By month · November 12, 2026 · US dollars

The cheapest places to go in September.

As of November 12, 2026, the cheapest countries worth visiting in September are Bolivia ($36 a day), India ($53 a day), Kyrgyzstan ($58 a day), counting only places where September is peak or shoulder season and the US advisory is Level 2 or better. For lower prices still, India, Sri Lanka, Vietnam are in shoulder season that month.

01BoliviaThe salt flats, the altiplano and the Amazon at the lowest prices in South America.Peak$36+55.6%
02IndiaThe highest ceiling and the lowest floor in travel: nothing is cheaper, nothing is more demanding.Shoulder$53+4.7%
03KyrgyzstanAlpine lakes and yurt stays for less than a hostel bed in Europe.Peak$58−7.7%
04Sri LankaBeaches, tea country, safari and ruins inside one small island.Shoulder$61+8.7%
05MoldovaEurope's least-visited country: wine cellars the size of towns.Peak$64+2.9%
06VietnamA long, thin country that feeds you extraordinarily well for almost nothing.Shoulder$64−3.5%
07IndonesiaSeventeen thousand islands, and almost everyone only visits one of them.Peak$65+9.6%
08UzbekistanThe Silk Road, newly easy: visa-free entry and a bullet train between the great cities.Peak$65−3.4%
09AlgeriaThe largest country in Africa, with Roman cities and Saharan landscapes and almost no visitors.Shoulder$67+2.9%
10North MacedoniaLake Ohrid and mountain villages that most of Europe has not found.Peak$67+4.0%
11EgyptThe pyramids, the Nile and the Red Sea after a 2024 devaluation.Shoulder$69+2.8%
12TunisiaRoman ruins and Mediterranean beaches at North Africa's lowest prices.Peak$70+0.2%
13MoroccoA short flight from Europe to another world, with prices to match its distance.Peak$71+8.6%
14EcuadorAndes, Amazon and the Galápagos in a country the size of Colorado.Peak$71+1.6%
15MadagascarLemurs, baobabs and a road network that turns 300 km into two days.Peak$73−2.7%
16ArmeniaMonasteries on cliff edges and a café capital, still largely undiscovered.Peak$73−5.8%
17Bosnia & HerzegovinaOttoman bridges and mountain rivers at the lowest prices in the western Balkans.Peak$73+3.1%
18GeorgiaWine, mountains and a capital that punches far above its price.Peak$73−5.8%
19AlbaniaA Mediterranean coast at pre-boom prices, for now.Peak$77−1.7%
20MalaysiaSingapore's infrastructure at half the price, with better food.Shoulder$80+0.4%
21ParaguaySouth America's least-visited country: cheap, friendly and without a tourist trail.Peak$81−11.5%
22SerbiaBelgrade's nightlife and a dinar that barely moves.Peak$82+5.1%
23PeruMachu Picchu is the pricey part. Everything else is a bargain with a world-class kitchen.Peak$83+1.7%
24BulgariaThe cheapest country in the EU, now on the euro.Peak$83+3.3%
25MongoliaThe emptiest country on earth, best seen from a ger with a driver.Shoulder$85−6.3%
26MontenegroAdriatic fjords and mountains, on the euro without being in the EU.Peak$87+4.4%
27RomaniaTransylvania, painted monasteries and fast internet, at half western European prices.Peak$88+5.2%
28MozambiqueA thousand miles of Indian Ocean coast and very few people on it.Peak$91−1.9%
29KazakhstanSteppe, canyons and a mountain city, priced for locals rather than tourists.Peak$93−20.5%
30BrazilA continent-sized country where the real does most of the pricing for you.Peak$93+4.9%
31PolandWestern European quality, eastern European bill.Peak$94+9.1%
32TürkiyeThe classic lesson in why the exchange rate alone lies: the lira falls, and prices rise faster.Peak$94−6.5%
33SlovakiaThe Tatras at a fraction of Alpine prices, and a capital an hour from Vienna.Peak$98+4.3%
34ChinaFirst-world trains, widening visa-free entry, and domestic prices that have been flat for years.Peak$98−3.9%
35LatviaArt nouveau Riga and a long empty coast, cheaper than its Baltic neighbors.Shoulder$103+4.4%
36South AfricaFirst-world safari, wine and coast, bought with a volatile rand.Peak$103−3.9%
37LithuaniaBaroque Vilnius and the Curonian Spit, at the lowest prices in the Baltics.Shoulder$104+2.9%
38HungaryA grand capital on thermal water, with a currency prone to sharp swings.Peak$107+0.3%
39CzechiaPrague is priced like the West; the rest of the country is not.Peak$108+6.4%
40TanzaniaSerengeti, Kilimanjaro and Zanzibar: bucket-list sights with bucket-list prices.Peak$117+7.7%
41EstoniaA medieval capital, forests and islands, run by the most digital government in Europe.Shoulder$118+4.7%
42ArgentinaOnce the definitive currency bargain, now the definitive warning.Shoulder$120−15.2%
43CyprusYear-round sun in the eastern Mediterranean, with mountains behind the beaches.Peak$127+4.7%
44PortugalStill western Europe's best-value coast, though the gap has narrowed.Peak$127+4.9%
45SloveniaAlps, lakes, caves and a sliver of coast in a country you can cross in two hours.Peak$128+4.6%
46GreeceExpensive islands, inexpensive mainland.Peak$129+4.0%
47CroatiaAn Adriatic coast that joined the euro and priced itself like Italy.Peak$130+3.5%
48MauritiusA polished Indian Ocean island that is easier and cheaper than the Maldives or Seychelles.Peak$133+2.4%
49FijiThe South Pacific's most accessible islands, from backpacker dorms to private atolls.Peak$133−0.3%
50ZambiaWalking safaris and Victoria Falls with a fraction of the crowds.Peak$136−14.3%
51NamibiaDunes, desert elephants and empty gravel roads.Peak$137−3.7%
52SpainWestern Europe's best value at scale: a big, easy country where lunch still costs what it should.Peak$138+4.4%
53South KoreaA hyper-modern country that is cheaper than its reputation.Peak$140−8.5%
54ItalyThe country everyone wants to visit, priced accordingly in four cities and reasonably everywhere else.Peak$157+4.9%
55SwedenA weak krona has quietly made Scandinavia's largest country its most affordable.Shoulder$162+7.8%
56SingaporeAsia with the difficulty set to zero, and the price set to match.Shoulder$1650.0%
57BotswanaThe Okavango Delta and Chobe, run on a deliberate high-price, low-volume model.Peak$168−3.6%
58CanadaAmerican-scale landscapes at a currency discount to the US.Peak$170+2.5%
59FranceParis is a splurge. Provincial France is one of Europe's quieter bargains.Peak$170+5.8%
60United KingdomExpensive, and worth watching: the pound swings more than most major currencies.Peak$186−0.7%
61AustraliaA long-haul splurge that gets noticeably cheaper whenever the Australian dollar sags.Peak$190−4.8%
62United StatesFor anyone not paid in dollars, the question is always the same: how strong is the dollar this year?Peak$2090.0%
63NorwayThe fjords cost what they always did in kroner. In dollars and euros, rather less than they used to.Shoulder$218−4.6%

Price is a modeled mid-range day per person in US dollars, excluding flights; the figure beneath it is the real 12-month change. Shoulder means workable weather and lower prices than peak. Countries at advisory Level 3 or 4 are left out.