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Where to go in August

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.

6 of 6 well-known places suit August.

Places for August

  1. Number 1

    Cairns

    Australia

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    24° / 19°
    Rain in the month
    26 mm
    Open brief for Cairns

  2. Number 2

    Papeete

    French Polynesia

    Comfort 98 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    26° / 25°
    Rain in the month
    48 mm
    Open brief for Papeete

  3. Number 3

    Nadi

    Fiji

    Comfort 95 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    26° / 23°
    Rain in the month
    66 mm
    Open brief for Nadi

  4. Number 4

    Sydney

    Australia

    Comfort 90 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    17° / 9°
    Rain in the month
    43 mm
    Open brief for Sydney

  5. Number 5

    Auckland

    New Zealand

    Comfort 74 out of 100

    Cool

    Typical high / low
    14° / 11°
    Rain in the month
    92 mm
    Open brief for Auckland

  6. Number 6

    Melbourne

    Australia

    Comfort 72 out of 100

    Cool

    Typical high / low
    12° / 4°
    Rain in the month
    64 mm
    Open brief for Melbourne

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.