Where is it dry in October?

Reliably dry, and warm enough to enjoy it. Ranked from 275 travel destinations using ERA5 climate averages — what October is normally like, not what the weather will do next week.

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Top 20 by October 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	Beijing, China	18°C	6°C	0.7 mm/day	Excellent
2	Athens, Greece	23°C	15°C	0.5 mm/day	Excellent
3	Jerusalem, Israel	28°C	17°C	0.5 mm/day	Excellent
4	Los Angeles, United States	28°C	15°C	0.2 mm/day	Excellent
5	Cairo, Egypt	31°C	18°C	0.0 mm/day	Excellent
6	San Francisco, United States	22°C	13°C	0.7 mm/day	Excellent
7	Cape Town, South Africa	19°C	14°C	0.5 mm/day	Excellent
8	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	34°C	20°C	0.1 mm/day	Excellent
9	Lima, Peru	21°C	15°C	0.3 mm/day	Excellent
10	Yerevan, Armenia	18°C	5°C	0.8 mm/day	Excellent
11	Windhoek, Namibia	31°C	15°C	0.2 mm/day	Excellent
12	Thessaloniki, Greece	20°C	13°C	0.7 mm/day	Excellent
13	İzmir, Turkey	24°C	13°C	0.8 mm/day	Excellent
14	Hurghada, Egypt	30°C	23°C	0.2 mm/day	Excellent
15	Manama, Bahrain	30°C	26°C	0.1 mm/day	Excellent
16	Bukhara, Uzbekistan	22°C	9°C	0.2 mm/day	Excellent
17	Larnaca, Cyprus	28°C	19°C	0.4 mm/day	Excellent
18	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	34°C	26°C	0.1 mm/day	Excellent
19	Arequipa, Peru	23°C	11°C	0.4 mm/day	Excellent
20	Eilat, Israel	31°C	18°C	0.0 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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