Where to go in September
730 places that are at their best in September, from monthly climate averages and local seasons: dry, comfortable and worth the trip.
Southeast Asia
36 places and 6 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubud Indonesia | 28° / 22°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Bali Indonesia | 29° / 23°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Canggu Indonesia | 29° / 23°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Ninh Binh Vietnam | 30° / 24°C | 309 mm | Very wet |
| Mount Bromo Indonesia | 26° / 16°C | 17 mm | Pleasant |
| Sapa Vietnam | 24° / 15°C | 190 mm | Rainy |
| Ha Giang Vietnam | 32° / 24°C | 145 mm | Hot & humid |
| Yogyakarta Indonesia | 30° / 22°C | 66 mm | Pleasant |
| Lombok Indonesia | 31° / 24°C | 39 mm | Pleasant |
| Nusa Penida Indonesia | 29° / 25°C | 42 mm | Pleasant |
| Siargao Philippines | 29° / 27°C | 204 mm | Rainy |
| Labuan Bajo Indonesia | 31° / 24°C | 71 mm | Pleasant |
| Gili Islands Indonesia | 31° / 24°C | 39 mm | Pleasant |
| Kuta Indonesia | 30° / 23°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Sanur Indonesia | 30° / 23°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Nusa Dua Indonesia | 26° / 25°C | 31 mm | Pleasant |
| Uluwatu Indonesia | 25° / 24°C | 31 mm | Pleasant |
| Jakarta Indonesia | 30° / 25°C | 66 mm | Pleasant |
| Seminyak Indonesia | 30° / 23°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Cao Bang Vietnam | 30° / 22°C | 152 mm | Pleasant |
| Mai Chau Vietnam | 31° / 23°C | 196 mm | Rainy |
| Malang Indonesia | 31° / 20°C | 21 mm | Pleasant |
| Lake Toba Indonesia | 24° / 18°C | 342 mm | Very wet |
| Tana Toraja Indonesia | 26° / 18°C | 166 mm | Rainy |
| Amed Indonesia | 29° / 25°C | 42 mm | Pleasant |
| Manado Indonesia | 29° / 26°C | 95 mm | Pleasant |
| Kuta Lombok Indonesia | 28° / 25°C | 36 mm | Pleasant |
| Nusa Lembongan Indonesia | 29° / 25°C | 42 mm | Pleasant |
| Surabaya Indonesia | 36° / 23°C | 17 mm | Very hot |
| Batam Indonesia | 29° / 27°C | 165 mm | Rainy |
East Asia
43 places and 13 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chengdu China | 27° / 18°C | 128 mm | Pleasant |
| Xi'an China | 27° / 16°C | 125 mm | Pleasant |
| Busan South Korea | 24° / 23°C | 187 mm | Rainy |
| Seoul South Korea | 24° / 17°C | 138 mm | Pleasant |
| Beijing China | 27° / 14°C | 64 mm | Pleasant |
| Guilin China | 30° / 21°C | 92 mm | Pleasant |
| Yangshuo China | 30° / 22°C | 88 mm | Pleasant |
| Dali China | 23° / 14°C | 128 mm | Pleasant |
| Zhangjiajie China | 28° / 19°C | 124 mm | Pleasant |
| Gobi Desert Mongolia | 21° / 7°C | 15 mm | Pleasant |
| Huangshan China | 26° / 17°C | 114 mm | Pleasant |
| Ishigaki Japan | 29° / 28°C | 195 mm | Rainy |
| Sapporo Japan | 22° / 14°C | 137 mm | Pleasant |
| Ulaanbaatar Mongolia | 16° / 3°C | 25 mm | Cool |
| Jeju South Korea | 25° / 23°C | 185 mm | Rainy |
| Lhasa China | 20° / 7°C | 52 mm | Pleasant |
| Hakuba Japan | 24° / 15°C | 170 mm | Rainy |
| Terelj Mongolia | 15° / 2°C | 26 mm | Cool |
| Pingyao China | 25° / 13°C | 87 mm | Pleasant |
| Shangri-La China | 18° / 7°C | 100 mm | Cool |
| Hakodate Japan | 22° / 17°C | 130 mm | Pleasant |
| Dunhuang China | 28° / 15°C | 4 mm | Pleasant |
| Otaru Japan | 22° / 14°C | 137 mm | Pleasant |
| Matsumoto Japan | 26° / 16°C | 178 mm | Rainy |
| Kunming China | 25° / 14°C | 103 mm | Pleasant |
| Lake Khuvsgul Mongolia | 12° / 1°C | 33 mm | Cool |
| Sendai Japan | 25° / 16°C | 142 mm | Pleasant |
| Miyakojima Japan | 28° / 28°C | 191 mm | Rainy |
| Changsha China | 30° / 20°C | 92 mm | Pleasant |
| Xiaoliuqiu Taiwan | 30° / 26°C | 240 mm | Rainy |
South Asia
17 places.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rishikesh India | 31° / 23°C | 177 mm | Rainy |
| Dharamshala India | 26° / 18°C | 136 mm | Pleasant |
| Shimla India | 20° / 12°C | 158 mm | Pleasant |
| Manali India | 22° / 13°C | 115 mm | Pleasant |
| Leh India | 19° / 4°C | 20 mm | Pleasant |
| Sigiriya Sri Lanka | 31° / 23°C | 87 mm | Pleasant |
| Arugam Bay Sri Lanka | 31° / 26°C | 110 mm | Hot & humid |
| Srinagar India | 28° / 16°C | 42 mm | Pleasant |
| Hunza Valley Pakistan | 21° / 11°C | 11 mm | Pleasant |
| Kasol India | 24° / 16°C | 115 mm | Pleasant |
| Ooty India | 18° / 9°C | 111 mm | Cool |
| Spiti Valley India | 8° / -3°C | 68 mm | Cold |
| Trincomalee Sri Lanka | 32° / 26°C | 80 mm | Pleasant |
| Skardu Pakistan | 24° / 12°C | 21 mm | Pleasant |
| Gilgit Pakistan | 29° / 17°C | 16 mm | Pleasant |
| Swat Valley Pakistan | 31° / 20°C | 40 mm | Pleasant |
| Kabul Afghanistan | 28° / 11°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
Middle East
29 places.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cappadocia Turkey | 27° / 13°C | 15 mm | Pleasant |
| Antalya Turkey | 34° / 21°C | 25 mm | Hot |
| Istanbul Turkey | 25° / 19°C | 54 mm | Pleasant |
| Pamukkale Turkey | 33° / 18°C | 20 mm | Pleasant |
| Side Turkey | 33° / 22°C | 28 mm | Hot |
| Kuşadası Turkey | 33° / 18°C | 18 mm | Hot |
| Kemer Turkey | 32° / 25°C | 28 mm | Pleasant |
| Ankara Turkey | 27° / 12°C | 19 mm | Pleasant |
| Çeşme Turkey | 26° / 21°C | 18 mm | Pleasant |
| Kaş Turkey | 28° / 26°C | 19 mm | Pleasant |
| Alanya Turkey | 30° / 26°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| Izmir Turkey | 29° / 18°C | 19 mm | Pleasant |
| Ölüdeniz Turkey | 30° / 20°C | 20 mm | Pleasant |
| Marmaris Turkey | 32° / 21°C | 20 mm | Pleasant |
| Fethiye Turkey | 32° / 23°C | 20 mm | Pleasant |
| Bodrum Turkey | 29° / 22°C | 20 mm | Pleasant |
| Beirut Lebanon | 31° / 24°C | 5 mm | Pleasant |
| Selçuk Turkey | 33° / 18°C | 18 mm | Hot |
| Trabzon Turkey | 25° / 20°C | 80 mm | Pleasant |
| Didim Turkey | 32° / 19°C | 19 mm | Pleasant |
| Dalyan Turkey | 34° / 21°C | 20 mm | Hot |
| Bursa Turkey | 28° / 16°C | 46 mm | Pleasant |
| Kalkan Turkey | 32° / 22°C | 20 mm | Pleasant |
| Belek Turkey | 33° / 22°C | 28 mm | Hot |
| Abha Saudi Arabia | 29° / 16°C | 1 mm | Pleasant |
| Salalah Oman | 30° / 24°C | 94 mm | Pleasant |
| Byblos Lebanon | 31° / 24°C | 5 mm | Pleasant |
| Tabriz Iran | 29° / 13°C | 6 mm | Pleasant |
| Mashhad Iran | 29° / 13°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
Central Asia & Caucasus
23 places.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tbilisi Georgia | 28° / 16°C | 25 mm | Pleasant |
| Khiva Uzbekistan | 30° / 14°C | 1 mm | Pleasant |
| Samarkand Uzbekistan | 30° / 15°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
| Bukhara Uzbekistan | 31° / 14°C | 0 mm | Pleasant |
| Bishkek Kyrgyzstan | 27° / 13°C | 15 mm | Pleasant |
| Tashkent Uzbekistan | 30° / 16°C | 4 mm | Pleasant |
| Batumi Georgia | 28° / 20°C | 121 mm | Pleasant |
| Kazbegi Georgia | 18° / 7°C | 54 mm | Pleasant |
| Baku Azerbaijan | 25° / 22°C | 13 mm | Pleasant |
| Almaty Kazakhstan | 25° / 14°C | 24 mm | Pleasant |
| Yerevan Armenia | 30° / 16°C | 18 mm | Pleasant |
| Karakol Kyrgyzstan | 20° / 10°C | 29 mm | Pleasant |
| Borjomi Georgia | 25° / 12°C | 80 mm | Pleasant |
| Sheki Azerbaijan | 26° / 16°C | 34 mm | Pleasant |
| Osh Kyrgyzstan | 28° / 16°C | 4 mm | Pleasant |
| Gabala Azerbaijan | 25° / 14°C | 30 mm | Pleasant |
| Kutaisi Georgia | 28° / 17°C | 103 mm | Pleasant |
| Sighnaghi Georgia | 26° / 14°C | 34 mm | Pleasant |
| Dushanbe Tajikistan | 32° / 17°C | 2 mm | Pleasant |
| Mestia Georgia | 20° / 10°C | 88 mm | Pleasant |
| Gyumri Armenia | 23° / 9°C | 28 mm | Pleasant |
| Dilijan Armenia | 24° / 13°C | 23 mm | Pleasant |
| Astana Kazakhstan | 18° / 6°C | 21 mm | Pleasant |
Europe
361 places and 331 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granada Spain | 27° / 17°C | 26 mm | Pleasant |
| Crete Greece | 26° / 23°C | 18 mm | Pleasant |
| Krakow Poland | 20° / 10°C | 74 mm | Pleasant |
| Madeira Portugal | 23° / 20°C | 21 mm | Pleasant |
| Sicily Italy | 28° / 21°C | 61 mm | Pleasant |
| Málaga Spain | 25° / 21°C | 29 mm | Pleasant |
| Salzburg Austria | 19° / 10°C | 112 mm | Pleasant |
| Porto Portugal | 23° / 15°C | 49 mm | Pleasant |
| Warsaw Poland | 20° / 9°C | 52 mm | Pleasant |
| Split Croatia | 25° / 19°C | 90 mm | Pleasant |
| Algarve Portugal | 26° / 19°C | 22 mm | Pleasant |
| Athens Greece | 28° / 20°C | 29 mm | Pleasant |
| Bruges Belgium | 19° / 11°C | 58 mm | Pleasant |
| Bergen Norway | 15° / 10°C | 268 mm | Rainy |
| Vienna Austria | 22° / 11°C | 79 mm | Pleasant |
| Provence France | 26° / 14°C | 50 mm | Pleasant |
| Madrid Spain | 28° / 14°C | 24 mm | Pleasant |
| Stockholm Sweden | 17° / 9°C | 55 mm | Cool |
| Helsinki Finland | 15° / 12°C | 63 mm | Cool |
| Barcelona Spain | 27° / 18°C | 59 mm | Pleasant |
| Mallorca Spain | 26° / 23°C | 63 mm | Pleasant |
| Naples Italy | 28° / 18°C | 68 mm | Pleasant |
| Budapest Hungary | 23° / 11°C | 57 mm | Pleasant |
| Florence Italy | 26° / 15°C | 66 mm | Pleasant |
| French Riviera France | 23° / 21°C | 46 mm | Pleasant |
| Lake Como Italy | 23° / 15°C | 105 mm | Pleasant |
| Lisbon Portugal | 22° / 17°C | 25 mm | Pleasant |
| Venice Italy | 24° / 18°C | 95 mm | Pleasant |
| Dubrovnik Croatia | 25° / 21°C | 103 mm | Pleasant |
| Nice France | 23° / 21°C | 46 mm | Pleasant |
North America
55 places and 25 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canada | 21° / 10°C | 88 mm | Pleasant |
| Toronto Canada | 21° / 15°C | 66 mm | Pleasant |
| Vancouver Canada | 20° / 12°C | 122 mm | Pleasant |
| Banff Canada | 15° / 4°C | 69 mm | Cool |
| Honolulu United States | 28° / 25°C | 50 mm | Pleasant |
| Chicago United States | 22° / 16°C | 86 mm | Pleasant |
| Los Angeles United States | 31° / 19°C | 3 mm | Pleasant |
| Washington, D.C. United States | 27° / 17°C | 107 mm | Pleasant |
| Boston United States | 24° / 13°C | 92 mm | Pleasant |
| New York City United States | 23° / 18°C | 97 mm | Pleasant |
| San Francisco United States | 24° / 12°C | 4 mm | Pleasant |
| Quebec City Canada | 20° / 10°C | 109 mm | Pleasant |
| Ottawa Canada | 22° / 10°C | 87 mm | Pleasant |
| Niagara Falls Canada | 22° / 15°C | 81 mm | Pleasant |
| Victoria Canada | 18° / 12°C | 50 mm | Pleasant |
| Calgary Canada | 18° / 5°C | 53 mm | Pleasant |
| Portland United States | 25° / 11°C | 57 mm | Pleasant |
| Salt Lake City United States | 26° / 13°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Denver United States | 27° / 11°C | 36 mm | Pleasant |
| Nashville United States | 29° / 16°C | 92 mm | Pleasant |
| Santa Fe United States | 25° / 10°C | 41 mm | Pleasant |
| Philadelphia United States | 26° / 15°C | 102 mm | Pleasant |
| Sedona United States | 30° / 14°C | 37 mm | Pleasant |
| Maui United States | 22° / 21°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Big Island United States | 26° / 18°C | 119 mm | Pleasant |
| Lake Tahoe United States | 23° / 8°C | 9 mm | Pleasant |
| Napa Valley United States | 31° / 14°C | 3 mm | Pleasant |
| San Diego United States | 31° / 19°C | 6 mm | Pleasant |
| Jackson Hole United States | 21° / 6°C | 46 mm | Pleasant |
| Kauai United States | 27° / 25°C | 51 mm | Pleasant |
Mexico & Central America
5 places.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bocas del Toro Panama | 29° / 26°C | 245 mm | Rainy |
| Puerto Viejo Costa Rica | 29° / 26°C | 245 mm | Rainy |
| Tortuguero Costa Rica | 28° / 24°C | 294 mm | Rainy |
| Tijuana Mexico | 30° / 18°C | 6 mm | Pleasant |
| Ensenada Mexico | 28° / 20°C | 6 mm | Pleasant |
Caribbean
2 places.
South America
62 places and 32 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uyuni Bolivia | 16° / -3°C | 7 mm | Cool |
| La Paz Bolivia | 15° / 1°C | 24 mm | Cool |
| Foz do Iguaçu Brazil | 27° / 16°C | 121 mm | Pleasant |
| Cusco Peru | 17° / 5°C | 18 mm | Cool |
| Quito Ecuador | 18° / 5°C | 38 mm | Cool |
| Machu Picchu Peru | 23° / 13°C | 22 mm | Pleasant |
| Rio de Janeiro Brazil | 26° / 19°C | 69 mm | Pleasant |
| São Paulo Brazil | 26° / 13°C | 68 mm | Pleasant |
| Sucre Bolivia | 22° / 6°C | 15 mm | Pleasant |
| Huaraz Peru | 24° / 9°C | 12 mm | Pleasant |
| Salta Argentina | 28° / 12°C | 4 mm | Pleasant |
| Puerto Iguazú Argentina | 27° / 16°C | 121 mm | Pleasant |
| Córdoba Argentina | 25° / 8°C | 32 mm | Pleasant |
| Sacred Valley Peru | 20° / 8°C | 18 mm | Pleasant |
| Puno Peru | 16° / 3°C | 16 mm | Cool |
| Natal Brazil | 27° / 25°C | 32 mm | Pleasant |
| Arequipa Peru | 25° / 9°C | 3 mm | Pleasant |
| Baños Ecuador | 21° / 12°C | 115 mm | Pleasant |
| Maceió Brazil | 27° / 23°C | 60 mm | Pleasant |
| Pipa Brazil | 27° / 25°C | 32 mm | Pleasant |
| Manaus Brazil | 33° / 26°C | 68 mm | Pleasant |
| Ilha Grande Brazil | 28° / 19°C | 66 mm | Pleasant |
| Paraty Brazil | 31° / 18°C | 63 mm | Pleasant |
| Salvador Brazil | 28° / 22°C | 71 mm | Pleasant |
| Fortaleza Brazil | 30° / 25°C | 3 mm | Pleasant |
| Cuenca Ecuador | 18° / 8°C | 49 mm | Cool |
| Recife Brazil | 28° / 22°C | 58 mm | Pleasant |
| San Pedro de Atacama Chile | 24° / 6°C | 0 mm | Pleasant |
| Jericoacoara Brazil | 34° / 23°C | 1 mm | Hot |
| Búzios Brazil | 26° / 19°C | 54 mm | Pleasant |
Africa
65 places and 35 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nairobi Kenya | 28° / 13°C | 20 mm | Pleasant |
| Zanzibar Tanzania | 28° / 24°C | 22 mm | Pleasant |
| Kruger National Park South Africa | 30° / 14°C | 18 mm | Pleasant |
| Johannesburg South Africa | 25° / 7°C | 16 mm | Pleasant |
| Maasai Mara Kenya | 28° / 14°C | 55 mm | Pleasant |
| Djerba Tunisia | 29° / 25°C | 26 mm | Pleasant |
| Sousse Tunisia | 28° / 22°C | 61 mm | Pleasant |
| Hammamet Tunisia | 29° / 21°C | 67 mm | Pleasant |
| Maun Botswana | 34° / 16°C | 2 mm | Hot |
| Moshi Tanzania | 31° / 16°C | 17 mm | Pleasant |
| Essaouira Morocco | 24° / 20°C | 9 mm | Pleasant |
| Lamu Kenya | 28° / 24°C | 36 mm | Pleasant |
| Chefchaouen Morocco | 30° / 16°C | 32 mm | Pleasant |
| Diani Beach Kenya | 29° / 23°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| Kigali Rwanda | 27° / 15°C | 88 mm | Pleasant |
| Mombasa Kenya | 31° / 22°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Windhoek Namibia | 29° / 10°C | 4 mm | Pleasant |
| Livingstone Zambia | 34° / 16°C | 2 mm | Hot |
| Arusha Tanzania | 28° / 13°C | 17 mm | Pleasant |
| Victoria Falls Zimbabwe | 34° / 16°C | 2 mm | Hot |
| Tangier Morocco | 25° / 20°C | 26 mm | Pleasant |
| Tunis Tunisia | 29° / 20°C | 64 mm | Pleasant |
| Port Louis Mauritius | 24° / 22°C | 24 mm | Pleasant |
| Rabat Morocco | 27° / 20°C | 33 mm | Pleasant |
| Flic en Flac Mauritius | 24° / 21°C | 29 mm | Pleasant |
| Durban South Africa | 22° / 19°C | 64 mm | Pleasant |
| Nosy Be Madagascar | 28° / 23°C | 13 mm | Pleasant |
| Hermanus South Africa | 18° / 11°C | 39 mm | Pleasant |
| Pretoria South Africa | 28° / 10°C | 13 mm | Pleasant |
| Dar es Salaam Tanzania | 28° / 23°C | 24 mm | Pleasant |
Oceania
32 places and 2 more.
| Place | High / low | Rain | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Australia | 19° / 13°C | 43 mm | Pleasant |
| Bora Bora French Polynesia | 26° / 26°C | 34 mm | Pleasant |
| Nadi Fiji | 27° / 23°C | 100 mm | Pleasant |
| Mamanuca Islands Fiji | 26° / 25°C | 63 mm | Pleasant |
| K'gari Australia | 22° / 20°C | 39 mm | Pleasant |
| Whitsundays Australia | 25° / 18°C | 14 mm | Pleasant |
| Adelaide Australia | 18° / 8°C | 47 mm | Pleasant |
| Cairns Australia | 28° / 19°C | 31 mm | Pleasant |
| Blue Mountains Australia | 16° / 4°C | 41 mm | Cool |
| Gold Coast Australia | 25° / 14°C | 35 mm | Pleasant |
| Sunshine Coast Australia | 23° / 17°C | 47 mm | Pleasant |
| Brisbane Australia | 24° / 15°C | 38 mm | Pleasant |
| Byron Bay Australia | 21° / 18°C | 37 mm | Pleasant |
| Noosa Australia | 23° / 17°C | 47 mm | Pleasant |
| Darwin Australia | 32° / 25°C | 17 mm | Pleasant |
| Uluru Australia | 29° / 11°C | 9 mm | Pleasant |
| Tahiti French Polynesia | 26° / 25°C | 40 mm | Pleasant |
| Moorea French Polynesia | 26° / 25°C | 39 mm | Pleasant |
| Rarotonga Cook Islands | 24° / 23°C | 83 mm | Pleasant |
| Nuku'alofa Tonga | 23° / 22°C | 83 mm | Pleasant |
| Apia Samoa | 28° / 26°C | 92 mm | Pleasant |
| Suva Fiji | 26° / 24°C | 130 mm | Pleasant |
| Yasawa Islands Fiji | 26° / 25°C | 68 mm | Pleasant |
| Port Vila Vanuatu | 25° / 24°C | 58 mm | Pleasant |
| Magnetic Island Australia | 25° / 22°C | 13 mm | Pleasant |
| Honiara Solomon Islands | 29° / 26°C | 107 mm | Pleasant |
| Port Douglas Australia | 26° / 21°C | 28 mm | Pleasant |
| Broome Australia | 35° / 20°C | 1 mm | Hot |
| Alice Springs Australia | 30° / 12°C | 8 mm | Pleasant |
| Port Moresby Papua New Guinea | 28° / 24°C | 35 mm | Pleasant |