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

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

Top three in February: Berbera (100 /100) , El Dibir (100 /100) , Port Sudan (100 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 25 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Berbera Somalia 100 /100 28 °C 21 °C 6 mm 1 311 h 26 °C
2 El Dibir Somalia 100 /100 27 °C 22 °C 4 mm 1 323 h 26 °C
3 Port Sudan Sudan 100 /100 27 °C 19 °C 6 mm 2 295 h 25 °C
4 Freetown Sierra Leone 99 /100 28 °C 25 °C 7 mm 2 315 h 27 °C
5 Mossamedes Angola 98 /100 28 °C 22 °C 26 mm 4 322 h 25 °C
6 Djibouti Djibouti 96 /100 28 °C 22 °C 20 mm 5 301 h 26 °C
7 Conakry Guinea 96 /100 30 °C 24 °C 2 mm 0 313 h 27 °C
8 Praia Cabo Verde 95 /100 25 °C 20 °C 1 mm 1 298 h 23 °C
9 Mogadishu Somalia 94 /100 31 °C 25 °C 1 mm 0 331 h 27 °C
10 Jamestown Saint Helena 93 /100 24 °C 23 °C 5 mm 1 343 h 24 °C
11 Kismayo Somalia 92 /100 31 °C 25 °C 2 mm 0 322 h 27 °C
12 Benguela Angola 92 /100 30 °C 24 °C 50 mm 5 300 h 27 °C
13 Matuga Kenya 89 /100 31 °C 24 °C 17 mm 4 327 h 28 °C
14 Serekunda Gambia 88 /100 29 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 304 h 21 °C
15 Sumbe Angola 87 /100 29 °C 25 °C 57 mm 8 280 h 27 °C
16 Mombasa Kenya 87 /100 32 °C 25 °C 20 mm 4 326 h 28 °C
17 Manéah Guinea 86 /100 33 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 312 h 27 °C
18 Dubréka Guinea 85 /100 33 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 312 h 27 °C
19 Rufisque Senegal 84 /100 29 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 302 h 20 °C
20 Durban South Africa 84 /100 27 °C 22 °C 81 mm 11 290 h 26 °C
21 Dakar Senegal 84 /100 26 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 302 h 20 °C
22 East London South Africa 84 /100 26 °C 20 °C 79 mm 10 295 h 25 °C
23 Banjul Gambia 83 /100 31 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 304 h 21 °C
24 Ashaiman Ghana 83 /100 32 °C 26 °C 23 mm 6 302 h 28 °C
25 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 83 /100 34 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 306 h 25 °C
26 KwaDukuza South Africa 82 /100 28 °C 21 °C 99 mm 12 283 h 25 °C
27 Abomey-Calavi Benin 82 /100 30 °C 26 °C 38 mm 9 306 h 28 °C
28 Saint-Louis Senegal 82 /100 28 °C 19 °C 2 mm 0 300 h 19 °C
29 Ramiros Angola 82 /100 30 °C 25 °C 57 mm 9 292 h 28 °C
30 Zanzibar Tanzania 82 /100 31 °C 26 °C 37 mm 8 323 h 29 °C
31 Kariega South Africa 81 /100 27 °C 18 °C 42 mm 7 316 h 21 °C
32 Hurghada Egypt 81 /100 21 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 294 h 22 °C
33 Richards Bay South Africa 81 /100 29 °C 22 °C 99 mm 12 298 h 27 °C
34 Jomvu Kenya 81 /100 33 °C 24 °C 23 mm 5 326 h 28 °C
35 Somerset West South Africa 81 /100 27 °C 18 °C 18 mm 3 353 h 18 °C
36 Cotonou Benin 80 /100 30 °C 26 °C 40 mm 10 308 h 28 °C
37 Lomé Togo 80 /100 31 °C 26 °C 36 mm 8 309 h 28 °C
38 Nouakchott Mauritania 79 /100 29 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 299 h 18 °C
39 Accra Ghana 79 /100 31 °C 25 °C 37 mm 9 300 h 28 °C
40 Thiès Nones Senegal 78 /100 31 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 302 h 19 °C
41 Luanda Angola 78 /100 31 °C 24 °C 60 mm 9 293 h 28 °C
42 Tanga Tanzania 78 /100 33 °C 25 °C 35 mm 7 326 h 28 °C
43 Xai-Xai Mozambique 78 /100 30 °C 24 °C 84 mm 12 315 h 28 °C
44 Cape Town South Africa 77 /100 26 °C 18 °C 11 mm 2 353 h 18 °C
45 Gqeberha South Africa 76 /100 24 °C 20 °C 42 mm 7 320 h 21 °C
46 Mbour Senegal 76 /100 32 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 302 h 19 °C
47 Lekki Nigeria 76 /100 30 °C 26 °C 43 mm 11 308 h 28 °C
48 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 75 /100 31 °C 26 °C 60 mm 10 320 h 29 °C
49 Kikolo Angola 75 /100 32 °C 24 °C 83 mm 10 282 h 28 °C
50 Sekondi Ghana 75 /100 30 °C 25 °C 49 mm 13 299 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

January: top 5

  1. Berbera 100 /100
  2. El Dibir 98 /100
  3. Freetown 98 /100
  4. Mossamedes 98 /100
  5. Praia 96 /100

Full ranking for January

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

How this ranking is built

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