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Best beach destinations in Africa in February

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.

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