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📅 Where to Go in September
133 cities in our guide are at their best in September
September is the best month of the year for many cities. Summer crowds leave after the first week, the Mediterranean is still warm enough to swim, and prices drop. More cities in our guide list September among their best months than any other month.
It is harvest season in the wine regions, and Munich's Oktoberfest begins in the second half of the month. In the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, September is the peak of hurricane season, so build flexibility into those trips.
Top picks for September
What September is good for
Late summer in the Mediterranean
Warm seas, golden light and noticeably fewer visitors.
Harvest and wine
Grape harvest in the vineyards around Bordeaux, and food festivals across Europe.
Early autumn in North America
Mild weather and the first autumn colour further north.
☀️ Warm-weather picks
Cities with a tropical or desert climate that are in season in September.
- 🇲🇦 MarrakechHot semi-arid
- 🇮🇩 UbudTropical monsoon
- 🇮🇩 JakartaTropical monsoon
- 🇧🇷 BrasíliaTropical savanna
- 🇪🇬 AlexandriaHot desert
- 🇹🇿 ZanzibarTropical
- 🇦🇺 CairnsTropical
- 🇧🇷 SalvadorTropical
💰 Good value in September
In season and easy on the budget. Estimate the cost of a trip with the budget estimator.
- 🇹🇷 Istanbul€€ Moderate
- 🇨🇿 Prague€€ Moderate
- 🇩🇪 Berlin€€ Moderate
- 🇵🇹 Lisbon€€ Moderate
- 🇭🇺 Budapest€€ Moderate
- 🇬🇷 Athens€€ Moderate
- 🇲🇦 Marrakech€€ Moderate
- 🇰🇷 Seoul€€ Moderate
🌗 Quieter shoulder-season options
September is just outside these cities' best months: expect fewer visitors and lower prices, with less predictable weather.
- 🇳🇱 AmsterdamBest: April–August
- 🇯🇵 KyotoBest: March–May (cherry blossoms), October–November (autumn leaves)
- 🇭🇰 Hong KongBest: October–December
- 🇧🇷 Rio de JaneiroBest: December–March (Carnival), May–August (dry season)
- 🇪🇬 CairoBest: October–April
- 🇿🇦 Cape TownBest: October–April
- 🇩🇰 CopenhagenBest: May–August
- 🇸🇪 StockholmBest: June–August
All 133 cities in season in September
🏰 Europe 69
- Antwerp
- Athens
- Barcelona
- Belgrade
- Bergen
- Berlin
- Bilbao
- Bologna
- Bordeaux
- Bratislava
- Bruges
- Brussels
- Budapest
- Cologne
- Dresden
- Dublin
- Dubrovnik
- Edinburgh
- Florence
- Frankfurt
- Gdansk
- Geneva
- Glasgow
- Gothenburg
- Granada
- Hamburg
- Innsbruck
- Krakow
- Kyiv
- Lisbon
- Ljubljana
- London
- Lucerne
- Lyon
- Madrid
- Manchester
- Marseille
- Milan
- Moscow
- Munich
- Naples
- Nice
- Oslo
- Palermo
- Paris
- Porto
- Prague
- Reykjavik
- Riga
- Rome
- Rotterdam
- Salzburg
- San Sebastián
- Seville
- Sofia
- Strasbourg
- Tallinn
- The Hague
- Turin
- Valencia
- Valletta
- Venice
- Verona
- Vienna
- Vilnius
- Warsaw
- York
- Zagreb
- Zurich
🏯 Asia 15
🗽 Americas 28
- Austin
- Boston
- Brasília
- Buenos Aires
- Calgary
- Chicago
- Cusco
- Denver
- Honolulu
- La Paz
- Las Vegas
- Los Angeles
- Montreal
- Nashville
- New York
- Ottawa
- Philadelphia
- Quebec City
- Quito
- Salvador
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Santiago
- São Paulo
- Seattle
- Toronto
- Vancouver
- Washington
🦁 Africa 10
🕌 Middle East 6
🌊 Oceania 5
How we choose these cities
Every city guide on GuesTheCity lists the months when we think the city is at its best, balancing weather, crowds and prices. A city appears on this page when September is one of those months. Warm-weather picks are filtered by climate, value picks by our budget rating for each city, and shoulder-season options are cities where September falls just before or after their best months.
Weather varies from year to year and festival dates move, so check the forecast and event calendar before you book. To see the full year for any city, use the best time to visit calendar, explore cities by region on the world map, or compare two options with City vs City.