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Places with the best weather in the world in August: ranked by comfort score

Sumbawanga tops the list at 98 /100 in August. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.

Top three in August: Sumbawanga (98 /100) , Chincha Alta (98 /100) , Kitengela (98 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 3.7 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Sumbawanga Tanzania 98 /100 24 °C 12 °C 2 mm 0 360 h –
2 Chincha Alta Peru 98 /100 22 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 347 h 17 °C
3 Kitengela Kenya 98 /100 23 °C 13 °C 16 mm 3 265 h –
4 Blantyre Malawi 97 /100 24 °C 13 °C 7 mm 2 326 h –
5 Poços de Caldas Brazil 97 /100 23 °C 12 °C 27 mm 4 320 h –
6 Lichinga Mozambique 97 /100 23 °C 11 °C 2 mm 0 324 h –
7 Nairobi Kenya 97 /100 22 °C 13 °C 22 mm 4 267 h –
8 Songea Tanzania 97 /100 24 °C 13 °C 5 mm 1 324 h –
9 Mwala Kenya 97 /100 24 °C 14 °C 5 mm 2 255 h –
10 Arusha Tanzania 97 /100 23 °C 13 °C 8 mm 2 323 h –
11 Sunshine Coast Australia 97 /100 21 °C 13 °C 43 mm 5 304 h 21 °C
12 Pouso Alegre Brazil 97 /100 24 °C 13 °C 31 mm 4 310 h –
13 Mutare Zimbabwe 96 /100 23 °C 11 °C 6 mm 2 331 h –
14 Gitega Burundi 96 /100 25 °C 15 °C 6 mm 1 342 h –
15 Mzuzu Malawi 96 /100 21 °C 12 °C 17 mm 5 353 h –
16 Mbeya Tanzania 96 /100 25 °C 13 °C 3 mm 1 358 h –
17 Contagem Brazil 96 /100 25 °C 13 °C 11 mm 2 326 h –
18 Gold Coast Australia 96 /100 20 °C 13 °C 37 mm 4 308 h 21 °C
19 Jinshanlu China 96 /100 25 °C 12 °C 22 mm 4 383 h –
20 Logan City Australia 96 /100 21 °C 11 °C 32 mm 4 302 h 20 °C
21 Brisbane Australia 96 /100 22 °C 11 °C 36 mm 4 304 h 20 °C
22 Gweru Zimbabwe 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 1 mm 0 334 h –
23 Harare Zimbabwe 96 /100 23 °C 9.6 °C 1 mm 0 340 h –
24 Santiago del Estero Argentina 96 /100 24 °C 12 °C 12 mm 2 302 h –
25 Huánuco Peru 96 /100 23 °C 13 °C 23 mm 5 346 h –
26 Chimoio Mozambique 95 /100 25 °C 13 °C 9 mm 3 320 h –
27 Catamarca Argentina 95 /100 21 °C 9.1 °C 17 mm 3 320 h –
28 Soacha Colombia 95 /100 20 °C 11 °C 34 mm 6 314 h –
29 Polokwane South Africa 95 /100 22 °C 8.7 °C 4 mm 1 326 h –
30 Belo Horizonte Brazil 95 /100 25 °C 13 °C 11 mm 2 326 h –
31 Iringa Tanzania 95 /100 23 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 349 h –
32 Tunduma Tanzania 95 /100 24 °C 12 °C 1 mm 0 355 h –
33 Quillacollo Bolivia 95 /100 22 °C 8.6 °C 18 mm 3 333 h –
34 Victoria Canada 95 /100 21 °C 14 °C 22 mm 3 391 h 12 °C
35 Bukavu Democratic Republic of the Congo 95 /100 25 °C 16 °C 28 mm 4 344 h –
36 Ribeirão das Neves Brazil 95 /100 25 °C 14 °C 9 mm 2 330 h –
37 Moshi Tanzania 95 /100 24 °C 16 °C 17 mm 4 312 h –
38 Chitungwiza Zimbabwe 95 /100 24 °C 9.5 °C 1 mm 0 338 h –
39 Bragança Paulista Brazil 95 /100 24 °C 12 °C 32 mm 4 303 h –
40 Gurúè Mozambique 95 /100 25 °C 14 °C 24 mm 5 325 h –
41 Juiz de Fora Brazil 95 /100 23 °C 13 °C 30 mm 5 274 h –
42 Ica Peru 95 /100 25 °C 15 °C 0 mm 0 350 h –
43 Lilongwe Malawi 95 /100 25 °C 12 °C 1 mm 0 339 h –
44 Francisco Morato Brazil 94 /100 23 °C 12 °C 36 mm 4 295 h –
45 KwaDukuza South Africa 94 /100 23 °C 14 °C 32 mm 6 282 h 21 °C
46 Salinas United States 94 /100 24 °C 14 °C 2 mm 0 392 h 14 °C
47 Seattle United States 94 /100 25 °C 14 °C 34 mm 5 369 h –
48 Londrina Brazil 94 /100 24 °C 13 °C 62 mm 6 308 h –
49 Sorocaba Brazil 94 /100 24 °C 13 °C 35 mm 4 296 h –
50 Itapetininga Brazil 94 /100 23 °C 13 °C 39 mm 4 287 h –

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

July: top 5

  1. Musanze 99 /100
  2. Gitega 99 /100
  3. Songea 98 /100
  4. Sumbawanga 98 /100
  5. Chincha Alta 97 /100

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. Van 98 /100
  2. Istaravshan 98 /100
  3. La Rioja 98 /100
  4. Shizuishan 98 /100
  5. Bole 98 /100

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in August, 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 the world 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.