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Where to go in the monsoon

The monsoon is June to September, the India Meteorological Department's monsoon season, and how South Asia asks where to go in its summer. These are the places where at least two of those four months are a sweet spot or good, ranked on ten years of climate readings, public holidays and fares.

The monsoon: June to September

67 of the 102 places are a sweet spot or good in at least two of June, July, August and September; 45 of them in each of the four.

  1. Istanbul Turkey June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 26–29°C
  2. Casablanca Morocco June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 25–27°C
  3. Los Angeles United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 27–31°C
  4. Oahu United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 28–30°C
  5. Baku Azerbaijan June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 26–31°C
  6. The Grand Canyon United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 24–29°C
  7. Almaty Kazakhstan June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 24–32°C
  8. London United Kingdom June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spotSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 20–24°C
  9. Nairobi Kenya June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 23–25°C
  10. Yosemite United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 26–31°C
  11. San Diego United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 22–26°C
  12. Yellowstone United States June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 17–24°C
  13. Frankfurt Germany June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spotSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 22–27°C
  14. Paris France June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spotSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 22–26°C
  15. Lisbon Portugal June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 26–29°C
  16. Johannesburg South Africa June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 17–25°C
  17. Budapest Hungary June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spotSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 23–29°C
  18. Tbilisi Georgia June: goodJuly: goodAugust: goodSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 26–31°C
  19. Rome Italy June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: goodSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 28–33°C
  20. Seattle United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 21–25°C
  21. Bogota Colombia June: goodJuly: goodAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 17–19°C
  22. New York United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 25–30°C
  23. San Francisco United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 18–21°C
  24. Vienna Austria June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 22–28°C
  25. Sao Paulo Brazil June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spotSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 22–26°C
  26. Brussels Belgium June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 20–24°C
  27. Barcelona Spain June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spotSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 26–29°C
  28. Prague Czechia June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: goodSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 21–26°C
  29. Srinagar India June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 26–28°C
  30. Sydney Australia June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 17–21°C
  31. Vancouver Canada June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 19–23°C
  32. Boston United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 22–28°C
  33. Jakarta Indonesia June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 31°C
  34. Warsaw Poland June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: goodSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 20–25°C
  35. Maui United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 29–30°C
  36. Santiago Chile June: goodJuly: goodAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 15–19°C
  37. Lima Peru June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: sweet spotSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 20–21°C
  38. Da Nang Vietnam June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 31–34°C
  39. Washington DC United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 26–31°C
  40. Toronto Canada June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 22–27°C
  41. Cape Town South Africa June: goodJuly: goodAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 17–20°C
  42. Leh India June: goodJuly: goodAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 18–23°C
  43. Stockholm Sweden June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 4 of 4 good or better · highs 17–22°C
  44. Key West United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 29–30°C
  45. Copenhagen Denmark June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: goodSeptember: good 4 of 4 good or better · highs 18–21°C
  46. Mauritius Mauritius June: okJuly: goodAugust: goodSeptember: good 3 of 4 good or better · highs 25–26°C
  47. Athens Greece June: sweet spotJuly: avoidAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 3 of 4 good or better · highs 29–34°C
  48. Bali Indonesia June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spotSeptember: ok 3 of 4 good or better · highs 28–29°C
  49. Chicago United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: okSeptember: good 3 of 4 good or better · highs 24–27°C
  50. Seoul South Korea June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: okSeptember: good 3 of 4 good or better · highs 25–30°C
  51. Asheville United States June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: okSeptember: sweet spot 3 of 4 good or better · highs 26–29°C
  52. Tokyo Japan June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spotSeptember: ok 3 of 4 good or better · highs 26–32°C
  53. Amsterdam Netherlands June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: okSeptember: sweet spot 3 of 4 good or better · highs 19–22°C
  54. Zurich Switzerland June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spotSeptember: ok 3 of 4 good or better · highs 20–25°C
  55. New Orleans United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: okSeptember: sweet spot 3 of 4 good or better · highs 30–32°C
  56. Taipei Taiwan June: goodJuly: sweet spotAugust: okSeptember: sweet spot 3 of 4 good or better · highs 31–33°C
  57. Madrid Spain June: sweet spotJuly: avoidAugust: avoidSeptember: good 2 of 4 good or better · highs 27–34°C
  58. Austin United States June: sweet spotJuly: avoidAugust: avoidSeptember: sweet spot 2 of 4 good or better · highs 33–36°C
  59. Zion United States June: sweet spotJuly: avoidAugust: avoidSeptember: sweet spot 2 of 4 good or better · highs 30–36°C
  60. Munich Germany June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: okSeptember: ok 2 of 4 good or better · highs 20–25°C
  61. Anchorage United States June: sweet spotJuly: goodAugust: okSeptember: ok 2 of 4 good or better · highs 13–20°C
  62. Buenos Aires Argentina June: okJuly: okAugust: goodSeptember: sweet spot 2 of 4 good or better · highs 14–18°C
  63. Dublin Ireland June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: okSeptember: ok 2 of 4 good or better · highs 17–20°C
  64. Singapore Singapore June: okJuly: goodAugust: okSeptember: good 2 of 4 good or better · highs 30°C
  65. Miami United States June: goodJuly: goodAugust: okSeptember: ok 2 of 4 good or better · highs 30–31°C
  66. Kuala Lumpur Malaysia June: sweet spotJuly: sweet spotAugust: okSeptember: avoid 2 of 4 good or better · highs 31°C
  67. Reykjavik Iceland June: okJuly: sweet spotAugust: sweet spotSeptember: ok 2 of 4 good or better · highs 10–13°C

Fewer than two good months

Labelled and ranked by the score from Bengaluru, as every month page is, until you choose your own city: then your own city's score decides, and the places are split into your own country, short hops within 1,500 km, and further away. A month counts when it is a sweet spot or good; two such months put a place on the list, and more months, then a higher average score, put it higher. The climate is each place's own, from ten years of readings. How we rank