Where to go in September

210 destinations 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 September marked.4°39°36°C97°F

• The Pantanal Brazil 37°C / 98°F $$ May–Sep
• Yosemite & the Sierra Nevada United States 35°C / 94°F $$ Jun–Sep
• Zion, Bryce & Arches United States 35°C / 96°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Shiraz Iran 34°C / 93°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov Advisory
• The Brazilian Amazon Brazil 33°C / 91°F $$ Jun–Nov
• The Okavango Delta Botswana 33°C / 91°F $$$ Jun–Oct
• Victoria Falls Zambia 33°C / 92°F $$ Aug–Nov, or Feb–May for full flow
• Aruba Aruba 32°C / 89°F $$$ Any month
• Curaçao Curaçao 32°C / 90°F $$ Any month
• Isfahan Iran 32°C / 90°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov Advisory
• Petra & Wadi Rum Jordan 32°C / 90°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Seville Spain 32°C / 89°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Tel Aviv & Jerusalem Israel 32°C / 90°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• The Kimberley Australia 32°C / 90°F $$ May–Sep
• Yogyakarta & the temples of Java Indonesia 32°C / 89°F $ Apr–Oct
• Cyprus Cyprus 31°C / 88°F $$ Apr–Oct
• Fes & Chefchaouen Morocco 31°C / 88°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Guilin & the Li River China 31°C / 87°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Kakadu & the Top End Australia 31°C / 88°F $$ May–Sep
• The Loire Valley France 31°C / 88°F $$ May–Jun, Sep
• Tunis & the Tunisian coast Tunisia 31°C / 87°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Beirut & the Bekaa Valley Lebanon 30°C / 87°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Granada Spain 30°C / 86°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov
• Hawai‘i – Big Island & Maui United States 30°C / 85°F $$$ Any month
• Komodo Island Indonesia 30°C / 85°F $$ Apr–Dec
• Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 30°C / 86°F $ Any month, driest Jun–Aug
• Memphis United States 30°C / 85°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Okinawa Japan 30°C / 86°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Rhodes Greece 30°C / 87°F $$ May–Oct
• Sabah – Borneo's rainforest Malaysia 30°C / 85°F $ Mar–Oct
• Samarkand & the Silk Road Uzbekistan 30°C / 85°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Sicily Italy 30°C / 85°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Singapore & Malaysia Singapore 30°C / 85°F $$ Any month
• South Luangwa National Park Zambia 30°C / 86°F $$ May–Oct
• Yerevan & the Armenian highlands Armenia 30°C / 86°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Athens & the Acropolis Greece 29°C / 84°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Bali & Lombok Indonesia 29°C / 83°F $ May–Sep
• Fiji Fiji 29°C / 85°F $$$ May–Oct
• Napa & Sonoma wine country United States 29°C / 85°F $$$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Paraty Brazil 29°C / 84°F $$ May–Sep
• Samoa Samoa 29°C / 85°F $ May–Oct
• Uluru & the Red Centre Australia 29°C / 84°F $$$ Apr–Sep
• Valencia Spain 29°C / 83°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Zhangjiajie & the Avatar mountains China 29°C / 84°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Charlotte & the Blue Ridge Parkway United States 28°C / 83°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Corfu Greece 28°C / 82°F $$ May–Sep
• Crete Greece 28°C / 83°F $$ May–Oct
• Ibiza Spain 28°C / 82°F $$ Jun–Sep
• Iguazu Falls Argentina 28°C / 82°F $$ Sep–Feb
• Lamu Kenya 28°C / 82°F $ Jul–Oct, Dec–Mar
• Mallorca Spain 28°C / 83°F $$ May–Sep
• Malta Malta 28°C / 82°F $$ Apr–Oct
• Namibia Namibia 28°C / 82°F $$$ May–Oct
• Nashville & the Smokies United States 28°C / 83°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Sardinia Italy 28°C / 83°F $$ Jun–Sep
• Serengeti & Zanzibar Tanzania 28°C / 83°F $$$ Jun–Oct, Jan–Feb
• The Albanian Riviera Albania 28°C / 82°F $ Jun–Sep
• The Amalfi Coast Italy 28°C / 82°F $$$ May–Jun, Sep
• Baku Azerbaijan 27°C / 80°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Beijing & the Great Wall China 27°C / 80°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Bermuda Bermuda 27°C / 81°F $$$ Apr–Oct
• Bora Bora & Moorea French Polynesia 27°C / 81°F $$$ Any month
• Cairns Australia 27°C / 80°F $$ Jun–Oct
• Cappadocia Turkey 27°C / 80°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Corsica France 27°C / 81°F $$ Jun–Sep
• Florence & the Tuscan hills Italy 27°C / 81°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Kauai United States 27°C / 81°F $$$ Apr–Oct
• Lake Malawi Malawi 27°C / 81°F $ May–Oct
• Lake Tahoe United States 27°C / 81°F $$ Dec–Mar, or Jun–Sep
• Meteora Greece 27°C / 80°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Naxos & Paros Greece 27°C / 81°F $$ Jun, Sep
• Santorini Greece 27°C / 81°F $$$ May–Oct
• Shanghai China 27°C / 81°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Srinagar & Kashmir India 27°C / 80°F $$ Apr–Oct
• The Bazaruto Archipelago Mozambique 27°C / 80°F $$$ Apr–Nov
• The Great Barrier Reef Australia 27°C / 80°F $$$ Jun–Oct
• The Whitsundays Australia 27°C / 80°F $$$ Jun–Oct
• Volcanoes National Park Rwanda 27°C / 81°F $$$ Jun–Sep
• Washington DC United States 27°C / 80°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Oct
• Bologna Italy 26°C / 80°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Chengdu & the panda sanctuary China 26°C / 79°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Fernando de Noronha Brazil 26°C / 79°F $$$ Aug–Dec
• Jeju Island South Korea 26°C / 78°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Kenya – the Masai Mara Kenya 26°C / 78°F $$$ Jul–Oct
• Kruger & the South African Lowveld South Africa 26°C / 78°F $$ May–Sep
• Kyrgyzstan – Issyk-Kul & the Tian Shan Kyrgyzstan 26°C / 79°F $ Jun–Sep
• Lisbon & Sintra Portugal 26°C / 79°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Menorca Spain 26°C / 79°F $$ May–Sep
• Plitvice Lakes National Park Croatia 26°C / 79°F $$ Apr–Oct
• Santa Fe & northern New Mexico United States 26°C / 78°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Tbilisi & the Caucasus Georgia 26°C / 78°F $ May–Oct
• Tenerife Spain 26°C / 79°F $$ Any month
• The Algarve Portugal 26°C / 79°F $$ May–Jun, Sep
• The Bay of Kotor Montenegro 26°C / 78°F $$ May–Sep
• The Dolomites Italy 26°C / 78°F $$ Jul–Sep, or Jan–Mar
• The French Riviera France 26°C / 78°F $$$ May–Sep
• The Galápagos Ecuador 26°C / 78°F $$$ Any month
• The Outer Banks United States 26°C / 79°F $$ Jun–Sep
• Vanuatu Vanuatu 26°C / 79°F $$ May–Oct
• Xi'an & the Terracotta Army China 26°C / 79°F $ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Asheville United States 25°C / 77°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Barcelona & the Costa Brava Spain 25°C / 77°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Bordeaux France 25°C / 78°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Bucharest & the Carpathians Romania 25°C / 77°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Bulgaria’s Black Sea Coast Bulgaria 25°C / 77°F $ Jun–Sep
• Cinque Terre & the Italian Riviera Italy 25°C / 77°F $$ May–Sep
• Dubrovnik Croatia 25°C / 77°F $$ May–Sep
• Istanbul Turkey 25°C / 77°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Los Angeles United States 25°C / 77°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Lyon France 25°C / 76°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Madeira Portugal 25°C / 76°F $$ Any month
• New Caledonia New Caledonia 25°C / 76°F $$$ Apr–May, Sep–Nov
• San Diego & La Jolla United States 25°C / 78°F $$ Mar–Oct
• Seoul South Korea 25°C / 77°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Sofia & the Rila Mountains Bulgaria 25°C / 77°F $ Jun–Sep, or Dec–Mar
• The Black Hills & Mount Rushmore United States 25°C / 77°F $ May–Sep
• Uganda – gorillas and the source of the Nile Uganda 25°C / 77°F $$ Jun–Sep, Dec–Feb
• Venice Italy 25°C / 76°F $$$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Almaty & the Tian Shan Kazakhstan 24°C / 76°F $ Jun–Sep
• Andorra & the Pyrenees Andorra 24°C / 76°F $$ Dec–Mar, or Jun–Sep
• Biarritz & the French Basque coast France 24°C / 75°F $$ Jun–Sep
• Chicago United States 24°C / 75°F $$ Jun–Sep
• Istria Croatia 24°C / 76°F $ May–Sep
• K'gari (Fraser Island) Australia 24°C / 74°F $$ Apr–Oct
• Lake Como Italy 24°C / 75°F $$$ May–Sep
• Lake Ohrid North Macedonia 24°C / 76°F $ Jun–Sep
• Milan Italy 24°C / 75°F $$$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• New York City United States 24°C / 75°F $$$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct, Dec
• Portland & the Oregon Coast United States 24°C / 76°F $$ Jun–Sep
• Porto & the Douro Valley Portugal 24°C / 74°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Rarotonga & Aitutaki Cook Islands 24°C / 75°F $$$ Apr–Nov
• Réunion Island Réunion 24°C / 75°F $$ May–Nov
• San Francisco United States 24°C / 75°F $$$ Sep–Nov
• San Sebastián Spain 24°C / 75°F $$ Jun–Sep
• The California Coast United States 24°C / 75°F $$$ May–Oct
• The Grand Canyon & Sedona United States 24°C / 74°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Tonga Tonga 24°C / 75°F $$ Jun–Oct
• Turin & Piedmont Italy 24°C / 76°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Boston United States 23°C / 73°F $$ Jun–Oct
• Brisbane Australia 23°C / 73°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Budapest Hungary 23°C / 73°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Byron Bay & the Gold Coast Australia 23°C / 73°F $$ Sep–Apr
• Madagascar Madagascar 23°C / 73°F $ Apr–Nov
• Mauritius Mauritius 23°C / 73°F $$$ Sep–Dec, Apr–Jun
• Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina 23°C / 74°F $ May–Sep
• New England in the fall United States 23°C / 73°F $$ Late Sep–Oct
• Quito & the Ecuadorian Andes Ecuador 23°C / 73°F $ Jun–Sep, Dec–Jan
• Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina 23°C / 74°F $ May–Sep
• The Atacama Desert Chile 23°C / 74°F $$ Sep–Nov, Mar–May
• The Azores Portugal 23°C / 74°F $$ Jun–Sep
• The Drakensberg South Africa 23°C / 74°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Toronto & Niagara Falls Canada 23°C / 73°F $$ May–Sep
• Acadia & the Maine coast United States 22°C / 71°F $$ Jun–Oct
• Aspen & the Colorado Rockies United States 22°C / 72°F $$$ Jun–Sep, or Dec–Mar
• Bratislava Slovakia 22°C / 72°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Brittany France 22°C / 72°F $$ Jun–Sep
• Geneva & Lake Geneva Switzerland 22°C / 72°F $$$ May–Sep
• Medellin Colombia 22°C / 72°F $ Any month
• Paris France 22°C / 72°F $$$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• The Rhine Valley Germany 22°C / 72°F $$ May–Oct
• Transylvania Romania 22°C / 71°F $ Jun–Sep
• Vienna Austria 22°C / 72°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Berlin Germany 21°C / 69°F $$ May–Sep
• Bhutan Bhutan 21°C / 70°F $$$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Bruges & Brussels Belgium 21°C / 70°F $$ Apr–May, Sep–Oct
• Glacier National Park United States 21°C / 69°F $$ Jul–Sep
• Lake Bled & the Julian Alps Slovenia 21°C / 71°F $ Jun–Sep
• Ljubljana Slovenia 21°C / 71°F $ Apr–Sep
• Prague & Bohemia Czech Republic 21°C / 69°F $ Apr–May, Sep–Oct, or Dec for the markets
• Seattle & the San Juan Islands United States 21°C / 70°F $$ Jun–Sep
• Zermatt & the Bernese Oberland Switzerland 21°C / 69°F $$$ Jun–Sep, or Dec–Mar
• Amsterdam & the Dutch coast Netherlands 20°C / 67°F $$ Apr–Sep
• Hamburg Germany 20°C / 67°F $$ May–Sep
• Kraków & the Tatras Poland 20°C / 68°F $ May–Sep
• Ladakh – the Indian Himalaya India 20°C / 68°F $ Jun–Sep
• London England 20°C / 69°F $$$ Apr–Sep
• Munich Germany 20°C / 68°F $$ Jun–Sep
• Nantucket & Cape Cod United States 20°C / 68°F $$$ Jun–Sep
• Neuschwanstein & the Bavarian Alps Germany 20°C / 68°F $$ Jun–Sep, or Dec for the markets
• Nova Scotia Canada 20°C / 69°F $$ Jun–Sep
• Salzburg Austria 20°C / 67°F $$ May–Sep
• Warsaw Poland 20°C / 68°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Yellowstone & the Tetons United States 20°C / 68°F $$ Jun–Sep
• Banff & the Canadian Rockies Canada 19°C / 66°F $$$ Jun–Sep, or Jan–Mar
• Buenos Aires & Mendoza Argentina 19°C / 65°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Cusco & Machu Picchu Peru 19°C / 66°F $$ May–Sep
• Québec City & Montréal Canada 19°C / 67°F $$ Jun–Sep, or Feb
• Santiago & the Chilean wine valleys Chile 19°C / 67°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Snowdonia Wales 19°C / 65°F $ Apr–Oct
• The Cotswolds England 19°C / 66°F $$ May–Sep
• Vancouver Island Canada 19°C / 65°F $$ May–Sep
• Whistler & the Sea to Sky Canada 19°C / 66°F $$$ Dec–Mar, or Jun–Sep
• Adelaide & Kangaroo Island Australia 18°C / 64°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Bath England 18°C / 65°F $$ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Cornwall England 18°C / 64°F $$ May–Sep
• Dublin & the east coast Ireland 18°C / 64°F $$ May–Sep
• The High Tatras Slovakia 18°C / 65°F $ Jul–Sep, or Jan–Mar
• The Lake District England 18°C / 64°F $$ Apr–Oct
• The Wild Atlantic Way Ireland 18°C / 64°F $$ May–Sep
• Belfast & the Causeway Coast Northern Ireland 17°C / 62°F $$ May–Sep
• Edinburgh Scotland 17°C / 63°F $$ May–Sep
• Melbourne & the Great Ocean Road Australia 17°C / 62°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• Newfoundland Canada 17°C / 63°F $ Jun–Sep
• Riga Latvia 17°C / 63°F $ May–Sep
• Vilnius Lithuania 17°C / 63°F $ May–Sep
• York England 17°C / 63°F $ Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
• Tallinn Estonia 16°C / 60°F $ May–Sep
• The Scottish Highlands Scotland 16°C / 61°F $$ May–Sep
• Rotorua New Zealand 14°C / 57°F $$ Mar–May, Sep–Nov
• The Yukon & the northern lights Canada 12°C / 54°F $$ Sep–Mar

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