Big cities where October is mild and dry enough to be outside all day. 39 places with a guide of their own in North Africa and the Middle East were scored in October, and 25 rate Good or better. The seven below lead, spread across the region.
Where to go
- 184 · IdealÇeşmeTurkey
Midday in October feels like 21°C under mostly clear skies, which rates 84, Ideal, for easy outdoors. Good weather here runs from mid September to mid November, so there is room either side. Rain is rare at this time of year. See mid October on the map.
- 283 · IdealDenizliTurkey
A typical midday in October feels like 21°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 83 over the stretch. Open it on the map at mid October.
- 381 · IdealBodrumTurkey
Rated 81 (Ideal) for easy outdoors in October: midday feels like 24°C, with mostly clear skies. Good weather here runs from late September to November, so there is room either side. See mid October on the map.
- 479 · GoodTrabzonTurkey
Midday in October feels like 19°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 79, Good, for easy outdoors. The good spell lasts about two and a half months, from September to early November. Open it on the map at mid October.
- 572 · GoodHammametTunisia
A typical midday in October feels like 25°C, and the Easy outdoors rating averages 72 over the stretch. Good weather here runs from October to November, so there is room either side. See mid October on the map.
- 667 · GoodAlgiersAlgeria
Rated 67 (Good) for easy outdoors in October: midday feels like 24°C, with partly cloudy skies. The good spell lasts about two and a half months, from late September to November. Open it on the map at mid October.
- 757 · GoodMarrakechMorocco
Midday in October feels like 26°C under partly cloudy skies, which rates 57, Good, for easy outdoors. Good weather here runs from mid October to early January, so there is room either side. Rain is rare at this time of year. See mid October on the map.
How this list is worked out
The data
Every figure comes from a decade of weather-station observations, blended into one typical year and read at midday, local solar time. Scores here are averaged in October; a city missing a reading for any part of that stretch is left out rather than scored on part of it.
The rating
Easy outdoors: A comfortable feels-like gates the score — best 16–26 °C for an easy day out (strolling, sitting out, sightseeing). Dryness matters most; strong wind knocks it back. Sun is a bonus, not required. A place is also left out when its typical readings contradict its own rating, for example a high score alongside frequent rain.
The spread
To keep one warm corner from filling the list, entries are at least 150 km apart, no more than three sit within 1,000 km of each other, and no more than three come from one country unless the list would otherwise run short.
Only places that draw visitors
Towns and cities with plenty of hotels, guest houses and holiday lets nearby for their size, or a great many of them in all, counted from Overture Maps Places, an open dataset. That keeps out places the weather favours but nobody travels to. Where two places share one resort or city, the one a visitor would name is kept.
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