Where the weather was good in September

50 cities ranked on 20 years of September 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 PortoPortugalwarm, rain here and there warm, rain here and there 25° / 15° 6 days 17°
2 LisbonPortugalcomfortably warm, little rain comfortably warm, little rain 27° / 18° 4 days 19°
3 BeijingChinawarm, only a little rain warm, only a little rain 27° / 17° 4 days
4 New YorkUnited Statescomfortably warm, rain here and there comfortably warm, rain here and there 25° / 17° 7 days
5 QingdaoChinacomfortably warm, occasional rain comfortably warm, occasional rain 26° / 20° 6 days 26°
6 SydneyAustraliawarm warm 22° / 12° 7 days 19°
7 Los AngelesUnited Statesproperly hot, almost no rain properly hot, almost no rain 30° / 18° 1 day 20°
8 RomeItalycomfortably warm comfortably warm 27° / 16° 5 days
9 BarcelonaSpaincomfortably warm comfortably warm 27° / 19° 6 days 25°
10 SapporoJapanwarm, rain on many days warm, rain on many days 23° / 15° 9 days
11 ParisFrancecool and fresh, occasional rain cool and fresh, occasional rain 22° / 13° 8 days
12 OtaruJapancomfortably warm, rain on many days comfortably warm, rain on many days 23° / 15° 10 days
13 HonoluluUnited Statesvery hot, little rain very hot, little rain 31° / 24° 3 days 27°
14 ShanghaiChinaproperly hot properly hot 28° / 23° 9 days
15 Da LatVietnamwarm warm 23° / 17° 29 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
16 HakoneJapanhot, frequent rain hot, frequent rain 27° / 21° 12 days
17 TokyoJapanhot, frequent rain hot, frequent rain 28° / 21° 11 days
18 HiroshimaJapanhot hot 30° / 22° 9 days
19 KobeJapanproperly hot, frequent rain properly hot, frequent rain 29° / 23° 9 days
20 MatsuyamaJapanhot, occasional rain hot, occasional rain 30° / 22° 9 days
21 BeppuJapanhot, frequent rain hot, frequent rain 29° / 21° 10 days
22 NaraJapanhot hot 29° / 20° 10 days
23 NagasakiJapanproperly hot, frequent rain properly hot, frequent rain 29° / 22° 10 days
24 FukuokaJapanhot hot 29° / 22° 11 days 27°
25 OsakaJapanproperly hot properly hot 30° / 22° 10 days
26 KumamotoJapanproperly hot properly hot 31° / 22° 9 days
27 NagoyaJapanproperly hot, frequent rain properly hot, frequent rain 29° / 22° 11 days
28 KyotoJapanhot, rain on many days hot, rain on many days 30° / 22° 10 days
29 BaliIndonesiahot hot 29° / 24° 12 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 27°
30 KagoshimaJapanhot hot 31° / 24° 11 days
31 Singaporevery hot, rain on many days very hot, rain on many days 32° / 25° 10 days 30°
32 Macauseriously hot seriously hot 32° / 25° 10 days
33 Hong Kongproperly hot properly hot 31° / 26° 12 days 29°
34 NahaJapanhot hot 31° / 26° 13 days 29°
35 Phu QuocVietnamproperly hot, rain every other day properly hot, rain every other day 30° / 25° 20 days 29°
36 PattayaThailandvery hot very hot 31° / 25° 14 days 30°
37 Guamhot, rain almost daily hot, rain almost daily 31° / 25° 24 days 30°
38 SaipanNorthern Mariana Islandshot hot 31° / 25° 21 days 30°
39 Da NangVietnamseriously hot, frequent rain seriously hot, frequent rain 33° / 25° 13 days 30°
40 Hoi AnVietnamseriously hot, frequent rain seriously hot, frequent rain 33° / 25° 13 days 30°
41 KaohsiungTaiwanseriously hot seriously hot 31° / 26° 16 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 30°
42 ManilaPhilippinesvery hot, rain on every second day very hot, rain on every second day 31° / 26° 19 days
43 Chiang MaiThailandseriously hot, rain on every second day seriously hot, rain on every second day 32° / 24° 14 days
44 TaipeiTaiwanvery hot very hot 32° / 26° 17 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
45 PhuketThailandseriously hot, rain on every second day seriously hot, rain on every second day 32° / 25° 17 days 30°
46 CebuPhilippinesseriously hot, rain every other day seriously hot, rain every other day 32° / 25° 16 days 30°
47 Nha TrangVietnamseriously hot seriously hot 32° / 26° 28 daysRain not yet station-calibrated 30°
48 HanoiVietnamseriously hot seriously hot 32° / 25° 19 daysRain not yet station-calibrated
49 Kota KinabaluMalaysiavery hot, rain every other day very hot, rain every other day 32° / 24° 15 days 30°
50 BangkokThailandseriously hot seriously hot 33° / 25° 18 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 September