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Best beach destinations in Africa in December

Praia tops the list at 99 /100 in December. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Rainfall
1 Praia Cabo Verde 99 /100 26 °C 4 mm
2 Berbera Somalia 99 /100 28 °C 10 mm
3 Dakar Senegal 99 /100 28 °C 1 mm
4 Mossamedes Angola 98 /100 27 °C 14 mm
5 Serekunda Gambia 97 /100 30 °C 1 mm
6 Rufisque Senegal 95 /100 30 °C 1 mm
7 Saint-Louis Senegal 95 /100 29 °C 2 mm
8 Banjul Gambia 94 /100 31 °C 1 mm
9 Benguela Angola 94 /100 29 °C 39 mm
10 Conakry Guinea 94 /100 30 °C 11 mm
11 Djibouti Djibouti 93 /100 28 °C 24 mm
12 El Dibir Somalia 93 /100 27 °C 39 mm
13 Mbour Senegal 91 /100 32 °C 1 mm
14 Thiès Nones Senegal 91 /100 31 °C 1 mm
15 Mogadishu Somalia 90 /100 30 °C 28 mm
16 Manéah Guinea 89 /100 31 °C 11 mm
17 Nouakchott Mauritania 89 /100 28 °C 4 mm
18 Dubréka Guinea 88 /100 31 °C 11 mm
19 Thiès Senegal 88 /100 32 °C 1 mm
20 Sumbe Angola 88 /100 28 °C 54 mm
21 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 87 /100 33 °C 2 mm
22 Ashaiman Ghana 86 /100 31 °C 22 mm
23 Ramiros Angola 86 /100 29 °C 40 mm
24 Hurghada Egypt 86 /100 22 °C 1 mm
25 Abomey-Calavi Benin 84 /100 29 °C 31 mm
26 Accra Ghana 84 /100 30 °C 31 mm
27 Freetown Sierra Leone 83 /100 28 °C 36 mm
28 Lomé Togo 83 /100 30 °C 30 mm
29 Kismayo Somalia 83 /100 31 °C 34 mm
30 Luanda Angola 83 /100 30 °C 41 mm
31 Cotonou Benin 82 /100 29 °C 35 mm
32 Richards Bay South Africa 82 /100 28 °C 91 mm
33 Xai-Xai Mozambique 81 /100 30 °C 111 mm
34 Port Sudan Sudan 80 /100 27 °C 42 mm
35 Lekki Nigeria 80 /100 30 °C 32 mm
36 Mulenvos Angola 80 /100 31 °C 44 mm
37 Ajegunle Nigeria 79 /100 30 °C 32 mm
38 Porto-Novo Benin 79 /100 31 °C 35 mm
39 Durban South Africa 78 /100 26 °C 92 mm
40 Jamestown Saint Helena 78 /100 21 °C 3 mm
41 KwaDukuza South Africa 77 /100 27 °C 104 mm
42 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 77 /100 31 °C 32 mm
43 Agege Nigeria 77 /100 31 °C 31 mm
44 East London South Africa 75 /100 24 °C 80 mm
45 Cabinda Angola 75 /100 28 °C 195 mm
46 Somerset West South Africa 75 /100 25 °C 26 mm
47 Soyo Angola 75 /100 27 °C 110 mm
48 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 75 /100 28 °C 218 mm
49 Kariega South Africa 74 /100 26 °C 46 mm
50 Saint-Denis Reunion 74 /100 27 °C 141 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.

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