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

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

Top three in October: Ashgabat (98 /100) , Tehran (98 /100) , Merkezefendi (98 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 2.1 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Ashgabat Turkmenistan 98 /100 22 °C 11 °C 12 mm 3 301 h –
2 Tehran Iran 98 /100 23 °C 12 °C 21 mm 4 320 h –
3 Merkezefendi Turkey 98 /100 24 °C 13 °C 35 mm 5 303 h –
4 Gaziantep Turkey 98 /100 24 °C 12 °C 30 mm 4 312 h –
5 Kahramanmaraş Turkey 98 /100 24 °C 13 °C 31 mm 4 307 h –
6 Puyang China 98 /100 22 °C 11 °C 30 mm 4 255 h –
7 Shangqiu China 98 /100 22 °C 12 °C 38 mm 5 247 h –
8 Denizli Turkey 98 /100 24 °C 13 °C 36 mm 5 303 h –
9 Zhengzhou China 98 /100 22 °C 12 °C 41 mm 5 242 h –
10 Adıyaman Turkey 97 /100 24 °C 12 °C 29 mm 4 304 h –
11 Mazār-e Sharīf Afghanistan 97 /100 23 °C 11 °C 5 mm 1 319 h –
12 Naz̧arābād Iran 97 /100 22 °C 11 °C 21 mm 4 321 h –
13 Bozhou China 97 /100 22 °C 12 °C 45 mm 5 245 h –
14 Mek'ele Ethiopia 97 /100 24 °C 13 °C 10 mm 2 357 h –
15 Heze China 97 /100 22 °C 11 °C 31 mm 4 251 h –
16 Xinxiang China 97 /100 22 °C 11 °C 29 mm 4 249 h –
17 Borūjerd Iran 97 /100 23 °C 11 °C 25 mm 4 325 h –
18 Xuchang China 97 /100 22 °C 12 °C 43 mm 5 238 h –
19 Luohe China 97 /100 22 °C 12 °C 50 mm 5 237 h –
20 Ṣuwayliḥ Jordan 97 /100 25 °C 14 °C 7 mm 1 333 h –
21 Suzhou China 97 /100 22 °C 12 °C 49 mm 5 247 h –
22 Athens Greece 97 /100 23 °C 15 °C 28 mm 4 292 h 23 °C
23 Anyang China 97 /100 22 °C 10 °C 28 mm 4 257 h –
24 Khujand Tajikistan 97 /100 22 °C 10 °C 23 mm 4 288 h –
25 Qazvin Iran 97 /100 22 °C 10 °C 30 mm 5 316 h –
26 Fuyang China 97 /100 22 °C 13 °C 56 mm 5 239 h –
27 Arequipa Peru 97 /100 23 °C 11 °C 5 mm 1 373 h –
28 Liaocheng China 97 /100 21 °C 11 °C 30 mm 4 260 h –
29 Djelfa Algeria 97 /100 21 °C 10 °C 31 mm 5 311 h –
30 Sunnyvale United States 97 /100 24 °C 13 °C 29 mm 3 316 h 14 °C
31 Peicheng China 97 /100 21 °C 12 °C 38 mm 5 249 h –
32 Battagram Pakistan 97 /100 24 °C 12 °C 37 mm 5 316 h –
33 Jinan China 97 /100 21 °C 11 °C 29 mm 4 261 h –
34 Xuzhou China 97 /100 22 °C 12 °C 45 mm 5 250 h –
35 Siverek Turkey 97 /100 24 °C 12 °C 44 mm 6 305 h –
36 Qo‘qon Uzbekistan 96 /100 22 °C 9.6 °C 17 mm 4 288 h –
37 Suqian China 96 /100 22 °C 12 °C 43 mm 5 250 h –
38 Huai'an China 96 /100 22 °C 13 °C 41 mm 5 249 h –
39 Elche Spain 96 /100 24 °C 15 °C 35 mm 5 298 h 22 °C
40 Asmara Eritrea 96 /100 22 °C 12 °C 28 mm 6 348 h –
41 Oxnard United States 96 /100 23 °C 15 °C 18 mm 2 331 h 19 °C
42 Shahrīār Iran 96 /100 23 °C 10 °C 17 mm 3 322 h –
43 Handan China 96 /100 22 °C 9.9 °C 26 mm 4 261 h –
44 Jining China 96 /100 21 °C 11 °C 31 mm 4 254 h –
45 Ensenada Mexico 96 /100 24 °C 16 °C 12 mm 2 334 h 19 °C
46 San Jose United States 96 /100 25 °C 13 °C 29 mm 3 316 h –
47 Pizhou China 96 /100 21 °C 12 °C 43 mm 4 251 h –
48 Namangan Uzbekistan 96 /100 22 °C 9.4 °C 22 mm 5 281 h –
49 Hamadān Iran 96 /100 22 °C 10 °C 23 mm 5 324 h –
50 Mary Turkmenistan 96 /100 24 °C 10 °C 7 mm 2 315 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

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

November: top 5

  1. Al Miqdādīyah 99 /100
  2. Khamis Mushait 98 /100
  3. Baqubah 98 /100
  4. Harar 98 /100
  5. Arequipa 98 /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 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.