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Best beach destinations in the world in August

Durrës tops the list at 100 /100 in August. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Rainfall
1 Durrës Albania 100 /100 28 °C 32 mm
2 Nacala Mozambique 100 /100 27 °C 11 mm
3 Sumgayit Azerbaijan 100 /100 28 °C 7 mm
4 Manta Ecuador 100 /100 27 °C 6 mm
5 Valletta Malta 99 /100 28 °C 3 mm
6 Toliara Madagascar 99 /100 28 °C 4 mm
7 Cartagena Spain 99 /100 29 °C 7 mm
8 Bağcılar Turkey 99 /100 27 °C 20 mm
9 Pemba Mozambique 99 /100 27 °C 11 mm
10 Istanbul Turkey 99 /100 28 °C 20 mm
11 Khirdalan Azerbaijan 99 /100 29 °C 8 mm
12 Castelló de la Plana Spain 98 /100 28 °C 19 mm
13 Baku Azerbaijan 98 /100 29 °C 7 mm
14 Al Hoceïma Morocco 98 /100 27 °C 5 mm
15 Mamoudzou Mayotte 98 /100 26 °C 13 mm
16 Şalālah Oman 98 /100 28 °C 5 mm
17 Béjaïa Algeria 98 /100 30 °C 17 mm
18 Labuan Bajo Indonesia 98 /100 28 °C 17 mm
19 Toulon France 98 /100 28 °C 17 mm
20 Portoviejo Ecuador 98 /100 29 °C 14 mm
21 Quelimane Mozambique 98 /100 27 °C 15 mm
22 Sevastopol Ukraine 97 /100 27 °C 21 mm
23 Beira Mozambique 97 /100 27 °C 12 mm
24 Mohammedia Morocco 97 /100 28 °C 1 mm
25 Gebze Turkey 97 /100 28 °C 27 mm
26 Málaga Spain 97 /100 29 °C 5 mm
27 Salé Morocco 97 /100 28 °C 2 mm
28 Alicante Spain 97 /100 30 °C 14 mm
29 El Jadida Morocco 97 /100 27 °C 1 mm
30 Livorno Italy 97 /100 28 °C 39 mm
31 Port-Gentil Gabon 97 /100 27 °C 15 mm
32 Kenitra Morocco 97 /100 28 °C 1 mm
33 Casablanca Morocco 97 /100 29 °C 1 mm
34 Fortaleza Brazil 96 /100 30 °C 9 mm
35 Skikda Algeria 96 /100 30 °C 13 mm
36 Naples Italy 96 /100 30 °C 23 mm
37 Taganrog Russia 96 /100 27 °C 30 mm
38 Marseille France 96 /100 28 °C 22 mm
39 Tétouan Morocco 96 /100 29 °C 7 mm
40 Mataram Indonesia 95 /100 30 °C 8 mm
41 Kupang Indonesia 95 /100 30 °C 2 mm
42 Palma Spain 95 /100 31 °C 17 mm
43 Mariupol Ukraine 95 /100 27 °C 30 mm
44 Odesa Ukraine 95 /100 27 °C 37 mm
45 Bari Italy 95 /100 29 °C 24 mm
46 Caucaia Brazil 95 /100 31 °C 6 mm
47 Oran Algeria 95 /100 31 °C 3 mm
48 Constanţa Romania 95 /100 27 °C 36 mm
49 Temara Morocco 95 /100 30 °C 2 mm
50 Marbella Spain 95 /100 28 °C 4 mm

Only destinations with a published page for that month are ranked. The ranking is ours; the underlying values are reproduced from the source.

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.