Where is it cool in August?

An escape from the heat, without needing a coat. Ranked from 235 travel destinations using ERA5 climate averages — what August is normally like, not what the weather will do next week.

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Top 20 by August weather

Day and night temperatures are monthly averages of daily highs and lows. Rain is an average across the whole month. Places with the same rating have equally good weather for this; among them, the one covered by more language editions of Wikivoyage, the open travel guide, is listed first. The bar under each place shows its other good months — click one to jump there.
#	Place	Day	Night	Rain	Rating
1	Sydney, Australia	17°C	11°C	1.8 mm/day	Excellent
2	Buenos Aires, Argentina	16°C	9°C	1.5 mm/day	Excellent
3	Dublin, Ireland	19°C	14°C	2.4 mm/day	Excellent
4	Nairobi, Kenya	21°C	12°C	0.9 mm/day	Excellent
5	San Francisco, United States	23°C	14°C	0.1 mm/day	Excellent
6	Tallinn, Estonia	21°C	15°C	2.5 mm/day	Excellent
7	Cape Town, South Africa	15°C	11°C	2.6 mm/day	Excellent
8	Bogotá, Colombia	17°C	9°C	1.4 mm/day	Excellent
9	Johannesburg, South Africa	21°C	6°C	0.1 mm/day	Excellent
10	Vilnius, Lithuania	23°C	15°C	2.3 mm/day	Excellent
11	Lima, Peru	20°C	14°C	0.3 mm/day	Excellent
12	Gdańsk, Poland	24°C	16°C	2.5 mm/day	Excellent
13	Bruges, Belgium	23°C	16°C	2.0 mm/day	Excellent
14	Brisbane, Australia	21°C	12°C	1.5 mm/day	Excellent
15	Antananarivo, Madagascar	20°C	10°C	0.1 mm/day	Excellent
16	Sucre, Bolivia	21°C	6°C	0.9 mm/day	Excellent
17	Victoria, Canada	22°C	14°C	0.6 mm/day	Excellent
18	Arequipa, Peru	22°C	9°C	0.0 mm/day	Excellent
19	Cork, Ireland	19°C	13°C	2.5 mm/day	Excellent
20	Córdoba, Argentina	20°C	6°C	0.2 mm/day	Excellent

What this ranking does and does not tell you

It rates the weather only — daytime and night temperature, rain and sunshine. It says nothing about what there is to see or do, prices, crowds or safety; that part of the decision is yours.

The candidates are 503 established travel destinations, not every town on Earth, so a place missing here may simply not be on the list.

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