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Travel by MonthSeptember

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Where to go in September

Highlighted on the map: destinations whose September climate normals score at least 72% on a warm-and-dry preference, plus editorial best-month picks where no station data exists.

Best weather

Destination	Avg high	Rain	Comfort	From / day
Athens Greece	29°C	14 mm	100%	$64
Funchal (Madeira) Portugal	26°C	37 mm	100%	$65
Istanbul Türkiye (Turkey)	25°C	44 mm	100%	$49
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain	27°C	9 mm	100%	$65
Lisbon Portugal	26°C	26 mm	100%	$69
Porto Portugal	24°C	64 mm	100%	$62
Split Croatia	25°C	67 mm	100%	$70
Zanzibar (Stone Town and Paje) Tanzania	30°C	4 mm	100%	$43
Bali (Canggu and Ubud) Indonesia	31°C	47 mm	97%	$35
Barcelona Spain	26°C	81 mm	97%	$76
Budapest Hungary · editorial pick	22°C	45 mm	—	$54
Buenos Aires Argentina · editorial pick	19°C	72 mm	—	$40
Cusco Peru · editorial pick	20°C	22 mm	—	$38
Prague Czechia · editorial pick	20°C	34 mm	—	$57
Rio de Janeiro Brazil · editorial pick	25°C	87 mm	—	$45
Seoul South Korea · editorial pick	26°C	142 mm	—	$52
Tbilisi Georgia · editorial pick	—°C	36 mm	—	$38
Tirana Albania · editorial pick	—	—	—	$41

Comfort = 65% temperature fit (24–31°C ideal) + 35% rainfall fit, from WMO monthly normals; editorial picks are shown without a score.

Budget destinations

Bali (Canggu and Ubud)$35–$235/day
Cusco$38–$211/day
Tbilisi$38–$189/day
Buenos Aires$40–$223/day
Tirana$41–$189/day
Zanzibar (Stone Town and Paje)$43–$265/day
Rio de Janeiro$45–$257/day
Istanbul$49–$248/day

Warm-weather destinations

Athens29°C · 14 mm
Funchal (Madeira)26°C · 37 mm
Istanbul25°C · 44 mm
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria27°C · 9 mm
Lisbon26°C · 26 mm
Porto24°C · 64 mm
Split25°C · 67 mm
Zanzibar (Stone Town and Paje)30°C · 4 mm

Adventure destinations

Funchal (Madeira)hiking, mountains
Las Palmas de Gran Canariasurf, hiking
Lisbonsurf
Portosurf
Zanzibar (Stone Town and Paje)surf, adventure
Bali (Canggu and Ubud)surf
Rio de Janeirohiking, surf, mountains
Marrakechmountains, adventure

Digital nomad bases

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria250 Mbps · community 5/5
Lisbon300 Mbps · community 5/5
Bali (Canggu and Ubud)60 Mbps · community 5/5
Barcelona300 Mbps · community 5/5
Medellín120 Mbps · community 5/5
Mexico City100 Mbps · community 5/5
Buenos Aires100 Mbps · community 5/5
Chiang Mai150 Mbps · community 5/5

Full nomad ranking for September →

Backpacking routes in season

Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, Iceland

Two Weeks on Iceland's Ring Road

14 days$2,600–$9,800Best Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 3/5

Waterfalls, glacier lagoons and lava fields on a full self-drive loop.

Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Canada

Two Weeks in the Canadian Rockies and British Columbia

14 days$2,000–$7,800Best Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 2/5

Sea to Sky, the Icefields Parkway and the turquoise lakes of Banff.

Quilotoa crater lake, Ecuador

Three Weeks in Ecuador and the Galapagos

21 days$1,900–$7,800Best Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Dec, JanAdventure 3/5

Andean markets and crater lakes, then a land-based week in the Galapagos.

Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah

Three Weeks on a USA Southwest Road Trip

21 days$2,100–$7,500Best Apr, May, Sep, OctAdventure 2/5

A desert loop through Utah and Arizona's national parks by car.

The Cinque Terre coast, Italy

Three Weeks in Italy by Train

21 days$2,100–$9,800Best Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 1/5

Venice to the Amalfi Coast on fast trains, with Sicily as an optional extension.

The Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland

Three Weeks in Scotland and Ireland

21 days$2,300–$10,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 2/5

Highlands, islands and the Atlantic coast by train, coach and ferry.

Blue domes in Oia, Santorini, Greece

Three Weeks Island-Hopping in Greece

21 days$1,900–$9,200Best May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 2/5

Athens, four Cycladic islands and Crete, linked entirely by ferry.

Wawel Castle, Kraków, Poland

Three Weeks in Poland and the Baltics

21 days$1,300–$6,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 2/5

Medieval old towns from Krakow to Tallinn by train and bus.

Machu Picchu, Peru

Four Weeks in Peru and Bolivia

28 days$1,500–$6,800Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, OctAdventure 4/5

Inca valleys, Lake Titicaca and the Uyuni salt flats on one high-altitude line.

Safari vehicles and an elephant in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

Four Weeks in East Africa: Safari and Coast

28 days$3,600–$14,500Best Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, OctAdventure 3/5

The Mara, the Serengeti and Ngorongoro, then slow days on Zanzibar.

Gergeti Trinity Church, Kazbegi, Georgia

Four Weeks in Turkey and Georgia

28 days$1,300–$6,500Best May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 3/5

Istanbul, Cappadocia and the Lycian coast, then east to the Caucasus.

The Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Four Weeks on the Silk Road: Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan

28 days$1,100–$5,200Best May, Jun, SepAdventure 4/5

Tiled Samarkand and Bukhara, then yurts and alpine lakes in the Tian Shan.

The Alhambra, Granada, Spain

One Month in Spain and Portugal

30 days$2,300–$10,200Best Apr, May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 1/5

Barcelona to Porto through Andalusia and the Algarve by fast train and bus.

Stari Most, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Five Weeks Overland Through the Balkans

35 days$2,000–$8,800Best May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 3/5

Alpine lakes to the Aegean by bus and train across seven countries.

Borobudur at dawn, Central Java, Indonesia

Five Weeks in Indonesia: Java to Komodo

35 days$1,500–$8,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 4/5

Temples and volcanoes on Java, then island-hopping east to the Komodo dragons.

Deadvlei, Namibia

Five Weeks Overland in Southern Africa

35 days$3,200–$15,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, OctAdventure 4/5

Cape Town to Victoria Falls through Namibia's dunes and Botswana's delta.

Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Islands, Australia

Six Weeks on Australia's East Coast

42 days$4,300–$17,000Best Apr, May, Sep, OctAdventure 2/5

Melbourne to the Daintree via Sydney, surf towns, sand islands and the reef.

Plaza de España, Seville, Spain

Two Months of Slow Iberia

60 days$4,500–$18,000Best Apr, May, Sep, OctAdventure 1/5

Porto to Barcelona by train and bus, with a week or more in each place.

Dubrovnik

Two Months in Europe

60 days$4,000–$15,000Best May, Jun, Sep, OctAdventure 2/5

Lisbon to Istanbul by train, with the Schengen clock in mind.

Salar de Uyuni

Three Months in South America

90 days$3,200–$14,000Best Sep, Oct, Nov, Mar, AprAdventure 4/5

Colombia to Patagonia down the Andean spine.

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Türkiye

Three Months Around the World

90 days$6,500–$26,000Best Sep, Oct, Nov, DecAdventure 2/5

An eastbound loop across five continents in about 90 days.

Gergeti Trinity Church above Kazbegi, Georgia

Three-Month Caucasus and Balkans Summer

90 days$4,500–$17,500Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 3/5

Georgia's mountains, Istanbul and the Balkans, mostly outside the Schengen Area.

Kazbegi, Georgia

European Summer Nomad Circuit

150 days$9,000–$26,000Best May, Jun, Jul, Aug, SepAdventure 2/5

Five bases from May to September for people who work on the way.

Sydney Opera House, Australia

Six-Month Gap Year in Australia and New Zealand

180 days$11,000–$38,000Best Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb, MarAdventure 3/5

The east coast, a regional work block, Melbourne and New Zealand's South Island.

Annapurna, Nepal

Six Months Around the World

180 days$9,000–$34,000Best Sep, OctAdventure 4/5

Westbound with the seasons: Europe, Asia, the Pacific and the Americas.

Serengeti

One-Year World Trip

365 days$17,000–$65,000Best Jan, SepAdventure 4/5

Twelve months, five continents, a season in each.