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

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

Top three in November: Praia (99 /100) , Mossamedes (98 /100) , Hurghada (98 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 25 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Praia Cabo Verde 99 /100 28 °C 23 °C 6 mm 1 313 h 27 °C
2 Mossamedes Angola 98 /100 27 °C 20 °C 5 mm 1 358 h 23 °C
3 Hurghada Egypt 98 /100 25 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 317 h 26 °C
4 Benguela Angola 97 /100 29 °C 23 °C 19 mm 4 337 h 26 °C
5 Dakar Senegal 96 /100 30 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 315 h 27 °C
6 Berbera Somalia 95 /100 29 °C 23 °C 22 mm 3 327 h 29 °C
7 Serekunda Gambia 93 /100 31 °C 25 °C 2 mm 0 319 h 28 °C
8 El Dibir Somalia 93 /100 28 °C 24 °C 37 mm 6 322 h 27 °C
9 Saint-Louis Senegal 92 /100 31 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 312 h 25 °C
10 Banjul Gambia 91 /100 31 °C 24 °C 2 mm 0 319 h 28 °C
11 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 91 /100 24 °C 17 °C 9 mm 2 290 h 23 °C
12 Rufisque Senegal 90 /100 32 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 315 h 27 °C
13 Arīsh Egypt 90 /100 23 °C 14 °C 6 mm 2 295 h 24 °C
14 Port Said Egypt 90 /100 24 °C 17 °C 6 mm 1 292 h 23 °C
15 Damietta Egypt 89 /100 23 °C 17 °C 8 mm 2 289 h 23 °C
16 Toliara Madagascar 88 /100 31 °C 23 °C 32 mm 5 372 h 27 °C
17 Idkū Egypt 88 /100 23 °C 16 °C 19 mm 4 288 h 23 °C
18 Nouakchott Mauritania 88 /100 32 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 306 h 23 °C
19 Alexandria Egypt 88 /100 23 °C 17 °C 14 mm 3 288 h 23 °C
20 Nacala Mozambique 86 /100 30 °C 24 °C 46 mm 7 354 h 28 °C
21 Thiès Nones Senegal 86 /100 33 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 316 h 26 °C
22 Mbour Senegal 86 /100 33 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 315 h 27 °C
23 Zliten Libya 86 /100 23 °C 15 °C 17 mm 4 279 h 23 °C
24 Djibouti Djibouti 86 /100 29 °C 24 °C 30 mm 7 328 h 29 °C
25 Ramiros Angola 86 /100 29 °C 24 °C 46 mm 9 311 h 26 °C
26 Quelimane Mozambique 85 /100 31 °C 24 °C 42 mm 6 362 h 27 °C
27 Sumbe Angola 85 /100 28 °C 24 °C 57 mm 10 254 h 26 °C
28 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 85 /100 22 °C 15 °C 9 mm 2 284 h 23 °C
29 Laayoune Western Sahara 85 /100 25 °C 15 °C 5 mm 1 303 h 20 °C
30 Misratah Libya 85 /100 22 °C 16 °C 14 mm 3 280 h 23 °C
31 Xai-Xai Mozambique 85 /100 29 °C 21 °C 74 mm 10 316 h 24 °C
32 Benghazi Libya 84 /100 22 °C 15 °C 18 mm 4 275 h 23 °C
33 Port Louis Mauritius 84 /100 28 °C 23 °C 44 mm 11 364 h 25 °C
34 Thiès Senegal 83 /100 34 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 316 h 26 °C
35 Luanda Angola 83 /100 30 °C 23 °C 46 mm 10 311 h 26 °C
36 Az Zāwīyah Libya 83 /100 23 °C 15 °C 22 mm 4 277 h 23 °C
37 Mamoudzou Mayotte 83 /100 28 °C 25 °C 46 mm 10 362 h 28 °C
38 Pemba Mozambique 82 /100 31 °C 24 °C 41 mm 8 355 h 28 °C
39 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 82 /100 32 °C 24 °C 23 mm 4 318 h 29 °C
40 Tripoli Libya 81 /100 22 °C 16 °C 24 mm 5 278 h 23 °C
41 Mulenvos Angola 79 /100 31 °C 23 °C 50 mm 11 308 h 26 °C
42 Ashaiman Ghana 78 /100 30 °C 25 °C 36 mm 10 326 h 28 °C
43 Richards Bay South Africa 77 /100 26 °C 20 °C 92 mm 13 292 h 24 °C
44 Beira Mozambique 77 /100 31 °C 23 °C 76 mm 10 351 h 28 °C
45 Sfax Tunisia 77 /100 21 °C 14 °C 21 mm 3 275 h 22 °C
46 Saint-Denis Reunion 75 /100 26 °C 22 °C 84 mm 15 359 h 25 °C
47 Mogadishu Somalia 75 /100 29 °C 25 °C 65 mm 13 341 h 28 °C
48 Soyo Angola 75 /100 27 °C 25 °C 102 mm 17 298 h 26 °C
49 Cabinda Angola 75 /100 28 °C 24 °C 180 mm 23 300 h 26 °C
50 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 75 /100 28 °C 24 °C 223 mm 26 271 h 26 °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

October: top 5

  1. Idkū 100 /100
  2. Damietta 100 /100
  3. Port Said 100 /100
  4. Al Maţarīyah 100 /100
  5. Alexandria 100 /100

Full ranking for October

December: top 5

  1. Praia 99 /100
  2. Berbera 99 /100
  3. Dakar 99 /100
  4. Mossamedes 98 /100
  5. Serekunda 97 /100

Full ranking for December

How this ranking is built

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