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

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

Top three in July: Pemba (100 /100) , Praia (99 /100) , Port-Gentil (99 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 10 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Pemba Mozambique 100 /100 27 °C 20 °C 9 mm 3 331 h 26 °C
2 Praia Cabo Verde 99 /100 29 °C 23 °C 9 mm 2 363 h 25 °C
3 Port-Gentil Gabon 99 /100 26 °C 22 °C 10 mm 2 305 h 25 °C
4 Toliara Madagascar 99 /100 27 °C 17 °C 3 mm 1 320 h 24 °C
5 Nacala Mozambique 99 /100 26 °C 19 °C 11 mm 3 332 h 26 °C
6 Béjaïa Algeria 99 /100 29 °C 21 °C 4 mm 1 413 h 24 °C
7 Mamoudzou Mayotte 98 /100 26 °C 24 °C 12 mm 3 338 h 26 °C
8 Misratah Libya 98 /100 30 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 417 h 26 °C
9 Skikda Algeria 98 /100 29 °C 21 °C 3 mm 1 406 h 24 °C
10 Saint-Louis Senegal 98 /100 30 °C 25 °C 16 mm 2 355 h 26 °C
11 Alexandria Egypt 97 /100 30 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 418 h 26 °C
12 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 97 /100 26 °C 24 °C 17 mm 4 313 h 26 °C
13 Mahajanga Madagascar 96 /100 30 °C 21 °C 2 mm 0 328 h 26 °C
14 Benghazi Libya 96 /100 30 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 409 h 25 °C
15 Al Hoceïma Morocco 96 /100 27 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 408 h 22 °C
16 Mohammedia Morocco 96 /100 27 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 396 h 22 °C
17 Sukrah Tunisia 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 2 mm 0 408 h 25 °C
18 Salé Morocco 95 /100 27 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 396 h 22 °C
19 Casablanca Morocco 95 /100 28 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 396 h 22 °C
20 Oran Algeria 95 /100 30 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 417 h 23 °C
21 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 95 /100 31 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 407 h 26 °C
22 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 95 /100 27 °C 22 °C 20 mm 6 334 h 26 °C
23 Rabat Morocco 95 /100 29 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 397 h 22 °C
24 El Jadida Morocco 95 /100 26 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 393 h 22 °C
25 Nouakchott Mauritania 94 /100 31 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 365 h 25 °C
26 Idkū Egypt 94 /100 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 419 h 27 °C
27 Dakar Senegal 94 /100 29 °C 25 °C 34 mm 5 345 h 27 °C
28 Temara Morocco 94 /100 29 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 397 h 22 °C
29 Tétouan Morocco 94 /100 29 °C 19 °C 2 mm 0 406 h 22 °C
30 Damietta Egypt 94 /100 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 416 h 26 °C
31 Tripoli Libya 93 /100 31 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 411 h 25 °C
32 Algiers Algeria 93 /100 31 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 421 h 24 °C
33 Rufisque Senegal 92 /100 30 °C 25 °C 34 mm 5 344 h 27 °C
34 Libreville Gabon 92 /100 27 °C 23 °C 33 mm 7 278 h 26 °C
35 Port Said Egypt 91 /100 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 414 h 27 °C
36 Tangier Morocco 91 /100 29 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 409 h 22 °C
37 Mostaganem Algeria 91 /100 31 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 419 h 23 °C
38 Ramiros Angola 91 /100 26 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 319 h 21 °C
39 Luanda Angola 91 /100 27 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 318 h 21 °C
40 Mulenvos Angola 91 /100 28 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 317 h 21 °C
41 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 91 /100 25 °C 20 °C 4 mm 0 261 h 22 °C
42 Zanzibar Tanzania 91 /100 27 °C 23 °C 25 mm 7 334 h 26 °C
43 Kismayo Somalia 91 /100 28 °C 24 °C 26 mm 7 351 h 26 °C
44 Sfax Tunisia 90 /100 32 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 406 h 27 °C
45 Blida Algeria 90 /100 32 °C 20 °C 2 mm 0 421 h 24 °C
46 Beira Mozambique 90 /100 25 °C 17 °C 21 mm 5 307 h 23 °C
47 Cabinda Angola 90 /100 24 °C 20 °C 2 mm 0 312 h 22 °C
48 Arīsh Egypt 90 /100 32 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 407 h 28 °C
49 Nador Morocco 90 /100 31 °C 21 °C 2 mm 0 406 h 23 °C
50 Bab Ezzouar Algeria 90 /100 32 °C 20 °C 2 mm 0 421 h 24 °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

June: top 5

  1. Dakar 100 /100
  2. Toliara 100 /100
  3. Praia 99 /100
  4. Nacala 99 /100
  5. Alexandria 99 /100

Full ranking for June

August: top 5

  1. Nacala 100 /100
  2. Toliara 99 /100
  3. Pemba 99 /100
  4. Al Hoceïma 98 /100
  5. Mamoudzou 98 /100

Full ranking for August

How this ranking is built

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