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Best beach destinations in Africa in April: ranked by beach score

2 destinations share the top spot at 97 /100 in April, listed by sea temperature, starting with Praia. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in April: Praia (97 /100) , Hurghada (97 /100) , Mossamedes (97 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 26 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Praia Cabo Verde 97 /100 26 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 349 h 23 °C
2 Hurghada Egypt 97 /100 27 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 362 h 23 °C
3 Mossamedes Angola 97 /100 30 °C 22 °C 13 mm 2 343 h 25 °C
4 Conakry Guinea 95 /100 30 °C 25 °C 6 mm 1 349 h 28 °C
5 Jamestown Saint Helena 93 /100 24 °C 23 °C 6 mm 2 325 h 25 °C
6 Toliara Madagascar 92 /100 30 °C 23 °C 21 mm 4 334 h 28 °C
7 El Dibir Somalia 91 /100 31 °C 26 °C 3 mm 1 350 h 28 °C
8 Port Sudan Sudan 91 /100 32 °C 22 °C 3 mm 0 357 h 27 °C
9 Serekunda Gambia 89 /100 28 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 356 h 21 °C
10 Berbera Somalia 89 /100 31 °C 25 °C 23 mm 5 352 h 28 °C
11 Benguela Angola 89 /100 30 °C 25 °C 45 mm 6 331 h 27 °C
12 Freetown Sierra Leone 88 /100 28 °C 26 °C 46 mm 8 337 h 28 °C
13 Rufisque Senegal 88 /100 28 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 355 h 20 °C
14 Xai-Xai Mozambique 87 /100 28 °C 21 °C 46 mm 9 314 h 26 °C
15 Banjul Gambia 86 /100 30 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 356 h 21 °C
16 Manéah Guinea 86 /100 33 °C 24 °C 8 mm 1 348 h 28 °C
17 KwaDukuza South Africa 86 /100 25 °C 18 °C 72 mm 8 277 h 24 °C
18 Dakar Senegal 85 /100 25 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 355 h 20 °C
19 Dubréka Guinea 85 /100 33 °C 24 °C 6 mm 1 348 h 28 °C
20 Durban South Africa 85 /100 25 °C 19 °C 77 mm 9 279 h 25 °C
21 Richards Bay South Africa 84 /100 26 °C 20 °C 82 mm 10 289 h 25 °C
22 Saint-Louis Senegal 84 /100 28 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 356 h 19 °C
23 Djibouti Djibouti 82 /100 31 °C 26 °C 33 mm 7 348 h 29 °C
24 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 82 /100 34 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 356 h 27 °C
25 East London South Africa 82 /100 24 °C 17 °C 74 mm 8 279 h 24 °C
26 Beira Mozambique 81 /100 29 °C 21 °C 61 mm 11 318 h 28 °C
27 Thiès Nones Senegal 81 /100 31 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 355 h 20 °C
28 Arīsh Egypt 79 /100 24 °C 13 °C 4 mm 1 355 h 19 °C
29 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 78 /100 24 °C 15 °C 4 mm 1 352 h 19 °C
30 Idkū Egypt 78 /100 24 °C 14 °C 4 mm 1 350 h 19 °C
31 Sumbe Angola 77 /100 29 °C 25 °C 122 mm 13 280 h 27 °C
32 Port Said Egypt 77 /100 24 °C 15 °C 4 mm 1 352 h 19 °C
33 Mbour Senegal 76 /100 32 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 355 h 20 °C
34 Laayoune Western Sahara 75 /100 25 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 351 h 18 °C
35 Quelimane Mozambique 75 /100 28 °C 23 °C 73 mm 13 321 h 28 °C
36 Thiès Senegal 75 /100 33 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 355 h 20 °C
37 Saint-Denis Reunion 73 /100 27 °C 24 °C 81 mm 16 323 h 28 °C
38 Kariega South Africa 73 /100 24 °C 14 °C 39 mm 7 288 h 20 °C
39 Mogadishu Somalia 73 /100 31 °C 26 °C 57 mm 11 352 h 29 °C
40 Soyo Angola 73 /100 28 °C 25 °C 137 mm 19 276 h 28 °C
41 Port Louis Mauritius 73 /100 29 °C 24 °C 87 mm 18 326 h 28 °C
42 Az Zāwīyah Libya 73 /100 25 °C 14 °C 9 mm 2 344 h 17 °C
43 Nacala Mozambique 73 /100 29 °C 23 °C 80 mm 14 326 h 29 °C
44 Alexandria Egypt 73 /100 23 °C 14 °C 3 mm 1 350 h 19 °C
45 Cabinda Angola 73 /100 28 °C 25 °C 191 mm 23 282 h 28 °C
46 Damietta Egypt 72 /100 23 °C 15 °C 5 mm 1 352 h 19 °C
47 Zliten Libya 72 /100 24 °C 14 °C 9 mm 2 343 h 17 °C
48 Toamasina Madagascar 72 /100 27 °C 23 °C 166 mm 22 302 h 28 °C
49 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 72 /100 29 °C 25 °C 186 mm 23 264 h 28 °C
50 Ashaiman Ghana 72 /100 32 °C 26 °C 49 mm 11 332 h 28 °C

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

March: top 5

  1. Port Sudan 99 /100
  2. Berbera 99 /100
  3. El Dibir 98 /100
  4. Freetown 96 /100
  5. Praia 96 /100

Full ranking for March

May: top 5

  1. Sumbe 100 /100
  2. Toliara 99 /100
  3. Benguela 99 /100
  4. Praia 99 /100
  5. Ramiros 98 /100

Full ranking for May

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 beach score (formula on the methodology page), in April, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Africa with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by sea temperature.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.