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

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

Top three in May: Sumbe (100 /100) , Toliara (99 /100) , Benguela (99 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 22 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Sumbe Angola 100 /100 28 °C 24 °C 3 mm 1 321 h 25 °C
2 Toliara Madagascar 99 /100 29 °C 20 °C 7 mm 2 317 h 26 °C
3 Benguela Angola 99 /100 29 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 348 h 26 °C
4 Praia Cabo Verde 99 /100 27 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 384 h 24 °C
5 Ramiros Angola 98 /100 30 °C 24 °C 10 mm 2 339 h 26 °C
6 Serekunda Gambia 97 /100 28 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 365 h 23 °C
7 Mossamedes Angola 96 /100 29 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 343 h 23 °C
8 Banjul Gambia 96 /100 29 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 366 h 23 °C
9 Hurghada Egypt 95 /100 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 395 h 25 °C
10 Luanda Angola 95 /100 31 °C 23 °C 10 mm 2 339 h 25 °C
11 Beira Mozambique 95 /100 27 °C 19 °C 23 mm 6 328 h 26 °C
12 Nacala Mozambique 94 /100 28 °C 22 °C 16 mm 4 338 h 28 °C
13 Rufisque Senegal 94 /100 28 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 368 h 22 °C
14 Arīsh Egypt 94 /100 27 °C 16 °C 2 mm 0 392 h 22 °C
15 Kikolo Angola 94 /100 31 °C 22 °C 14 mm 2 316 h 25 °C
16 Dakar Senegal 94 /100 26 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 368 h 22 °C
17 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 94 /100 27 °C 18 °C 2 mm 0 395 h 22 °C
18 Port Said Egypt 93 /100 27 °C 18 °C 2 mm 0 393 h 22 °C
19 Xai-Xai Mozambique 93 /100 26 °C 18 °C 29 mm 6 318 h 25 °C
20 Idkū Egypt 93 /100 27 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 397 h 21 °C
21 Pemba Mozambique 92 /100 28 °C 22 °C 22 mm 5 339 h 28 °C
22 Damietta Egypt 91 /100 26 °C 18 °C 2 mm 1 394 h 21 °C
23 Soyo Angola 90 /100 27 °C 25 °C 42 mm 8 315 h 26 °C
24 Alexandria Egypt 90 /100 26 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 396 h 21 °C
25 Saint-Louis Senegal 90 /100 28 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 368 h 21 °C
26 Mamoudzou Mayotte 89 /100 28 °C 26 °C 24 mm 6 346 h 29 °C
27 Quelimane Mozambique 89 /100 27 °C 21 °C 34 mm 8 335 h 27 °C
28 Jamestown Saint Helena 89 /100 23 °C 22 °C 6 mm 2 327 h 24 °C
29 Mahajanga Madagascar 88 /100 32 °C 23 °C 8 mm 1 336 h 28 °C
30 KwaDukuza South Africa 88 /100 24 °C 15 °C 45 mm 5 288 h 23 °C
31 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 87 /100 26 °C 17 °C 2 mm 0 394 h 20 °C
32 Thiès Nones Senegal 87 /100 31 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 367 h 22 °C
33 Durban South Africa 87 /100 24 °C 17 °C 44 mm 5 290 h 24 °C
34 Richards Bay South Africa 86 /100 25 °C 17 °C 59 mm 7 297 h 24 °C
35 Mbour Senegal 86 /100 32 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 366 h 22 °C
36 Sfax Tunisia 86 /100 25 °C 17 °C 8 mm 2 384 h 20 °C
37 East London South Africa 85 /100 23 °C 16 °C 25 mm 4 287 h 23 °C
38 Benghazi Libya 85 /100 27 °C 17 °C 3 mm 1 386 h 19 °C
39 Zliten Libya 84 /100 28 °C 17 °C 5 mm 1 373 h 19 °C
40 Az Zāwīyah Libya 84 /100 28 °C 18 °C 5 mm 1 374 h 19 °C
41 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 84 /100 33 °C 24 °C 6 mm 1 358 h 28 °C
42 Tripoli Libya 83 /100 26 °C 17 °C 5 mm 1 374 h 19 °C
43 El Dibir Somalia 83 /100 33 °C 27 °C 15 mm 1 348 h 29 °C
44 Sousse Tunisia 82 /100 27 °C 15 °C 15 mm 3 383 h 19 °C
45 Thiès Senegal 81 /100 33 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 367 h 22 °C
46 Laayoune Western Sahara 81 /100 26 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 380 h 19 °C
47 Misratah Libya 80 /100 24 °C 17 °C 3 mm 1 373 h 19 °C
48 Cabinda Angola 80 /100 27 °C 24 °C 74 mm 12 321 h 26 °C
49 Port Louis Mauritius 78 /100 27 °C 23 °C 59 mm 13 319 h 27 °C
50 Agadir Morocco 77 /100 26 °C 16 °C 8 mm 1 392 h 18 °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

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

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

How this ranking is built

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