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

Port Sudan tops the list at 99 /100 in March. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in March: Port Sudan (99 /100) , Berbera (99 /100) , El Dibir (98 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 29 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Port Sudan Sudan 99 /100 29 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 344 h 26 °C
2 Berbera Somalia 99 /100 29 °C 23 °C 9 mm 2 358 h 27 °C
3 El Dibir Somalia 98 /100 29 °C 24 °C 2 mm 1 361 h 26 °C
4 Freetown Sierra Leone 96 /100 28 °C 26 °C 18 mm 4 354 h 27 °C
5 Praia Cabo Verde 96 /100 26 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 350 h 23 °C
6 Conakry Guinea 96 /100 30 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 358 h 27 °C
7 Jamestown Saint Helena 95 /100 24 °C 23 °C 8 mm 3 353 h 25 °C
8 Mossamedes Angola 93 /100 29 °C 23 °C 37 mm 6 340 h 26 °C
9 Mogadishu Somalia 91 /100 31 °C 26 °C 7 mm 2 367 h 28 °C
10 Djibouti Djibouti 90 /100 29 °C 24 °C 26 mm 7 342 h 27 °C
11 Hurghada Egypt 90 /100 24 °C 16 °C 2 mm 0 358 h 22 °C
12 Kismayo Somalia 87 /100 32 °C 26 °C 9 mm 2 358 h 28 °C
13 Serekunda Gambia 87 /100 29 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 352 h 20 °C
14 Manéah Guinea 86 /100 33 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 358 h 27 °C
15 Dubréka Guinea 84 /100 34 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 358 h 27 °C
16 Rufisque Senegal 84 /100 29 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 347 h 19 °C
17 Dakar Senegal 84 /100 26 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 347 h 19 °C
18 Durban South Africa 83 /100 26 °C 21 °C 91 mm 11 307 h 26 °C
19 KwaDukuza South Africa 82 /100 27 °C 20 °C 94 mm 11 301 h 25 °C
20 Saint-Louis Senegal 82 /100 28 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 350 h 19 °C
21 Richards Bay South Africa 82 /100 28 °C 22 °C 98 mm 12 319 h 26 °C
22 Banjul Gambia 81 /100 31 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 352 h 20 °C
23 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 81 /100 35 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 356 h 26 °C
24 East London South Africa 80 /100 25 °C 20 °C 83 mm 11 302 h 25 °C
25 Xai-Xai Mozambique 79 /100 29 °C 23 °C 77 mm 12 342 h 27 °C
26 Kariega South Africa 79 /100 26 °C 17 °C 45 mm 7 322 h 20 °C
27 Benguela Angola 78 /100 30 °C 25 °C 101 mm 11 311 h 28 °C
28 Ashaiman Ghana 77 /100 32 °C 26 °C 35 mm 8 337 h 28 °C
29 Toliara Madagascar 76 /100 31 °C 24 °C 60 mm 8 353 h 29 °C
30 Thiès Nones Senegal 76 /100 32 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 348 h 19 °C
31 Nouakchott Mauritania 75 /100 31 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 352 h 18 °C
32 Somerset West South Africa 75 /100 26 °C 17 °C 21 mm 4 353 h 17 °C
33 Laayoune Western Sahara 73 /100 24 °C 14 °C 5 mm 1 354 h 18 °C
34 Mbour Senegal 73 /100 32 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 348 h 19 °C
35 Saint-Denis Reunion 72 /100 28 °C 25 °C 244 mm 21 334 h 28 °C
36 Monrovia Liberia 72 /100 29 °C 25 °C 159 mm 25 327 h 27 °C
37 Sumbe Angola 72 /100 29 °C 25 °C 169 mm 15 273 h 28 °C
38 Toamasina Madagascar 71 /100 27 °C 23 °C 318 mm 26 303 h 28 °C
39 Gqeberha South Africa 71 /100 23 °C 19 °C 46 mm 7 325 h 20 °C
40 Accra Ghana 71 /100 31 °C 26 °C 55 mm 12 335 h 28 °C
41 Port Louis Mauritius 71 /100 29 °C 25 °C 149 mm 22 339 h 28 °C
42 Thiès Senegal 71 /100 33 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 348 h 19 °C
43 Soyo Angola 71 /100 29 °C 26 °C 120 mm 18 296 h 28 °C
44 Koumassi Ivory Coast 71 /100 29 °C 26 °C 138 mm 23 317 h 28 °C
45 Cape Town South Africa 71 /100 24 °C 16 °C 12 mm 3 354 h 17 °C
46 Cabinda Angola 71 /100 29 °C 25 °C 177 mm 23 293 h 28 °C
47 San-Pédro Ivory Coast 70 /100 30 °C 25 °C 73 mm 17 320 h 28 °C
48 Lomé Togo 70 /100 31 °C 26 °C 54 mm 13 344 h 28 °C
49 Ramiros Angola 70 /100 30 °C 25 °C 88 mm 14 312 h 28 °C
50 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 70 /100 29 °C 25 °C 190 mm 25 275 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

February: top 5

  1. Berbera 100 /100
  2. El Dibir 100 /100
  3. Port Sudan 100 /100
  4. Freetown 99 /100
  5. Mossamedes 98 /100

Full ranking for February

April: top 5

  1. Praia 97 /100
  2. Hurghada 97 /100
  3. Mossamedes 97 /100
  4. Conakry 95 /100
  5. Jamestown 93 /100

Full ranking for April

How this ranking is built

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