Where to go in August
In August the Mediterranean is at its warmest and northern Europe is still mild. It is safari season in East Africa and dry season in Bali, while much of Southeast Asia and India get monsoon rain.
Great weather in August
Comfortable midday temperatures and few rainy days, based on last year's weather.
Europe 12
the Algarve
29° / 19° · No rainy days
Crete
24° / 15° · 1 rainy day
Santorini
29° / 24° · 2 rainy days
Madeira
27° / 19° · 3 rainy days
Nice
30° / 22° · 4 rainy days
Porto
26° / 17° · 4 rainy days
Paris
26° / 15° · 5 rainy days
Tenerife
26° / 16° · 5 rainy days
Dubrovnik
30° / 20° · 6 rainy days
Lyon
30° / 17° · 6 rainy days
Transylvania
24° / 12° · 6 rainy days
Kotor
29° / 23° · 6 rainy days
Türkiye & Caucasus 1
Americas 9
San Francisco
20° / 14° · No rainy days
Seattle
25° / 16° · 5 rainy days
São Paulo
24° / 13° · 5 rainy days
New York City
29° / 18° · 6 rainy days
Montreal
25° / 16° · 6 rainy days
Boston
26° / 17° · 6 rainy days
Chicago
26° / 19° · 6 rainy days
Vancouver
23° / 16° · 6 rainy days
Toronto
25° / 17° · 6 rainy days
Also good in August
Lisbon
31° / 19° · No rainy days
Valencia
32° / 24° · No rainy days
Los Angeles
33° / 18° · No rainy days
Bodrum
33° / 24° · No rainy days
Rhodes
33° / 25° · No rainy days
Baku
32° / 24° · 1 rainy day
Athens
33° / 23° · 1 rainy day
Cappadocia
32° / 16° · 1 rainy day
Valletta
31° / 24° · 1 rainy day
Ankara
33° / 19° · 2 rainy days
Sicily
33° / 18° · 2 rainy days
Almaty
31° / 18° · 3 rainy days
Bursa
33° / 21° · 3 rainy days
Provence
32° / 20° · 3 rainy days
Thessaloniki
32° / 22° · 4 rainy days
Tbilisi
33° / 21° · 4 rainy days
the Albanian Riviera
31° / 20° · 4 rainy days
Mallorca
32° / 20° · 4 rainy days
Buenos Aires
16° / 10° · 5 rainy days
Copenhagen
21° / 14° · 7 rainy days
London
23° / 15° · 7 rainy days
Washington, D.C.
27° / 19° · 7 rainy days
Brussels
24° / 15° · 8 rainy days
Berlin
24° / 14° · 8 rainy days
Bruges
23° / 14° · 8 rainy days
Krakow
25° / 14° · 8 rainy days
Venice
28° / 20° · 9 rainy days
Budapest
29° / 17° · 9 rainy days
Split
30° / 21° · 9 rainy days
Warsaw
25° / 14° · 9 rainy days
Vienna
27° / 16° · 9 rainy days
Quebec City
24° / 13° · 9 rainy days
Rotterdam
23° / 15° · 9 rainy days
the Amalfi Coast
29° / 21° · 9 rainy days
Cusco
19° / 4° · 10 rainy days
Nairobi
23° / 13° · 10 rainy days
Ljubljana
27° / 14° · 10 rainy days
Edinburgh
20° / 13° · 11 rainy days
Melbourne
15° / 6° · 8 rainy days
Montevideo
14° / 10° · 8 rainy days
Rome
33° / 21° · 9 rainy days
Santiago
16° / 6° · 9 rainy days
Naples
31° / 22° · 11 rainy days
Florence
32° / 18° · 11 rainy days
Busan
31° / 25° · 11 rainy days
Cape Town
17° / 10° · 11 rainy days
Travel guides
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Cappadocia · TurkeyCappadocia: fairy chimneys, cave churches and sunrise balloons
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Bodrum · TurkeyBodrum: a castle, windmills and quiet Aegean coves
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Paris · FranceParis without the rush: 8 places worth your time
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Lisbon · PortugalLisbon on foot: hills, trams and viewpoints
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Vienna · AustriaVienna: palaces, coffee houses and world-class art
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Budapest · HungaryBudapest: thermal baths, the Danube and ruin bars
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Athens · GreeceAthens: the Acropolis and the neighbourhoods around it