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Best beach destinations in the world in August: ranked by beach score

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

Top three in August: Durrës (100 /100) , Nacala (100 /100) , Sumgayit (100 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 4.9 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Durrës Albania 100 /100 28 °C 22 °C 32 mm 3 400 h 25 °C
2 Nacala Mozambique 100 /100 27 °C 19 °C 11 mm 3 337 h 26 °C
3 Sumgayit Azerbaijan 100 /100 28 °C 24 °C 7 mm 2 381 h 26 °C
4 Manta Ecuador 100 /100 27 °C 22 °C 6 mm 1 283 h 25 °C
5 Valletta Malta 99 /100 28 °C 24 °C 3 mm 1 389 h 27 °C
6 Toliara Madagascar 99 /100 28 °C 18 °C 4 mm 1 336 h 24 °C
7 Cartagena Spain 99 /100 29 °C 23 °C 7 mm 1 392 h 26 °C
8 Bağcılar Turkey 99 /100 27 °C 21 °C 20 mm 3 392 h 24 °C
9 Pemba Mozambique 99 /100 27 °C 20 °C 11 mm 4 338 h 26 °C
10 Istanbul Turkey 99 /100 28 °C 22 °C 20 mm 3 392 h 24 °C
11 Khirdalan Azerbaijan 99 /100 29 °C 23 °C 8 mm 2 381 h 26 °C
12 Castelló de la Plana Spain 98 /100 28 °C 22 °C 19 mm 3 387 h 26 °C
13 Baku Azerbaijan 98 /100 29 °C 24 °C 7 mm 1 383 h 26 °C
14 Al Hoceïma Morocco 98 /100 27 °C 21 °C 5 mm 1 390 h 24 °C
15 Mamoudzou Mayotte 98 /100 26 °C 23 °C 13 mm 3 353 h 26 °C
16 Şalālah Oman 98 /100 28 °C 23 °C 5 mm 1 300 h 24 °C
17 Béjaïa Algeria 98 /100 30 °C 22 °C 17 mm 3 383 h 26 °C
18 Labuan Bajo Indonesia 98 /100 28 °C 23 °C 17 mm 3 362 h 28 °C
19 Toulon France 98 /100 28 °C 20 °C 17 mm 3 397 h 23 °C
20 Portoviejo Ecuador 98 /100 29 °C 21 °C 14 mm 4 261 h 25 °C
21 Quelimane Mozambique 98 /100 27 °C 19 °C 15 mm 4 335 h 24 °C
22 Sevastopol Ukraine 97 /100 27 °C 20 °C 21 mm 4 402 h 24 °C
23 Beira Mozambique 97 /100 27 °C 17 °C 12 mm 3 326 h 23 °C
24 Mohammedia Morocco 97 /100 28 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 389 h 23 °C
25 Gebze Turkey 97 /100 28 °C 20 °C 27 mm 4 386 h 24 °C
26 Málaga Spain 97 /100 29 °C 22 °C 5 mm 1 396 h 23 °C
27 Salé Morocco 97 /100 28 °C 21 °C 2 mm 0 391 h 23 °C
28 Alicante Spain 97 /100 30 °C 23 °C 14 mm 3 393 h 26 °C
29 El Jadida Morocco 97 /100 27 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 383 h 23 °C
30 Livorno Italy 97 /100 28 °C 21 °C 39 mm 5 391 h 25 °C
31 Port-Gentil Gabon 97 /100 27 °C 23 °C 15 mm 4 296 h 25 °C
32 Kenitra Morocco 97 /100 28 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 390 h 23 °C
33 Casablanca Morocco 97 /100 29 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 389 h 23 °C
34 Fortaleza Brazil 96 /100 30 °C 24 °C 9 mm 2 353 h 27 °C
35 Skikda Algeria 96 /100 30 °C 22 °C 13 mm 2 386 h 26 °C
36 Naples Italy 96 /100 30 °C 21 °C 23 mm 4 392 h 26 °C
37 Taganrog Russia 96 /100 27 °C 20 °C 30 mm 5 380 h 24 °C
38 Marseille France 96 /100 28 °C 20 °C 22 mm 3 397 h 22 °C
39 Tétouan Morocco 96 /100 29 °C 20 °C 7 mm 1 391 h 23 °C
40 Mataram Indonesia 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 8 mm 2 347 h 27 °C
41 Kupang Indonesia 95 /100 30 °C 23 °C 2 mm 1 357 h 27 °C
42 Palma Spain 95 /100 31 °C 23 °C 17 mm 2 395 h 26 °C
43 Mariupol Ukraine 95 /100 27 °C 20 °C 30 mm 5 381 h 24 °C
44 Odesa Ukraine 95 /100 27 °C 20 °C 37 mm 5 385 h 24 °C
45 Bari Italy 95 /100 29 °C 22 °C 24 mm 5 400 h 26 °C
46 Caucaia Brazil 95 /100 31 °C 24 °C 6 mm 1 353 h 27 °C
47 Oran Algeria 95 /100 31 °C 22 °C 3 mm 0 383 h 25 °C
48 Constanţa Romania 95 /100 27 °C 20 °C 36 mm 5 391 h 25 °C
49 Temara Morocco 95 /100 30 °C 19 °C 2 mm 0 391 h 23 °C
50 Marbella Spain 95 /100 28 °C 22 °C 4 mm 1 395 h 22 °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

July: top 5

  1. Valletta 100 /100
  2. Castelló de la Plana 100 /100
  3. Manta 100 /100
  4. Pemba 100 /100
  5. Sumgayit 100 /100

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. Nacala 100 /100
  2. Athens 100 /100
  3. Pemba 100 /100
  4. Manta 100 /100
  5. Townsville 99 /100

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

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

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.