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

4 destinations share the top spot at 98 /100 in September, listed by fewest wet days, starting with Van. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.

Top three in September: Van (98 /100) , Istaravshan (98 /100) , La Rioja (98 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 2.9 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Van Turkey 98 /100 24 °C 12 °C 12 mm 2 355 h –
2 Istaravshan Tajikistan 98 /100 23 °C 11 °C 14 mm 3 344 h –
3 La Rioja Argentina 98 /100 23 °C 11 °C 23 mm 3 314 h –
4 Shizuishan China 98 /100 23 °C 13 °C 34 mm 6 287 h –
5 Bole China 98 /100 22 °C 11 °C 27 mm 5 321 h –
6 Ongata Rongai Kenya 97 /100 24 °C 13 °C 14 mm 3 312 h –
7 Asmara Eritrea 97 /100 23 °C 13 °C 34 mm 6 333 h –
8 Catamarca Argentina 97 /100 24 °C 13 °C 32 mm 5 318 h –
9 Galaţi Romania 97 /100 23 °C 14 °C 40 mm 5 298 h –
10 Kikuyu Kenya 97 /100 22 °C 11 °C 19 mm 4 311 h –
11 Plovdiv Bulgaria 97 /100 24 °C 14 °C 43 mm 5 314 h –
12 Astrakhan Russia 97 /100 24 °C 14 °C 15 mm 4 294 h –
13 Bishkek Kyrgyzstan 97 /100 23 °C 10 °C 28 mm 5 332 h –
14 Chincha Alta Peru 97 /100 22 °C 16 °C 0 mm 0 350 h 17 °C
15 Mzuzu Malawi 97 /100 24 °C 14 °C 13 mm 4 346 h –
16 Quillacollo Bolivia 97 /100 23 °C 10 °C 22 mm 5 333 h –
17 Tiraspol Moldova 97 /100 22 °C 13 °C 42 mm 6 284 h –
18 Isfara Tajikistan 96 /100 25 °C 14 °C 15 mm 4 346 h –
19 Jiuquan China 96 /100 21 °C 9.8 °C 15 mm 3 313 h –
20 Logan City Australia 96 /100 24 °C 14 °C 33 mm 4 318 h 20 °C
21 Yinchuan China 96 /100 23 °C 12 °C 42 mm 6 282 h –
22 Volgograd Russia 96 /100 22 °C 12 °C 32 mm 5 288 h –
23 Volgodonsk Russia 96 /100 22 °C 13 °C 34 mm 5 297 h –
24 Osh Kyrgyzstan 96 /100 25 °C 12 °C 24 mm 5 336 h –
25 Aqsu China 96 /100 25 °C 12 °C 21 mm 5 321 h –
26 Tongliao China 96 /100 23 °C 12 °C 36 mm 5 304 h –
27 Ürümqi China 96 /100 22 °C 9.9 °C 33 mm 5 318 h –
28 Rostov-on-Don Russia 96 /100 22 °C 13 °C 37 mm 6 301 h –
29 Craiova Romania 96 /100 24 °C 14 °C 49 mm 6 300 h –
30 Cochabamba Bolivia 96 /100 22 °C 9.8 °C 22 mm 5 333 h –
31 Sofia Bulgaria 96 /100 22 °C 12 °C 36 mm 6 302 h –
32 Kütahya Turkey 96 /100 25 °C 12 °C 20 mm 4 328 h –
33 Changji China 96 /100 25 °C 11 °C 20 mm 4 316 h –
34 Fuxin China 96 /100 23 °C 13 °C 40 mm 6 298 h –
35 Arusha Tanzania 96 /100 25 °C 14 °C 8 mm 2 323 h –
36 Beipiao China 96 /100 24 °C 12 °C 38 mm 5 300 h –
37 Sivas Turkey 95 /100 24 °C 10 °C 13 mm 3 336 h –
38 Isparta Turkey 95 /100 25 °C 14 °C 23 mm 4 350 h –
39 Çorum Turkey 95 /100 25 °C 13 °C 28 mm 4 321 h –
40 Shihezi China 95 /100 25 °C 12 °C 26 mm 5 314 h –
41 Spokane United States 95 /100 25 °C 11 °C 19 mm 4 333 h –
42 Angren Uzbekistan 95 /100 26 °C 14 °C 24 mm 5 346 h –
43 Niš Serbia 95 /100 24 °C 13 °C 36 mm 6 294 h –
44 Bucharest Romania 95 /100 23 °C 13 °C 61 mm 6 296 h –
45 Chisinau Moldova 95 /100 22 °C 13 °C 48 mm 7 280 h –
46 Gold Coast Australia 95 /100 22 °C 15 °C 37 mm 5 324 h 21 °C
47 Mykolayiv Ukraine 95 /100 22 °C 13 °C 42 mm 6 296 h –
48 Sumbawanga Tanzania 95 /100 25 °C 14 °C 8 mm 1 350 h –
49 Ghulja China 95 /100 24 °C 10 °C 16 mm 4 318 h –
50 Wuhai China 95 /100 23 °C 12 °C 26 mm 4 302 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

August: top 5

  1. Sumbawanga 98 /100
  2. Chincha Alta 98 /100
  3. Kitengela 98 /100
  4. Blantyre 97 /100
  5. Poços de Caldas 97 /100

Full ranking for August

October: top 5

  1. Ashgabat 98 /100
  2. Tehran 98 /100
  3. Merkezefendi 98 /100
  4. Gaziantep 98 /100
  5. Kahramanmaraş 98 /100

Full ranking for October

How this ranking is built

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