Best places to visit in September
September is one of the best travel months globally — Mediterranean shoulder season, dry weather in much of the tropics, and cooler temperatures in the south. Below are 24 destinations with consistently pleasant September weather, ranked by climate fit (mild daytime highs and few rainy days). We exclude cities currently in their hurricane, typhoon, or peak monsoon season.
Top destinations for September
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San Pedro de Atacama
22°C / 72°F avg high · 0 rain days
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Budapest
23°C / 73°F avg high · 7 rain days
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Sofia
23°C / 73°F avg high · 7 rain days
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Mykonos
25°C / 77°F avg high · 2 rain days
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Paris
22°C / 72°F avg high · 9 rain days
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Cusco
21°C / 70°F avg high · 6 rain days
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Venice
24°C / 75°F avg high · 6 rain days
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Milan
24°C / 75°F avg high · 6 rain days
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Bucharest
24°C / 75°F avg high · 6 rain days
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Sintra
24°C / 75°F avg high · 7 rain days
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Santiago
20°C / 68°F avg high · 4 rain days
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Istanbul
25°C / 77°F avg high · 5 rain days
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Nice
25°C / 77°F avg high · 5 rain days
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Marseille
25°C / 77°F avg high · 5 rain days
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Lima
19°C / 66°F avg high · 2 rain days
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Santorini
26°C / 79°F avg high · 2 rain days
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Casablanca
26°C / 79°F avg high · 2 rain days
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Vienna
21°C / 70°F avg high · 9 rain days
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Geneva
21°C / 70°F avg high · 9 rain days
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Toronto
21°C / 70°F avg high · 11 rain days
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London
20°C / 68°F avg high · 8 rain days
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Berlin
20°C / 68°F avg high · 8 rain days
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Porto
25°C / 77°F avg high · 8 rain days
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Sydney
20°C / 68°F avg high · 9 rain days
By region
South America
- 🇨🇱 San Pedro de Atacama — 22°C, 0 rain days
- 🇵🇪 Cusco — 21°C, 6 rain days
- 🇨🇱 Santiago — 20°C, 4 rain days
- 🇵🇪 Lima — 19°C, 2 rain days
Europe
- 🇭🇺 Budapest — 23°C, 7 rain days
- 🇧🇬 Sofia — 23°C, 7 rain days
- 🇬🇷 Mykonos — 25°C, 2 rain days
- 🇫🇷 Paris — 22°C, 9 rain days
- 🇮🇹 Venice — 24°C, 6 rain days
- 🇮🇹 Milan — 24°C, 6 rain days
- 🇷🇴 Bucharest — 24°C, 6 rain days
- 🇵🇹 Sintra — 24°C, 7 rain days
- 🇹🇷 Istanbul — 25°C, 5 rain days
- 🇫🇷 Nice — 25°C, 5 rain days
- 🇫🇷 Marseille — 25°C, 5 rain days
- 🇬🇷 Santorini — 26°C, 2 rain days
- 🇦🇹 Vienna — 21°C, 9 rain days
- 🇨🇭 Geneva — 21°C, 9 rain days
- 🇬🇧 London — 20°C, 8 rain days
- 🇩🇪 Berlin — 20°C, 8 rain days
- 🇵🇹 Porto — 25°C, 8 rain days
Africa
- 🇲🇦 Casablanca — 26°C, 2 rain days
North America
- 🇨🇦 Toronto — 21°C, 11 rain days
Oceania
- 🇦🇺 Sydney — 20°C, 9 rain days
Worth avoiding in September
These destinations are in their peak storm season — they can be visited but expect higher risk of disruption:
- 🇺🇸 New York — peak hurricane season
- 🇺🇸 Los Angeles — peak hurricane season
- 🇯🇵 Tokyo — peak typhoon season
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong — peak typhoon season
- 🇺🇸 Chicago — peak hurricane season
- 🇺🇸 Miami — peak hurricane season
- 🇺🇸 San Francisco — peak hurricane season
- 🇺🇸 Las Vegas — peak hurricane season
- 🇺🇸 Washington, D.C. — peak hurricane season
- 🇺🇸 Boston — peak hurricane season
- 🇺🇸 Seattle — peak hurricane season
- 🇺🇸 Denver — peak hurricane season
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