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

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

Top three in October: Idkū (100 /100) , Damietta (100 /100) , Port Said (100 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 17 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Idkū Egypt 100 /100 28 °C 20 °C 7 mm 2 330 h 26 °C
2 Damietta Egypt 100 /100 27 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 333 h 26 °C
3 Port Said Egypt 100 /100 27 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 334 h 26 °C
4 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 100 /100 28 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 334 h 26 °C
5 Alexandria Egypt 100 /100 27 °C 20 °C 6 mm 1 329 h 26 °C
6 Misratah Libya 100 /100 27 °C 21 °C 15 mm 3 315 h 25 °C
7 Benghazi Libya 100 /100 27 °C 19 °C 11 mm 2 328 h 25 °C
8 Arīsh Egypt 100 /100 27 °C 19 °C 5 mm 1 334 h 27 °C
9 Zliten Libya 100 /100 28 °C 19 °C 17 mm 3 312 h 25 °C
10 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 99 /100 26 °C 19 °C 5 mm 1 322 h 25 °C
11 Ramiros Angola 99 /100 28 °C 23 °C 15 mm 3 294 h 24 °C
12 Tripoli Libya 98 /100 27 °C 20 °C 19 mm 4 308 h 25 °C
13 Luanda Angola 98 /100 29 °C 22 °C 15 mm 3 294 h 24 °C
14 Benguela Angola 98 /100 27 °C 22 °C 5 mm 2 358 h 24 °C
15 Az Zāwīyah Libya 98 /100 28 °C 20 °C 21 mm 4 306 h 25 °C
16 Nacala Mozambique 97 /100 29 °C 22 °C 16 mm 4 368 h 27 °C
17 Kikolo Angola 97 /100 30 °C 22 °C 17 mm 3 241 h 24 °C
18 El Dibir Somalia 96 /100 30 °C 25 °C 12 mm 2 339 h 27 °C
19 Hurghada Egypt 96 /100 30 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 340 h 27 °C
20 Sfax Tunisia 96 /100 26 °C 19 °C 25 mm 4 302 h 25 °C
21 Praia Cabo Verde 96 /100 29 °C 25 °C 31 mm 4 331 h 27 °C
22 Toliara Madagascar 95 /100 31 °C 21 °C 11 mm 2 372 h 26 °C
23 Quelimane Mozambique 94 /100 30 °C 23 °C 19 mm 4 366 h 26 °C
24 Pemba Mozambique 93 /100 30 °C 23 °C 18 mm 5 369 h 27 °C
25 Sumbe Angola 93 /100 27 °C 23 °C 19 mm 6 278 h 24 °C
26 Dakar Senegal 92 /100 30 °C 26 °C 24 mm 3 344 h 28 °C
27 Soyo Angola 92 /100 26 °C 24 °C 30 mm 6 295 h 25 °C
28 Laayoune Western Sahara 91 /100 28 °C 18 °C 8 mm 1 328 h 21 °C
29 Mamoudzou Mayotte 91 /100 27 °C 24 °C 25 mm 7 367 h 27 °C
30 Beira Mozambique 91 /100 30 °C 21 °C 28 mm 6 356 h 26 °C
31 Xai-Xai Mozambique 91 /100 28 °C 20 °C 39 mm 6 328 h 23 °C
32 Sousse Tunisia 91 /100 26 °C 17 °C 50 mm 7 299 h 24 °C
33 Mossamedes Angola 90 /100 26 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 366 h 21 °C
34 Rufisque Senegal 89 /100 31 °C 25 °C 25 mm 4 344 h 28 °C
35 Saint-Louis Senegal 88 /100 32 °C 26 °C 17 mm 3 342 h 28 °C
36 Mogadishu Somalia 87 /100 29 °C 25 °C 43 mm 9 356 h 27 °C
37 Port Louis Mauritius 87 /100 27 °C 21 °C 33 mm 9 365 h 24 °C
38 Agadir Morocco 86 /100 27 °C 18 °C 29 mm 3 324 h 20 °C
39 Tunis Tunisia 86 /100 25 °C 17 °C 47 mm 7 295 h 23 °C
40 Ait Melloul Morocco 86 /100 27 °C 17 °C 23 mm 2 326 h 20 °C
41 Mbour Senegal 85 /100 32 °C 25 °C 31 mm 4 341 h 28 °C
42 Annaba Algeria 85 /100 26 °C 16 °C 55 mm 8 296 h 23 °C
43 Sukrah Tunisia 84 /100 24 °C 18 °C 48 mm 7 295 h 23 °C
44 Safi Morocco 84 /100 25 °C 17 °C 25 mm 4 318 h 20 °C
45 Casablanca Morocco 84 /100 25 °C 16 °C 33 mm 5 310 h 21 °C
46 Kismayo Somalia 84 /100 30 °C 25 °C 40 mm 9 366 h 27 °C
47 Moroni Comoros 84 /100 30 °C 24 °C 47 mm 10 370 h 27 °C
48 Bab Ezzouar Algeria 83 /100 25 °C 16 °C 56 mm 7 307 h 22 °C
49 Mostaganem Algeria 83 /100 25 °C 16 °C 36 mm 6 310 h 21 °C
50 Zanzibar Tanzania 83 /100 29 °C 24 °C 59 mm 10 359 h 27 °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

September: top 5

  1. Nacala 100 /100
  2. Pemba 100 /100
  3. Quelimane 99 /100
  4. Oran 98 /100
  5. Toliara 98 /100

Full ranking for September

November: top 5

  1. Praia 99 /100
  2. Mossamedes 98 /100
  3. Hurghada 98 /100
  4. Benguela 97 /100
  5. Dakar 96 /100

Full ranking for November

How this ranking is built

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