Where to go in August
335 places that are at their best in August, from monthly climate averages and local seasons: dry, comfortable and worth the trip.
Southeast Asia
46 places and 16 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubud Indonesia | 27° / 21°C | 24 mm | Pleasant |
| Koh Phangan Thailand | 26° / 25°C | 144 mm | Pleasant |
| Kuala Lumpur Malaysia | 30° / 23°C | 184 mm | Rainy |
| Koh Samui Thailand | 29° / 27°C | 144 mm | Pleasant |
| Bali Indonesia | 28° / 22°C | 24 mm | Pleasant |
| Canggu Indonesia | 28° / 22°C | 24 mm | Pleasant |
| Mount Bromo Indonesia | 24° / 15°C | 14 mm | Pleasant |
| Yogyakarta Indonesia | 29° / 21°C | 31 mm | Pleasant |
| Lombok Indonesia | 30° / 23°C | 11 mm | Pleasant |
| Malacca Malaysia | 29° / 26°C | 206 mm | Rainy |
| Perhentian Islands Malaysia | 30° / 26°C | 171 mm | Rainy |
| Nusa Penida Indonesia | 28° / 24°C | 16 mm | Pleasant |
| Labuan Bajo Indonesia | 30° / 23°C | 25 mm | Pleasant |
| Gili Islands Indonesia | 30° / 23°C | 11 mm | Pleasant |
| Kuta Indonesia | 28° / 23°C | 24 mm | Pleasant |
| Koh Tao Thailand | 28° / 27°C | 225 mm | Rainy |
| Sanur Indonesia | 28° / 23°C | 24 mm | Pleasant |
| Nusa Dua Indonesia | 26° / 25°C | 20 mm | Pleasant |
| Uluwatu Indonesia | 25° / 24°C | 20 mm | Pleasant |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 29° / 24°C | 49 mm | Pleasant |
| Seminyak Indonesia | 28° / 23°C | 24 mm | Pleasant |
| Bukit Lawang Indonesia | 29° / 22°C | 201 mm | Rainy |
| Malang Indonesia | 29° / 19°C | 14 mm | Pleasant |
| Lake Toba Indonesia | 24° / 18°C | 300 mm | Very wet |
| Tana Toraja Indonesia | 25° / 18°C | 153 mm | Pleasant |
| Amed Indonesia | 28° / 24°C | 16 mm | Pleasant |
| Manado Indonesia | 28° / 26°C | 89 mm | Pleasant |
| Kuta Lombok Indonesia | 27° / 24°C | 11 mm | Pleasant |
| Ipoh Malaysia | 30° / 24°C | 167 mm | Rainy |
| Sandakan Malaysia | 28° / 26°C | 210 mm | Rainy |
East Asia
12 places.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikko Japan | 28° / 19°C | 179 mm | Rainy |
| Harbin China | 27° / 16°C | 104 mm | Pleasant |
| Gobi Desert Mongolia | 28° / 14°C | 23 mm | Pleasant |
| Sapporo Japan | 26° / 18°C | 160 mm | Rainy |
| Ulaanbaatar Mongolia | 23° / 10°C | 61 mm | Pleasant |
| Niseko Japan | 24° / 17°C | 144 mm | Pleasant |
| Hakuba Japan | 28° / 19°C | 155 mm | Pleasant |
| Terelj Mongolia | 22° / 9°C | 64 mm | Pleasant |
| Furano Japan | 25° / 17°C | 154 mm | Pleasant |
| Hakodate Japan | 25° / 20°C | 151 mm | Pleasant |
| Otaru Japan | 26° / 18°C | 160 mm | Rainy |
| Lake Khuvsgul Mongolia | 19° / 7°C | 86 mm | Pleasant |
South Asia
9 places.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ella Sri Lanka | 27° / 17°C | 64 mm | Pleasant |
| Leh India | 24° / 9°C | 35 mm | Pleasant |
| Sigiriya Sri Lanka | 31° / 23°C | 55 mm | Pleasant |
| Arugam Bay Sri Lanka | 32° / 26°C | 67 mm | Hot & humid |
| Spiti Valley India | 11° / 1°C | 147 mm | Cool |
| Trincomalee Sri Lanka | 32° / 26°C | 57 mm | Pleasant |
| Jaffna Sri Lanka | 30° / 27°C | 50 mm | Pleasant |
| Nuwara Eliya Sri Lanka | 18° / 12°C | 92 mm | Cool |
| Skardu Pakistan | 29° / 17°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
Middle East
2 places.
Central Asia & Caucasus
5 places.
Europe
115 places and 85 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salzburg Austria | 24° / 14°C | 153 mm | Pleasant |
| Warsaw Poland | 26° / 14°C | 62 mm | Pleasant |
| Bergen Norway | 19° / 12°C | 205 mm | Rainy |
| Stockholm Sweden | 22° / 13°C | 72 mm | Pleasant |
| Helsinki Finland | 19° / 15°C | 71 mm | Pleasant |
| Berlin Germany | 26° / 14°C | 58 mm | Pleasant |
| Saint Petersburg Russia | 20° / 13°C | 98 mm | Pleasant |
| Edinburgh United Kingdom | 18° / 11°C | 100 mm | Cool |
| Munich Germany | 23° / 14°C | 143 mm | Pleasant |
| Oslo Norway | 20° / 12°C | 122 mm | Pleasant |
| Brussels Belgium | 23° / 13°C | 79 mm | Pleasant |
| Copenhagen Denmark | 21° / 15°C | 83 mm | Pleasant |
| Reykjavik Iceland | 13° / 8°C | 121 mm | Cool |
| Lucerne Switzerland | 24° / 16°C | 158 mm | Pleasant |
| Zurich Switzerland | 24° / 15°C | 146 mm | Pleasant |
| Geneva Switzerland | 26° / 16°C | 99 mm | Pleasant |
| Brașov Romania | 26° / 15°C | 72 mm | Pleasant |
| Santiago de Compostela Spain | 24° / 14°C | 43 mm | Pleasant |
| Shkodër Albania | 32° / 23°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| Bansko Bulgaria | 27° / 14°C | 49 mm | Pleasant |
| Golden Sands Bulgaria | 30° / 20°C | 30 mm | Pleasant |
| Zakopane Poland | 21° / 11°C | 95 mm | Pleasant |
| Wroclaw Poland | 26° / 15°C | 68 mm | Pleasant |
| Vilnius Lithuania | 23° / 13°C | 84 mm | Pleasant |
| Azores Portugal | 24° / 22°C | 27 mm | Pleasant |
| Malmö Sweden | 21° / 15°C | 83 mm | Pleasant |
| Gdansk Poland | 22° / 16°C | 71 mm | Pleasant |
| Gothenburg Sweden | 20° / 15°C | 108 mm | Pleasant |
| Kazan Russia | 23° / 13°C | 61 mm | Pleasant |
| Riga Latvia | 21° / 14°C | 80 mm | Pleasant |
North America
26 places.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canada | 25° / 15°C | 98 mm | Pleasant |
| Toronto Canada | 24° / 18°C | 59 mm | Pleasant |
| Vancouver Canada | 24° / 16°C | 61 mm | Pleasant |
| Banff Canada | 20° / 8°C | 63 mm | Pleasant |
| Quebec City Canada | 23° / 15°C | 108 mm | Pleasant |
| Ottawa Canada | 25° / 15°C | 88 mm | Pleasant |
| Niagara Falls Canada | 26° / 18°C | 71 mm | Pleasant |
| Victoria Canada | 21° / 14°C | 27 mm | Pleasant |
| Calgary Canada | 24° / 10°C | 61 mm | Pleasant |
| Portland United States | 29° / 14°C | 20 mm | Pleasant |
| Whistler Canada | 22° / 12°C | 66 mm | Pleasant |
| Lake Tahoe United States | 28° / 12°C | 7 mm | Pleasant |
| Jackson Hole United States | 27° / 10°C | 31 mm | Pleasant |
| Seattle United States | 24° / 14°C | 29 mm | Pleasant |
| Bermuda Bermuda | 28° / 27°C | 125 mm | Pleasant |
| Aspen United States | 25° / 10°C | 45 mm | Pleasant |
| Halifax Canada | 21° / 15°C | 90 mm | Pleasant |
| Edmonton Canada | 23° / 11°C | 55 mm | Pleasant |
| Prince Edward Island Canada | 22° / 17°C | 88 mm | Pleasant |
| Tofino Canada | 18° / 14°C | 56 mm | Pleasant |
| Jasper Canada | 21° / 9°C | 69 mm | Pleasant |
| Kelowna Canada | 30° / 14°C | 22 mm | Pleasant |
| Minneapolis United States | 27° / 15°C | 107 mm | Pleasant |
| Anchorage United States | 18° / 12°C | 110 mm | Cool |
| Park City United States | 27° / 11°C | 31 mm | Pleasant |
| Vail United States | 24° / 9°C | 49 mm | Pleasant |
Caribbean
1 places.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aruba Aruba | 29° / 28°C | 27 mm | Pleasant |
South America
49 places and 19 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uyuni Bolivia | 13° / -4°C | 2 mm | Cool |
| La Paz Bolivia | 14° / -1°C | 22 mm | Cool |
| Foz do Iguaçu Brazil | 24° / 14°C | 70 mm | Pleasant |
| Cusco Peru | 17° / 4°C | 8 mm | Cool |
| Quito Ecuador | 18° / 5°C | 25 mm | Cool |
| Bogotá Colombia | 19° / 8°C | 108 mm | Pleasant |
| Medellín Colombia | 24° / 16°C | 206 mm | Rainy |
| Sucre Bolivia | 20° / 3°C | 9 mm | Pleasant |
| Huaraz Peru | 23° / 7°C | 8 mm | Pleasant |
| Sacred Valley Peru | 20° / 7°C | 8 mm | Pleasant |
| Puno Peru | 15° / 1°C | 5 mm | Cool |
| Arequipa Peru | 24° / 8°C | 1 mm | Pleasant |
| Baños Ecuador | 20° / 11°C | 127 mm | Pleasant |
| Bariloche Argentina | 6° / -1°C | 122 mm | Cold |
| Salento Colombia | 21° / 12°C | 91 mm | Pleasant |
| Guatapé Colombia | 23° / 13°C | 130 mm | Pleasant |
| Manaus Brazil | 31° / 25°C | 50 mm | Pleasant |
| Ilha Grande Brazil | 26° / 18°C | 39 mm | Pleasant |
| Paraty Brazil | 29° / 16°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Fortaleza Brazil | 29° / 24°C | 9 mm | Pleasant |
| Cuenca Ecuador | 17° / 7°C | 51 mm | Cool |
| Jericoacoara Brazil | 33° / 23°C | 6 mm | Hot |
| Cali Colombia | 30° / 20°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Fernando de Noronha Brazil | 26° / 26°C | 22 mm | Pleasant |
| Copacabana Bolivia | 13° / 3°C | 9 mm | Cool |
| Rurrenabaque Bolivia | 30° / 20°C | 56 mm | Pleasant |
| Paramaribo Suriname | 29° / 25°C | 105 mm | Pleasant |
| Santa Cruz Bolivia | 29° / 17°C | 40 mm | Pleasant |
| Chapada Diamantina Brazil | 29° / 16°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| Mindo Ecuador | 26° / 14°C | 25 mm | Pleasant |
Africa
45 places and 15 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nairobi Kenya | 26° / 12°C | 22 mm | Pleasant |
| Zanzibar Tanzania | 27° / 24°C | 14 mm | Pleasant |
| Kruger National Park South Africa | 27° / 12°C | 8 mm | Pleasant |
| Maasai Mara Kenya | 27° / 14°C | 46 mm | Pleasant |
| Maun Botswana | 30° / 11°C | 1 mm | Pleasant |
| Moshi Tanzania | 29° / 15°C | 14 mm | Pleasant |
| Lamu Kenya | 27° / 24°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| Diani Beach Kenya | 28° / 23°C | 25 mm | Pleasant |
| Kigali Rwanda | 27° / 15°C | 56 mm | Pleasant |
| Mombasa Kenya | 30° / 21°C | 29 mm | Pleasant |
| Windhoek Namibia | 25° / 6°C | 1 mm | Pleasant |
| Livingstone Zambia | 30° / 12°C | 0 mm | Pleasant |
| Arusha Tanzania | 26° / 12°C | 14 mm | Pleasant |
| Victoria Falls Zimbabwe | 30° / 12°C | 0 mm | Pleasant |
| Durban South Africa | 21° / 19°C | 36 mm | Pleasant |
| Hermanus South Africa | 17° / 10°C | 65 mm | Cool |
| Dar es Salaam Tanzania | 28° / 23°C | 14 mm | Pleasant |
| Maputo Mozambique | 26° / 15°C | 14 mm | Pleasant |
| Antananarivo Madagascar | 19° / 9°C | 58 mm | Pleasant |
| Stone Town Tanzania | 27° / 24°C | 14 mm | Pleasant |
| Nungwi Tanzania | 26° / 24°C | 17 mm | Pleasant |
| Kampala Uganda | 26° / 17°C | 88 mm | Pleasant |
| Saint-Gilles-les-Bains Reunion | 24° / 23°C | 18 mm | Pleasant |
| Musanze Rwanda | 23° / 14°C | 91 mm | Pleasant |
| Naivasha Kenya | 23° / 12°C | 89 mm | Pleasant |
| Kasane Botswana | 30° / 12°C | 0 mm | Pleasant |
| Watamu Kenya | 27° / 24°C | 28 mm | Pleasant |
| Cape Maclear Malawi | 28° / 19°C | 7 mm | Pleasant |
| Gaborone Botswana | 26° / 8°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
| Jeffreys Bay South Africa | 19° / 12°C | 46 mm | Pleasant |
Oceania
25 places.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queenstown New Zealand | 9° / 2°C | 89 mm | Cold |
| Bora Bora French Polynesia | 26° / 26°C | 39 mm | Pleasant |
| Nadi Fiji | 26° / 22°C | 78 mm | Pleasant |
| Wanaka New Zealand | 9° / 2°C | 101 mm | Cold |
| Mamanuca Islands Fiji | 26° / 24°C | 53 mm | Pleasant |
| Whitsundays Australia | 23° / 16°C | 16 mm | Pleasant |
| Cairns Australia | 26° / 18°C | 31 mm | Pleasant |
| Brisbane Australia | 21° / 13°C | 45 mm | Pleasant |
| Darwin Australia | 31° / 23°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
| Uluru Australia | 23° / 6°C | 4 mm | Pleasant |
| Tahiti French Polynesia | 26° / 24°C | 47 mm | Pleasant |
| Moorea French Polynesia | 26° / 25°C | 48 mm | Pleasant |
| Rarotonga Cook Islands | 24° / 23°C | 63 mm | Pleasant |
| Nuku'alofa Tonga | 23° / 22°C | 81 mm | Pleasant |
| Apia Samoa | 28° / 26°C | 56 mm | Pleasant |
| Suva Fiji | 25° / 23°C | 98 mm | Pleasant |
| Yasawa Islands Fiji | 26° / 24°C | 63 mm | Pleasant |
| Port Vila Vanuatu | 25° / 24°C | 61 mm | Pleasant |
| Magnetic Island Australia | 24° / 20°C | 11 mm | Pleasant |
| Honiara Solomon Islands | 29° / 25°C | 114 mm | Pleasant |
| Port Douglas Australia | 25° / 20°C | 26 mm | Pleasant |
| Broome Australia | 32° / 16°C | 3 mm | Pleasant |
| Alice Springs Australia | 24° / 7°C | 3 mm | Pleasant |
| Port Moresby Papua New Guinea | 27° / 24°C | 35 mm | Pleasant |
| Rangiroa French Polynesia | 26° / 26°C | 29 mm | Pleasant |