm and dry
88	SfaxTunisia · Mild–warm, dry	26°C	30 mm	Mild to warm and dry
89	JamestownSt Helena · Mild–warm, dry	20°C	4 mm	Mild to warm and dry
90	Dire DawaEthiopia · Mild–warm, dry	27°C	37 mm	Mild to warm and dry
91	IsmailiaEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	29°C	4 mm	Mild to warm and dry
92	DamiettaEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	26°C	9 mm	Mild to warm and dry
93	BenguelaAngola · Mild–warm, dry	25°C	19 mm	Mild to warm and dry
94	TantaEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	7 mm	Mild to warm and dry
95	Al FayyumEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	3 mm	Mild to warm and dry
96	ZagazigEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	5 mm	Mild to warm and dry
97	Al MansurahEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	31°C	7 mm	Mild to warm and dry
98	SafiMorocco · Mild–warm, dry	23°C	34 mm	Mild to warm and dry
99	LobitoAngola · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	40 mm	Mild to warm and dry
100	RosettaEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	27°C	10 mm	Mild to warm and dry
101	DamanhurEgypt · Mild–warm, dry	30°C	7 mm	Mild to warm and dry
102	MbeyaTanzania · Mild–warm, dry	26°C	30 mm	Mild to warm and dry
103	RomeItaly · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	82 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
104	Vatican CityVatican City · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	82 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
105	New YorkUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	124 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
106	MonacoMonaco · Mild–warm, mixed	19°C	88 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
107	MadridSpain · Mild–warm, mixed	20°C	66 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
108	Hong KongHong Kong · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	49 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
109	Rio de JaneiroBrazil · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	108 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
110	Washington, D.C.United States · Mild–warm, mixed	20°C	105 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
111	IstanbulTürkiye · Mild–warm, mixed	20°C	70 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
112	TiranaAlbania · Mild–warm, mixed	19°C	95 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
113	Buenos AiresArgentina · Mild–warm, mixed	20°C	109 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
114	LisbonPortugal · Mild–warm, mixed	21°C	79 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
115	SydneyAustralia · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	64 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
116	CuritibaBrazil · Mild–warm, mixed	24°C	148 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
117	Mexico CityMexico · Mild–warm, mixed	19°C	64 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
118	SeoulSouth Korea · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	53 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
119	São PauloBrazil · Mild–warm, mixed	27°C	104 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
120	ShanghaiChina · Mild–warm, mixed	23°C	77 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
121	JakartaIndonesia · Mild–warm, mixed	31°C	134 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
122	BarcelonaSpain · Mild–warm, mixed	21°C	70 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
123	NairobiKenya · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	53 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
124	BucharestRomania · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	56 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
125	MumbaiIndia · Mild–warm, mixed	31°C	104 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
126	BelgradeSerbia · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	54 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
127	VeniceItaly · Mild–warm, mixed	19°C	87 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
128	MilanItaly · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	95 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
129	KrasnodarRussia · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	66 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
130	MacaoMacao · Mild–warm, mixed	27°C	69 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
131	GibraltarGibraltar · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	76 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
132	CaracasVenezuela · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	96 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
133	AlgiersAlgeria · Mild–warm, mixed	25°C	58 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
134	CanberraAustralia · Mild–warm, mixed	19°C	59 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
135	MelbourneAustralia · Mild–warm, mixed	19°C	61 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
136	AtlantaUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	24°C	83 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
137	NaplesItaly · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	76 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
138	KolkataIndia · Mild–warm, mixed	30°C	146 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
139	PhiladelphiaUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	19°C	110 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
140	MontevideoUruguay · Mild–warm, mixed	19°C	103 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
141	MiamiUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	124 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
142	HanoiVietnam · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	124 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
143	AbujaNigeria · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	117 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
144	HavanaCuba · Mild–warm, mixed	30°C	87 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
145	AccraGhana · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	148 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
146	TaipeiMild–warm, mixed	25°C	109 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
147	SkopjeNorth Macedonia · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	88 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
148	HoustonUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	128 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
149	MarseilleFrance · Mild–warm, mixed	20°C	75 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
150	HonoluluUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	27°C	73 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
151	RabatMorocco · Mild–warm, mixed	24°C	55 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
152	JohannesburgSouth Africa · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	57 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
153	LuandaAngola · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	16 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
154	BordeauxFrance · Mild–warm, mixed	20°C	68 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
155	GuadalajaraMexico · Mild–warm, mixed	25°C	51 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
156	TunisTunisia · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	61 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
157	SochiRussia · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	139 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
158	VallettaMalta · Mild–warm, mixed	24°C	82 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
159	WuhanChina · Mild–warm, mixed	24°C	75 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
160	QuitoEcuador · Mild–warm, mixed	23°C	76 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
161	SevilleSpain · Mild–warm, mixed	25°C	71 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
162	GenoaItaly · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	97 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
163	DakarSenegal · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	49 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
164	DallasUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	102 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
165	MelillaSpain · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	58 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
166	PalermoItaly · Mild–warm, mixed	23°C	91 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
167	New OrleansUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	104 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
168	NiceFrance · Mild–warm, mixed	19°C	88 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
169	ToulouseFrance · Mild–warm, mixed	21°C	64 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
170	AustinUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	95 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
171	BrisbaneAustralia · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	81 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
172	IndianapolisUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	93 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
173	BolognaItaly · Mild–warm, mixed	20°C	74 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
174	ParamariboSuriname · Mild–warm, mixed	30°C	51 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
175	BaltimoreUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	19°C	109 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
176	ThessaloníkiGreece · Mild–warm, mixed	21°C	51 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
177	ColumbusUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	18°C	77 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
178	PisaItaly · Mild–warm, mixed	21°C	91 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
179	NashvilleUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	101 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
180	Oklahoma CityUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	23°C	81 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
181	Port MoresbyPapua New Guinea · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	44 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
182	Santo DomingoDominican Republic · Mild–warm, mixed	30°C	64 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
183	San AntonioUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	78 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
184	BilbaoSpain · Mild–warm, mixed	20°C	95 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
185	MálagaSpain · Mild–warm, mixed	21°C	60 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
186	BariItaly · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	71 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
187	MontpellierFrance · Mild–warm, mixed	20°C	82 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
188	Little RockUnited States · Mild–warm, mixed	24°C	117 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
189	San MarinoSan Marino · Mild–warm, mixed	19°C	79 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
190	ApiaSamoa · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	141 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
191	CórdobaSpain · Mild–warm, mixed	24°C	69 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
192	CataniaItaly · Mild–warm, mixed	23°C	70 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
193	PortoPortugal · Mild–warm, mixed	20°C	137 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
194	Port VilaVanuatu · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	94 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
195	Nuku‘alofaTonga · Mild–warm, mixed	24°C	88 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
196	YarenNauru · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	118 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
197	PapeeteFrench Polynesia · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	84 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
198	NewcastleAustralia · Mild–warm, mixed	22°C	70 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
199	TarawaKiribati · Mild–warm, mixed	29°C	95 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
200	Pago PagoAmerican Samoa · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	143 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
201	Gold CoastAustralia · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	83 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
202	CairnsAustralia · Mild–warm, mixed	28°C	62 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
203	AvaruaCook Islands · Mild–warm, mixed	24°C	95 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
204	Sunshine CoastAustralia · Mild–warm, mixed	24°C	88 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
205	Logan CityAustralia · Mild–warm, mixed	26°C	81 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
206	Central CoastAustralia · Mild–warm, mixed	23°C	66 mm	Mild to warm, humid or showery
207	DarwinAustralia · Hot	33°C	58 mm	Hot
208	ParisFrance · Cool	16°C	57 mm	Cool
209	LondonUnited Kingdom · Cool	15°C	73 mm	Cool
210	BerlinGermany · Cool	14°C	49 mm	Cool
211	ViennaAustria · Cool	15°C	54 mm	Cool
212	WarsawPoland · Cool	13°C	49 mm	Cool
213	AmsterdamNetherlands · Cool	14°C	78 mm	Cool
214	StockholmSweden · Cool	10°C	63 mm	Cool
215	PragueCzechia · Cool	14°C	46 mm	Cool
216	WellingtonNew Zealand · Cool	14°C	77 mm	Cool
217	AucklandNew Zealand · Cool	17°C	80 mm	Cool
218	HobartAustralia · Cool	15°C	64 mm	Cool
219	ChristchurchNew Zealand · Cool	16°C	78 mm	Cool
220	DunedinNew Zealand · Cool	12°C	60 mm	Cool
221	SuvaFiji · Wet	27°C	207 mm	Wet
222	HoniaraSolomon Islands · Wet	28°C	160 mm	Wet
223	MajuroMarshall Islands · Wet	29°C	276 mm	Wet
224	FunafutiTuvalu · Wet	29°C	184 mm	Wet
225	PalikirMicronesia · Wet	29°C	264 mm	Wet
226	NgerulmudPalau · Wet	29°C	236 mm	Wet
227	HagåtñaGuam · Wet	29°C	231 mm	Wet
228	SaipanNorthern Mariana Islands · Wet	29°C	226 mm	Wet
229	Mata-UtuWallis and Futuna · Wet	28°C	166 mm	Wet
230	QueenstownNew Zealand · Cold	9°C	117 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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