Where to go in October

200 cities where October is one of the best months to travel. 137 of them need no visa. Temperature and rainfall are climate normals; prices are median nightly rates for a 2–3 star room and a hostel bed.

Found: 200

City	Daytime	Rainfall	Room 2–3★	Hostel	Visa
Axum Ethiopia	25 °C	22 mm	$20	—	Visa-free
Ashgabat Turkmenistan	25 °C	10 mm	$50	—	Visa needed
Balkh Afghanistan	25 °C	4 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Mehriz Iran	27 °C	3 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Harare Zimbabwe	31 °C	25 mm	$55	—	Visa-free
Merzouga Morocco	29 °C	14 mm	$80	—	Visa-free
Adelaide Australia	21 °C	24 mm	$98	—	Visa-free
Perth Australia	20 °C	32 mm	$130	$31	Visa-free
Sheki Azerbaijan	21 °C	40 mm	$43	$23	Visa needed
Hisor Tajikistan	24 °C	11 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Isfahan Iran	25 °C	4 mm	$71	$53	Visa needed
Tabriz Iran	21 °C	21 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Tel Aviv Israel	30 °C	14 mm	$235	$75	Visa-free
Tehran Iran	24 °C	36 mm	$61	—	Visa needed
Hamadan Iran	21 °C	24 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Kermanshah Iran	25 °C	29 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Marvdasht Iran	27 °C	6 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Haifa Israel	27 °C	28 mm	$242	$145	Visa-free
Adiyaman Turkey	24 °C	35 mm	$108	—	Visa-free
Shiraz Iran	28 °C	4 mm	$81	—	Visa needed
Marrakech Morocco	30 °C	23 mm	$55	$21	Visa-free
Cairo Egypt	31 °C	5 mm	$49	$24	Visa-free
Alexandria Egypt	29 °C	7 mm	$95	—	Visa-free
Byblos Lebanon	28 °C	23 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Mashhad Iran	23 °C	7 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Khujand Tajikistan	21 °C	17 mm	$43	—	Visa-free
Bukhara Uzbekistan	22 °C	5 mm	$46	$22	Visa needed
Adana Turkey	28 °C	39 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Elazığ Turkey	21 °C	38 mm	$83	—	Visa-free
Konya Turkey	20 °C	35 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Turkmenbashi Turkmenistan	21 °C	12 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Wadi Rum Jordan	28 °C	3 mm	$54	—	Visa-free
Mardin Turkey	25 °C	30 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Şanlıurfa Turkey	27 °C	27 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Diyarbakır Turkey	25 °C	39 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Göreme Turkey	21 °C	27 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Samarkand Uzbekistan	22 °C	14 mm	$60	—	Visa needed
Batroun Lebanon	26 °C	35 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Sulaymaniyah Iraq	28 °C	23 mm	$91	—	Visa-free
Beirut Lebanon	28 °C	23 mm	$97	—	Visa-free
Douz Tunisia	30 °C	10 mm	$84	—	Visa-free
Islamabad Pakistan	30 °C	24 mm	$93	$28	Visa-free
Amasya Turkey	22 °C	33 mm	$89	—	Visa-free
Qom Iran	28 °C	14 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Amman Jordan	27 °C	8 mm	$82	$33	Visa-free
Kerman Iran	26 °C	2 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin)Armenia	22 °C	33 mm	$55	—	Visa-free
San Francisco United States	21 °C	30 mm	$254	$92	—
Yazd Iran	28 °C	3 mm	$157	$56	Visa needed
Erbil Iraq	30 °C	18 mm	$85	—	Visa-free
Cappadocia Turkey	20 °C	27 mm	$145	$65	Visa-free
Addis Ababa Ethiopia	21 °C	34 mm	$59	$30	Visa-free
Kunduz Afghanistan	25 °C	5 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Mary Turkmenistan	24 °C	7 mm	$173	$91	Visa needed
Turpan China	23 °C	5 mm	$33	—	Visa needed
Herat Afghanistan	25 °C	3 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Mazar-i-Sharif Afghanistan	25 °C	5 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Yerevan Armenia	22 °C	33 mm	$92	—	Visa-free
Gaziantep Turkey	25 °C	32 mm	$76	—	Visa-free
Mendoza Argentina	27 °C	15 mm	$88	—	Visa-free
Kokand Uzbekistan	23 °C	14 mm	$60	—	Visa needed
Petra Jordan	28 °C	7 mm	$60	$20	Visa-free
Jerusalem Israel	28 °C	14 mm	$250	$98	Visa-free
Kashan Iran	28 °C	7 mm	$26	—	Visa needed
Meghri Armenia	23 °C	26 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Dushanbe Tajikistan	23 °C	11 mm	$83	$19	Visa-free
Kabul Afghanistan	22 °C	25 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Shahrisabz Uzbekistan	23 °C	12 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Tashkent Uzbekistan	21 °C	26 mm	$58	—	Visa needed
Lalibela Ethiopia	20 °C	37 mm	$30	$22	Visa-free
Bulawayo Zimbabwe	32 °C	27 mm	$121	—	Visa-free
Denizli Turkey	25 °C	44 mm	$73	—	Visa-free
Pamukkale Turkey	26 °C	44 mm	$67	—	Visa-free
Santorini Greece	22 °C	44 mm	$178	—	Visa-free
Valencia Spain	26 °C	44 mm	$199	$62	Visa-free
Kathmandu Nepal	23 °C	45 mm	$33	$12	Visa-free
Mykonos Greece	21 °C	46 mm	$244	$101	Visa-free
Oran Algeria	26 °C	47 mm	$69	—	Visa needed
Granada Spain	22 °C	47 mm	$84	—	Visa-free
Stellenbosch South Africa	20 °C	47 mm	$184	$157	Visa-free
Athens Greece	23 °C	49 mm	$160	$34	Visa-free
Hong Kong Гонконг	28 °C	49 mm	$104	$18	Visa-free
İzmir Turkey	23 °C	50 mm	$65	—	Visa-free
Denver United States	20 °C	30 mm	$137	—	—
Crete Greece	25 °C	50 mm	$129	—	Visa-free
Khiva Uzbekistan	20 °C	4 mm	$27	—	Visa needed
Selçuk Turkey	26 °C	51 mm	$67	—	Visa-free
Ankara Turkey	20 °C	33 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Thessaloniki Greece	22 °C	51 mm	$107	$61	Visa-free
Qingdao China	20 °C	26 mm	$52	—	Visa needed
Guadalajara Mexico	25 °C	52 mm	$67	—	Visa-free
Tbilisi Georgia	20 °C	38 mm	$58	—	Visa-free
Rhodes Greece	25 °C	52 mm	$84	—	Visa-free
Masuleh Iran	23 °C	54 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Nanjing China	23 °C	55 mm	$45	—	Visa needed
Punakha Bhutan	26 °C	55 mm	$53	—	Visa needed
Guangzhou China	29 °C	56 mm	$52	$11	Visa needed
Shenzhen China	28 °C	56 mm	$79	$53	Visa needed
Plovdiv Bulgaria	21 °C	56 mm	$107	—	Visa-free
Asenovgrad Bulgaria	20 °C	56 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Toledo Spain	22 °C	56 mm	$116	—	Visa-free
Algiers Algeria	27 °C	58 mm	$69	—	Visa needed
Kashgar China	20 °C	5 mm	$56	—	Visa needed
Machu Picchu Peru	22 °C	60 mm	$152	—	Visa-free
Chengdu China	22 °C	59 mm	$62	—	Visa needed
Tunis Tunisia	26 °C	61 mm	$95	$83	Visa-free
Malaga Spain	21 °C	61 mm	$184	$61	Visa-free
Shymkent Kazakhstan	20 °C	37 mm	$50	$17	Visa-free
Nafplio Greece	25 °C	61 mm	$125	$103	Visa-free
Sidi Bou Said Tunisia	24 °C	63 mm	$161	—	Visa-free
Osh Kyrgyzstan	19 °C	16 mm	$22	—	Visa-free
Dunhuang China	19 °C	1 mm	$54	—	Visa needed
Antalya Turkey	28 °C	65 mm	$93	$50	Visa-free
Constantine Algeria	25 °C	65 mm	$55	—	Visa needed
Gondar Ethiopia	24 °C	65 mm	$38	—	Visa-free
Arusha Tanzania	29 °C	66 mm	$83	$21	Visa-free
Suzhou China	23 °C	66 mm	$50	—	Visa needed
Madrid Spain	20 °C	66 mm	$200	—	Visa-free
Bishkek Kyrgyzstan	19 °C	36 mm	$73	$22	Visa-free
Baku Azerbaijan	19 °C	22 mm	$57	—	Visa needed
Bursa Turkey	22 °C	67 mm	$77	—	Visa-free
Kunming China	21 °C	68 mm	$59	$50	Visa needed
Fethiye Turkey	27 °C	68 mm	$162	—	Visa-free
Pokhara Nepal	25 °C	69 mm	$30	$10	Visa-free
Barcelona Spain	21 °C	70 mm	$235	$76	Visa-free
Seville Spain	26 °C	71 mm	$253	$51	Visa-free
Tianjin China	19 °C	31 mm	$47	—	Visa needed
Nanxun China	23 °C	71 mm	$58	—	Visa needed
Leshan China	23 °C	72 mm	$44	—	Visa needed
Bahir Dar Ethiopia	25 °C	72 mm	$58	—	Visa-free
Kaiping China	27 °C	73 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Hangzhou China	24 °C	74 mm	$53	$9	Visa needed
Fez Morocco	27 °C	74 mm	$56	$19	Visa-free
Meteora Greece	21 °C	75 mm	$139	—	Visa-free
Gori Georgia	19 °C	48 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Quito Ecuador	23 °C	76 mm	$97	—	Visa-free
Istanbul Turkey	20 °C	70 mm	$73	—	Visa-free
Tangier Morocco	22 °C	76 mm	$85	—	Visa-free
Naples Italy	23 °C	76 mm	$146	$51	Visa-free
Eskişehir Turkey	19 °C	47 mm	$69	—	Visa-free
Shanghai China	23 °C	77 mm	$73	—	Visa needed
Bordeaux France	20 °C	68 mm	$207	$54	Visa-free
Almaty Kazakhstan	19 °C	37 mm	$68	—	Visa-free
Évora Portugal	24 °C	80 mm	$112	—	Visa-free
Lisbon Portugal	21 °C	79 mm	$125	$46	Visa-free
Nanning China	27 °C	80 mm	$49	$24	Visa needed
Hvar Croatia	20 °C	80 mm	$140	—	Visa-free
Lumbini Nepal	30 °C	55 mm	$42	—	Visa-free
Brisbane Australia	26 °C	81 mm	$140	$102	Visa-free
Rome Italy	22 °C	82 mm	$267	$114	Visa-free
Victoria Malta	24 °C	82 mm	$158	—	Visa-free
Mdina Malta	24 °C	82 mm	$171	—	Visa-free
Valletta Malta	24 °C	82 mm	$179	$110	Visa-free
Sinop Turkey	20 °C	77 mm	$172	—	Visa-free
Beijing China	19 °C	30 mm	$87	—	Visa needed
Florence Italy	21 °C	84 mm	$183	$31	Visa-free
Sintra Portugal	21 °C	84 mm	$157	$113	Visa-free
Siena Italy	20 °C	82 mm	$123	$108	Visa-free
Salvador Brazil	29 °C	69 mm	$63	$14	Visa-free
Turkestan Kazakhstan	19 °C	21 mm	$41	—	Visa-free
Jaipur India	33 °C	10 mm	$30	$4	Visa needed
Skopje North Macedonia	21 °C	88 mm	$92	—	Visa-free
Lahore Pakistan	33 °C	9 mm	$54	—	Visa-free
Split Croatia	21 °C	88 mm	$224	—	Visa-free
Amalfi Italy	22 °C	88 mm	$239	—	Visa-free
Bitola North Macedonia	19 °C	66 mm	$98	—	Visa-free
Delhi India	33 °C	11 mm	$30	$15	Visa needed
Jeju South Korea	20 °C	89 mm	$59	$14	Visa-free
Pisa Italy	21 °C	91 mm	$113	$106	Visa-free
Nis Serbia	19 °C	60 mm	$55	—	Visa-free
Palermo Italy	23 °C	91 mm	$139	$93	Visa-free
Veliko Tarnovo Bulgaria	19 °C	56 mm	$41	—	Visa-free
Cairns Australia	30 °C	62 mm	$125	$31	Visa-free
Sossusvlei Namibia	35 °C	3 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina	21 °C	95 mm	$49	—	Visa-free
Baghdad Iraq	34 °C	11 mm	—	—	Visa-free
Riyadh Saudi Arabia	35 °C	0 mm	$92	$32	Visa-free
Tirana Albania	23 °C	95 mm	$71	—	Visa-free
Eilat Israel	34 °C	3 mm	$622	$207	Visa-free
Hami China	18 °C	3 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Qazvin Iran	21 °C	95 mm	—	—	Visa needed
Sozopol Bulgaria	19 °C	68 mm	$404	—	Visa-free
Burgas Bulgaria	19 °C	68 mm	$205	—	Visa-free
Nesebar Bulgaria	19 °C	68 mm	$163	—	Visa-free
Zanzibar Tanzania	29 °C	64 mm	$106	$63	Visa-free
Dilijan Armenia	18 °C	38 mm	$78	$56	Visa-free
Sapa Vietnam	25 °C	96 mm	$29	$14	Visa needed
Dali China	20 °C	85 mm	$94	$35	Visa needed
Berat Albania	23 °C	98 mm	$71	—	Visa-free
Chongqing China	23 °C	98 mm	$52	—	Visa needed
Kastamonu Turkey	19 °C	62 mm	$63	—	Visa-free
Belgrade Serbia	18 °C	54 mm	$90	$18	Visa-free
Incheon South Korea	18 °C	53 mm	$42	$36	Visa-free
Seoul South Korea	18 °C	53 mm	$106	—	Visa-free
Nashville United States	22 °C	101 mm	$132	$94	—
Sighnaghi Georgia	18 °C	43 mm	$54	$26	Visa-free
Gabala Azerbaijan	18 °C	34 mm	$54	—	Visa needed
Novi Sad Serbia	18 °C	52 mm	$85	—	Visa-free
Aqaba Jordan	34 °C	3 mm	$62	—	Visa-free
Melbourne Australia	19 °C	61 mm	$170	$48	Visa-free

Where the numbers come from

Temperature and rainfall are monthly climate normals from NASA POWER and NOAA weather stations, averaged over many years. They are not a forecast for a given date: a single year deviates from the norm, but the order of magnitude holds.

Prices are median nightly rates blended from several booking sources, flights excluded. "Room 2–3★" is a double room in a mid-range hotel or guesthouse, priced per room. "Hostel" is a bed in a shared dorm, priced per person, and is known for about half the cities.

Which column to read depends on who is travelling. Solo, a hostel bed is cheaper. For two, a room usually wins: split in half it costs about the same as two dorm beds, but comes with a door and a bathroom. For three or four, the room wins outright.

Visa status is shown for a US passport and applies to the country, not the city. Check the rules on the country page before you travel: they change far more often than the climate.

Frequently asked

Where can I go visa-free in October?

137 of the 200 cities listed are in countries that need no visa. The visa-free filter leaves exactly those in the table, and the daytime column shows which of them are warm this month.

Where is it warm in October?

The daytime column is the average daily high for the month, and warmest-first sorts by it. Watch the rainfall too: in the tropics a warm month can coincide with the wet season, and the rainfall normal will be several times higher.

How much does a night cost in October?

The table carries two prices: a double room in a 2–3 star hotel or guesthouse per room, and a dorm bed per person. Solo travellers usually do better in a hostel; for two, the room split in half costs about the same as two beds but comes with a private bathroom. Flights are not included.

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