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

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

Top three in July: Sumgayit (100 /100) , Baku (99 /100) , Khirdalan (99 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 19 /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 2 412 h 25 °C
2 Baku Azerbaijan 99 /100 29 °C 24 °C 7 mm 1 412 h 25 °C
3 Khirdalan Azerbaijan 99 /100 29 °C 23 °C 7 mm 2 412 h 25 °C
4 Şalālah Oman 98 /100 29 °C 24 °C 6 mm 2 305 h 25 °C
5 Latakia Syria 98 /100 29 °C 24 °C 11 mm 3 408 h 27 °C
6 Haifa Israel 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 408 h 27 °C
7 Ţarţūs Syria 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 4 mm 1 414 h 27 °C
8 Arnavutköy Turkey 97 /100 28 °C 20 °C 23 mm 4 423 h 24 °C
9 Istanbul Turkey 97 /100 28 °C 21 °C 20 mm 3 421 h 23 °C
10 Kupang Indonesia 97 /100 30 °C 23 °C 4 mm 1 348 h 27 °C
11 Tripoli Lebanon 96 /100 30 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 416 h 27 °C
12 Sidon Lebanon 96 /100 30 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 413 h 27 °C
13 Mataram Indonesia 95 /100 30 °C 23 °C 19 mm 3 338 h 28 °C
14 Ashdod Israel 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 407 h 27 °C
15 Gebze Turkey 95 /100 27 °C 19 °C 27 mm 4 415 h 23 °C
16 Tel Aviv Israel 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 409 h 27 °C
17 Labuan Bajo Indonesia 95 /100 28 °C 23 °C 32 mm 4 352 h 28 °C
18 Probolinggo Indonesia 94 /100 29 °C 24 °C 16 mm 3 335 h 28 °C
19 Beirut Lebanon 93 /100 31 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 414 h 27 °C
20 Mersin Turkey 93 /100 31 °C 22 °C 2 mm 0 427 h 28 °C
21 Bursa Turkey 93 /100 29 °C 20 °C 26 mm 5 417 h 23 °C
22 Pasuruan Indonesia 92 /100 30 °C 22 °C 14 mm 3 336 h 28 °C
23 Alanya Turkey 92 /100 31 °C 22 °C 10 mm 3 433 h 28 °C
24 Petaẖ Tiqva Israel 92 /100 31 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 409 h 27 °C
25 Gaza Palestinian Territory 91 /100 32 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 399 h 27 °C
26 Surabaya Indonesia 90 /100 31 °C 24 °C 23 mm 4 337 h 28 °C
27 Situbondo Indonesia 89 /100 31 °C 22 °C 19 mm 4 336 h 28 °C
28 Samsun Turkey 89 /100 26 °C 19 °C 37 mm 7 406 h 24 °C
29 Khān Yūnis Palestinian Territory 89 /100 32 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 397 h 27 °C
30 Zhoushan China 88 /100 28 °C 26 °C 104 mm 9 323 h 25 °C
31 Atyrau Kazakhstan 88 /100 33 °C 22 °C 12 mm 3 427 h 26 °C
32 İskenderun Turkey 88 /100 32 °C 24 °C 6 mm 2 418 h 28 °C
33 Antakya Turkey 87 /100 32 °C 22 °C 2 mm 0 418 h 27 °C
34 Plumbon Indonesia 86 /100 30 °C 24 °C 31 mm 6 345 h 29 °C
35 Cirebon Indonesia 86 /100 30 °C 24 °C 31 mm 6 345 h 29 °C
36 Yogyakarta Indonesia 85 /100 29 °C 21 °C 60 mm 10 335 h 26 °C
37 Osmaniye Turkey 85 /100 33 °C 22 °C 8 mm 2 418 h 28 °C
38 Parepare Indonesia 84 /100 30 °C 24 °C 51 mm 8 336 h 28 °C
39 Semarang Indonesia 84 /100 31 °C 23 °C 38 mm 6 339 h 29 °C
40 Karachi Pakistan 83 /100 32 °C 27 °C 41 mm 4 325 h 29 °C
41 Thoothukudi India 83 /100 33 °C 26 °C 17 mm 4 326 h 28 °C
42 Cilacap Indonesia 83 /100 27 °C 23 °C 72 mm 11 332 h 27 °C
43 Jinzhou China 83 /100 29 °C 22 °C 141 mm 10 314 h 24 °C
44 Ungaran Indonesia 83 /100 29 °C 21 °C 50 mm 9 335 h 29 °C
45 Yingkou China 82 /100 28 °C 22 °C 148 mm 11 315 h 24 °C
46 Lianshan China 82 /100 28 °C 22 °C 130 mm 11 323 h 23 °C
47 Huludao China 81 /100 28 °C 22 °C 130 mm 11 323 h 23 °C
48 Āmol Iran 81 /100 27 °C 21 °C 72 mm 12 360 h 27 °C
49 Antalya Turkey 81 /100 34 °C 23 °C 3 mm 1 433 h 28 °C
50 Denpasar Indonesia 81 /100 26 °C 23 °C 53 mm 12 338 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

June: top 5

  1. Mersin 100 /100
  2. Sidon 100 /100
  3. Haifa 100 /100
  4. Tripoli 100 /100
  5. Ashdod 99 /100

Full ranking for June

August: top 5

  1. Sumgayit 100 /100
  2. Bağcılar 99 /100
  3. Istanbul 99 /100
  4. Khirdalan 99 /100
  5. Baku 98 /100

Full ranking for August

How this ranking is built

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