Where to go in October: Europe

44 destinations in Europe genuinely in season, warmest first: typical daytime highs, budget level and the full travel window for each. Tap one for details, or let the quiz pick for your whole group.

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The band on each card is its year, January to December: blue where it's cool, red where it's hot, with October marked.4°39°36°C97°F

• Andalusia Spain 28°C / 82°F $$ Apr–May, Oct
• Cyprus Cyprus 28°C / 83°F $$ Apr–Oct
• Seville Spain 28°C / 82°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Granada Spain 26°C / 78°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov
• Rhodes Greece 26°C / 80°F $$ May–Oct
• Tenerife Spain 26°C / 79°F $$ Any month
• Crete Greece 25°C / 76°F $$ May–Oct
• Sicily Italy 25°C / 77°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Valencia Spain 25°C / 77°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Athens & the Acropolis Greece 24°C / 76°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Madeira Portugal 24°C / 75°F $$ Any month
• Malta Malta 24°C / 76°F $$ Apr–Oct
• Santorini Greece 24°C / 75°F $$$ May–Oct
• Lisbon & Sintra Portugal 23°C / 73°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Barcelona & the Costa Brava Spain 22°C / 71°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Cappadocia Turkey 22°C / 71°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Florence & the Tuscan hills Italy 22°C / 71°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Meteora Greece 22°C / 71°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Rome & the Bay of Naples Italy 22°C / 72°F $$ Apr–May, Oct
• Yerevan & the Armenian highlands Armenia 22°C / 72°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Baku Azerbaijan 21°C / 70°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Bologna Italy 21°C / 70°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Istanbul Turkey 21°C / 69°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Plitvice Lakes National Park Croatia 21°C / 70°F $$ Apr–Oct
• Bordeaux France 20°C / 69°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Porto & the Douro Valley Portugal 20°C / 69°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Tbilisi & the Caucasus Georgia 20°C / 67°F $ May–Oct
• Venice Italy 20°C / 67°F $$$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Bucharest & the Carpathians Romania 19°C / 67°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Lyon France 19°C / 66°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Milan Italy 19°C / 65°F $$$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Turin & Piedmont Italy 19°C / 66°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Bratislava Slovakia 17°C / 62°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Budapest Hungary 17°C / 63°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Paris France 17°C / 62°F $$$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Vienna Austria 17°C / 63°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Bruges & Brussels Belgium 16°C / 61°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Prague & Bohemia Czech Republic 16°C / 60°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct, or Dec for the markets
• The Rhine Valley Germany 16°C / 61°F $$ May–Oct
• Snowdonia Wales 15°C / 59°F $ Apr–Oct
• Warsaw Poland 15°C / 59°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Bath England 14°C / 57°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• The Lake District England 14°C / 57°F $$ Apr–Oct
• York England 13°C / 55°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct

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