Where the weather was good in October

50 cities ranked on 20 years of October records. The closer the mean high to 24°C and the fewer the rain days, the higher a city sits. For snow trips or festivals, read the numbers, not the rank.

RankCityIn a lineHigh / lowRain daysSea
1 Los AngelesUnited Statesproperly hot properly hot 27° / 15° 1 day 19°
2 NagasakiJapancomfortably warm comfortably warm 24° / 17° 6 days
3 HiroshimaJapanwarm, occasional rain warm, occasional rain 24° / 15° 7 days
4 ShanghaiChinacomfortably warm, occasional rain comfortably warm, occasional rain 23° / 17° 6 days
5 FukuokaJapanwarm, occasional rain warm, occasional rain 24° / 16° 7 days 24°
6 MatsuyamaJapanwarm, occasional rain warm, occasional rain 24° / 15° 7 days
7 BeppuJapanwarm, rain here and there warm, rain here and there 24° / 15° 7 days
8 BarcelonaSpaincomfortably warm, occasional rain comfortably warm, occasional rain 23° / 15° 6 days 23°
9 KumamotoJapancomfortably warm comfortably warm 26° / 16° 6 days
10 RomeItalycomfortably warm, occasional rain comfortably warm, occasional rain 23° / 13° 7 days
11 LisbonPortugalcomfortably warm, occasional rain comfortably warm, occasional rain 23° / 16° 8 days 18°
12 OsakaJapancomfortably warm, occasional rain comfortably warm, occasional rain 24° / 16° 9 days
13 QingdaoChinacool and fresh, only a little rain cool and fresh, only a little rain 20° / 14° 3 days 22°
14 KobeJapancomfortably warm, rain here and there comfortably warm, rain here and there 24° / 17° 8 days
15 KyotoJapanwarm, frequent rain warm, frequent rain 24° / 15° 9 days
16 SydneyAustraliawarm, occasional rain warm, occasional rain 24° / 15° 9 days 20°
17 NagoyaJapancomfortably warm, rain on many days comfortably warm, rain on many days 24° / 15° 9 days
18 KagoshimaJapanwarm, rain here and there warm, rain here and there 26° / 18° 7 days
19 BeijingChinacool, only a little rain cool, only a little rain 19° / 9° 3 days
20 NaraJapanwarm, rain on many days warm, rain on many days 23° / 14° 10 days
21 Hong Kongproperly hot, occasional rain properly hot, occasional rain 28° / 24° 6 days 28°
22 TokyoJapanwarm warm 22° / 15° 11 days
23 Macauproperly hot, rain here and there properly hot, rain here and there 29° / 23° 6 days
24 PortoPortugalwarm, frequent rain warm, frequent rain 22° / 14° 11 days 17°
25 HakoneJapanwarm warm 22° / 17° 11 days
26 HonoluluUnited Stateshot, only a little rain hot, only a little rain 31° / 23° 5 days 27°
27 NahaJapanhot, frequent rain hot, frequent rain 28° / 24° 10 days 28°
28 Da LatVietnamwarm warm 23° / 17° 27 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
29 New YorkUnited Statescool and fresh, rain here and there cool and fresh, rain here and there 18° / 11° 8 days
30 KaohsiungTaiwanproperly hot properly hot 30° / 24° 11 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 29°
31 ParisFrancecool and fresh, frequent rain cool and fresh, frequent rain 17° / 10° 10 days
32 HanoiVietnamproperly hot properly hot 30° / 23° 12 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
33 TaipeiTaiwanhot hot 28° / 23° 18 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
34 Chiang MaiThailandseriously hot seriously hot 32° / 23° 10 days
35 SapporoJapancool cool 17° / 8° 12 days
36 BaliIndonesiahot hot 30° / 25° 16 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 28°
37 Singaporevery hot, frequent rain very hot, frequent rain 32° / 25° 12 days 30°
38 Da NangVietnamproperly hot, rain on every second day properly hot, rain on every second day 30° / 24° 18 days 29°
39 Hoi AnVietnamproperly hot, rain every other day properly hot, rain every other day 30° / 24° 18 days 29°
40 PattayaThailandhot, frequent rain hot, frequent rain 31° / 25° 14 days 30°
41 SaipanNorthern Mariana Islandshot, rain almost daily hot, rain almost daily 30° / 25° 23 days 30°
42 Nha TrangVietnamproperly hot properly hot 31° / 25° 27 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 29°
43 Phu QuocVietnamproperly hot properly hot 31° / 25° 18 days 29°
44 Guamhot, rain nearly every day hot, rain nearly every day 31° / 25° 24 days 30°
45 OtaruJapancrisp and chilly, rain on many days crisp and chilly, rain on many days 16° / 8° 14 days
46 CebuPhilippinesseriously hot, rain every other day seriously hot, rain every other day 32° / 25° 16 days 30°
47 ManilaPhilippinesvery hot, rain every other day very hot, rain every other day 32° / 26° 16 days
48 PhuketThailandseriously hot, rain on every second day seriously hot, rain on every second day 32° / 25° 19 days 29°
49 Kota KinabaluMalaysiavery hot, rain on every second day very hot, rain on every second day 32° / 24° 19 days 30°
50 BangkokThailandseriously hot, rain on every second day seriously hot, rain on every second day 33° / 25° 14 days

Ranked on mean daily high (points off the further from 24°C) and rain days. Uncalibrated cities may show too many rain days.

Warm seas in October