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

2 destinations share the top spot at 99 /100 in March, listed by sea temperature, starting with Yanbu. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Asia.

Top three in March: Yanbu (99 /100) , Muscat (99 /100) , Jeddah (99 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 11 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 99 /100 28 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 340 h 25 °C
2 Muscat Oman 99 /100 28 °C 20 °C 18 mm 2 339 h 24 °C
3 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 99 /100 29 °C 21 °C 5 mm 1 339 h 26 °C
4 Mukalla Yemen 99 /100 29 °C 22 °C 12 mm 2 361 h 27 °C
5 Aden Yemen 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 4 mm 1 357 h 26 °C
6 Şalālah Oman 98 /100 29 °C 21 °C 10 mm 1 340 h 26 °C
7 Kyaukpyu Myanmar 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 6 mm 1 361 h 27 °C
8 Cox’s Bāzār Bangladesh 98 /100 30 °C 22 °C 31 mm 3 354 h 26 °C
9 Ras Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates 97 /100 27 °C 19 °C 21 mm 2 327 h 23 °C
10 Sanya China 97 /100 27 °C 22 °C 18 mm 4 330 h 24 °C
11 Sharjah United Arab Emirates 97 /100 28 °C 18 °C 19 mm 2 326 h 23 °C
12 Bandar Abbas Iran 96 /100 28 °C 18 °C 43 mm 4 324 h 23 °C
13 Karachi Pakistan 96 /100 30 °C 20 °C 3 mm 1 343 h 24 °C
14 La Gi Vietnam 96 /100 30 °C 24 °C 15 mm 2 360 h 27 °C
15 Sittwe Myanmar 96 /100 30 °C 22 °C 9 mm 1 360 h 27 °C
16 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 96 /100 28 °C 18 °C 13 mm 2 327 h 22 °C
17 Basuo China 95 /100 27 °C 21 °C 22 mm 5 326 h 24 °C
18 Vũng Tàu Vietnam 95 /100 30 °C 25 °C 18 mm 3 362 h 27 °C
19 Dubai United Arab Emirates 95 /100 29 °C 17 °C 17 mm 2 325 h 23 °C
20 Chattogram Bangladesh 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 54 mm 5 349 h 26 °C
21 Mariveles Philippines 94 /100 30 °C 25 °C 19 mm 3 357 h 28 °C
22 Porbandar India 94 /100 31 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 344 h 25 °C
23 Paranaque City Philippines 94 /100 31 °C 24 °C 23 mm 3 351 h 27 °C
24 Manila Philippines 93 /100 31 °C 24 °C 23 mm 3 351 h 28 °C
25 Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm Vietnam 93 /100 31 °C 22 °C 28 mm 4 355 h 26 °C
26 Verāval India 92 /100 31 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 346 h 25 °C
27 Hāthazāri Bangladesh 92 /100 30 °C 21 °C 54 mm 5 348 h 26 °C
28 Vĩnh Châu Vietnam 92 /100 30 °C 25 °C 33 mm 5 359 h 27 °C
29 Puducherry India 92 /100 30 °C 24 °C 18 mm 3 359 h 29 °C
30 Phan Thiết Vietnam 92 /100 31 °C 23 °C 26 mm 4 361 h 27 °C
31 Quezon City Philippines 92 /100 30 °C 23 °C 31 mm 5 352 h 28 °C
32 Şabyā Saudi Arabia 91 /100 31 °C 24 °C 18 mm 2 344 h 28 °C
33 Cuddalore India 91 /100 31 °C 24 °C 17 mm 3 358 h 29 °C
34 Antipolo Philippines 91 /100 30 °C 23 °C 33 mm 5 352 h 28 °C
35 Cabuyao Philippines 91 /100 30 °C 24 °C 36 mm 5 350 h 27 °C
36 Thành Phố Bà Rịa Vietnam 91 /100 32 °C 25 °C 16 mm 3 362 h 27 °C
37 Kaohsiung Taiwan 91 /100 26 °C 19 °C 42 mm 7 314 h 24 °C
38 Ar Rayyān Qatar 91 /100 28 °C 16 °C 12 mm 2 331 h 21 °C
39 Malolos Philippines 91 /100 31 °C 23 °C 31 mm 4 354 h 28 °C
40 Doha Qatar 90 /100 27 °C 17 °C 12 mm 2 332 h 21 °C
41 Al Ḩudaydah Yemen 90 /100 32 °C 24 °C 8 mm 1 346 h 27 °C
42 Fengshan Taiwan 90 /100 26 °C 19 °C 44 mm 7 313 h 24 °C
43 Bhavnagar India 90 /100 32 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 351 h 25 °C
44 Jaffna Sri Lanka 90 /100 30 °C 26 °C 23 mm 4 359 h 29 °C
45 Mumbai India 90 /100 32 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 355 h 27 °C
46 Lusail Qatar 90 /100 26 °C 17 °C 12 mm 2 332 h 21 °C
47 Dagupan Philippines 89 /100 32 °C 24 °C 21 mm 4 360 h 28 °C
48 Vapi India 88 /100 33 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 355 h 26 °C
49 Rasapūdipalem India 88 /100 32 °C 24 °C 8 mm 2 342 h 28 °C
50 Nha Trang Vietnam 88 /100 29 °C 23 °C 52 mm 8 346 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

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

April: top 5

  1. Al Muharraq 98 /100
  2. Bushehr 96 /100
  3. Yanbu 95 /100
  4. Dammam 93 /100
  5. Lusail 93 /100

Full ranking for April

How this ranking is built

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