Best beach destinations in Africa in March
Port Sudan tops the list at 99 /100 in March. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.
| # | Destination | Country | Beach score | Avg high | Rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Sudan | Sudan | 99 /100 | 29 °C | 1 mm |
| 2 | Berbera | Somalia | 99 /100 | 29 °C | 9 mm |
| 3 | El Dibir | Somalia | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 2 mm |
| 4 | Freetown | Sierra Leone | 96 /100 | 28 °C | 18 mm |
| 5 | Praia | Cabo Verde | 96 /100 | 26 °C | 1 mm |
| 6 | Conakry | Guinea | 96 /100 | 30 °C | 1 mm |
| 7 | Jamestown | Saint Helena | 95 /100 | 24 °C | 8 mm |
| 8 | Mossamedes | Angola | 93 /100 | 29 °C | 37 mm |
| 9 | Mogadishu | Somalia | 91 /100 | 31 °C | 7 mm |
| 10 | Djibouti | Djibouti | 90 /100 | 29 °C | 26 mm |
| 11 | Hurghada | Egypt | 90 /100 | 24 °C | 2 mm |
| 12 | Kismayo | Somalia | 87 /100 | 32 °C | 9 mm |
| 13 | Serekunda | Gambia | 87 /100 | 29 °C | 0 mm |
| 14 | Manéah | Guinea | 86 /100 | 33 °C | 2 mm |
| 15 | Dubréka | Guinea | 84 /100 | 34 °C | 2 mm |
| 16 | Rufisque | Senegal | 84 /100 | 29 °C | 0 mm |
| 17 | Dakar | Senegal | 84 /100 | 26 °C | 0 mm |
| 18 | Durban | South Africa | 83 /100 | 26 °C | 91 mm |
| 19 | KwaDukuza | South Africa | 82 /100 | 27 °C | 94 mm |
| 20 | Saint-Louis | Senegal | 82 /100 | 28 °C | 0 mm |
| 21 | Richards Bay | South Africa | 82 /100 | 28 °C | 98 mm |
| 22 | Banjul | Gambia | 81 /100 | 31 °C | 0 mm |
| 23 | Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | 81 /100 | 35 °C | 0 mm |
| 24 | East London | South Africa | 80 /100 | 25 °C | 83 mm |
| 25 | Xai-Xai | Mozambique | 79 /100 | 29 °C | 77 mm |
| 26 | Kariega | South Africa | 79 /100 | 26 °C | 45 mm |
| 27 | Benguela | Angola | 78 /100 | 30 °C | 101 mm |
| 28 | Ashaiman | Ghana | 77 /100 | 32 °C | 35 mm |
| 29 | Toliara | Madagascar | 76 /100 | 31 °C | 60 mm |
| 30 | Thiès Nones | Senegal | 76 /100 | 32 °C | 0 mm |
| 31 | Nouakchott | Mauritania | 75 /100 | 31 °C | 0 mm |
| 32 | Somerset West | South Africa | 75 /100 | 26 °C | 21 mm |
| 33 | Laayoune | Western Sahara | 73 /100 | 24 °C | 5 mm |
| 34 | Mbour | Senegal | 73 /100 | 32 °C | 0 mm |
| 35 | Saint-Denis | Reunion | 72 /100 | 28 °C | 244 mm |
| 36 | Monrovia | Liberia | 72 /100 | 29 °C | 159 mm |
| 37 | Sumbe | Angola | 72 /100 | 29 °C | 169 mm |
| 38 | Toamasina | Madagascar | 71 /100 | 27 °C | 318 mm |
| 39 | Gqeberha | South Africa | 71 /100 | 23 °C | 46 mm |
| 40 | Accra | Ghana | 71 /100 | 31 °C | 55 mm |
| 41 | Port Louis | Mauritius | 71 /100 | 29 °C | 149 mm |
| 42 | Thiès | Senegal | 71 /100 | 33 °C | 0 mm |
| 43 | Soyo | Angola | 71 /100 | 29 °C | 120 mm |
| 44 | Koumassi | Ivory Coast | 71 /100 | 29 °C | 138 mm |
| 45 | Cape Town | South Africa | 71 /100 | 24 °C | 12 mm |
| 46 | Cabinda | Angola | 71 /100 | 29 °C | 177 mm |
| 47 | San-Pédro | Ivory Coast | 70 /100 | 30 °C | 73 mm |
| 48 | Lomé | Togo | 70 /100 | 31 °C | 54 mm |
| 49 | Ramiros | Angola | 70 /100 | 30 °C | 88 mm |
| 50 | Pointe-Noire | Republic of the Congo | 70 /100 | 29 °C | 190 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
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- 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.