Places with the best weather in the world in August

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

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Rainfall
1 Sumbawanga Tanzania 98 /100 24 °C 2 mm
2 Chincha Alta Peru 98 /100 22 °C 0 mm
3 Kitengela Kenya 98 /100 23 °C 16 mm
4 Blantyre Malawi 97 /100 24 °C 7 mm
5 Poços de Caldas Brazil 97 /100 23 °C 27 mm
6 Lichinga Mozambique 97 /100 23 °C 2 mm
7 Nairobi Kenya 97 /100 22 °C 22 mm
8 Songea Tanzania 97 /100 24 °C 5 mm
9 Mwala Kenya 97 /100 24 °C 5 mm
10 Arusha Tanzania 97 /100 23 °C 8 mm
11 Sunshine Coast Australia 97 /100 21 °C 43 mm
12 Pouso Alegre Brazil 97 /100 24 °C 31 mm
13 Mutare Zimbabwe 96 /100 23 °C 6 mm
14 Gitega Burundi 96 /100 25 °C 6 mm
15 Mzuzu Malawi 96 /100 21 °C 17 mm
16 Mbeya Tanzania 96 /100 25 °C 3 mm
17 Contagem Brazil 96 /100 25 °C 11 mm
18 Gold Coast Australia 96 /100 20 °C 37 mm
19 Jinshanlu China 96 /100 25 °C 22 mm
20 Logan City Australia 96 /100 21 °C 32 mm
21 Brisbane Australia 96 /100 22 °C 36 mm
22 Gweru Zimbabwe 96 /100 24 °C 1 mm
23 Harare Zimbabwe 96 /100 23 °C 1 mm
24 Santiago del Estero Argentina 96 /100 24 °C 12 mm
25 Huánuco Peru 96 /100 23 °C 23 mm
26 Chimoio Mozambique 95 /100 25 °C 9 mm
27 Catamarca Argentina 95 /100 21 °C 17 mm
28 Soacha Colombia 95 /100 20 °C 34 mm
29 Polokwane South Africa 95 /100 22 °C 4 mm
30 Belo Horizonte Brazil 95 /100 25 °C 11 mm
31 Iringa Tanzania 95 /100 23 °C 0 mm
32 Tunduma Tanzania 95 /100 24 °C 1 mm
33 Quillacollo Bolivia 95 /100 22 °C 18 mm
34 Victoria Canada 95 /100 21 °C 22 mm
35 Bukavu Democratic Republic of the Congo 95 /100 25 °C 28 mm
36 Ribeirão das Neves Brazil 95 /100 25 °C 9 mm
37 Moshi Tanzania 95 /100 24 °C 17 mm
38 Chitungwiza Zimbabwe 95 /100 24 °C 1 mm
39 Bragança Paulista Brazil 95 /100 24 °C 32 mm
40 Gurúè Mozambique 95 /100 25 °C 24 mm
41 Juiz de Fora Brazil 95 /100 23 °C 30 mm
42 Ica Peru 95 /100 25 °C 0 mm
43 Lilongwe Malawi 95 /100 25 °C 1 mm
44 Francisco Morato Brazil 94 /100 23 °C 36 mm
45 KwaDukuza South Africa 94 /100 23 °C 32 mm
46 Salinas United States 94 /100 24 °C 2 mm
47 Seattle United States 94 /100 25 °C 34 mm
48 Londrina Brazil 94 /100 24 °C 62 mm
49 Sorocaba Brazil 94 /100 24 °C 35 mm
50 Itapetininga Brazil 94 /100 23 °C 39 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.

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