Where to go
Where to go in August
Every place in the atlas, ranked by its August climate: comfortable temperatures, few wet days and clear skies score highest. The United States has the month's top-scoring destination.
iTop ten
The best of August
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San Juan de Lurigancho
Lima region, Peru
19°high in Aug15°low0wet days
iiThe full table
August, ranked
| # | Place | Country | High | Low | Rain | Sea | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Francisco California | United States | 70° | 55° | 0 days | 58° | 100 |
| 2 | Arequipa Arequipa | Peru | 21° | 9° | 0 days | – | 100 |
| 3 | Moquegua Moquegua Department | Peru | 24° | 15° | 0 days | – | 100 |
| 4 | San Juan de Lurigancho Lima region | Peru | 19° | 15° | 0 days | – | 100 |
| 5 | Windhoek Khomas Region | Namibia | 23° | 8° | 0 days | – | 100 |
| 6 | Tupiza Potosí Department | Bolivia | 20° | 3° | 0 days | – | 100 |
| 7 | Lusaka Lusaka Province | Zambia | 24° | 13° | 0 days | – | 100 |
| 8 | Trujillo La Libertad | Peru | 20° | 15° | 0 days | 17° | 99 |
| 9 | Tarija Tarija Department | Bolivia | 22° | 8° | 0 days | – | 99 |
| 10 | Chiclayo Lambayeque | Peru | 24° | 17° | 0 days | 17° | 99 |
| 11 | Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero | Argentina | 25° | 12° | 1 day | – | 99 |
| 12 | Walvis Bay Erongo Region | Namibia | 19° | 12° | 1 day | 13° | 99 |
| 13 | Khorugh Gorno-Badakhshan | Tajikistan | 21° | 11° | 0 days | – | 99 |
| 14 | Lima Lima Province | Peru | 19° | 15° | 0 days | 17° | 98 |
| 15 | San Miguel de Tucumán Tucuman | Argentina | 22° | 10° | 1 day | – | 98 |
| 16 | Salta Salta | Argentina | 20° | 9° | 1 day | – | 98 |
| 17 | La Rioja La Rioja | Argentina | 20° | 9° | 1 day | – | 98 |
| 18 | San Juan San Juan | Argentina | 20° | 5° | 1 day | – | 98 |
| 19 | Córdoba Cordoba | Argentina | 19° | 7° | 1 day | – | 97 |
| 20 | La Serena Coquimbo Region | Chile | 18° | 10° | 1 day | 13° | 97 |
| 21 | Copiapó Atacama | Chile | 24° | 10° | 1 day | – | 97 |
| 22 | Sucre Chuquisaca Department | Bolivia | 19° | 5° | 2 days | – | 96 |
| 23 | Sanaa Amanat Alasimah | Yemen | 25° | 15° | 2 days | – | 95 |
| 24 | Cochabamba Cochabamba | Bolivia | 20° | 7° | 2 days | – | 95 |
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Beach weather in August
Beach scores add sea temperature and favour hot, settled days.
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2Casablanca
Morocco
26°high
23°sea
99beach score
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4Tel Aviv
Israel
31°high
28°sea
99beach score
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5Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Spain
26°high
23°sea
99beach score
Beaches to swim at in August
At the towns with the best beach weather this month, with the sea temperature and the EU water quality on each beach's page.
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Cleopatra Beach
Beach · 13 m
Cleopatra Beach
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Jerusalem Beach, Tel Aviv
Beach
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Festivals in August
The best-known festivals held this month, with their town.
- Venice Film FestivalFilm festival · Aug–SepVenice, Italy
- Venice BiennaleArts festival · May–NovVenice, Italy
- La TomatinaTraditional festivalBuñol, Spain
- Salzburg FestivalMusic festival · Jul–AugSalzburg, Austria
- Palio di SienaTraditional festival · Jul–AugSiena, Italy
- Notting Hill CarnivalCarnivalKensington, United Kingdom
- Locarno Film FestivalFilm festivalLocarno, Switzerland
- Reading and Leeds FestivalsMusic festivalReading, United Kingdom
- Edinburgh Festival FringeTheatre and danceEdinburgh, United Kingdom
- Sinjska alkaTraditional festivalSinj, Croatia
- Bregenzer FestspieleTheatre and dance · Jul–AugBregenz, Austria
- Bayreuth FestivalMusic festival · Jul–AugHeinersreuth, Germany
Only the month is given: the exact dates change from year to year.
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