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

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

Top three in September: Nacala (100 /100) , Pemba (100 /100) , Quelimane (99 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 10 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Nacala Mozambique 100 /100 28 °C 20 °C 10 mm 3 344 h 26 °C
2 Pemba Mozambique 100 /100 28 °C 21 °C 10 mm 3 345 h 26 °C
3 Quelimane Mozambique 99 /100 29 °C 21 °C 12 mm 3 332 h 25 °C
4 Oran Algeria 98 /100 28 °C 20 °C 16 mm 3 337 h 24 °C
5 Toliara Madagascar 98 /100 29 °C 19 °C 6 mm 1 351 h 25 °C
6 Mostaganem Algeria 98 /100 28 °C 20 °C 17 mm 3 338 h 24 °C
7 Misratah Libya 98 /100 29 °C 24 °C 7 mm 1 348 h 27 °C
8 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 97 /100 30 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 356 h 27 °C
9 Sfax Tunisia 97 /100 29 °C 23 °C 27 mm 3 337 h 27 °C
10 Alexandria Egypt 97 /100 29 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 355 h 27 °C
11 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 97 /100 26 °C 22 °C 16 mm 3 240 h 23 °C
12 Cabinda Angola 97 /100 26 °C 22 °C 10 mm 2 300 h 24 °C
13 Benghazi Libya 96 /100 30 °C 22 °C 2 mm 1 342 h 26 °C
14 Damietta Egypt 96 /100 30 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 351 h 27 °C
15 Mamoudzou Mayotte 96 /100 26 °C 23 °C 17 mm 5 353 h 26 °C
16 Beira Mozambique 96 /100 29 °C 19 °C 17 mm 4 325 h 25 °C
17 Nador Morocco 96 /100 28 °C 19 °C 26 mm 4 334 h 23 °C
18 Mohammedia Morocco 95 /100 26 °C 19 °C 11 mm 2 336 h 23 °C
19 Sukrah Tunisia 95 /100 28 °C 21 °C 39 mm 5 330 h 25 °C
20 Temara Morocco 95 /100 27 °C 18 °C 14 mm 3 337 h 22 °C
21 Casablanca Morocco 95 /100 27 °C 19 °C 11 mm 2 335 h 22 °C
22 Rabat Morocco 95 /100 27 °C 19 °C 14 mm 3 337 h 22 °C
23 Algiers Algeria 95 /100 28 °C 19 °C 28 mm 5 330 h 24 °C
24 Idkū Egypt 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 355 h 27 °C
25 El Jadida Morocco 95 /100 26 °C 20 °C 12 mm 2 334 h 23 °C
26 Salé Morocco 95 /100 26 °C 19 °C 15 mm 3 337 h 22 °C
27 Port Said Egypt 94 /100 30 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 350 h 28 °C
28 Tripoli Libya 94 /100 31 °C 23 °C 10 mm 2 347 h 27 °C
29 Luanda Angola 94 /100 28 °C 20 °C 5 mm 1 292 h 22 °C
30 Ramiros Angola 94 /100 27 °C 21 °C 5 mm 1 291 h 22 °C
31 Tunis Tunisia 94 /100 29 °C 20 °C 39 mm 5 329 h 25 °C
32 Kikolo Angola 94 /100 28 °C 20 °C 6 mm 2 255 h 22 °C
33 Kismayo Somalia 94 /100 30 °C 24 °C 20 mm 5 354 h 26 °C
34 Soyo Angola 94 /100 25 °C 22 °C 5 mm 1 278 h 23 °C
35 Zanzibar Tanzania 93 /100 29 °C 23 °C 23 mm 6 343 h 26 °C
36 Arīsh Egypt 93 /100 30 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 345 h 28 °C
37 Blida Algeria 93 /100 28 °C 18 °C 33 mm 6 330 h 24 °C
38 Xai-Xai Mozambique 93 /100 28 °C 19 °C 25 mm 4 303 h 22 °C
39 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 93 /100 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 351 h 28 °C
40 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 93 /100 29 °C 22 °C 22 mm 6 342 h 26 °C
41 Mogadishu Somalia 93 /100 28 °C 24 °C 24 mm 6 354 h 26 °C
42 Skikda Algeria 93 /100 27 °C 20 °C 36 mm 7 318 h 25 °C
43 Bab Ezzouar Algeria 92 /100 29 °C 19 °C 32 mm 6 328 h 24 °C
44 Al Hoceïma Morocco 92 /100 25 °C 19 °C 24 mm 3 338 h 23 °C
45 Tangier Morocco 91 /100 27 °C 19 °C 26 mm 4 339 h 21 °C
46 Sousse Tunisia 91 /100 31 °C 21 °C 49 mm 5 331 h 26 °C
47 Annaba Algeria 91 /100 29 °C 19 °C 38 mm 7 321 h 25 °C
48 Safi Morocco 91 /100 27 °C 19 °C 6 mm 1 337 h 21 °C
49 Zliten Libya 90 /100 32 °C 22 °C 10 mm 1 347 h 27 °C
50 Benguela Angola 90 /100 25 °C 20 °C 2 mm 0 349 h 21 °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

August: top 5

  1. Nacala 100 /100
  2. Toliara 99 /100
  3. Pemba 99 /100
  4. Al Hoceïma 98 /100
  5. Mamoudzou 98 /100

Full ranking for August

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

How this ranking is built

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