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BestAcceptableAvoidCovering all 199 countries · updated 2026-05-04
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October — at a glance.
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October — 81 best · 110 acceptable · 8 avoid
◉ Best in October · 81
Afghanistan· Mild weatherAlbania· Mild weatherAlgeria· Mild weatherArgentina· Mild weatherArmenia· Mild weatherAustralia· Mild weatherAzerbaijan· Mild weatherBhutan· Mild weatherBosnia and Herzegovina· Mild weatherBrazil· Mild weatherCanada· Flowers in bloomChile· Mild weatherChina· Peak crowds + pricesCroatia· Mild weatherCyprus· Mild weatherEgypt· Mild weatherEritrea· Mild weatherEthiopia· Dry seasonFiji· Dry seasonFrance· Mild weatherGeorgia· Mild weatherGreece· Mild weatherGuyana· Dry seasonHong Kong· Mild weatherHungary· Mild weatherIceland· Aurora seasonIndia· Mild weatherIndonesia· Dry seasonIran· Mild weatherIraq· Mild weatherIsrael· Mild weatherItaly· Mild weatherJapan· Mild weatherJordan· Mild weatherKenya· Peak wildlife viewingKiribati· Dry seasonLebanon· Mild weatherLesotho· Mild weatherLibya· Mild weatherMacao· Mild weatherMadagascar· Dry seasonMalta· Mild weatherMauritius· Dry seasonMoldova· Major festivalMonaco· Mild weatherMontenegro· Mild weatherMorocco· Mild weatherNauru· Dry seasonNepal· Mild weatherNew Zealand· Mild weatherNorth Korea· Mild weatherNorth Macedonia· Mild weatherOman· Mild weatherPakistan· Mild weatherPalestine· Mild weatherPapua New Guinea· Dry seasonPortugal· Mild weatherRomania· Mild weatherSan Marino· Mild weatherSaudi Arabia· Mild weatherSeychelles· Transitional seasonSouth Africa· Mild weatherSouth Korea· Mild weatherSpain· Mild weatherSuriname· Dry seasonSyria· Mild weatherTaiwan· Mild weatherTanzania· Peak wildlife viewingTimor-Leste· Dry seasonTonga· Peak wildlife viewingTunisia· Mild weatherTurkey· Mild weatherTurkmenistan· Mild weatherTuvalu· Dry seasonUnited Arab Emirates· Mild weatherUnited States· Mild weatherUruguay· Mild weatherUzbekistan· Mild weatherVanuatu· Dry seasonVatican· Mild weatherYemen· Mild weather
◉ Acceptable in October · 110
Andorra· Transitional seasonAngola· Transitional seasonAustria· Transitional seasonBahrain· Transitional seasonBangladesh· Transitional seasonBelarus· Transitional seasonBelgium· Transitional seasonBenin· Transitional seasonBolivia· Transitional seasonBotswana· Extreme heatBrunei· Heavy rainBulgaria· Transitional seasonBurkina Faso· Transitional seasonBurundi· Transitional seasonCambodia· Transitional seasonCameroon· Transitional seasonCape Verde· Transitional seasonCentral African Republic· Transitional seasonChad· Transitional seasonColombia· Heavy rainComoros· Transitional seasonCongo· Heavy rainCuba· Transitional seasonCzech Republic· Transitional seasonDenmark· Transitional seasonDjibouti· Transitional seasonDominica· Transitional seasonDominican Republic· Transitional seasonDR Congo· Heavy rainEcuador· Transitional seasonEl Salvador· Heavy rainEquatorial Guinea· Heavy rainEstonia· Transitional seasonFinland· Aurora seasonGabon· Heavy rainGambia· Transitional seasonGermany· Transitional seasonGhana· Transitional seasonGrenada· Transitional seasonGuatemala· Heavy rainGuinea· Transitional seasonGuinea-Bissau· Transitional seasonHaiti· Transitional seasonIreland· Transitional seasonIvory Coast· Transitional seasonJamaica· Transitional seasonKazakhstan· Transitional seasonKosovo· Transitional seasonKuwait· Transitional seasonKyrgyzstan· Transitional seasonLaos· Transitional seasonLatvia· Transitional seasonLiberia· Transitional seasonLiechtenstein· Transitional seasonLithuania· Transitional seasonLuxembourg· Transitional seasonMalawi· Extreme heatMalaysia· Heavy rainMaldives· Transitional seasonMali· Transitional seasonMarshall Islands· Heavy rainMauritania· Transitional seasonMexico· Transitional seasonMicronesia· Heavy rainMongolia· Transitional seasonMozambique· Transitional seasonMyanmar· Transitional seasonNamibia· Extreme heatNetherlands· Transitional seasonNiger· Transitional seasonNigeria· Transitional seasonNorway· Aurora seasonPalau· Heavy rainParaguay· Transitional seasonPeru· Transitional seasonPhilippines· Typhoon seasonPoland· Transitional seasonQatar· Transitional seasonRussia· Transitional seasonRwanda· Heavy rainSaint Kitts and Nevis· Transitional seasonSaint Lucia· Transitional seasonSaint Vincent and the Grenadines· Transitional seasonSamoa· Transitional seasonSao Tome and Principe· Heavy rainSenegal· Transitional seasonSerbia· Transitional seasonSierra Leone· Transitional seasonSingapore· Heavy humiditySlovakia· Transitional seasonSlovenia· Transitional seasonSolomon Islands· Transitional seasonSomalia· Transitional seasonSouth Sudan· Transitional seasonSri Lanka· Heavy rainSudan· Transitional seasonSwaziland· Transitional seasonSweden· Transitional seasonSwitzerland· Transitional seasonTajikistan· Transitional seasonThailand· Heavy rainTogo· Transitional seasonTrinidad and Tobago· Heavy rainUganda· Heavy rainUkraine· Transitional seasonUnited Kingdom· Transitional seasonVenezuela· Heavy rainVietnam· Typhoon seasonZambia· Extreme heatZimbabwe· Extreme heat
◉ How this works
Hand-curated, not guessed.
Every month for every country is tagged with a single reason — "monsoon", "peak crowds + prices", "dry season", "hurricane peak" — drawn from a fixed vocabulary of 19 tags so the matrix stays consistent across all 199 countries.
Pick a month above to find every country at its best. Or look up a specific country to see its 12-month rating strip, with the reason behind every cell. Tropical countries usually have one or two clearly bad months (monsoon, cyclone); temperate countries have a comfortable spring + autumn shoulder; ski destinations flip — winter peaks, summer is the off-season.
The data is curated from public climate norms + travel experience and reviewed by hand. Spotted something off? Hit us on X — corrections land in the next monthly review.