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Where to go in October

Well-known places at their most comfortable in the month you choose: mild days and little rain, from twenty years of weather averages. Typical weather, not a forecast, and never a place under a travel advisory.

1 of 4 well-known places suit October. 3 more would suit it but are left out because of a Level 3 or 4 travel advisory.

Places for October

  1. Number 1

    Istanbul

    Turkey

    Comfort 88 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    19° / 16°
    Rain in the month
    87 mm
    Open brief for Istanbul

Places are ranked by the same comfort rule as the Best time of year card: the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. A place is listed only when its month is comfortable (a comfort of 70 or more, about a mild day with little rain). It is a short list of well-known places, not every place; crowds, prices, humidity and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell. Not a forecast. A place under a Level 3 or 4 travel advisory is never listed.

NASA POWER climatology (public domain), 2001–2020. Read on 2026-10-08. Search for any other place above its brief to see its own best time of year.