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Where to go in August

173 popular destinations, sorted into the holiday types that fit their August climate · monthly normals, not a forecast

In August, 46 of 173 destinations fit a beach holiday (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showers), 66 a tropical one and 42 a warm one; 18 suit cool-weather trips and 0 have snow-cold means. 41 destinations are in the monsoon this month — Dakar, Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai and Goa among them.

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The world in August

Weather you like
World map for August, land coloured by fit for the Warm preset: good 27 %, too cold 37 %, too hot 30 %, too rainy 3 % and monsoon 3 %. Dots mark 173 destinations, 42 of them fitting. Lisbon — good · August 8 mm · 23 °CAlgarve — too hot · August 8 mm · 24 °CPorto — good · August 16 mm · 20 °CMadeira — good · August 8 mm · 20 °CTenerife — good · August 0 mm · 20 °CBarcelona — too hot · August 56 mm · 24 °CMallorca — too hot · August 24 mm · 24 °CIbiza — too hot · August 16 mm · 26 °CMálaga — too hot · August 8 mm · 26 °CNice — good · August 32 mm · 23 °CCorsica — good · August 16 mm · 23 °CRome — too hot · August 32 mm · 25 °CSorrento — good · August 32 mm · 23 °CSicily — too hot · August 16 mm · 25 °CSardinia — too hot · August 8 mm · 26 °CFlorence — good · August 64 mm · 23 °CVenice — good · August 64 mm · 23 °CAthens — too hot · August 8 mm · 27 °CSantorini — too hot · August 0 mm · 26 °CCrete — too hot · August 0 mm · 25 °CRhodes — too hot · August 0 mm · 27 °CCorfu — too hot · August 24 mm · 25 °CDubrovnik — too hot · August 48 mm · 24 °CSplit — good · August 48 mm · 23 °CMalta — too hot · August 8 mm · 27 °CCyprus — too hot · August 0 mm · 26 °CIstanbul — good · August 32 mm · 23 °CAntalya — too hot · August 8 mm · 27 °CBodrum — too hot · August 8 mm · 28 °CLondon — good · August 48 mm · 17 °CEdinburgh — good · August 64 mm · 14 °CDublin — good · August 72 mm · 15 °CParis — good · August 40 mm · 20 °CAmsterdam — good · August 64 mm · 17 °CBerlin — good · August 56 mm · 19 °CPrague — good · August 64 mm · 19 °CVienna — good · August 64 mm · 20 °CBudapest — good · August 48 mm · 21 °CCopenhagen — good · August 48 mm · 17 °CStockholm — good · August 64 mm · 16 °CBergen — too cold · August 200 mm · 14 °CReykjavík — too cold · August 80 mm · 10 °CInnsbruck — too cold · August 152 mm · 13 °CChamonix — too cold · August 104 mm · 10 °CMarrakech — too hot · August 0 mm · 28 °CAgadir — good · August 0 mm · 23 °CCairo — too hot · August 0 mm · 28 °CHurghada — too hot · August 0 mm · 30 °CSharm El Sheikh — too hot · August 0 mm · 32 °CTel Aviv — too hot · August 0 mm · 27 °CPetra — too hot · August 0 mm · 27 °CDubai — too hot · August 0 mm · 35 °CAbu Dhabi — too hot · August 0 mm · 35 °CMuscat — too hot · August 8 mm · 31 °CSalalah — too hot · August 24 mm · 26 °CDakar — too hot · August 160 mm · 27 °CAccra — too hot · August 32 mm · 25 °CNairobi — good · August 16 mm · 18 °CArusha — good · August 8 mm · 17 °CMombasa — too hot · August 64 mm · 24 °CZanzibar — too hot · August 40 mm · 25 °CVictoria Falls — good · August 0 mm · 20 °CWindhoek — good · August 0 mm · 15 °CKruger — good · August 8 mm · 18 °CDurban — good · August 56 mm · 18 °CCape Town — too cold · August 80 mm · 13 °CNosy Be — too hot · August 32 mm · 24 °CMauritius — good · August 96 mm · 20 °CRéunion — good · August 80 mm · 14 °CSeychelles — too hot · August 136 mm · 26 °CDelhi — too hot · August 224 mm · 30 °CJaipur — too hot · August 224 mm · 29 °CMumbai — too hot · August 512 mm · 27 °CGoa — too hot · August 600 mm · 27 °CKochi — too hot · August 416 mm · 27 °CLeh — too cold · August 16 mm · 14 °CCherrapunji — monsoon · August 968 mm · 21 °CKathmandu — monsoon · August 416 mm · 22 °CColombo — too hot · August 136 mm · 28 °CGalle — too hot · August 224 mm · 27 °CMaldives — too hot · August 176 mm · 29 °CBangkok — too hot · August 160 mm · 29 °CChiang Mai — too hot · August 208 mm · 26 °CPhuket — too hot · August 352 mm · 28 °CKrabi — too hot · August 312 mm · 27 °CKoh Samui — too hot · August 104 mm · 28 °CKoh Chang — too hot · August 648 mm · 27 °CHanoi — too hot · August 312 mm · 29 °CHoi An — too hot · August 112 mm · 30 °CHo Chi Minh City — too hot · August 272 mm · 28 °CPhu Quoc — too hot · August 560 mm · 27 °CSiem Reap — too hot · August 184 mm · 28 °CLuang Prabang — too hot · August 312 mm · 27 °CYangon — too hot · August 568 mm · 27 °CKuala Lumpur — too hot · August 168 mm · 28 °CPenang — too hot · August 208 mm · 27 °CLangkawi — too hot · August 256 mm · 27 °CKota Kinabalu — too hot · August 208 mm · 26 °CSingapore — too hot · August 160 mm · 27 °CBali — too hot · August 24 mm · 26 °CLombok — too hot · August 32 mm · 24 °CYogyakarta — too hot · August 24 mm · 26 °CLabuan Bajo — too hot · August 24 mm · 26 °CBoracay — too hot · August 560 mm · 27 °CEl Nido — too hot · August 424 mm · 27 °CCebu — too hot · August 152 mm · 27 °CSiargao — too hot · August 128 mm · 28 °CTokyo — too hot · August 168 mm · 27 °CKyoto — too hot · August 152 mm · 26 °CSapporo — too rainy · August 152 mm · 22 °COkinawa — too hot · August 248 mm · 29 °CSeoul — too hot · August 304 mm · 25 °CBeijing — too hot · August 160 mm · 25 °CShanghai — too hot · August 128 mm · 28 °CGuilin — too hot · August 160 mm · 28 °CHong Kong — too hot · August 368 mm · 28 °CTaipei — too hot · August 304 mm · 27 °CSydney — too cold · August 72 mm · 13 °CMelbourne — too cold · August 48 mm · 11 °CBrisbane — good · August 40 mm · 16 °CCairns — good · August 32 mm · 21 °CDarwin — too hot · August 8 mm · 26 °CUluru — good · August 8 mm · 15 °CPerth — too cold · August 112 mm · 14 °CAuckland — too cold · August 136 mm · 12 °CQueenstown — too cold · August 120 mm · 4 °CFiji — good · August 72 mm · 23 °CBora Bora — too hot · August 80 mm · 25 °CHonolulu — too hot · August 120 mm · 26 °CNew York — too rainy · August 112 mm · 24 °CMiami — too hot · August 192 mm · 29 °COrlando — too hot · August 176 mm · 28 °CNew Orleans — too hot · August 160 mm · 28 °CLas Vegas — too hot · August 16 mm · 32 °CLos Angeles — too hot · August 0 mm · 24 °CSan Francisco — good · August 0 mm · 19 °CVancouver — good · August 64 mm · 16 °CBanff — too cold · August 64 mm · 11 °CToronto — good · August 80 mm · 21 °CMexico City — monsoon · August 144 mm · 17 °CCancún — too hot · August 136 mm · 28 °CPuerto Vallarta — too hot · August 312 mm · 25 °CCabo San Lucas — too hot · August 72 mm · 28 °CBelize City — too hot · August 184 mm · 28 °CAntigua Guatemala — monsoon · August 200 mm · 19 °CTamarindo — too hot · August 208 mm · 27 °CSan José — monsoon · August 336 mm · 20 °CPanama City — too hot · August 240 mm · 27 °CHavana — too hot · August 136 mm · 28 °CMontego Bay — too hot · August 216 mm · 26 °CPunta Cana — too hot · August 112 mm · 28 °CSan Juan — too hot · August 200 mm · 27 °CNassau — too hot · August 184 mm · 29 °CBarbados — too hot · August 176 mm · 27 °CSt Lucia — too hot · August 232 mm · 27 °CAruba — too hot · August 32 mm · 29 °CCuraçao — too hot · August 40 mm · 29 °CCartagena — too hot · August 144 mm · 28 °CMedellín — monsoon · August 208 mm · 18 °CQuito — good · August 24 mm · 15 °CGalápagos — good · August 8 mm · 21 °CLima — good · August 0 mm · 16 °CCusco — too cold · August 8 mm · 8 °CLa Paz — too cold · August 16 mm · 4 °CSan Pedro de Atacama — too cold · August 0 mm · 9 °CSantiago — too cold · August 72 mm · 10 °CBariloche — too cold · August 160 mm · 3 °CEl Calafate — too cold · August 32 mm · 2 °CBuenos Aires — too cold · August 64 mm · 12 °CIguazú — too rainy · August 112 mm · 18 °CRio de Janeiro — good · August 32 mm · 21 °CSalvador — too rainy · August 136 mm · 23 °CManaus — too hot · August 56 mm · 27 °C
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The world in August: every 0.25° cell of land coloured by how it fits the Warm preset (mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers), with a dot per destination — larger and gold where the month fits. Pick the weather you like above and the whole world is re-judged; tap a dot for its page.

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Warm holidays in August

mean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showers · 42 of 173 destinations

Southern Europe & Mediterranean

Northern & Central Europe

Middle East & North Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

Oceania & Pacific

North & Central America

South America

Tropical holidays in August

mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon · 66 of 173 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

mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showers · 46 of 173 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

mean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoon · 18 of 173 destinations

Northern & Central Europe

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

South Asia

Oceania & Pacific

North & Central America

South America

Snow holidays in August

mean below 0 °C32 °F, any rain · 0 of 173 destinations

Nothing 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 ≥ 120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest.

Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean

South Asia

Southeast Asia

East Asia

North & Central America

Caribbean

South America

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