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
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
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- 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.