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Where is the weather good in October?

In October the desert regions become pleasant again: the Red Sea, Jordan, Oman and the American Southwest enjoy warm, dry days, while Europe cools down.

The best places for sunny, dry and pleasantly warm weather in October are Hurghada, Petra, Atacama Desert, Sharm El Sheikh and Las Vegas. Of the 20 best destinations this month, 7 are in Europe and 6 in North Africa & Middle East.

World map of good-weather regions in mid-October: green is sunny, dry and pleasantly warm — Good-weather score in mid-October: green = sunny, dry and 22–30 °C, grey = too cold, too hot or too wet.

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Top 20 destinations for good weather in October

Averages for October across 2023–2025. Daily high = typical afternoon temperature, rainy days = days with at least 2 mm of rain.

#	Destination	Daily high	Rainy days	Cloud	Score
1	Hurghada Egypt	30 °C	0 of 31	6%	9.7
2	Petra Jordan	30 °C	0 of 31	12%	9.5
3	Atacama Desert Chile	21 °C	0 of 31	7%	9.4
4	Sharm El Sheikh Egypt	31 °C	0 of 31	6%	9.3
5	Las Vegas United States	25 °C	1 of 31	16%	9.1
6	Los Angeles United States	26 °C	1 of 31	19%	9.0
7	Tel Aviv Israel	28 °C	1 of 31	23%	9.0
8	Santorini Greece	22 °C	1 of 31	23%	8.9
9	Windhoek Namibia	31 °C	1 of 31	20%	8.9
10	Cairo Egypt	31 °C	0 of 31	14%	8.9
11	Gran Canaria Spain	24 °C	0 of 31	32%	8.8
12	Cyprus	26 °C	2 of 31	22%	8.7
13	Rhodes Greece	24 °C	2 of 31	22%	8.7
14	Djerba Tunisia	28 °C	2 of 31	27%	8.7
15	Cape Town South Africa	22 °C	1 of 31	31%	8.5
16	Tenerife Spain	23 °C	1 of 31	36%	8.5
17	Crete Greece	23 °C	2 of 31	31%	8.4
18	Malta	24 °C	2 of 31	30%	8.4
19	San Francisco United States	23 °C	1 of 31	38%	8.2
20	Cape Verde	27 °C	1 of 31	46%	8.2

Best pick per region in October

Africa: Windhoek, Namibia – 31 °C, 1 rainy days, score 8.9
East Asia: Guilin, China – 26 °C, 5 rainy days, score 6.8
Europe: Santorini, Greece – 22 °C, 1 rainy days, score 8.9
Mexico, Central America & Caribbean: Los Cabos, Mexico – 30 °C, 4 rainy days, score 7.6
North Africa & Middle East: Hurghada, Egypt – 30 °C, 0 rainy days, score 9.7
North America: Las Vegas, United States – 25 °C, 1 rainy days, score 9.1
Oceania & Pacific: Hawaii, United States – 27 °C, 2 rainy days, score 8.2
South America: Atacama Desert, Chile – 21 °C, 0 rainy days, score 9.4
South Asia: Delhi, India – 32 °C, 2 rainy days, score 7.1
Southeast Asia: Lombok, Indonesia – 31 °C, 8 rainy days, score 6.0

Warm, but rainy season in October

These destinations are warm in October, but it rains often – check the details before you book.

#	Destination	Daily high	Rainy days	Cloud	Score
1	Costa Rica	26 °C	31 of 31	93%	0.3
2	Panama City Panama	30 °C	30 of 31	88%	0.4
3	Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam	32 °C	28 of 31	84%	0.5
4	Da Nang Vietnam	27 °C	27 of 31	85%	0.7
5	Koh Samui Thailand	28 °C	27 of 31	86%	0.6
6	Palawan Philippines	29 °C	26 of 31	82%	0.8
7	Langkawi Malaysia	30 °C	26 of 31	91%	0.5
8	Borneo (Kota Kinabalu) Malaysia	29 °C	25 of 31	88%	0.8
9	Cebu Philippines	30 °C	25 of 31	83%	1.0
10	Phuket Thailand	29 °C	25 of 31	90%	0.5

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How this works

The values come from the ERA5 climate reanalysis of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, averaged over 2023–2025 on a 0.5° grid (about 50 km). Model data describe a whole grid cell, so coasts, mountains and cities can differ from local conditions; for coastal places a mostly-sea cell is averaged with the neighbouring land cell. More about the data and the score.