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Where to go in August

238 popular destinations, sorted by the holiday type that fits their August weather · 30-year averages, not a forecast

In August, 67 of 238 destinations fit a beach holiday (highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers), 95 fit a tropical holiday and 48 a warm one. 26 fit a cool holiday and 0 are cold enough for snow. 56 destinations are in the monsoon this month, including Dakar, Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai and Goa.

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The world in August

Weather you like
World map for August, land coloured by fit for the Warm preset: good 24 %, too cold 31 %, too hot 39 %, too rainy 3 % and monsoon 2 %. Dots mark 238 destinations, 48 of them fitting. Lisbon — too hot · August 8 mm · 18–28 °CAlgarve — too hot · August 8 mm · 18–30 °CPorto — good · August 16 mm · 15–25 °CMadeira — good · August 8 mm · 17–23 °CTenerife — good · August 0 mm · 15–25 °CBarcelona — too hot · August 56 mm · 19–29 °CMallorca — too hot · August 24 mm · 19–29 °CIbiza — too hot · August 16 mm · 21–31 °CMálaga — too hot · August 8 mm · 20–31 °CNice — good · August 32 mm · 20–27 °CCorsica — good · August 16 mm · 18–27 °CRome — too hot · August 32 mm · 19–30 °CSorrento — too hot · August 32 mm · 19–28 °CSicily — too hot · August 16 mm · 21–29 °CSardinia — too hot · August 8 mm · 20–31 °CFlorence — too hot · August 64 mm · 17–29 °CVenice — too hot · August 64 mm · 19–28 °CAthens — too hot · August 8 mm · 23–32 °CSantorini — too hot · August 0 mm · 23–29 °CCrete — too hot · August 0 mm · 22–29 °CRhodes — too hot · August 0 mm · 23–31 °CCorfu — too hot · August 24 mm · 19–31 °CDubrovnik — too hot · August 48 mm · 20–29 °CSplit — too hot · August 48 mm · 18–28 °CMalta — too hot · August 8 mm · 23–31 °CCyprus — too hot · August 0 mm · 20–31 °CIstanbul — too hot · August 32 mm · 19–28 °CAntalya — too hot · August 8 mm · 20–35 °CBodrum — too hot · August 8 mm · 22–33 °CMadrid — too hot · August 8 mm · 17–32 °CSeville — too hot · August 8 mm · 19–35 °CGran Canaria — too hot · August 0 mm · 18–28 °CLanzarote — too hot · August 0 mm · 19–29 °CMykonos — too hot · August 0 mm · 23–28 °CCappadocia — too hot · August 8 mm · 12–28 °CLondon — good · August 48 mm · 12–22 °CEdinburgh — too cold · August 64 mm · 10–18 °CDublin — good · August 72 mm · 11–19 °CParis — good · August 40 mm · 14–25 °CAmsterdam — good · August 64 mm · 13–22 °CBerlin — good · August 56 mm · 14–23 °CPrague — good · August 64 mm · 13–24 °CVienna — good · August 64 mm · 15–26 °CBudapest — good · August 48 mm · 16–27 °CCopenhagen — good · August 48 mm · 13–21 °CStockholm — good · August 64 mm · 12–21 °CBergen — too cold · August 200 mm · 11–17 °CReykjavík — too cold · August 80 mm · 8–13 °CInnsbruck — too cold · August 152 mm · 9–18 °CChamonix — too cold · August 104 mm · 6–13 °CMunich — too rainy · August 112 mm · 13–23 °CInterlaken — too cold · August 104 mm · 8–16 °COslo — good · August 80 mm · 11–20 °CTromsø — too cold · August 80 mm · 8–15 °CRovaniemi — too cold · August 72 mm · 9–16 °CKrakow — good · August 80 mm · 12–24 °CLake Bled — too rainy · August 152 mm · 10–21 °CMarrakech — too hot · August 0 mm · 21–34 °CAgadir — good · August 0 mm · 19–27 °CCairo — too hot · August 0 mm · 21–35 °CHurghada — too hot · August 0 mm · 26–34 °CSharm El Sheikh — too hot · August 0 mm · 27–37 °CTel Aviv — too hot · August 0 mm · 22–31 °CPetra — too hot · August 0 mm · 21–34 °CDubai — too hot · August 0 mm · 29–42 °CAbu Dhabi — too hot · August 0 mm · 30–41 °CMuscat — too hot · August 8 mm · 27–35 °CSalalah — too hot · August 24 mm · 22–29 °CDjerba — too hot · August 0 mm · 23–33 °CLuxor — too hot · August 0 mm · 25–40 °CDoha — too hot · August 0 mm · 29–40 °CDakar — too hot · August 160 mm · 24–31 °CAccra — too hot · August 32 mm · 22–29 °CNairobi — good · August 16 mm · 12–24 °CArusha — good · August 8 mm · 12–23 °CMombasa — too hot · August 64 mm · 20–28 °CZanzibar — too hot · August 40 mm · 20–29 °CVictoria Falls — too hot · August 0 mm · 11–29 °CWindhoek — good · August 0 mm · 6–24 °CKruger — good · August 8 mm · 10–26 °CDurban — good · August 56 mm · 13–23 °CCape Town — too cold · August 80 mm · 9–18 °CNosy Be — too hot · August 32 mm · 19–29 °CMauritius — good · August 96 mm · 17–22 °CRéunion — too cold · August 80 mm · 11–17 °CSeychelles — too hot · August 136 mm · 23–28 °CCape Verde — too hot · August 8 mm · 23–28 °CMaun — too hot · August 0 mm · 11–30 °CKigali — good · August 24 mm · 15–27 °CJohannesburg — good · August 8 mm · 5–21 °CDelhi — too hot · August 224 mm · 26–34 °CJaipur — too hot · August 224 mm · 25–33 °CMumbai — too hot · August 512 mm · 25–30 °CGoa — too hot · August 600 mm · 24–29 °CKochi — too hot · August 416 mm · 24–29 °CLeh — good · August 16 mm · 7–20 °CCherrapunji — monsoon · August 968 mm · 18–24 °CKathmandu — monsoon · August 416 mm · 18–26 °CColombo — too hot · August 136 mm · 25–30 °CGalle — too hot · August 224 mm · 25–29 °CMaldives — too hot · August 176 mm · 27–31 °CAgra — too hot · August 256 mm · 26–33 °CVaranasi — too hot · August 312 mm · 27–33 °CSrinagar — good · August 64 mm · 17–27 °CParo — monsoon · August 184 mm · 11–19 °CTrincomalee — too hot · August 72 mm · 25–34 °CAndaman Islands — too hot · August 360 mm · 24–29 °CBangkok — too hot · August 160 mm · 25–33 °CChiang Mai — too hot · August 208 mm · 22–29 °CPhuket — too hot · August 352 mm · 24–31 °CKrabi — too hot · August 312 mm · 23–31 °CKoh Samui — too hot · August 104 mm · 25–32 °CKoh Chang — too hot · August 648 mm · 24–30 °CHanoi — too hot · August 312 mm · 25–32 °CHoi An — too hot · August 112 mm · 26–33 °CHo Chi Minh City — too hot · August 272 mm · 24–31 °CPhu Quoc — too hot · August 560 mm · 25–30 °CSiem Reap — too hot · August 184 mm · 25–32 °CLuang Prabang — too hot · August 312 mm · 23–30 °CYangon — too hot · August 568 mm · 24–30 °CKuala Lumpur — too hot · August 168 mm · 23–32 °CPenang — too hot · August 208 mm · 23–32 °CLangkawi — too hot · August 256 mm · 23–30 °CKota Kinabalu — too hot · August 208 mm · 23–30 °CSingapore — too hot · August 160 mm · 24–31 °CBali — too hot · August 24 mm · 22–29 °CLombok — too hot · August 32 mm · 20–28 °CYogyakarta — too hot · August 24 mm · 21–31 °CLabuan Bajo — too hot · August 24 mm · 22–30 °CBoracay — too hot · August 560 mm · 24–30 °CEl Nido — too hot · August 424 mm · 24–30 °CCebu — too hot · August 152 mm · 23–31 °CSiargao — too hot · August 128 mm · 25–32 °CNha Trang — too hot · August 64 mm · 24–31 °CSapa — monsoon · August 384 mm · 19–26 °CPhnom Penh — too hot · August 160 mm · 25–32 °CBagan — too hot · August 112 mm · 25–32 °CManila — too hot · August 536 mm · 24–31 °CRaja Ampat — too hot · August 256 mm · 23–29 °CPerhentian Islands — too hot · August 216 mm · 23–32 °CTokyo — too hot · August 168 mm · 23–31 °CKyoto — too hot · August 152 mm · 22–30 °CSapporo — too rainy · August 152 mm · 18–26 °COkinawa — too hot · August 248 mm · 26–31 °CSeoul — too hot · August 304 mm · 21–29 °CBeijing — too hot · August 160 mm · 21–30 °CShanghai — too hot · August 128 mm · 25–31 °CGuilin — too hot · August 160 mm · 24–32 °CHong Kong — too hot · August 368 mm · 25–31 °CTaipei — too hot · August 304 mm · 24–30 °CJeju — monsoon · August 280 mm · 22–27 °CChengdu — too hot · August 216 mm · 22–30 °CSanya — too hot · August 184 mm · 25–31 °CUlaanbaatar — good · August 72 mm · 8–21 °CSydney — good · August 72 mm · 8–19 °CMelbourne — too cold · August 48 mm · 7–15 °CBrisbane — good · August 40 mm · 10–22 °CCairns — good · August 32 mm · 18–25 °CDarwin — too hot · August 8 mm · 20–32 °CUluru — good · August 8 mm · 6–24 °CPerth — too cold · August 112 mm · 9–18 °CAuckland — too cold · August 136 mm · 8–15 °CQueenstown — too cold · August 120 mm · -1–8 °CFiji — good · August 72 mm · 19–27 °CBora Bora — too hot · August 80 mm · 22–28 °CHonolulu — too hot · August 120 mm · 22–29 °CHobart — too cold · August 64 mm · 4–13 °CWhitsundays — good · August 40 mm · 14–24 °CChristchurch — too cold · August 96 mm · 3–12 °CRarotonga — too rainy · August 128 mm · 19–25 °CNouméa — good · August 64 mm · 16–24 °CVanuatu — too rainy · August 136 mm · 19–26 °CMaui — too hot · August 72 mm · 20–28 °CNew York — too hot · August 112 mm · 19–29 °CMiami — too hot · August 192 mm · 25–32 °COrlando — too hot · August 176 mm · 23–33 °CNew Orleans — too hot · August 160 mm · 23–33 °CLas Vegas — too hot · August 16 mm · 24–39 °CLos Angeles — too hot · August 0 mm · 17–32 °CSan Francisco — good · August 0 mm · 13–25 °CVancouver — good · August 64 mm · 12–21 °CBanff — too cold · August 64 mm · 4–18 °CToronto — good · August 80 mm · 16–25 °CMexico City — monsoon · August 144 mm · 11–24 °CCancún — too hot · August 136 mm · 23–34 °CPuerto Vallarta — too hot · August 312 mm · 20–31 °CCabo San Lucas — too hot · August 72 mm · 23–33 °CBelize City — too hot · August 184 mm · 25–31 °CAntigua Guatemala — monsoon · August 200 mm · 14–23 °CTamarindo — too hot · August 208 mm · 22–32 °CSan José — monsoon · August 336 mm · 16–25 °CPanama City — too hot · August 240 mm · 24–30 °CChicago — too hot · August 104 mm · 17–28 °CSeattle — good · August 32 mm · 13–24 °CAspen — good · August 56 mm · 3–20 °CYellowstone — good · August 40 mm · 2–22 °CGrand Canyon — too hot · August 48 mm · 14–30 °CAnchorage — too cold · August 104 mm · 10–18 °CMontreal — good · August 96 mm · 15–26 °COaxaca — monsoon · August 128 mm · 12–23 °CTulum — too hot · August 120 mm · 23–33 °CRoatán — too hot · August 144 mm · 26–32 °CLa Fortuna — too hot · August 384 mm · 19–28 °CHavana — too hot · August 136 mm · 24–32 °CMontego Bay — too hot · August 216 mm · 22–31 °CPunta Cana — too hot · August 112 mm · 24–32 °CSan Juan — too hot · August 200 mm · 22–32 °CNassau — too hot · August 184 mm · 25–33 °CBarbados — too hot · August 176 mm · 24–30 °CSt Lucia — too hot · August 232 mm · 24–30 °CAruba — too hot · August 32 mm · 26–33 °CCuraçao — too hot · August 40 mm · 26–32 °CTurks & Caicos Islands — too hot · August 48 mm · 25–32 °CCayman Islands — too hot · August 176 mm · 25–32 °CAntigua — too hot · August 136 mm · 25–31 °CMartinique — too hot · August 240 mm · 23–30 °CGuadeloupe — too hot · August 184 mm · 23–30 °CCartagena — too hot · August 144 mm · 24–32 °CMedellín — monsoon · August 208 mm · 13–23 °CQuito — good · August 24 mm · 8–22 °CGalápagos — good · August 8 mm · 17–25 °CLima — good · August 0 mm · 13–19 °CCusco — too cold · August 8 mm · -1–17 °CLa Paz — too cold · August 16 mm · -6–14 °CSan Pedro de Atacama — good · August 0 mm · 0–19 °CSantiago — too cold · August 72 mm · 4–16 °CBariloche — too cold · August 160 mm · -1–7 °CEl Calafate — too cold · August 32 mm · -2–6 °CBuenos Aires — too cold · August 64 mm · 8–17 °CIguazú — too rainy · August 112 mm · 11–25 °CRio de Janeiro — good · August 32 mm · 16–27 °CSalvador — too rainy · August 136 mm · 20–27 °CManaus — too hot · August 56 mm · 23–32 °CBogotá — too cold · August 88 mm · 8–18 °CFlorianópolis — too rainy · August 112 mm · 12–21 °CFernando de Noronha — too hot · August 40 mm · 24–29 °CUshuaia — too cold · August 40 mm · -1–4 °CUyuni — too cold · August 0 mm · -5–13 °C
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The world in August: every 0.25° cell of land is coloured by how it fits the Warm preset (highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers). Each dot is a destination; it is larger and gold where the month fits. Pick the weather you like above and the whole world is judged again. Tap a dot to open its page.

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Warm holidays in August

highs 19–28 °C66–82 °F, dry or showers · 48 of 238 destinations

Southern Europe & Mediterranean

Northern & Central Europe

Middle East & North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

South Asia

East Asia

Oceania & Pacific

North & Central America

South America

Tropical holidays in August

highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, any rain except monsoon · 95 of 238 destinations

Southern Europe & Mediterranean

Middle East & North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

South Asia

Southeast Asia

East Asia

Oceania & Pacific

North & Central America

Caribbean

South America

Beach holidays in August

highs 28–38 °C82–100 °F, dry or showers · 67 of 238 destinations

Southern Europe & Mediterranean

Middle East & North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

South Asia

Southeast Asia

Oceania & Pacific

North & Central America

Caribbean

South America

Cool holidays in August

highs 3–19 °C37–66 °F, any rain except monsoon · 26 of 238 destinations

Northern & Central Europe

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

Oceania & Pacific

North & Central America

South America

Snow holidays in August

highs below 3 °C37 °F, any rain · 0 of 238 destinations

No destination fits this month. Widen your picks on the map.

In the monsoon in August

Places where August is a true monsoon month: heavy seasonal rain (180 mm7.1 in or more, or 120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate where the wettest month has at least three times the rain of the driest.

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

South Asia

Southeast Asia

East Asia

North & Central America

Caribbean

South America

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