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

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

Top three in January: Kākināda (100 /100) , Machilīpatnam (100 /100) , Puri (100 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 6.7 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Kākināda India 100 /100 28 °C 20 °C 10 mm 3 331 h 26 °C
2 Machilīpatnam India 100 /100 28 °C 20 °C 9 mm 2 327 h 26 °C
3 Puri India 100 /100 27 °C 17 °C 10 mm 2 323 h 25 °C
4 Aden Yemen 100 /100 27 °C 22 °C 5 mm 1 330 h 26 °C
5 Rasapūdipalem India 100 /100 27 °C 19 °C 10 mm 2 333 h 26 °C
6 Ongole India 100 /100 28 °C 20 °C 10 mm 3 326 h 26 °C
7 Chennai India 100 /100 28 °C 21 °C 15 mm 3 329 h 27 °C
8 Tiruvottiyūr India 100 /100 28 °C 21 °C 16 mm 3 330 h 27 °C
9 La Gi Vietnam 100 /100 28 °C 23 °C 18 mm 2 331 h 25 °C
10 Verāval India 100 /100 28 °C 18 °C 0 mm 0 336 h 25 °C
11 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 99 /100 27 °C 20 °C 24 mm 3 324 h 26 °C
12 Vũng Tàu Vietnam 99 /100 29 °C 23 °C 21 mm 3 331 h 26 °C
13 Mukalla Yemen 99 /100 26 °C 19 °C 6 mm 1 334 h 26 °C
14 Vĩnh Châu Vietnam 99 /100 28 °C 24 °C 22 mm 4 327 h 26 °C
15 Sittwe Myanmar 99 /100 26 °C 17 °C 7 mm 1 316 h 26 °C
16 Phan Thiết Vietnam 99 /100 29 °C 22 °C 16 mm 2 332 h 25 °C
17 Brahmapur India 99 /100 26 °C 17 °C 13 mm 2 329 h 25 °C
18 Paranaque City Philippines 99 /100 28 °C 23 °C 30 mm 3 316 h 27 °C
19 Porbandar India 99 /100 27 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 334 h 24 °C
20 Mariveles Philippines 99 /100 28 °C 24 °C 20 mm 2 324 h 27 °C
21 Kyaukpyu Myanmar 99 /100 26 °C 20 °C 10 mm 1 320 h 26 °C
22 Quezon City Philippines 99 /100 28 °C 22 °C 31 mm 3 318 h 27 °C
23 Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm Vietnam 99 /100 27 °C 20 °C 27 mm 4 323 h 25 °C
24 Manila Philippines 98 /100 28 °C 23 °C 29 mm 3 317 h 27 °C
25 Şalālah Oman 98 /100 26 °C 17 °C 2 mm 1 337 h 25 °C
26 Malolos Philippines 98 /100 28 °C 22 °C 29 mm 3 320 h 27 °C
27 Mumbai India 98 /100 29 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 333 h 25 °C
28 Vapi India 98 /100 28 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 332 h 24 °C
29 San Jose del Monte Philippines 98 /100 29 °C 22 °C 31 mm 3 318 h 27 °C
30 Al Ḩudaydah Yemen 98 /100 30 °C 22 °C 7 mm 1 333 h 26 °C
31 Thành Phố Bà Rịa Vietnam 98 /100 30 °C 23 °C 20 mm 3 332 h 26 °C
32 Puducherry India 98 /100 27 °C 22 °C 20 mm 4 332 h 27 °C
33 Bạc Liêu Vietnam 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 22 mm 4 327 h 26 °C
34 Borivli India 98 /100 30 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 333 h 25 °C
35 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 98 /100 25 °C 16 °C 9 mm 1 320 h 25 °C
36 Olongapo Philippines 97 /100 29 °C 23 °C 16 mm 3 325 h 27 °C
37 Dagupan Philippines 97 /100 29 °C 22 °C 10 mm 2 323 h 27 °C
38 Surat India 97 /100 28 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 331 h 23 °C
39 Navsari India 97 /100 29 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 330 h 24 °C
40 Şabyā Saudi Arabia 97 /100 28 °C 22 °C 17 mm 4 327 h 27 °C
41 Cuddalore India 97 /100 27 °C 22 °C 21 mm 4 332 h 27 °C
42 Bilimora India 97 /100 29 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 331 h 24 °C
43 Cabuyao Philippines 95 /100 28 °C 23 °C 43 mm 5 314 h 27 °C
44 Phú Mỹ Vietnam 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 22 mm 4 329 h 26 °C
45 Bhavnagar India 95 /100 26 °C 17 °C 2 mm 0 331 h 22 °C
46 Mawlamyine Myanmar 94 /100 31 °C 20 °C 9 mm 1 330 h 27 °C
47 Cox’s Bāzār Bangladesh 94 /100 24 °C 16 °C 5 mm 1 311 h 24 °C
48 Panvel India 94 /100 31 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 333 h 25 °C
49 Kanayannur India 93 /100 30 °C 23 °C 9 mm 2 347 h 29 °C
50 Gāndhīdhām India 93 /100 27 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 331 h 22 °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

December: top 5

  1. Puri 100 /100
  2. Şalālah 100 /100
  3. Mukalla 100 /100
  4. Aden 100 /100
  5. Kākināda 100 /100

Full ranking for December

February: top 5

  1. Aden 100 /100
  2. Jeddah 100 /100
  3. Mukalla 100 /100
  4. Kyaukpyu 100 /100
  5. Şalālah 100 /100

Full ranking for February

How this ranking is built

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