Where to go in October

40 destinations hit their climate sweet spot in October — ranked purely by weather data, not opinions.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

1 Beijing China · 19°C · 4.1 rain days 10.0 · Excellent 2 Tianjin China · 19°C · 3.5 rain days 10.0 · Excellent 3 Johannesburg South Africa · 26°C · 6.3 rain days 10.0 · Excellent 4 Lima Peru · 19°C · 0 rain days 10.0 · Excellent 5 Wuzhong China · 18°C · 4.2 rain days 10.0 · Excellent 6 Qingdao China · 20°C · 4.3 rain days 10.0 · Excellent 7 Tehran Iran · 25°C · 2.8 rain days 10.0 · Excellent 8 Alexandria Egypt · 28°C · 2.8 rain days 10.0 · Excellent 9 Dalian China · 18°C · 4.3 rain days 10.0 · Excellent 10 Santiago Chile · 23°C · 3.5 rain days 10.0 · Excellent 11 Cape Town South Africa · 21°C · 6.3 rain days 10.0 · Excellent 12 Kabul Afghanistan · 21°C · 2.2 rain days 10.0 · Excellent 13 Istanbul Turkey · 20°C · 6.5 rain days 9.8 · Excellent 14 Seoul South Korea · 19°C · 6.5 rain days 9.8 · Excellent 15 Puxi China · 23°C · 7 rain days 9.6 · Excellent 16 Pudong China · 23°C · 7 rain days 9.6 · Excellent 17 Nanjing China · 22°C · 7.2 rain days 9.5 · Excellent 18 Hefei China · 23°C · 7 rain days 9.5 · Excellent 19 Wuxi China · 23°C · 7.5 rain days 9.5 · Excellent 20 Suzhou China · 23°C · 7.7 rain days 9.4 · Excellent 21 Shanghai China · 23°C · 8 rain days 9.3 · Excellent 22 Wuhan China · 23°C · 7.8 rain days 9.3 · Excellent 23 Hangzhou China · 23°C · 8.3 rain days 9.2 · Excellent 24 New York City United States · 19°C · 9.2 rain days 9.1 · Excellent 25 Sydney Australia · 22°C · 11.2 rain days 9.0 · Excellent 26 Shenyang China · 16°C · 5.5 rain days 8.9 · Excellent 27 Mexico City Mexico · 23°C · 13 rain days 8.6 · Excellent 28 Xi’an China · 19°C · 10.8 rain days 8.5 · Excellent 29 Melbourne Australia · 19°C · 13.8 rain days 8.4 · Good 30 Guangzhou China · 28°C · 8.7 rain days 8.2 · Good 31 Tokyo Japan · 22°C · 12.8 rain days 8.2 · Good 32 Hong Kong Hong Kong · 28°C · 10.8 rain days 8.2 · Good 33 Xiamen China · 30°C · 4 rain days 8.2 · Good 34 Shenzhen China · 28°C · 9.4 rain days 8.1 · Good 35 São Paulo Brazil · 26°C · 14.3 rain days 8.1 · Good 36 Rio de Janeiro Brazil · 26°C · 15.2 rain days 8.1 · Good 37 Cairo Egypt · 31°C · 0.8 rain days 8.0 · Good 38 Foshan China · 29°C · 8.3 rain days 8.0 · Good 39 Bao'an China · 29°C · 8.3 rain days 8.0 · Good 40 Nairobi Kenya · 26°C · 16 rain days 8.0 · Good

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