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Best beach destinations in Africa in October

Idkū tops the list at 100 /100 in October. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Rainfall
1 Idkū Egypt 100 /100 28 °C 7 mm
2 Damietta Egypt 100 /100 27 °C 4 mm
3 Port Said Egypt 100 /100 27 °C 4 mm
4 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 100 /100 28 °C 4 mm
5 Alexandria Egypt 100 /100 27 °C 6 mm
6 Misratah Libya 100 /100 27 °C 15 mm
7 Benghazi Libya 100 /100 27 °C 11 mm
8 Arīsh Egypt 100 /100 27 °C 5 mm
9 Zliten Libya 100 /100 28 °C 17 mm
10 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 99 /100 26 °C 5 mm
11 Ramiros Angola 99 /100 28 °C 15 mm
12 Tripoli Libya 98 /100 27 °C 19 mm
13 Luanda Angola 98 /100 29 °C 15 mm
14 Benguela Angola 98 /100 27 °C 5 mm
15 Az Zāwīyah Libya 98 /100 28 °C 21 mm
16 Nacala Mozambique 97 /100 29 °C 16 mm
17 Kikolo Angola 97 /100 30 °C 17 mm
18 El Dibir Somalia 96 /100 30 °C 12 mm
19 Hurghada Egypt 96 /100 30 °C 2 mm
20 Sfax Tunisia 96 /100 26 °C 25 mm
21 Praia Cabo Verde 96 /100 29 °C 31 mm
22 Toliara Madagascar 95 /100 31 °C 11 mm
23 Quelimane Mozambique 94 /100 30 °C 19 mm
24 Pemba Mozambique 93 /100 30 °C 18 mm
25 Sumbe Angola 93 /100 27 °C 19 mm
26 Dakar Senegal 92 /100 30 °C 24 mm
27 Soyo Angola 92 /100 26 °C 30 mm
28 Laayoune Western Sahara 91 /100 28 °C 8 mm
29 Mamoudzou Mayotte 91 /100 27 °C 25 mm
30 Beira Mozambique 91 /100 30 °C 28 mm
31 Xai-Xai Mozambique 91 /100 28 °C 39 mm
32 Sousse Tunisia 91 /100 26 °C 50 mm
33 Mossamedes Angola 90 /100 26 °C 1 mm
34 Rufisque Senegal 89 /100 31 °C 25 mm
35 Saint-Louis Senegal 88 /100 32 °C 17 mm
36 Mogadishu Somalia 87 /100 29 °C 43 mm
37 Port Louis Mauritius 87 /100 27 °C 33 mm
38 Agadir Morocco 86 /100 27 °C 29 mm
39 Tunis Tunisia 86 /100 25 °C 47 mm
40 Ait Melloul Morocco 86 /100 27 °C 23 mm
41 Mbour Senegal 85 /100 32 °C 31 mm
42 Annaba Algeria 85 /100 26 °C 55 mm
43 Sukrah Tunisia 84 /100 24 °C 48 mm
44 Safi Morocco 84 /100 25 °C 25 mm
45 Casablanca Morocco 84 /100 25 °C 33 mm
46 Kismayo Somalia 84 /100 30 °C 40 mm
47 Moroni Comoros 84 /100 30 °C 47 mm
48 Bab Ezzouar Algeria 83 /100 25 °C 56 mm
49 Mostaganem Algeria 83 /100 25 °C 36 mm
50 Zanzibar Tanzania 83 /100 29 °C 59 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

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.

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