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Where to go in August
The world’s best-suited destinations in August, ranked by climate normals — warmth, sunshine and dry days.
100
Palermo
Sicily · Italy
30° / 23° 16 mm Aug
i 100
Lisbon
Lisbon District · Portugal
28° / 18° 7 mm Aug
100
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Canary Islands · Spain
28° / 18° 1 mm Aug
i 100
Ubud
Bali · Indonesia
28° / 21° 49 mm Aug
i 100
Rhodes
South Aegean · Greece
30° / 23° 2 mm Aug
i 98
San Francisco
California · United States
22° / 12° 3 mm Aug
i 98
Ajaccio
Corsica · France
27° / 18° 20 mm Aug
98
Valletta
Valletta · Malta
31° / 23° 5 mm Aug
97
Baku
Baki · Azerbaijan
29° / 21° 7 mm Aug
96
Istanbul
Istanbul · Türkiye
28° / 19° 34 mm Aug
i 91
Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik-Neretva County · Croatia
29° / 21° 48 mm Aug
i 90
Kotor
Kotor · Montenegro
25° / 15° 59 mm Aug
Water temperature
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i 100
Alexandria
Egypt
31° / 23° 27° Aug
i 100
Haifa
Israel
30° / 22° 28° Aug
i 100
Heraklion
Greece
29° / 22° 25° Aug
i 100
Paphos
Cyprus
31° / 20° 28° Aug
i 100
Denpasar
Indonesia
30° / 22° 26° Aug
i 98
Darwin
Australia
31° / 20° 26° Aug
i 100
Monastir
Tunisia
31° / 23° 27° Aug
i 98
Ajaccio
France
27° / 18° 25° Aug
World ranking in August
| # | Country | Average high | Average low | Rainfall | Go score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lisbon | 28° | 18° | 7 mm | 100 | |
| 2 | Tel Aviv | 30° | 22° | 0 mm | 100 | |
| 3 | Alexandria | 31° | 23° | 0 mm | 100 | |
| 4 | Pretoria | 23° | 7° | 6 mm | 100 | |
| 5 | Windhoek | 25° | 8° | 1 mm | 100 | |
| 6 | San Francisco | 22° | 12° | 3 mm | 98 | |
| 7 | Rabat | 27° | 18° | 1 mm | 100 | |
| 8 | Haifa | 30° | 22° | 0 mm | 100 | |
| 9 | Istanbul | 28° | 19° | 34 mm | 96 | |
| 10 | Gaborone | 26° | 8° | 3 mm | 100 | |
| 11 | Casablanca | 27° | 19° | 6 mm | 99 | |
| 12 | Marseille | 29° | 19° | 32 mm | 96 | |
| 13 | Nice | 27° | 20° | 29 mm | 93 | |
| 14 | Yogyakarta | 31° | 21° | 28 mm | 96 | |
| 15 | Arequipa | 22° | 6° | 2 mm | 100 | |
| 16 | Denpasar | 30° | 22° | 31 mm | 100 | |
| 17 | Los Angeles | 31° | 17° | 3 mm | 96 | |
| 18 | Thessaloniki | 31° | 19° | 25 mm | 96 | |
| 19 | Athens | 32° | 23° | 7 mm | 92 | |
| 20 | Asunción | 25° | 13° | 70 mm | 95 | |
| 21 | Brasília | 27° | 13° | 15 mm | 95 | |
| 22 | Bursa | 30° | 17° | 18 mm | 98 | |
| 23 | Durrës | 31° | 19° | 33 mm | 96 | |
| 24 | Tijuana | 28° | 18° | 2 mm | 99 | |
| 25 | Victoria | 23° | 13° | 22 mm | 92 | |
| 26 | Brisbane | 22° | 9° | 35 mm | 93 | |
| 27 | Marsá Maţrūḩ | 30° | 22° | 1 mm | 100 | |
| 28 | Varna | 27° | 17° | 35 mm | 94 | |
| 29 | Cairns | 26° | 17° | 41 mm | 96 | |
| 30 | Sofia | 27° | 13° | 51 mm | 88 | |
| 31 | Vancouver | 23° | 14° | 49 mm | 87 | |
| 32 | Salta | 21° | 5° | 4 mm | 93 | |
| 33 | Ensenada | 30° | 16° | 2 mm | 100 | |
| 34 | Durban | 23° | 13° | 55 mm | 90 | |
| 35 | Astana | 25° | 12° | 29 mm | 86 | |
| 36 | Sfax | 32° | 22° | 5 mm | 94 | |
| 37 | Sarajevo | 26° | 13° | 75 mm | 82 | |
| 38 | Córdoba | 20° | 5° | 12 mm | 87 | |
| 39 | Piura | 26° | 15° | 1 mm | 96 | |
| 40 | Vienna | 26° | 15° | 58 mm | 79 | |
| 41 | Budapest | 27° | 16° | 50 mm | 82 | |
| 42 | Shanghai | 31° | 25° | 140 mm | 82 | |
| 43 | Limassol | 33° | 22° | 1 mm | 88 | |
| 44 | Atyrau | 31° | 18° | 12 mm | 98 | |
| 45 | Tunis | 34° | 21° | 8 mm | 83 | |
| 46 | Cluj-Napoca | 25° | 12° | 62 mm | 82 | |
| 47 | Debrecen | 26° | 14° | 53 mm | 85 | |
| 48 | Bratislava | 26° | 15° | 64 mm | 79 | |
| 49 | Warsaw | 23° | 13° | 57 mm | 78 | |
| 50 | London | 23° | 13° | 50 mm | 76 |
The go score (0–100) rewards daytime highs of 22–27 °C, mild nights, sunshine and few rainy days.