Where to Go in August: Best Weather Destinations

These are the destinations with the most comfortable weather in August, ranked by our comfort score, which balances temperature, rainfall, humidity and cloud cover. Looking for heat? Bordeaux, Malaga, Maputo are reliably warm and dry in August.

Top 25 destinations in August

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Bordeaux France	28°C	41 mm	Excellent 10
Malaga Spain	28°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Maputo Mozambique	27°C	15 mm	Excellent 10
Nairobi Kenya	27°C	20 mm	Excellent 10
Lilongwe Malawi	27°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Gaborone Botswana	27°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Kyiv Ukraine	27°C	45 mm	Excellent 10
San Marino San Marino	26°C	47 mm	Excellent 10
Arusha Tanzania	26°C	43 mm	Excellent 10
Windhoek Namibia	26°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Gitega Burundi	26°C	33 mm	Excellent 10
Astana Kazakhstan	25°C	30 mm	Excellent 10
Harare Zimbabwe	25°C	2 mm	Excellent 10
Pretoria South Africa	25°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Mbabane Eswatini	24°C	13 mm	Excellent 10
Port Louis Mauritius	24°C	22 mm	Excellent 10
Seattle, Washington United States	24°C	25 mm	Excellent 10
San Francisco, California United States	23°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Lisbon Portugal	23°C	4 mm	Excellent 10
Funchal Portugal	23°C	9 mm	Excellent 10
Gold Coast Australia	22°C	42 mm	Excellent 10
Sucre Bolivia	22°C	9 mm	Excellent 10
Vancouver Canada	22°C	32 mm	Excellent 10
Brisbane Australia	22°C	40 mm	Excellent 10
Victoria Canada	21°C	26 mm	Excellent 10

Warm and dry in August (27°C+)

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Bordeaux France	28°C	41 mm	Excellent 10
Malaga Spain	28°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Maputo Mozambique	27°C	15 mm	Excellent 10
Nairobi Kenya	27°C	20 mm	Excellent 10
Lilongwe Malawi	27°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Zadar Croatia	28°C	51 mm	Excellent 9.9
Cagliari Italy	28°C	13 mm	Excellent 9.9
Lusaka Zambia	28°C	0 mm	Excellent 9.9
Faro Portugal	28°C	3 mm	Excellent 9.8
Ibiza Spain	28°C	23 mm	Excellent 9.8
Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina	28°C	55 mm	Excellent 9.8
Lyon France	27°C	62 mm	Excellent 9.8
Dubrovnik Croatia	29°C	42 mm	Excellent 9.7
Palma Spain	29°C	24 mm	Excellent 9.6
Andorra la Vella Andorra	27°C	45 mm	Excellent 9.6
Baku Azerbaijan	29°C	3 mm	Excellent 9.5
Valletta Malta	28°C	12 mm	Excellent 9.5
Zanzibar Tanzania	27°C	14 mm	Excellent 9.5
Tangier Morocco	27°C	3 mm	Excellent 9.3
Gibraltar Gibraltar	27°C	3 mm	Excellent 9.3

Best in Europe in August

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Bordeaux France	28°C	41 mm	Excellent 10
Malaga Spain	28°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Kyiv Ukraine	27°C	45 mm	Excellent 10
San Marino San Marino	26°C	47 mm	Excellent 10
Lisbon Portugal	23°C	4 mm	Excellent 10
Funchal Portugal	23°C	9 mm	Excellent 10
Zadar Croatia	28°C	51 mm	Excellent 9.9
Cagliari Italy	28°C	13 mm	Excellent 9.9
Faro Portugal	28°C	3 mm	Excellent 9.8
Ibiza Spain	28°C	23 mm	Excellent 9.8

Best in Asia in August

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Astana Kazakhstan	25°C	30 mm	Excellent 10
Baku Azerbaijan	29°C	3 mm	Excellent 9.5
Sanaa Yemen	29°C	13 mm	Excellent 9.2
Istanbul Turkey	30°C	17 mm	Excellent 9
Ulan Bator Mongolia	23°C	73 mm	Excellent 8.9
Bali Indonesia	28°C	27 mm	Excellent 8.5
Ubud Indonesia	27°C	27 mm	Excellent 8.5
Kuta Indonesia	28°C	27 mm	Excellent 8.4
West Island Cocos Islands	27°C	43 mm	Excellent 8.4
Beirut Lebanon	32°C	1 mm	Good 7.7

Best in Africa in August

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Maputo Mozambique	27°C	15 mm	Excellent 10
Nairobi Kenya	27°C	20 mm	Excellent 10
Lilongwe Malawi	27°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Gaborone Botswana	27°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Arusha Tanzania	26°C	43 mm	Excellent 10
Windhoek Namibia	26°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Gitega Burundi	26°C	33 mm	Excellent 10
Harare Zimbabwe	25°C	2 mm	Excellent 10
Pretoria South Africa	25°C	3 mm	Excellent 10
Mbabane Eswatini	24°C	13 mm	Excellent 10

Best in North America in August

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Seattle, Washington United States	24°C	25 mm	Excellent 10
San Francisco, California United States	23°C	1 mm	Excellent 10
Vancouver Canada	22°C	32 mm	Excellent 10
Victoria Canada	21°C	26 mm	Excellent 10
Calgary Canada	24°C	62 mm	Excellent 9.6
Honolulu, Hawaii United States	28°C	42 mm	Excellent 9.2
Toronto Canada	25°C	60 mm	Excellent 8.6
Willemstad Curacao	29°C	26 mm	Excellent 8
San Diego, California United States	32°C	6 mm	Good 7.8
Oranjestad Aruba	29°C	33 mm	Good 7.8

Best in South America in August

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Sucre Bolivia	22°C	9 mm	Excellent 10
Mendoza Argentina	20°C	8 mm	Excellent 9.8
Asuncion Paraguay	26°C	39 mm	Excellent 9.6
Sao Paulo Brazil	25°C	37 mm	Excellent 9.6
Santiago Chile	19°C	30 mm	Excellent 9.5
Cusco Peru	19°C	6 mm	Excellent 9.5
Rio de Janeiro Brazil	25°C	39 mm	Excellent 9.3
Quito Ecuador	19°C	30 mm	Excellent 9.3
Brasilia Brazil	30°C	10 mm	Excellent 8.9
Lima Peru	25°C	1 mm	Excellent 8.6

Best in Oceania in August

Destination	High	Rain	Rating
Gold Coast Australia	22°C	42 mm	Excellent 10
Brisbane Australia	22°C	40 mm	Excellent 10
Noumea New Caledonia	22°C	61 mm	Excellent 9.8
Cairns Australia	26°C	32 mm	Excellent 9.1
Avarua Cook Islands	24°C	66 mm	Excellent 9.1
Sydney Australia	18°C	44 mm	Excellent 9.1
Flying Fish Cove Christmas Island	25°C	17 mm	Excellent 9
Kingston Norfolk Island	18°C	57 mm	Excellent 8.9
Nuku'alofa Tonga	23°C	69 mm	Excellent 8.5
Nadi Fiji	26°C	62 mm	Excellent 8.4

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