Best beach destinations in the world in April: ranked by beach score
Porlamar tops the list at 100 /100 in April. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.
Top three in April: Porlamar (100 /100) , Manzanillo (99 /100) , Al Muharraq (98 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 10 /100.
| # | Destination | Country | Beach score | Avg high | Avg low | Rainfall | Wet days | Sunshine | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porlamar | Venezuela | 100 /100 | 27 °C | 25 °C | 9 mm | 2 | 349 h | 25 °C |
| 2 | Manzanillo | Mexico | 99 /100 | 29 °C | 21 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 356 h | 25 °C |
| 3 | Al Muharraq | Bahrain | 98 /100 | 27 °C | 22 °C | 3 mm | 1 | 345 h | 23 °C |
| 4 | Mazatlán | Mexico | 98 /100 | 28 °C | 18 °C | 1 mm | 0 | 354 h | 23 °C |
| 5 | Praia | Cabo Verde | 97 /100 | 26 °C | 20 °C | 1 mm | 0 | 349 h | 23 °C |
| 6 | Hurghada | Egypt | 97 /100 | 27 °C | 19 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 362 h | 23 °C |
| 7 | Mossamedes | Angola | 97 /100 | 30 °C | 22 °C | 13 mm | 2 | 343 h | 25 °C |
| 8 | Tampico | Mexico | 97 /100 | 28 °C | 22 °C | 31 mm | 4 | 329 h | 25 °C |
| 9 | Oranjestad | Aruba | 96 /100 | 28 °C | 26 °C | 20 mm | 5 | 345 h | 27 °C |
| 10 | Bushehr | Iran | 96 /100 | 27 °C | 20 °C | 9 mm | 1 | 344 h | 22 °C |
| 11 | Conakry | Guinea | 95 /100 | 30 °C | 25 °C | 6 mm | 1 | 349 h | 28 °C |
| 12 | Puerto Vallarta | Mexico | 95 /100 | 30 °C | 19 °C | 3 mm | 1 | 354 h | 25 °C |
| 13 | Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas | Mexico | 95 /100 | 30 °C | 21 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 359 h | 27 °C |
| 14 | Yanbu | Saudi Arabia | 95 /100 | 31 °C | 22 °C | 1 mm | 0 | 365 h | 26 °C |
| 15 | George Town | Cayman Islands | 94 /100 | 28 °C | 25 °C | 22 mm | 5 | 361 h | 27 °C |
| 16 | Cumaná | Venezuela | 94 /100 | 30 °C | 24 °C | 28 mm | 4 | 343 h | 25 °C |
| 17 | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 93 /100 | 30 °C | 20 °C | 4 mm | 1 | 343 h | 23 °C |
| 18 | Kralendijk | Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba | 93 /100 | 28 °C | 26 °C | 29 mm | 6 | 340 h | 27 °C |
| 19 | Havana | Cuba | 93 /100 | 30 °C | 22 °C | 30 mm | 5 | 363 h | 27 °C |
| 20 | Jamestown | Saint Helena | 93 /100 | 24 °C | 23 °C | 6 mm | 2 | 325 h | 25 °C |
| 21 | Lusail | Qatar | 93 /100 | 31 °C | 21 °C | 4 mm | 1 | 347 h | 24 °C |
| 22 | Townsville | Australia | 93 /100 | 28 °C | 21 °C | 51 mm | 6 | 313 h | 27 °C |
| 23 | Toliara | Madagascar | 92 /100 | 30 °C | 23 °C | 21 mm | 4 | 334 h | 28 °C |
| 24 | La Paz | Mexico | 92 /100 | 30 °C | 17 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 365 h | 22 °C |
| 25 | Cape Coral | United States | 92 /100 | 28 °C | 19 °C | 55 mm | 6 | 351 h | 24 °C |
| 26 | Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | 92 /100 | 29 °C | 25 °C | 25 mm | 5 | 350 h | 27 °C |
| 27 | Cabo San Lucas | Mexico | 92 /100 | 27 °C | 20 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 365 h | 21 °C |
| 28 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 92 /100 | 31 °C | 23 °C | 3 mm | 0 | 357 h | 27 °C |
| 29 | Cockburn Town | Turks and Caicos Islands | 91 /100 | 25 °C | 24 °C | 33 mm | 6 | 358 h | 26 °C |
| 30 | El Dibir | Somalia | 91 /100 | 31 °C | 26 °C | 3 mm | 1 | 350 h | 28 °C |
| 31 | Nassau | Bahamas | 91 /100 | 26 °C | 23 °C | 48 mm | 6 | 346 h | 25 °C |
| 32 | Cancún | Mexico | 91 /100 | 28 °C | 24 °C | 38 mm | 7 | 351 h | 27 °C |
| 33 | Port Sudan | Sudan | 91 /100 | 32 °C | 22 °C | 3 mm | 0 | 357 h | 27 °C |
| 34 | Willemstad | Curacao | 91 /100 | 28 °C | 26 °C | 32 mm | 7 | 336 h | 27 °C |
| 35 | Ḩawallī | Kuwait | 91 /100 | 30 °C | 20 °C | 6 mm | 1 | 338 h | 22 °C |
| 36 | Mukalla | Yemen | 91 /100 | 31 °C | 24 °C | 8 mm | 1 | 353 h | 28 °C |
| 37 | Bridgetown | Barbados | 91 /100 | 28 °C | 25 °C | 31 mm | 7 | 354 h | 27 °C |
| 38 | Aden | Yemen | 90 /100 | 31 °C | 25 °C | 8 mm | 1 | 353 h | 28 °C |
| 39 | Veracruz | Mexico | 90 /100 | 32 °C | 23 °C | 24 mm | 4 | 341 h | 26 °C |
| 40 | Hialeah | United States | 90 /100 | 27 °C | 21 °C | 57 mm | 8 | 351 h | 26 °C |
| 41 | Nghi Sơn | Vietnam | 90 /100 | 29 °C | 23 °C | 53 mm | 7 | 270 h | 24 °C |
| 42 | Porbandar | India | 90 /100 | 32 °C | 24 °C | 0 mm | 0 | 362 h | 27 °C |
| 43 | Port Saint Lucie | United States | 90 /100 | 27 °C | 19 °C | 60 mm | 8 | 343 h | 25 °C |
| 44 | Doha | Qatar | 90 /100 | 32 °C | 21 °C | 4 mm | 1 | 347 h | 24 °C |
| 45 | Perth | Australia | 90 /100 | 25 °C | 15 °C | 25 mm | 4 | 301 h | 22 °C |
| 46 | Road Town | British Virgin Islands | 90 /100 | 26 °C | 25 °C | 35 mm | 7 | 355 h | 27 °C |
| 47 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 90 /100 | 32 °C | 21 °C | 4 mm | 1 | 349 h | 25 °C |
| 48 | Miami | United States | 90 /100 | 27 °C | 22 °C | 56 mm | 8 | 351 h | 26 °C |
| 49 | San Miguel del Padrón | Cuba | 89 /100 | 30 °C | 22 °C | 40 mm | 6 | 363 h | 27 °C |
| 50 | Ras Al Khaimah | United Arab Emirates | 89 /100 | 32 °C | 24 °C | 7 mm | 1 | 349 h | 25 °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
March: top 5
- Yanbu 99 /100
- Muscat 99 /100
- Port Sudan 99 /100
- Manzanillo 99 /100
- Jeddah 99 /100
How this ranking is built
- What is ranked
- Our 0–100 beach score (formula on the methodology page), in April, 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 the world 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.