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Places with the best weather in Africa in October: ranked by comfort score

Mazār-e Sharīf tops the list at 97 /100 in October. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in October: Mazār-e Sharīf (97 /100) , Mek'ele (97 /100) , Djelfa (97 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 7.5 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Mazār-e Sharīf Afghanistan 97 /100 23 °C 11 °C 5 mm 1 319 h –
2 Mek'ele Ethiopia 97 /100 24 °C 13 °C 10 mm 2 357 h –
3 Djelfa Algeria 97 /100 21 °C 10 °C 31 mm 5 311 h –
4 Asmara Eritrea 96 /100 22 °C 12 °C 28 mm 6 348 h –
5 Tébessa Algeria 96 /100 23 °C 12 °C 30 mm 6 293 h –
6 Tlemcen Algeria 95 /100 23 °C 12 °C 41 mm 6 306 h –
7 Khouribga Morocco 95 /100 25 °C 14 °C 34 mm 5 311 h –
8 Bordj Bou Arreridj Algeria 95 /100 22 °C 11 °C 33 mm 6 309 h –
9 Tiaret Algeria 95 /100 22 °C 11 °C 38 mm 7 309 h –
10 El Achir Algeria 95 /100 21 °C 10 °C 33 mm 6 310 h –
11 Bishoftu Ethiopia 95 /100 23 °C 10 °C 24 mm 4 357 h –
12 Kunduz Afghanistan 94 /100 25 °C 10 °C 13 mm 2 312 h –
13 Taza Morocco 94 /100 25 °C 14 °C 44 mm 6 303 h –
14 Sidi Bel Abbes Algeria 94 /100 25 °C 13 °C 32 mm 5 305 h –
15 Paarl South Africa 94 /100 23 °C 11 °C 49 mm 6 367 h –
16 Kabul Afghanistan 93 /100 21 °C 8.3 °C 13 mm 3 324 h –
17 Oujda Morocco 93 /100 25 °C 12 °C 38 mm 5 304 h –
18 Batna Algeria 93 /100 22 °C 10 °C 38 mm 7 306 h –
19 Oran Algeria 93 /100 24 °C 16 °C 32 mm 5 308 h 21 °C
20 Sumbawanga Tanzania 93 /100 26 °C 16 °C 35 mm 5 355 h –
21 Antananarivo Madagascar 93 /100 25 °C 13 °C 30 mm 5 345 h –
22 Gonder Ethiopia 93 /100 23 °C 12 °C 86 mm 7 341 h –
23 Ongata Rongai Kenya 93 /100 25 °C 14 °C 43 mm 7 344 h –
24 Mohammedia Morocco 92 /100 24 °C 17 °C 34 mm 5 310 h 21 °C
25 Meknes Morocco 92 /100 25 °C 13 °C 55 mm 7 302 h –
26 Constantine Algeria 92 /100 24 °C 12 °C 39 mm 7 294 h –
27 Casablanca Morocco 92 /100 25 °C 16 °C 33 mm 5 310 h 21 °C
28 Mostaganem Algeria 92 /100 25 °C 16 °C 36 mm 6 310 h 21 °C
29 Iringa Tanzania 92 /100 26 °C 14 °C 9 mm 2 365 h –
30 Blida Algeria 92 /100 24 °C 15 °C 57 mm 8 308 h 22 °C
31 Settat Morocco 92 /100 26 °C 15 °C 31 mm 5 310 h –
32 Salé Morocco 91 /100 24 °C 17 °C 47 mm 6 307 h 21 °C
33 Addis Ababa Ethiopia 91 /100 21 °C 8.6 °C 46 mm 6 354 h –
34 Souk Ahras Algeria 91 /100 23 °C 12 °C 55 mm 8 291 h –
35 Rabat Morocco 91 /100 25 °C 17 °C 47 mm 6 307 h 21 °C
36 Al Hoceïma Morocco 91 /100 22 °C 16 °C 47 mm 6 303 h 21 °C
37 El Jadida Morocco 91 /100 24 °C 18 °C 33 mm 5 309 h 22 °C
38 Algiers Algeria 91 /100 25 °C 15 °C 57 mm 7 308 h 22 °C
39 Temara Morocco 91 /100 25 °C 16 °C 47 mm 6 307 h 21 °C
40 Sétif Algeria 91 /100 20 °C 10 °C 43 mm 7 304 h –
41 Herāt Afghanistan 90 /100 24 °C 8.1 °C 2 mm 1 333 h –
42 Cape Town South Africa 90 /100 20 °C 13 °C 32 mm 5 370 h 15 °C
43 Kikuyu Kenya 90 /100 23 °C 13 °C 48 mm 10 340 h –
44 Harar Ethiopia 90 /100 24 °C 14 °C 69 mm 10 348 h –
45 Somerset West South Africa 90 /100 21 °C 13 °C 49 mm 6 369 h 16 °C
46 Fes Morocco 90 /100 26 °C 14 °C 57 mm 8 302 h –
47 Jijiga Ethiopia 90 /100 25 °C 14 °C 46 mm 8 344 h –
48 Nador Morocco 90 /100 25 °C 16 °C 41 mm 6 300 h 21 °C
49 Dessie Ethiopia 90 /100 19 °C 8.5 °C 34 mm 6 356 h –
50 Kariega South Africa 90 /100 23 °C 13 °C 48 mm 7 328 h 18 °C

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

September: top 5

  1. Ongata Rongai 97 /100
  2. Asmara 97 /100
  3. Kikuyu 97 /100
  4. Mzuzu 97 /100
  5. Arusha 96 /100

Full ranking for September

November: top 5

  1. Harar 98 /100
  2. Jalālābād 98 /100
  3. Tripoli 98 /100
  4. Mek'ele 97 /100
  5. Gonder 97 /100

Full ranking for November

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in October, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Africa with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.