Where to go in August

Dubai, UAE

Glossy, ambitious, larger than life

42°C in August, and dry · 16h 30m from Los Angeles · 3-5 nights

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Ayia Napa's grown-up rival: Paphos & Limassol, Cyprus

Warm, unhurried, quietly stylish

33°C in August, and dry · 14h 40m from Los Angeles · 5–7 nights

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Madrid, Spain

Late-night, grand, unpretentious

34°C in August, and dry · 11h 45m from Los Angeles · 3-4 nights

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Austin, Texas

Laid-back, musical, sweaty, unpretentious

36°C in August · 2h 55m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Ayia Napa, Cyprus

Loud, sun-drunk, unapologetically hedonistic

32°C in August, and dry · 14h 40m from Los Angeles · a week

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Tel Aviv, Israel

Loud, sun-bleached, permanently outdoors

32°C in August, and dry · sea at 31° · 15h 05m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Athens, Greece

Ancient, gritty, sociable, sun-bleached

33°C in August · sea at 28° · 13h 50m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Ibiza, Spain

Loud, sun-drunk, expensively hedonistic

31°C in August, and dry · 12h 15m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Palermo, Sicily

Raw, baroque, deliciously disorderly

32°C in August · 13h 10m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Thessaloniki, Greece

Late-night, food-obsessed, unpolished

33°C in August · 13h 30m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Bucharest, Romania

Cheap, late, gloriously unpolished

32°C in August · 13h 10m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Tbilisi, Georgia

Ramshackle, generous, wide awake

31°C in August · 14h 10m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Memphis, Tennessee

Soulful, unpolished, music-steeped

32°C in August · 3h 40m from Los Angeles · a long weekend, 3-4 nights

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Lisbon, Portugal

Steep, sunlit, gently melancholic

27°C in August, and dry · 11h 30m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Tirana, Albania

Loud, colourful, cheerfully chaotic

31°C in August · 13h 15m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Mykonos, Greece

Glossy, loud, expensively bronzed

26°C in August, and dry · 14h from Los Angeles · 3–5 nights

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Zrće Beach, Pag, Croatia

Loud, sunburnt, relentlessly nocturnal

29°C in August · 12h 40m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Belgrade, Serbia

Raw, riverside, relentlessly sociable

30°C in August · 12h 50m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Barcelona, Spain

Architectural, coastal, late-running

29°C in August · sea at 28° · 12h 05m from Los Angeles · 4 nights

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Porto, Portugal

Tiled, steep, warmly unpolished

26°C in August, and dry · 11h 20m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Tokyo, Japan

Neon, precise, endlessly layered

31°C in August · 11h 05m from Los Angeles · 5 nights or more

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Osaka, Japan

Neon, greedy, cheerfully brash

32°C in August · 11h 35m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Budapest, Hungary

Grand, faded, steam-warmed

28°C in August · 12h 30m from Los Angeles · 3 nights

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Nashville, Tennessee

Loud, friendly, relentlessly musical

31°C in August · 4h from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Hvar, Croatia

Glossy, sun-bleached, late-night

26°C in August · 12h 45m from Los Angeles · 4 nights

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sea, granite, music, constant motion

27°C in August · sea at 23° · 12h 40m from Los Angeles · a week

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Sofia, Bulgaria

Cheap, green, unexpectedly fun

28°C in August · 13h 15m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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New Orleans, Louisiana

Humid, musical, gloriously unbothered

32°C in August · 3h 45m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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New York City, USA

Fast, vertical, endlessly awake

28°C in August · 5h 20m from Los Angeles · 4–5 nights

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Key West, Florida, USA

Sunburnt, boozy, cheerfully eccentric

30°C in August · 5h from Los Angeles · 2-3 nights

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Chicago, Illinois

Big-shouldered, musical, architecturally serious

26°C in August · 3h 55m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Leipzig, Germany

Flat, cheap, culturally overqualified

25°C in August · 11h 45m from Los Angeles · a long weekend

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Bangkok, Thailand

Hot, layered, relentlessly awake

32°C in August · 16h 25m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Studenty, cheap, late, unpolished

26°C in August · 12h 50m from Los Angeles · 2–3 nights

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Havana, Cuba

Musical, peeling, improvised, alive

32°C in August · 5h from Los Angeles · 4 nights

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Taipei, Taiwan

Late-night, steamy, easy-going

32°C in August · 13h 35m from Los Angeles · 3–4 nights

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