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

Khān Yūnis tops the list at 93 /100 in May. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Asia.

Top three in May: Khān Yūnis (93 /100) , Gaza (92 /100) , Petaẖ Tiqva (92 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 18 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Khān Yūnis Palestinian Territory 93 /100 28 °C 17 °C 3 mm 1 389 h 22 °C
2 Gaza Palestinian Territory 92 /100 27 °C 17 °C 4 mm 1 391 h 21 °C
3 Petaẖ Tiqva Israel 92 /100 28 °C 17 °C 7 mm 2 393 h 21 °C
4 Tel Aviv Israel 92 /100 27 °C 17 °C 6 mm 1 394 h 21 °C
5 Kupang Indonesia 91 /100 30 °C 24 °C 24 mm 4 339 h 28 °C
6 Ashdod Israel 91 /100 26 °C 17 °C 5 mm 1 393 h 21 °C
7 Al Muharraq Bahrain 90 /100 32 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 392 h 27 °C
8 Bushehr Iran 90 /100 32 °C 25 °C 2 mm 0 392 h 26 °C
9 Beirut Lebanon 89 /100 26 °C 16 °C 20 mm 4 393 h 21 °C
10 Tripoli Lebanon 88 /100 25 °C 17 °C 17 mm 3 394 h 21 °C
11 Sidon Lebanon 88 /100 25 °C 17 °C 21 mm 4 393 h 21 °C
12 Porbandar India 87 /100 32 °C 26 °C 3 mm 1 390 h 28 °C
13 Haifa Israel 87 /100 24 °C 17 °C 9 mm 2 391 h 21 °C
14 Mersin Turkey 86 /100 24 °C 15 °C 23 mm 4 391 h 21 °C
15 Verāval India 86 /100 32 °C 26 °C 3 mm 1 383 h 29 °C
16 Antakya Turkey 86 /100 26 °C 16 °C 31 mm 6 383 h 21 °C
17 İskenderun Turkey 86 /100 26 °C 18 °C 36 mm 6 384 h 22 °C
18 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 83 /100 34 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 394 h 27 °C
19 Antalya Turkey 82 /100 25 °C 14 °C 50 mm 6 396 h 21 °C
20 Şalālah Oman 82 /100 33 °C 25 °C 40 mm 2 364 h 29 °C
21 Ţarţūs Syria 82 /100 24 °C 16 °C 38 mm 5 390 h 21 °C
22 Mumbai India 81 /100 32 °C 27 °C 16 mm 3 368 h 30 °C
23 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 81 /100 34 °C 26 °C 1 mm 0 390 h 28 °C
24 Karachi Pakistan 81 /100 34 °C 26 °C 1 mm 0 397 h 29 °C
25 Borivli India 80 /100 33 °C 27 °C 12 mm 3 368 h 30 °C
26 Taoyuan Taiwan 79 /100 27 °C 21 °C 151 mm 13 277 h 26 °C
27 Bade Taiwan 79 /100 27 °C 21 °C 153 mm 13 277 h 26 °C
28 Mukalla Yemen 78 /100 33 °C 27 °C 7 mm 1 363 h 30 °C
29 Hsinchu Taiwan 78 /100 27 °C 22 °C 158 mm 13 293 h 26 °C
30 Osmaniye Turkey 78 /100 26 °C 16 °C 74 mm 9 376 h 22 °C
31 Mataram Indonesia 78 /100 30 °C 24 °C 61 mm 10 344 h 29 °C
32 Dammam Saudi Arabia 78 /100 36 °C 25 °C 1 mm 0 390 h 27 °C
33 Vapi India 77 /100 34 °C 26 °C 6 mm 2 371 h 30 °C
34 Navsari India 77 /100 34 °C 27 °C 3 mm 1 373 h 30 °C
35 Labuan Bajo Indonesia 77 /100 29 °C 25 °C 89 mm 11 348 h 29 °C
36 Bilimora India 77 /100 34 °C 27 °C 4 mm 1 372 h 30 °C
37 Karşıyaka Turkey 77 /100 26 °C 15 °C 37 mm 6 400 h 19 °C
38 Aden Yemen 76 /100 33 °C 27 °C 7 mm 1 363 h 30 °C
39 Surat India 76 /100 34 °C 27 °C 2 mm 1 374 h 29 °C
40 Danshui Taiwan 76 /100 27 °C 22 °C 175 mm 14 271 h 26 °C
41 Latakia Syria 76 /100 24 °C 17 °C 58 mm 7 377 h 21 °C
42 Konak Turkey 76 /100 26 °C 14 °C 37 mm 6 400 h 19 °C
43 Jaffna Sri Lanka 76 /100 31 °C 28 °C 62 mm 8 348 h 30 °C
44 Alanya Turkey 75 /100 23 °C 14 °C 46 mm 7 404 h 21 °C
45 Puri India 75 /100 34 °C 28 °C 53 mm 4 356 h 29 °C
46 Taipei Taiwan 75 /100 27 °C 22 °C 204 mm 19 260 h 26 °C
47 Shanwei China 75 /100 27 °C 23 °C 256 mm 21 241 h 26 °C
48 Taichung Taiwan 75 /100 28 °C 21 °C 258 mm 19 300 h 26 °C
49 Sha Tin Hong Kong 75 /100 27 °C 23 °C 232 mm 20 269 h 26 °C
50 Neihu Taiwan 75 /100 27 °C 22 °C 205 mm 19 259 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

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

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

How this ranking is built

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