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

Nacala tops the list at 100 /100 in August. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in August: Nacala (100 /100) , Toliara (99 /100) , Pemba (99 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 13 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Nacala Mozambique 100 /100 27 °C 19 °C 11 mm 3 337 h 26 °C
2 Toliara Madagascar 99 /100 28 °C 18 °C 4 mm 1 336 h 24 °C
3 Pemba Mozambique 99 /100 27 °C 20 °C 11 mm 4 338 h 26 °C
4 Al Hoceïma Morocco 98 /100 27 °C 21 °C 5 mm 1 390 h 24 °C
5 Mamoudzou Mayotte 98 /100 26 °C 23 °C 13 mm 3 353 h 26 °C
6 Béjaïa Algeria 98 /100 30 °C 22 °C 17 mm 3 383 h 26 °C
7 Quelimane Mozambique 98 /100 27 °C 19 °C 15 mm 4 335 h 24 °C
8 Beira Mozambique 97 /100 27 °C 17 °C 12 mm 3 326 h 23 °C
9 Mohammedia Morocco 97 /100 28 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 389 h 23 °C
10 Salé Morocco 97 /100 28 °C 21 °C 2 mm 0 391 h 23 °C
11 El Jadida Morocco 97 /100 27 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 383 h 23 °C
12 Port-Gentil Gabon 97 /100 27 °C 23 °C 15 mm 4 296 h 25 °C
13 Kenitra Morocco 97 /100 28 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 390 h 23 °C
14 Casablanca Morocco 97 /100 29 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 389 h 23 °C
15 Skikda Algeria 96 /100 30 °C 22 °C 13 mm 2 386 h 26 °C
16 Tétouan Morocco 96 /100 29 °C 20 °C 7 mm 1 391 h 23 °C
17 Oran Algeria 95 /100 31 °C 22 °C 3 mm 0 383 h 25 °C
18 Temara Morocco 95 /100 30 °C 19 °C 2 mm 0 391 h 23 °C
19 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 95 /100 26 °C 24 °C 32 mm 5 306 h 26 °C
20 Alexandria Egypt 94 /100 30 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 381 h 27 °C
21 Misratah Libya 94 /100 30 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 378 h 28 °C
22 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 94 /100 28 °C 22 °C 21 mm 6 337 h 25 °C
23 Sukrah Tunisia 94 /100 31 °C 23 °C 8 mm 2 391 h 26 °C
24 Tangier Morocco 93 /100 30 °C 20 °C 2 mm 0 395 h 22 °C
25 Benghazi Libya 93 /100 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 392 h 27 °C
26 Mahajanga Madagascar 93 /100 31 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 346 h 25 °C
27 Xai-Xai Mozambique 93 /100 26 °C 17 °C 16 mm 3 313 h 22 °C
28 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 93 /100 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 390 h 27 °C
29 Zanzibar Tanzania 93 /100 28 °C 22 °C 24 mm 7 337 h 26 °C
30 Algiers Algeria 92 /100 32 °C 21 °C 8 mm 2 386 h 25 °C
31 Nouakchott Mauritania 91 /100 32 °C 25 °C 13 mm 2 357 h 27 °C
32 Idkū Egypt 91 /100 31 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 381 h 28 °C
33 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 91 /100 25 °C 20 °C 7 mm 1 242 h 22 °C
34 Damietta Egypt 91 /100 31 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 376 h 28 °C
35 Mostaganem Algeria 91 /100 32 °C 22 °C 4 mm 1 384 h 25 °C
36 Nador Morocco 91 /100 32 °C 22 °C 6 mm 1 383 h 24 °C
37 Safi Morocco 90 /100 29 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 384 h 21 °C
38 Blida Algeria 90 /100 32 °C 21 °C 11 mm 2 385 h 25 °C
39 Kismayo Somalia 90 /100 29 °C 23 °C 23 mm 8 356 h 25 °C
40 Cabinda Angola 90 /100 24 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 298 h 22 °C
41 Libreville Gabon 89 /100 27 °C 23 °C 36 mm 8 277 h 25 °C
42 Tripoli Libya 89 /100 32 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 385 h 27 °C
43 Bab Ezzouar Algeria 89 /100 32 °C 21 °C 10 mm 2 386 h 25 °C
44 Port Said Egypt 89 /100 32 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 376 h 28 °C
45 Luanda Angola 89 /100 27 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 299 h 20 °C
46 Mulenvos Angola 89 /100 28 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 296 h 20 °C
47 Ramiros Angola 88 /100 26 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 299 h 21 °C
48 Praia Cabo Verde 87 /100 29 °C 24 °C 48 mm 8 344 h 27 °C
49 Tunis Tunisia 87 /100 33 °C 22 °C 9 mm 2 391 h 26 °C
50 Ashaiman Ghana 87 /100 27 °C 23 °C 36 mm 8 297 h 23 °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

July: top 5

  1. Pemba 100 /100
  2. Praia 99 /100
  3. Port-Gentil 99 /100
  4. Toliara 99 /100
  5. Nacala 99 /100

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. Nacala 100 /100
  2. Pemba 100 /100
  3. Quelimane 99 /100
  4. Oran 98 /100
  5. Toliara 98 /100

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 beach score (formula on the methodology page), in August, 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.