Where to go in August
352 cities by what the weather does in August. Each group is one search: an afternoon temperature and how much rain you put up with. A city appears once, in the group that fits it best. Open one to see its whole year.
See August on the mapAcross the map, the hottest afternoons in August are in Dubai, around 42°C, and the coolest in Bariloche, around 8°C. Pokhara is the wettest city, with about 839 mm of rain; Las Palmas the driest, with 0 mm.
Hot in August
Afternoons around 34°C, no rain
34°C
Antalya TurkeyTurkish Riviera — ancient ruins, turquoise coast, cheap living, sunny 300 days/year
34°C
Yerevan ArmeniaAncient pink-stone capital in Mount Ararat's shadow, Armenia's fast-growing tech scene
34°C
Madrid SpainCapital city — museums, tapas crawls, vibrant nightlife, excellent coworking scene
34°C
Zaragoza SpainRoman Caesaraugusta turned Moorish Saraqusta, straddling the Ebro between Madrid and Barcelona
34°C
Thessaloniki GreeceCultural port city — Byzantine heritage, vibrant food scene, university energy, waterfront living
35°C
Bodrum TurkeyWhitewashed village — castle, yacht harbor, beach clubs, upscale Turkish riviera
33°C
Limassol CyprusEU island life — year-round warmth, English-speaking, wine villages in the hills, 3-year nomad visa
35°C
Tashkent UzbekistanSoviet-built boulevards, Silk Road bazaars, and the greenest capital in Central Asia
Warm in August
Afternoons around 30°C, little rain
30°C
Tangier MoroccoGateway to Africa — medina, strait of Gibraltar views, Beat Generation legacy, cosmopolitan
30°C
Chania GreeceBest-preserved Venetian harbour in Crete, a technical university, but flights thin out each winter
30°C
Tenerife SpainEternal spring — volcanic landscapes, year-round warmth, growing remote worker community
30°C
Santa Maria Cape VerdeAtlantic island escape — wind, waves, zero tax, €54 visa, Saharan sand beaches, Starlink-connected
30°C
Ragusa ItalyBaroque hill town rebuilt after 1693, San Giorgio's 250-step facade, Montalbano's Sicily at 520m
30°C
Istanbul TurkeyTwo continents — bazaars, mosques, Bosphorus, incredible food, energetic nomad scene
30°C
Almaty KazakhstanTian Shan peaks at the end of every street, with ski lifts twenty minutes from downtown
30°C
Montpellier FranceYoung university city 10km from Mediterranean beaches, free public transit, near-constant sun
Mild in August
Afternoons around 25°C, little rain
25°C
Faro PortugalAlgarve gateway — 300 days of sun, golden cliffs, cheaper than Lisbon, growing nomad scene
25°C
Port Louis MauritiusTropical island paradise — free nomad visa, multicultural melting pot, lagoons and mountains
25°C
Karakol KyrgyzstanTien Shan trekking hub and Central Asia's highest ski resort, on the shore of vast Issyk-Kul
25°C
Łódź Poland19th-century textile boomtown turned UNESCO City of Film, its red-brick mills now studios and lofts
25°C
Dortmund GermanyCoal pits turned biotech labs, 81,000 fans behind Europe's largest standing terrace
25°C
Poznań PolandPoland's original capital under the Piasts — its first cathedral and biggest trade fair
25°C
Warsaw PolandRising tech hub — rebuilt Old Town, modern skyscrapers, thriving startup scene, rich history
25°C
Lille FranceFlemish brick city on the Belgian border, cheapest big French metro, an hour from Paris or Brussels
Cool in August
Afternoons around 20°C, rain or shine
20°C
Huanchaco PeruReed-boat fishing village turned Latin America's first World Surfing Reserve, Chan Chan ruins nearby
20°C
Bogotá ColombiaHigh-altitude capital — museums, street art, craft coffee, vibrant cultural scene
20°C
Dublin IrelandViking-founded capital turned Silicon Docks, EU tech HQs beside a UNESCO City of Literature
20°C
Sydney AustraliaHarbour city icon — Opera House, Bondi Beach, world-class dining, outdoor lifestyle
20°C
Copenhagen DenmarkCycling capital and design icon, colourful Nyhavn harbour, bridged to Sweden, New Nordic food scene
21°C
Arequipa PeruHigh-altitude desert under El Misti volcano, sillar-stone colonial core, sun nearly every day
21°C
Johannesburg South AfricaCity of Gold — Maboneng arts district, vibrant food scene, Apartheid Museum, entrepreneurial energy
21°C
Birmingham United KingdomMore canal miles than Venice, a Balti curry belt, and England's second city at a fraction of London's rent
Tropical in August
Afternoons around 32°C, rain or shine
32°C
Amman JordanAncient crossroads — Roman ruins downtown, incredible hummus, gateway to Petra and Dead Sea
32°C
Muscat OmanPortuguese forts guard the harbour, the Grand Mosque gleams white — a calmer, cheaper alternative to Dubai
32°C
Alexandria EgyptMediterranean port city with the ancient library's legacy, real winter rain, and Egypt's cheapest coastline
32°C
Málaga SpainCosta del Sol capital — Picasso's birthplace, warm year-round, booming nomad scene
32°C
Baku AzerbaijanFlame Towers glass skyline over a walled medina, oil-boom capital lashed by the Caspian's winds
32°C
Osh Kyrgyzstan3,000-year-old Silk Road bazaar town under Sulaiman-Too, Fergana Valley's cheapest nomad base
32°C
Olbia ItalySardinia's ferry and airport gateway, Roman ruins downtown, Costa Smeralda's yachts up the coast
32°C
Catania ItalyBaroque city rebuilt from lava under an active volcano, Ionian beaches, Sicily's chip-making cluster
Rainy in August
Afternoons around 24°C in the wet season
24°C
Mexico City MexicoMega-city with incredible food, art, culture — Latin America's top nomad destination
24°C
Quebec City CanadaOnly walled city north of Mexico, Château Frontenac over the St Lawrence, francophone through and through
25°C
Sa Pa VietnamTerraced rice fields, ethnic minority villages, mountain trekking
23°C
Dalat VietnamMountain flower city — French villas, coffee farms, cool climate year-round
25°C
Puebla MexicoBaroque UNESCO centre glazed in hand-painted Talavera tiles, birthplace of mole poblano
23°C
San Sebastián SpainWorld-class pintxos, surf beaches, Basque culture — foodie paradise with green hills
25°C
Zurich SwitzerlandSwiss precision — lake views, Alpine backdrop, financial hub, pristine public transport, outdoor culture
26°C
Boquete PanamaHighland coffee capital at 1,200m below Volcán Barú, bajareque mist, long-time retiree enclave