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BestAcceptableAvoidCovering all 199 countries · updated 2026-05-04
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September — at a glance.
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September — 90 best · 77 acceptable · 32 avoid
◉ Best in September · 90
Albania· Mild weatherAndorra· Mild weatherAngola· Dry seasonArgentina· Mild weatherArmenia· Mild weatherAustralia· Mild weatherAustria· Mild weatherAzerbaijan· Mild weatherBelarus· Mild weatherBelgium· Mild weatherBolivia· Dry seasonBosnia and Herzegovina· Mild weatherBotswana· Peak wildlife viewingBrazil· Mild weatherBrunei· Transitional seasonBulgaria· Mild weatherCanada· Mild weatherChile· Mild weatherChina· Mild weatherComoros· Dry seasonCroatia· Mild weatherCyprus· Mild weatherCzech Republic· Mild weatherDenmark· Mild weatherEstonia· Mild weatherFiji· Dry seasonFrance· Mild weatherGeorgia· Mild weatherGermany· Major festivalGreece· Mild weatherGuyana· Dry seasonHungary· Mild weatherIceland· Aurora seasonIndonesia· Dry seasonIreland· Mild weatherItaly· Mild weatherKazakhstan· Mild weatherKenya· Peak wildlife viewingKiribati· Dry seasonKosovo· Mild weatherKyrgyzstan· Mild weatherLatvia· Mild weatherLebanon· Mild weatherLesotho· Mild weatherLiechtenstein· Mild weatherLithuania· Mild weatherLuxembourg· Mild weatherMadagascar· Dry seasonMalawi· Peak wildlife viewingMalaysia· Dry seasonMalta· Mild weatherMauritius· Dry seasonMoldova· Mild weatherMonaco· Mild weatherMongolia· Mild weatherMontenegro· Mild weatherMozambique· Dry seasonNamibia· Peak wildlife viewingNauru· Dry seasonNetherlands· Mild weatherNorth Macedonia· Mild weatherPapua New Guinea· Dry seasonParaguay· Mild weatherPeru· Dry seasonPoland· Mild weatherPortugal· Mild weatherRomania· Mild weatherSamoa· Dry seasonSan Marino· Mild weatherSerbia· Mild weatherSlovakia· Mild weatherSlovenia· Mild weatherSolomon Islands· Dry seasonSouth Africa· Mild weatherSpain· Mild weatherSuriname· Dry seasonSwaziland· Mild weatherSwitzerland· Mild weatherTanzania· Peak wildlife viewingTimor-Leste· Dry seasonTonga· Peak wildlife viewingTurkey· Mild weatherTuvalu· Dry seasonUkraine· Mild weatherUnited Kingdom· Mild weatherUnited States· Mild weatherVanuatu· Dry seasonVatican· Mild weatherZambia· Peak wildlife viewingZimbabwe· Peak wildlife viewing
◉ Acceptable in September · 77
Afghanistan· Transitional seasonAlgeria· Extreme heatBenin· Transitional seasonBhutan· Transitional seasonBurkina Faso· Transitional seasonBurundi· Transitional seasonCambodia· Heavy rainCape Verde· Heavy rainChad· Transitional seasonColombia· Heavy rainCongo· Transitional seasonDR Congo· Transitional seasonEcuador· Transitional seasonEgypt· Extreme heatEl Salvador· Heavy rainEquatorial Guinea· Heavy rainEritrea· Transitional seasonEthiopia· Transitional seasonFinland· Aurora seasonGabon· Transitional seasonGambia· Transitional seasonGhana· Transitional seasonGuatemala· Heavy rainHong Kong· Transitional seasonIndia· Transitional seasonIran· Transitional seasonIraq· Transitional seasonIsrael· Transitional seasonIvory Coast· Heavy rainJapan· Typhoon seasonJordan· Transitional seasonLaos· Heavy rainLibya· Transitional seasonMacao· Transitional seasonMaldives· Heavy rainMarshall Islands· Heavy rainMauritania· Transitional seasonMicronesia· Heavy rainMorocco· Transitional seasonMyanmar· Heavy rainNepal· Transitional seasonNew Zealand· Transitional seasonNiger· Transitional seasonNigeria· Heavy rainNorth Korea· Transitional seasonNorway· Aurora seasonOman· Transitional seasonPakistan· Transitional seasonPalau· Heavy rainPalestine· Transitional seasonRussia· Transitional seasonRwanda· Heavy rainSao Tome and Principe· Heavy rainSaudi Arabia· Transitional seasonSenegal· Heavy rainSeychelles· Dry seasonSingapore· Heavy humiditySomalia· Transitional seasonSouth Korea· Transitional seasonSouth Sudan· Heavy rainSri Lanka· Heavy rainSudan· Transitional seasonSweden· Transitional seasonSyria· Transitional seasonTajikistan· Transitional seasonThailand· Monsoon rainsTogo· Heavy rainTrinidad and Tobago· Heavy rainTunisia· Transitional seasonTurkmenistan· Transitional seasonUganda· Heavy rainUnited Arab Emirates· Transitional seasonUruguay· Transitional seasonUzbekistan· Transitional seasonVenezuela· Heavy rainVietnam· Typhoon seasonYemen· Transitional season
◉ Avoid in September · 32
Antigua and Barbuda· Hurricane seasonBahamas· Hurricane seasonBahrain· Extreme heatBangladesh· Monsoon rainsBarbados· Hurricane seasonBelize· Hurricane seasonCameroon· Monsoon rainsCentral African Republic· Monsoon rainsCosta Rica· Heavy rainCuba· Hurricane seasonDjibouti· Extreme heatDominica· Hurricane seasonDominican Republic· Hurricane seasonGrenada· Hurricane seasonGuinea· Monsoon rainsGuinea-Bissau· Monsoon rainsHaiti· Hurricane seasonHonduras· Hurricane seasonJamaica· Hurricane seasonKuwait· Extreme heatLiberia· Monsoon rainsMali· Heavy rainMexico· Hurricane seasonNicaragua· Hurricane seasonPanama· Heavy rainPhilippines· Typhoon seasonQatar· Extreme heatSaint Kitts and Nevis· Hurricane seasonSaint Lucia· Hurricane seasonSaint Vincent and the Grenadines· Hurricane seasonSierra Leone· Monsoon rainsTaiwan· Typhoon season
◉ 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.