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Where to go in September?

The 281 destinations where September is one of the best times to travel, according to real weather records.

PierrickOur take on September

September is the month for those in the know: the Mediterranean keeps a warm sea and loses its crowds, prices fall, and the grape harvest livens up Italy and Portugal. It is also the great month of the Pantanal, and Quebec's Indian summer is already on its way. Hard to go wrong in September.

Sun and sea in September

🇪🇸 SpainApril to June and September to October🇮🇹 ItalyApril to June and September to October🇵🇹 PortugalApril to June and September to October🇬🇷 GreeceMay to June and September to October🇭🇷 CroatiaMay to June and September to October🇲🇹 MaltaApril to June and September to October

With children in September

🇫🇷 FranceMay to September🇪🇸 SpainApril to June and September to October🇮🇹 ItalyApril to June and September to October🇵🇹 PortugalApril to June and September to October🇬🇷 GreeceMay to June and September to October🇭🇷 CroatiaMay to June and September to October

Nature and adventure in September

🇫🇷 FranceMay to September🇵🇹 PortugalApril to June and September to October🇬🇷 GreeceMay to June and September to October🇭🇷 CroatiaMay to June and September to October🇬🇧 United KingdomMay to September🇮🇪 IrelandMay to September

Best avoided in September

Nothing is ever off limits, but the season does not favour these destinations in September. If your dates are flexible, keep them for their best time:

🇸🇳 Senegalbetter: November to May🇹🇭 Thailandbetter: November to March🇻🇳 Vietnambetter: December to April🇰🇭 Cambodiabetter: November to February🇱🇰 Sri Lankabetter: December to March (east coast: May to September)🇲🇻 The Maldivesbetter: January to April🇵🇭 The Philippinesbetter: December to May🇲🇽 Mexicobetter: November to April

All 281 destinations at their best in September, continent by continent

Europe

🇫🇷 FranceMay to September🇫🇷 BrittanyMay to September🇫🇷 NormandyMay to September🇫🇷 ProvenceMay to September🇫🇷 The French RivieraMay to October🇫🇷 CorsicaMay to October🇫🇷 AlsaceMay to September (Christmas markets: December)🇫🇷 The French Basque CountryMay to October (June and September ideal)🇫🇷 The French AlpsJune to September (hiking) and January to March (skiing)🇫🇷 AuvergneMay to September🇫🇷 Dordogne and the PérigordMay to October🇫🇷 The Loire ValleyApril to September🇫🇷 ParisApril to June and September to October🇫🇷 Bordeaux and AroundMay to July and September to October🇫🇷 LyonApril to June, September to October and December🇪🇸 SpainApril to June and September to October🇪🇸 BarcelonaMay to June and September to October🇪🇸 MadridApril to June and September to October🇪🇸 MallorcaMay to June and September to October🇮🇹 ItalyApril to June and September to October🇮🇹 RomeApril to June and September to October🇮🇹 VeniceApril to June and September to October🇮🇹 Florence and TuscanyMay to June and September to October🇮🇹 The Amalfi CoastMay to June and September🇮🇹 PositanoMay to June and September to October🇮🇹 Amalfi and RavelloMay to June and September to October🇮🇹 CapriMay to June and September to October🇮🇹 Pompeii and VesuviusApril to June and September to October🇮🇹 NaplesApril to June and September to October🇮🇹 Sorrento and the Path of the GodsMay to June and September to October🇮🇹 SicilyMay to June and September to October🇮🇹 SardiniaMay to June and September🇵🇹 PortugalApril to June and September to October🇵🇹 LisbonApril to June and September to October🇵🇹 PortoMay to June and September to October🇵🇹 The AlgarveMay to June and September to October🇵🇹 MadeiraAll year round (April to October preferably)🇬🇷 GreeceMay to June and September to October🇬🇷 AthensApril to June and September to October🇬🇷 SantoriniMay to June and September to October🇬🇷 CreteMay to June and September to October🇭🇷 CroatiaMay to June and September to October🇭🇷 DubrovnikMay to June and September🇬🇧 United KingdomMay to September🇬🇧 LondonMay to September🏴 ScotlandMay to September🇮🇪 IrelandMay to September🇮🇪 DonegalMay to September🇮🇪 The Ring of KerryMay to September🇬🇧 Northern IrelandMay to September🇮🇪 West CorkMay to September🇮🇪 DublinMay to September🇮🇪 Galway and ConnemaraMay to September🇮🇪 CorkMay to September🇬🇧 BelfastMay to September🇳🇱 The NetherlandsApril to June and September🇳🇱 AmsterdamApril to June and September🇩🇪 GermanyMay to September and December (markets)🇩🇪 BerlinMay to September🇮🇸 IcelandJune to September (northern lights: September to April)🇦🇹 AustriaMay to September (skiing: December to March)🇨🇿 Czech RepublicMay to September and December (markets)🇭🇺 HungaryApril to June and September to October🇵🇱 PolandMay to September🇲🇹 MaltaApril to June and September to October🇨🇭 SwitzerlandJune to September (skiing: December to March)🇨🇿 PragueApril to June and September to October (Christmas markets: December)🇭🇺 BudapestApril to June and September to October (Christmas markets: December)🇵🇱 KrakówApril to June and September to October (Christmas markets: December)🇩🇰 CopenhagenMay to September🇬🇧 EdinburghMay to September🇧🇪 BrusselsApril to September🇮🇹 MilanApril to June and September to October🇩🇪 MunichMay to July and September to October🇮🇹 Cinque TerreApril to June and September to October🇮🇹 PugliaMay to June and September to October🇮🇹 The DolomitesJune to September (hiking) and December to March (skiing)🇮🇹 The Italian LakesApril to June and September to October🇪🇸 AndalusiaMarch to June and September to October🇵🇹 The AzoresMay to September🇦🇹 ViennaApril to June, September to October and December🇦🇹 SalzburgMay to September and December🇦🇹 Hallstatt and the SalzkammergutMay to September🇦🇹 Innsbruck and the TyrolSkiing (January to March) and hiking (June to September)🇦🇹 The Wachau ValleyApril to June and September to October🏰 Prague, Vienna and BudapestMay to September and December (Christmas markets)🇷🇴 RomaniaMay to September🇸🇮 SloveniaMay to September🇦🇱 AlbaniaMay to September🇮🇹 Tre Cime di LavaredoJuly to September🇮🇹 SecedaJune to October🇮🇹 Lago di BraiesMay to June and September to October🇮🇹 Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm)June to September🇫🇷 MarseilleMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 ToulouseApril to June and September🇫🇷 MontpellierMay to June and early September🇫🇷 LilleMay to July and September🇫🇷 NantesMay to September🇫🇷 RennesMay to July and September🇫🇷 AnnecyMay to June and September (swimming: July to August)🇫🇷 StrasbourgMay to June and September (Christmas market: December)🇫🇷 ColmarMay to June and September (Christmas markets: late November to December)🇫🇷 NiceMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 Aix-en-ProvenceApril to June and September to October🇫🇷 AvignonApril to June and September to October🇫🇷 BiarritzMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 CarcassonneApril to June and September to October🇨🇭 GenevaMay to September🇮🇹 TurinApril to June and September to October🇫🇷 Albi and the Tarn ValleyMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 Rochefort and the Charente EstuaryMay to June and September🇫🇷 MouginsMay to June and September🇳🇴 BergenMay to September🇧🇪 BrugesApril to June, September to October and December🇷🇴 BucharestMay to June and September to October🇬🇷 CorfuMay to June and September to October🇬🇧 CornwallMay to July and September🇬🇷 The CycladesMay to June and September to October🇳🇴 The Norwegian FjordsJune to September🇫🇮 HelsinkiMay to September (long days) and December (Christmas markets)🇫🇮 Finnish LaplandDecember to March (snow, northern lights) and August to September (ruska autumn colours)🇮🇸 ReykjavíkJune to September, and February to March and October for the northern lights🇬🇷 RhodesMay to June and September to October🇭🇷 SplitMay to June and September to October🇸🇪 StockholmMay to September, and December for Christmas🇷🇴 TransylvaniaMay to October🇳🇴 TromsøSeptember to March (northern lights) and June to July (midnight sun)🇸🇮 Lake BledMay to June and September to October🇧🇪 GhentMay to September🇲🇹 GozoApril to June and September to October🇭🇷 HvarMay to June and September to October🇨🇭 InterlakenJune to September🇭🇷 IstriaMay to June and September to October🇲🇹 VallettaApril to June and September to October🇸🇮 LjubljanaMay to June and September to October🇨🇭 LucerneMay to September🇭🇷 Plitvice LakesMay to June and September to October🇦🇱 The Albanian RivieraJune to September🇦🇱 TiranaApril to June and September to October🇨🇭 ZermattJuly to September, and skiing from December to April🇫🇷 The French ArdennesMay to October🇫🇷 AveyronMay to June and September🇫🇷 Arcachon BayMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 The Opal CoastMay to September🇫🇷 The Lot and QuercyMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 The French PyreneesJune to September🇫🇷 The VosgesJune to July, September to October and January to February (snow)🇫🇷 The ArdècheMay to June and September🇫🇷 The CamargueApril to June and September to October🇫🇷 The CévennesMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 The Côte Vermeille and CollioureMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 The Tarn GorgesMay to September🇫🇷 The Verdon GorgeMay to June and September🇫🇷 The LuberonApril to June and September to October🇫🇷 Savoie and Mont BlancJune to September and December to March🇫🇷 Drôme ProvençaleMay to July and September to October🇫🇷 The VercorsJune to September and January to February (cross-country skiing)🇫🇷 The Bay of SommeApril to June and September to October🇫🇷 BéarnJune to September🇫🇷 BurgundyMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 ChampagneMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 Charente-Maritime and the Île de RéMay to September🇫🇷 The JuraMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 The LandesJune and September🇫🇷 The VendéeMay to September🇫🇷 The Alpilles and Les Baux-de-ProvenceApril to June and September to October🇫🇷 AngoulêmeMay to June and September🇫🇷 Briançon and La GraveFebruary to March and July to September🇫🇷 Évian and the ChablaisMay to September🇫🇷 Fréjus, Saint-Raphaël and the EsterelMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 GaillacMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 The Gers and ArmagnacMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 Haut-BugeyMay to September🇫🇷 Hossegor and CapbretonMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 LimogesMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 Lorient and South BrittanyMay to September🇫🇷 The MédocMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 The MercantourJune to September🇫🇷 The Monts du LyonnaisMay to September🇫🇷 The Écrins (Vallouise)January to February and June to September🇫🇷 Roanne and the RoannaisMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-VieMay to September🇫🇷 Saint-Malo and the Emerald CoastMay to September🇫🇷 Saintes and the SaintongeMay to July and September🇫🇷 Sarlat and the Périgord NoirMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 Serre-Ponçon and Les OrresJanuary to February and June to September🇫🇷 The SundgauMay to September🇫🇷 Tarn-et-GaronneApril to June and September to October🇫🇷 ToursApril to June and September🇫🇷 The TrièvesMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 Uzès and the Pont du GardMay to June and September to October🇫🇷 The Ossau ValleyJune to September🇫🇷 The Vézère ValleyApril to June and September to October🇫🇷 VersaillesApril to June and September to October

Africa

🇲🇦 MoroccoMarch to May and September to November🇲🇦 EssaouiraMay to October🇲🇦 FezMarch to May and September to November🇹🇳 TunisiaApril to June and September to October🇿🇦 South AfricaAugust to March🇰🇪 KenyaJuly to October and January to February🇹🇿 TanzaniaJune to October and January to February🇲🇺 MauritiusMay to November🇸🇨 The SeychellesApril to June and September to November🇲🇬 MadagascarApril to November🇳🇦 NamibiaMay to October🇷🇪 RéunionMay to November (southern winter)🇧🇼 BotswanaMay to October🇹🇿 KilimanjaroJanuary to February and June to October (dry seasons)🇲🇬 Nosy BeMay to November🇧🇼 The Okavango DeltaMay to October (flood season and dry season)🇹🇿 The SerengetiJanuary to February (calving) and June to October (river crossings)🇳🇦 Etosha National ParkMay to October🇰🇪 Masai MaraJuly to October (migration) and January to February🇰🇪 MombasaDecember to March and July to September🇳🇦 SossusvleiMay to September

Asia

🇯🇴 JordanMarch to May and September to November🇮🇩 IndonesiaMay to September🇮🇩 BaliApril to October🇨🇳 ChinaApril to May and September to October🇹🇷 TurkeyApril to June and September to October🇬🇪 GeorgiaMay to October🇺🇿 UzbekistanApril to May and September to October🇲🇾 MalaysiaApril to September (varies by coast)🇰🇷 South KoreaApril to May (cherry blossom) and September to October (maples)🇲🇳 MongoliaJune to September🇹🇷 AntalyaApril to June and September to October🇹🇷 BodrumMay to June and September to October🇹🇷 CappadociaApril to June and September to October🇯🇵 HokkaidoJune to September, and February for the snow🇹🇷 IstanbulApril to June and September to October🇮🇩 JavaMay to September🇮🇩 KomodoApril to September🇲🇾 Kuala LumpurMay to September (least rainy)🇮🇩 LombokMay to September🇨🇳 ShanghaiMarch to May and September to November🇨🇳 YunnanMarch to May and September to November🇰🇷 BusanApril to June and September to October🇱🇰 EllaJanuary to March and July to September🇨🇳 Guilin and YangshuoApril to May and September to October🇨🇳 BeijingApril to May and September to October🇺🇿 SamarkandApril to May and September to October🇰🇷 SeoulApril to May (cherry blossom) and September to October (maples)🇱🇰 SigiriyaFebruary to April and July to September🇬🇪 TbilisiMay to June and September to October🇨🇳 Xi'anApril to May and September to October

Americas

🇺🇸 The American WestApril to June and September to October🇺🇸 New YorkApril to June and September to November🇺🇸 CaliforniaApril to June and September to October🇨🇦 CanadaJune to October and December to March (winter)🇨🇦 Montreal and Quebec CityJune to October🇧🇷 BrazilApril to May and September to November🇧🇷 Rio de JaneiroApril to May and September to December🇧🇷 Salvador da BahiaSeptember to March🇧🇷 The Brazilian AmazonJune to November (dry season)🇧🇷 Northeast BrazilAugust to November🇧🇷 The PantanalJune to October (dry season)🇧🇷 Lençóis MaranhensesJune to September (lagoons full)🇧🇴 Salar de Uyuni and Sur LípezMay to October (dry) and January to March (mirror effect)🇧🇴 La Paz and the Yungas RoadMay to October (dry season)🇧🇴 Lake Titicaca (Copacabana)May to October🇧🇴 Sucre and PotosíApril to October🇨🇦 MontrealJune to October (plus the Indian summer)🇨🇦 Quebec CityJune to October and Carnival (February)🇨🇦 Charlevoix and TadoussacJune to October (whales: June to September)🇨🇦 The Laurentians and Mont-TremblantSkiing (January to March) and nature (June to October)🇦🇷 Iguazú FallsApril to May and August to September🇵🇪 PeruMay to September (dry season)🇵🇪 Cusco and Machu PicchuMay to September (dry season)🇧🇴 BoliviaMay to October🇪🇨 EcuadorJune to September🇨🇱 The Atacama DesertApril to May and September to November🇨🇦 VancouverJune to September (dry season)🇺🇸 YellowstoneJune to September🇪🇨 QuitoJune to September

Oceania

🇦🇺 AustraliaMarch to May and September to November🇵🇫 French PolynesiaMay to October (dry season)🇵🇫 Bora BoraMay to October (dry season)🇵🇫 MooreaMay to October (dry season)🇦🇺 SydneyMarch to May and September to November🇦🇺 The Great Barrier ReefJune to October (dry season)🇦🇺 UluruMay to September (southern winter)

Frequently asked questions about travelling in September

Where to go for sun in September?

Spain, Italy, Portugal, Greece and Croatia are among the best sun destinations in September: according to our climate calendar it is one of their best times, with weather suited to the beach and the outdoors.

Where to go with children in September?

France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece work well for a family trip in September: a good season, varied activities and facilities suited to children.

Which destinations are best avoided in September?

Senegal, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia are not at their best in September: the season is not the most favourable. Nothing is impossible, but if your dates are flexible, aim for their best time or pick a destination at its best this month.

Another month

Flexible dates? Look at where to go in August and where to go in October: a few weeks can change a destination completely.

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