Where should you travel next?
Real weather data and honest tips for 106 countries.
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This month · 10-year climate data
Best places to go in September
Warm, dry and sunny enough to enjoy, based on 10 years of weather.
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Madagascar
9.8/10Africa
Top score of 9.8. Only 1.2 rain days, 11 mm of rain and 11.4 hours of sun.
- High / low
- 23°C / 9°C
- Rain days
- 1
- Sun daily
- 11.4 hrs
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Chile
9.7/10Americas
Highs around 21°C, rain on about 1 days.
- High / low
- 21°C / 10°C
- Rain days
- 1
- Sun daily
- 10.9 hrs
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Turkey
9.5/10Asia
Top score of 9.5, with highs near 26°C, only 2.3 rain days and 11.4 hours of sun a day.
- High / low
- 26°C / 12°C
- Rain days
- 2
- Sun daily
- 11.4 hrs
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Gibraltar
9.0/10Europe
Highs around 25°C, rain on about 5 days.
- High / low
- 25°C / 19°C
- Rain days
- 5
- Sun daily
- 10.9 hrs
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Mongolia
9.0/10Asia
Scores 9. Highs of 19°C and 4.8 rain days, but nights drop to 5.5°C, so pack warm layers.
- High / low
- 19°C / 6°C
- Rain days
- 5
- Sun daily
- 10.5 hrs
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France
8.5/10Europe
Top score of 8.5. Lyon has pleasant 23°C highs, only 7.5 rain days and about 10 hours of sun.
- High / low
- 23°C / 13°C
- Rain days
- 8
- Sun daily
- 10.1 hrs
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Montenegro
8.5/10Europe
Highest score of the year at 8.5, with highs near 24°C, 10.3 sun hours and only 7.7 rain days.
- High / low
- 24°C / 14°C
- Rain days
- 8
- Sun daily
- 10.3 hrs
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Armenia
8.4/10Asia
Top score of 8.4. Yerevan highs are near 28°C, lows 16°C, with only 2.7 rain days.
- High / low
- 28°C / 16°C
- Rain days
- 3
- Sun daily
- 11.6 hrs
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- January Mauritania · Chile · Bahrain
- February Egypt · Bahrain · Chile
- March Chile · Egypt · Bahrain
- April Chile · Israel · Cyprus
- May Zambia · Chile · Mongolia
- June Angola · Gibraltar · Chile
- July Zambia · Chile · Gibraltar
- August Madagascar · Chile · Gibraltar
- September Now Madagascar · Chile · Turkey
- October Chile · Israel · Cyprus
- November Chile · Egypt · Nepal
- December Chile · Mauritania · Qatar
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Compare the best months for every country in a region.
Country guides
Popular destinations
Our most-read guides to the best time to visit.
- Spain Big-city culture, Andalusian history and island escapes, best in spring and autumn
- Australia Coastal cities, long road trips and a vast inland, best from December to March
- Egypt Cairo, Luxor and Aswan inland, with coastal towns for the end of the trip
- Ecuador Mountain cities, small towns and a coast in one trip, best timed for August
- Aruba A small Caribbean island of 180 km² for a short, easy trip, best in April and May
- Switzerland Lake cities, alpine resorts and French, Swiss German and Italian spoken within a short train ride
- Canada A country of 6 time zones: pick one region and go in May or September
- Norway Coastal cities and long journeys north, from Oslo to Tromsø, best in June and August
- Chile Desert towns, a big capital and a far south, spread along one long country
- Madagascar A large Eastern African country for slow, independent trips, best between July and September
- Gibraltar A small, English-speaking corner of Southern Europe, best from May to August
- Nepal Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Pokhara on one overland trip, best from November to February
How we work
Why trust us
Independent travel timing based on measured weather, not tourism marketing.
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Weather from 10 years of climate data
Every month score comes from 10 years of measured weather (ERA5 climate reanalysis), not brochures, so you know what conditions to expect.
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Every fact has a source and a date
Currencies, plugs, holidays and event dates come from public sources and are re-checked on a schedule. Each page shows when it was last updated.
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No paid rankings
No tourist board, hotel or airline can pay for a better score. Destinations are ranked only by how good the weather is that month.
About WhereToTravel
wheretotravel.info helps independent travellers decide where to go and when to go there. We cover 106 countries: 34 in Europe, 27 in the Americas, 24 in Asia, 14 in Africa and 7 in Oceania. For each country, we show what each month of the year is usually like. This lets you plan around the weather instead of guessing.
How the month scores work Each month gets a score. The score is based on climate records for every year from 2015 to 2024, not on one good or bad year. Looking at many years together gives a fairer picture of what a month is normally like. Weather can still surprise you, so treat a score as a guide, not a promise.
We are open about our method. The current scoring method is version 1. The version number tells you which set of rules a score follows.
We also tell you when a month is a poor choice. If a place is usually too hot, too wet or too cold at a certain time, we say so plainly. A trip at the wrong time can cost you more than it gives you.
Where the data comes from - Climate: ERA5 climate reanalysis, via Open-Meteo - Sea temperature: Open-Meteo Marine - Public holidays: Nager.Date - Countries and events: Wikidata - Country facts: RestCountries
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