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August picks: where to go in August

Where the weather is right for a trip in August — from a city weekend to the coast and the mountains.

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Cities

Coimbra

Portugal

21°C1 rainy day

Porto

Portugal

20°C2 rainy days

Lisbon

Portugal

22°C1 rainy day

Berlin

Germany

21°C9 rainy days

Brno

Czechia

21°C10 rainy days

Lyon

France

22°C6 rainy days

Trenčín

Slovakia

21°C10 rainy days

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

22°C9 rainy days

Coast

Santorini

Greece

27°C1 rainy day

Alexandria

Egypt

28°C0 rainy days

Mykonos

Greece

27°C2 rainy days

Sidi Bou Said

Tunisia

28°C1 rainy day

Málaga

Spain

28°C2 rainy days

Hammamet

Tunisia

28°C1 rainy day

Algarve

Portugal

26°C0 rainy days

Taormina

Italy

27°C5 rainy days

Pleasant, and off season

The weather holds but the crowds and prices have dropped — the month where the same destination costs less than at peak.

Sossusvlei

Namibia

19°C0 rainy days

Coimbra

Portugal

21°C1 rainy day

Alexandria

Egypt

28°C0 rainy days

Sidi Bou Said

Tunisia

28°C1 rainy day

Sintra

Portugal

20°C0 rainy days

Málaga

Spain

28°C2 rainy days

Temperatures and rainy days are climate normals, the same for every place. “Pleasant” means: a city at 12–26°C with at most 10 rainy days, coast above 24°C with at most 6, mountains 8–24°C with at most 10.

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Torre da Universidade de Coimbra — Rapdbs, CC BY-SA 4.0
Gaia Douro Porto pano from Ponte de Dom Luís I — Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0
Miradouro das Portas do Sol Lisbon Alfama overview pano — Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0
Brandenburg Gate - Brandenburger Tor - Berlin - Germany - 02 — Norbert Nagel, CC BY-SA 3.0
Zelný trh v Brně I — Millenium187, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ceiling Basilica of Notre Dame de Fourvière Lyon France in May 2022 — Tim Adams, CC BY 3.0
Dolna brana & Synagogue in Trencin — Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0
St. Michael's Church, Cluj-Napoca TB1 — Todor Bozhinov, CC BY-SA 4.0
Bordeaux Musée des douanes place de la Bourse — Langladure, CC BY-SA 3.0
Michael's Gate and tower (10267283706) — Jorge Láscar from Australia, CC BY 2.0
Umbrellas at Caudan Waterfront Mall — Martin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 4.0
Casas Colgadas de Cuenca sobre el Puente de San Pablo — Albertukel, CC BY-SA 3.0 es
Windhuk Independence Avenue 1 — Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0
Győr - Hungary (5129270479) — Emmanuel DYAN from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0
Capela dos Ossos - Apr 2011 — Ken & Nyetta, CC BY 2.0
Boyana Church, Sofia - panoramio — Colin W, CC BY-SA 3.0
Niška tvrđava, Niš, Srbija, 034 — Mickey Mystique, CC BY-SA 3.0
Debrecen, református nagytemplom este 2021 01 — Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs, CC BY-SA 4.0
Amidžin konak 01 — Nikolina Šepić, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ban Jelacic Square - panoramio — lienyuan lee, CC BY 3.0
Varadin bridge and Novi Sad from Petrovaradin Fortress 2 — Skelanard (Aleksandr Petukhov), CC BY-SA 4.0
2016-02 red double-decker bus london eye — 0x010C, CC BY-SA 4.0
Karlovačka gimnazija - panoramio (2) — Mister No, CC BY 3.0
Safranbolu traditional houses — Uğur Başak, CC BY-SA 3.0
Kalemegdan, Belgrade Fortress — BrankaVV, CC BY-SA 4.0
Blue Mosque, Istanbul Turkey — Joshua Doubek, CC BY-SA 3.0
King's College Chapel, Cambridge, fan vault — DrMoschi, CC BY-SA 4.0
Mercado Municipal (São Paulo) 16 — Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 4.0
Subotica townhall at night — Prissantenbär, CC BY-SA 3.0
Belvárosi hid Autumn — Fuhluf, CC BY-SA 4.0
A giraffe with a beautiful background of Nairobi City Skyline — Alexmbogo, CC BY-SA 4.0
Torino- Piazza Vittorio Veneto - 52751304568 — Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0
Radcliffe Camera Oxford 2018 02 — Julian Herzog ( Website ), CC BY 4.0
Ateneo Rumano, Bucarest, Rumanía, 2016-05-29, DD 73 — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
San Gimignano Towers from the Square — Eric Kilby, CC BY-SA 2.0
La Sagrada Familia Barcelona — Peter_Glyn, CC0
Canal Grande from Rialto bridge SW — This Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and se, CC BY-SA 3.0
Sassi di Matera — Airin, CC BY-SA 1.0
Piazza Popolo Ravenna — Incola, CC BY-SA 3.0
Piazza Unità d'Italia (Trieste) 04 — SIG SG 510, CC0
Ponte Pietra AB — This Photo was taken by Andrea Bertozzi. Feel free to use my photos, but please mention me as the author and send, CC BY-SA 4.0
The glass dome - Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II - Milan — Terragio67, CC BY-SA 4.0
Pisa Cathedral (Duomo di Pisa) (forefront), The Leaning Tower of Pisa (background), Piazza dei Miracoli (-Square of Miracles-). Pisa, Tuscany, Central Italy — Mstyslav Chernov, CC BY-SA 3.0
Florence Duomo from Michelangelo hill — Petar Milošević, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical arcades in Bologna, Italy (51190327522) — Ralf Steinberger from Milan, Berlin + Munich, Italy + Germany, CC BY 2.0
Parma, Piazza Garibaldi, Palazzo del Governatore — Palickap, CC BY-SA 4.0
Genova Cso Firenze widok — Andrzej Otrębski, CC BY-SA 3.0
2014-11-20 15h50 Orlando Power Station Soweto anagoria — Anagoria, CC BY 3.0
Oia Santorini Greece — sub_lime79, CC BY 2.0
Egypt, Alexandria, Bibliotheca Alexandrina — Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0
Sunset of Mykonos — Roberto Faccenda, CC BY-SA 2.0
Antonine baths ruins Karthago — Benreis, CC BY 3.0
Alcazaba-IMG 2894 — Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr
Hammamet-Sud beach R01 — Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0
Ponta da Piedade Algarve Portugal (27433535620) — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
Aerial image of the coast of Taormina (view from the southeast) — Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0
MONEMVASIA bridge view — Nikolaos Alexopoulos, CC BY-SA 4.0
Into the Port of Hvar Town, Hvar Island (5969431947) — Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Split - Peristyle - Sphinx — JoJan, CC BY 3.0
Mahdia, Tunisia January 2024 - Roundabout Swordfish — Sharon Hahn Darlin, CC BY 2.0
Piazza Duomo, center of Ortigia, Syracuse, 121617 — Zde, CC BY-SA 4.0
MN, Ulcinj 017 — Matěj Baťha, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ribat - Monastir - 03 — Wissem Miri, CC BY-SA 4.0
Northern Buildings of the Street of the Knights, Medieval City of Rhodes, Greece — Julian Lupyan, CC0
Kotor, Montenegro, Boka Kotorska — Litany, CC BY-SA 3.0
Kekova, Turkey — Htkava, CC BY-SA 3.0
Skradinski buk Krka National Park 10 — kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0
2025 Augustustempel Pula — Aquamunda, CC BY 4.0
Old Corfu town aerial 01 — This photo was taken by Anton Zelenov. Please credit this with : Photo : Anton Zelenov in the immediate vicinity of the , CC BY-SA 4.0
Panorama desde Capri 01 — Miguel Hermoso Cuesta, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dubrovnik - Stradun (by Pudelek) — Pudelek (Marcin Szala), CC BY-SA 3.0
Nice Beach (cropped) — Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0
Arvanitia Beach and Argolic Gulf — S-miroslav, CC BY-SA 4.0
Ribat (Sousse) — Slim Alileche, CC BY-SA 3.0
Church of St. Donatus at the Roman Forum in Zadar, Croatia (48607672141) — dronepicr, CC BY 2.0
El Ghriba Synagogue, Djerba, Tunisia — Dr. Ondřej Havelka (cestovatel), CC BY 4.0
Croatia Rovinj St Euphemia church BW 2014-10-08 14-23-33 — Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hadrian's Gate, Antalya 01 — Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0
Rafa koralowa Hurgada(23) — Inetta, CC BY-SA 3.0
Dahab - The blue hole - panoramio — Francesco Lo Bello, CC BY 3.0
Arrecife de coral, parque nacional Ras Muhammad, Egipto, 2022-03-26, DD 170 — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
054a Dead camel thorn trees in Deadvlei Photo by Giles Laurent — Giles Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0
Palacio Nacional da Pena, Sintra, Portugal, 2019-05-25, DD 84 — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kruger National Park (ZA), Elefant -- 2024 -- 0649 — Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
Iguazu Falls - Devil's Throat — P. Hughes, CC BY 4.0
Elephants Herd Amboseli (7234335792) — Benh LIEU SONG from Torcy, France, CC BY-SA 2.0
Zebra on Etosha Pan at Sunset (23890793618) — Sonse, CC BY 2.0
Zebras and hot air balloons, Masai Mara (52463175924) — flowcomm, CC BY 2.0
Banska Štiavnica, Central Square — Juraj Kubica, CC BY-SA 2.0
Hiking in the Fish River Canyon - panoramio — Roelf, CC BY-SA 3.0
Lioness atop a kopje, Serengeti (1) (28625989105) — Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, CC BY 2.0
Kibo Summit, Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (30819102678) — Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0
Black River Gorges National Park, Mauritius — Adamina, CC BY 2.0
Plaza Mayor de Albarracín, Teruel — José Luis Filpo Cabana, CC BY 3.0
Stonehenge at winter solstice sunrise, December 2018 — Moonraker, CC BY-SA 3.0
Madeira-Levada do Risco (path PR6.1)-Casa do Rabacal-hiking trail-02ASD — Asurnipal, CC BY-SA 4.0
Swakopmund Woermannhaus 1 — Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0
Cape Cross Seal Colony, RTW 2012 (8395938208) — Ana Raquel S. Hernandes from Sao Paulo, Brazil, CC BY-SA 2.0
2023 Piata Mare din Sibiu — Chainwit., CC BY 4.0
Alley in Szentendre 8208574271 — beta.robot, CC BY-SA 2.0
Géiseres del Tatio, Atacama, Chile, 2016-02-01, DD 51-53 HDR — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
Soko Banja Vodopad Ripaljka III СП310 — Ivana OK, CC BY-SA 4.0
Aconcagua (Mendoza) 2022-11 (4) — Mauricio V. Genta, CC BY-SA 4.0

All photographs come from Wikimedia Commons and are used under the licence stated beside each one.