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.
| Rank | City | In a line | High / low | Rain days | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- Honolulu Sea temperature 27° · Rain days: 3
- Singapore Sea temperature 29.6° · Rain days: 10
- Fukuoka Sea temperature 27° · Rain days: 11
- Hong Kong Sea temperature 28.8° · Rain days: 12
- Bali Sea temperature 26.8° · Rain days: 12
- Naha Sea temperature 29.2° · Rain days: 13
- Da Nang Sea temperature 30.1° · Rain days: 13
- Hoi An Sea temperature 30.1° · Rain days: 13
- Pattaya Sea temperature 29.8° · Rain days: 14
- Kota Kinabalu Sea temperature 29.9° · Rain days: 15
- Kaohsiung Sea temperature 29.5° · Rain days: 16
- Cebu Sea temperature 29.8° · Rain days: 16
- Phuket Sea temperature 29.7° · Rain days: 17
- Phu Quoc Sea temperature 29.3° · Rain days: 20
- Saipan Sea temperature 30° · Rain days: 21
- Guam Sea temperature 29.9° · Rain days: 24
- Nha Trang Sea temperature 29.5° · Rain days: 28