Seasonal Report · Autumn 2026

Best Autumn Escapes
September & October

25 of 59 destinations are at their best in September and October. Tbilisi leads — summer crowds gone, conditions still exceptional.

Ranked by average weather score across September and October (1–10, 10 = best conditions). How scores are calculated →

#1
Tbilisi

Tbilisi

Georgia

Excellent
9.5
Avg high: 23°CCrowd: 6/10Best month: Sep
9.5/ 10
#2
Madrid

Madrid

Spain

Excellent
9.0
Avg high: 24°CCrowd: 7.5/10Best month: Sep
9.0/ 10
#3
Athens

Athens

Greece

Excellent
9.0
Avg high: 26°CCrowd: 6.5/10Best month: Sep
9.0/ 10
#4
New York

New York

USA

Excellent
8.5
Avg high: 21°CCrowd: 4.5/10Best month: Oct
8.5/ 10
#5
Fiji

Fiji

Fiji

Excellent
8.5
Avg high: 28°CCrowd: 5.5/10Best month: Sep
8.5/ 10
#6
Sydney

Sydney

Australia

Excellent
8.5
Avg high: 21°CCrowd: 7.5/10Best month: Oct
8.5/ 10
#7
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Excellent
8.5
Avg high: 20°CCrowd: 5.5/10Best month: Oct
8.5/ 10
#8
Seville

Seville

Spain

Excellent
8.5
Avg high: 28°CCrowd: 6.5/10Best month: Oct
8.5/ 10
#9
Lisbon

Lisbon

Portugal

Excellent
8.0
Avg high: 23°CCrowd: 6/10Best month: Sep
8.0/ 10
#10
Santorini

Santorini

Greece

Excellent
8.0
Avg high: 23°CCrowd: 6/10Best month: Sep
8.0/ 10
#11
Rome

Rome

Italy

Excellent
8.0
Avg high: 24°CCrowd: 6/10Best month: Sep
8.0/ 10
#12
Istanbul

Istanbul

Turkey

Excellent
8.0
Avg high: 22°CCrowd: 6/10Best month: Sep
8.0/ 10
#13
Seoul

Seoul

South Korea

Excellent
8.0
Avg high: 22°CCrowd: 5/10Best month: Oct
8.0/ 10
#14
Florence

Florence

Italy

Excellent
8.0
Avg high: 23°CCrowd: 7.5/10Best month: Sep
8.0/ 10
#15
Porto

Porto

Portugal

Excellent
8.0
Avg high: 23°CCrowd: 6/10Best month: Sep
8.0/ 10
#16
Budapest

Budapest

Hungary

Excellent
8.0
Avg high: 20°CCrowd: 6.5/10Best month: Sep
8.0/ 10
#17
Cusco

Cusco

Peru

Excellent
8.0
Avg high: 21°CCrowd: 5.5/10Best month: Sep
8.0/ 10
#18
Mykonos

Mykonos

Greece

Excellent
8.0
Avg high: 25°CCrowd: 6.5/10Best month: Sep
8.0/ 10
#19
Barcelona

Barcelona

Spain

Excellent
7.5
Avg high: 23°CCrowd: 6/10Best month: Sep
7.5/ 10
#20
Paris

Paris

France

Excellent
7.5
Avg high: 19°CCrowd: 5.5/10Best month: Sep
7.5/ 10
#21
Vienna

Vienna

Austria

Excellent
7.5
Avg high: 19°CCrowd: 5.5/10Best month: Sep
7.5/ 10
#22
Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Excellent
7.5
Avg high: 23°CCrowd: 6/10Best month: Sep
7.5/ 10
#23
Cape Town

Cape Town

South Africa

Excellent
7.5
Avg high: 20°CCrowd: 6.5/10Best month: Oct
7.5/ 10
#24
Amalfi Coast

Amalfi Coast

Italy

Excellent
7.5
Avg high: 25°CCrowd: 6/10Best month: Sep
7.5/ 10
#25
Kraków

Kraków

Poland

Excellent
7.5
Avg high: 16°CCrowd: 6.5/10Best month: Sep
7.5/ 10
#26
Bali

Bali

Indonesia

Good
7.0
Avg high: 31°CCrowd: 5.5/10Best month: Sep
7.0/ 10
#27
Marrakech

Marrakech

Morocco

Good
7.0
Avg high: 29°CCrowd: 7/10Best month: Oct
7.0/ 10
#28
Prague

Prague

Czech Republic

Good
7.0
Avg high: 18°CCrowd: 6.5/10Best month: Sep
7.0/ 10
#29
Osaka

Osaka

Japan

Good
7.0
Avg high: 26°CCrowd: 6/10Best month: Oct
7.0/ 10
#30
Zanzibar

Zanzibar

Tanzania

Good
7.0
Avg high: 28°CCrowd: 7.5/10Best month: Sep
7.0/ 10
#31
Kyoto

Kyoto

Japan

Good
6.5
Avg high: 26°CCrowd: 6/10Best month: Oct
6.5/ 10
#32
Queenstown

Queenstown

New Zealand

Good
6.5
Avg high: 14°CCrowd: 7/10Best month: Oct
6.5/ 10
#33
Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Good
6.0
Avg high: 17°CCrowd: 6/10Best month: Sep
6.0/ 10
#34
Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

Good
6.0
Avg high: 27°CCrowd: 7.5/10Best month: Sep
6.0/ 10
#35
London

London

United Kingdom

Good
6.0
Avg high: 18°CCrowd: 6.5/10Best month: Sep
6.0/ 10
#36
Tokyo

Tokyo

Japan

Good
5.5
Avg high: 25°CCrowd: 5.5/10Best month: Oct
5.5/ 10
#37
Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico

Good
5.5
Avg high: 22°CCrowd: 5.5/10Best month: Oct
5.5/ 10
#38
Singapore

Singapore

Singapore

Good
5.5
Avg high: 32°CCrowd: 4.5/10Best month: Sep
5.5/ 10
#39
Edinburgh

Edinburgh

Scotland

Good
5.5
Avg high: 15°CCrowd: 7/10Best month: Sep
5.5/ 10
#40
Copenhagen

Copenhagen

Denmark

Good
5.5
Avg high: 16°CCrowd: 6/10Best month: Sep
5.5/ 10
#41
Iceland

Iceland

Iceland

Decent
5.0
Avg high: 8°CCrowd: 7.5/10Best month: Sep
5.0/ 10
#42
Hanoi

Hanoi

Vietnam

Decent
5.0
Avg high: 30°CCrowd: 6/10Best month: Oct
5.0/ 10
#43
Maldives

Maldives

Maldives

Decent
4.5
Avg high: 30°CCrowd: 7.5/10Best month: Oct
4.5/ 10
#44
Dubai

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Decent
4.5
Avg high: 37°CCrowd: 8/10Best month: Oct
4.5/ 10
#45
Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai

Thailand

Decent
4.5
Avg high: 31°CCrowd: 8.5/10Best month: Oct
4.5/ 10
#46
Medellín

Medellín

Colombia

Decent
4.0
Avg high: 28°CCrowd: 8.5/10Best month: Sep
4.0/ 10
#47
Miami

Miami

USA

Decent
4.0
Avg high: 31°CCrowd: 8/10Best month: Oct
4.0/ 10
#48
Goa

Goa

India

Decent
4.0
Avg high: 31°CCrowd: 8/10Best month: Oct
4.0/ 10
#49
Cartagena

Cartagena

Colombia

Decent
4.0
Avg high: 31°CCrowd: 9/10Best month: Sep
4.0/ 10
#50
Siem Reap

Siem Reap

Cambodia

Decent
4.0
Avg high: 31°CCrowd: 9/10Best month: Oct
4.0/ 10
#51
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Mixed
3.5
Avg high: 30°CCrowd: 8.5/10Best month: Sep
3.5/ 10
#52
Bangkok

Bangkok

Thailand

Mixed
3.0
Avg high: 31°CCrowd: 8.5/10Best month: Oct
3.0/ 10
#53
Tulum

Tulum

Mexico

Mixed
3.0
Avg high: 32°CCrowd: 8.5/10Best month: Oct
3.0/ 10
#54
Palawan

Palawan

Philippines

Mixed
3.0
Avg high: 30°CCrowd: 8/10Best month: Oct
3.0/ 10
#55
Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Mixed
3.0
Avg high: 25°CCrowd: 9.5/10Best month: Sep
3.0/ 10
#56
Cancun

Cancun

Mexico

Mixed
3.0
Avg high: 31°CCrowd: 9/10Best month: Oct
3.0/ 10
#57
Phuket

Phuket

Thailand

Mixed
2.5
Avg high: 31°CCrowd: 8.5/10Best month: Oct
2.5/ 10
#58
Krabi

Krabi

Thailand

Mixed
2.5
Avg high: 32°CCrowd: 9/10Best month: Oct
2.5/ 10
#59
Hoi An

Hoi An

Vietnam

Mixed
1.5
Avg high: 30°CCrowd: 8.5/10Best month: Sep
1.5/ 10

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Weather score 1–10 (10 = best conditions). Averaged across September and October. Methodology →