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Best beach destinations in Asia in August: ranked by beach score

Sumgayit tops the list at 100 /100 in August. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Asia.

Top three in August: Sumgayit (100 /100) , Bağcılar (99 /100) , Istanbul (99 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 16 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Sumgayit Azerbaijan 100 /100 28 °C 24 °C 7 mm 2 381 h 26 °C
2 Bağcılar Turkey 99 /100 27 °C 21 °C 20 mm 3 392 h 24 °C
3 Istanbul Turkey 99 /100 28 °C 22 °C 20 mm 3 392 h 24 °C
4 Khirdalan Azerbaijan 99 /100 29 °C 23 °C 8 mm 2 381 h 26 °C
5 Baku Azerbaijan 98 /100 29 °C 24 °C 7 mm 1 383 h 26 °C
6 Şalālah Oman 98 /100 28 °C 23 °C 5 mm 1 300 h 24 °C
7 Labuan Bajo Indonesia 98 /100 28 °C 23 °C 17 mm 3 362 h 28 °C
8 Gebze Turkey 97 /100 28 °C 20 °C 27 mm 4 386 h 24 °C
9 Mataram Indonesia 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 8 mm 2 347 h 27 °C
10 Kupang Indonesia 95 /100 30 °C 23 °C 2 mm 1 357 h 27 °C
11 Latakia Syria 95 /100 30 °C 24 °C 9 mm 3 392 h 28 °C
12 Probolinggo Indonesia 95 /100 30 °C 24 °C 4 mm 1 340 h 28 °C
13 Haifa Israel 94 /100 30 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 390 h 28 °C
14 Bursa Turkey 94 /100 30 °C 20 °C 26 mm 4 389 h 24 °C
15 Ţarţūs Syria 94 /100 30 °C 23 °C 4 mm 1 399 h 28 °C
16 Atyrau Kazakhstan 94 /100 31 °C 21 °C 7 mm 1 387 h 25 °C
17 Tripoli Lebanon 93 /100 30 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 401 h 28 °C
18 Sidon Lebanon 92 /100 30 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 398 h 28 °C
19 Ashdod Israel 92 /100 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 387 h 28 °C
20 Pasuruan Indonesia 91 /100 31 °C 22 °C 4 mm 1 341 h 28 °C
21 Tel Aviv Israel 91 /100 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 389 h 28 °C
22 Yogyakarta Indonesia 91 /100 29 °C 21 °C 41 mm 7 341 h 25 °C
23 Samsun Turkey 91 /100 27 °C 19 °C 35 mm 7 378 h 25 °C
24 Karachi Pakistan 91 /100 30 °C 26 °C 52 mm 4 310 h 28 °C
25 Baubau Indonesia 91 /100 29 °C 24 °C 27 mm 6 357 h 27 °C
26 Cirebon Indonesia 91 /100 31 °C 24 °C 13 mm 3 356 h 28 °C
27 Plumbon Indonesia 91 /100 31 °C 24 °C 13 mm 3 356 h 28 °C
28 Situbondo Indonesia 90 /100 31 °C 22 °C 4 mm 2 342 h 28 °C
29 Cilacap Indonesia 90 /100 27 °C 23 °C 53 mm 8 342 h 26 °C
30 Beirut Lebanon 90 /100 31 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 399 h 28 °C
31 Surabaya Indonesia 90 /100 31 °C 24 °C 7 mm 1 342 h 28 °C
32 Parepare Indonesia 88 /100 31 °C 24 °C 23 mm 5 354 h 28 °C
33 Mersin Turkey 88 /100 31 °C 23 °C 3 mm 1 399 h 29 °C
34 Petaẖ Tiqva Israel 88 /100 32 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 392 h 28 °C
35 Alanya Turkey 88 /100 31 °C 23 °C 10 mm 3 401 h 29 °C
36 Gaza Palestinian Territory 88 /100 32 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 379 h 28 °C
37 Ungaran Indonesia 87 /100 30 °C 21 °C 33 mm 6 343 h 29 °C
38 Semarang Indonesia 87 /100 31 °C 23 °C 24 mm 4 347 h 29 °C
39 Makassar Indonesia 87 /100 30 °C 23 °C 54 mm 7 358 h 28 °C
40 Weihai China 86 /100 27 °C 23 °C 136 mm 9 297 h 24 °C
41 Dalian China 86 /100 27 °C 23 °C 141 mm 9 306 h 24 °C
42 Denpasar Indonesia 86 /100 26 °C 23 °C 32 mm 9 342 h 26 °C
43 Khān Yūnis Palestinian Territory 85 /100 33 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 376 h 28 °C
44 Jepara Indonesia 85 /100 31 °C 24 °C 21 mm 5 349 h 28 °C
45 Klungkung Indonesia 85 /100 28 °C 23 °C 38 mm 10 340 h 26 °C
46 Jinzhou China 85 /100 28 °C 21 °C 146 mm 10 308 h 26 °C
47 Lianshan China 85 /100 28 °C 22 °C 141 mm 10 312 h 25 °C
48 Huludao China 85 /100 28 °C 22 °C 141 mm 10 312 h 25 °C
49 Nāgercoil India 84 /100 29 °C 24 °C 62 mm 10 330 h 26 °C
50 Yokosuka Japan 84 /100 27 °C 24 °C 104 mm 11 312 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

July: top 5

  1. Sumgayit 100 /100
  2. Baku 99 /100
  3. Khirdalan 99 /100
  4. Şalālah 98 /100
  5. Latakia 98 /100

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. Şalālah 98 /100
  2. Haifa 97 /100
  3. Tripoli 97 /100
  4. Sidon 96 /100
  5. Alanya 96 /100

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

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