Best beach destinations in the world in February
2 destinations share the top spot at 100 /100 in February, listed by sea temperature, starting with Aden. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.
| # | Destination | Country | Beach score | Avg high | Rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aden | Yemen | 100 /100 | 27 °C | 3 mm |
| 2 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 100 /100 | 27 °C | 3 mm |
| 3 | Berbera | Somalia | 100 /100 | 28 °C | 6 mm |
| 4 | Mukalla | Yemen | 100 /100 | 27 °C | 7 mm |
| 5 | El Dibir | Somalia | 100 /100 | 27 °C | 4 mm |
| 6 | Kyaukpyu | Myanmar | 100 /100 | 27 °C | 3 mm |
| 7 | Şalālah | Oman | 100 /100 | 27 °C | 1 mm |
| 8 | Sittwe | Myanmar | 100 /100 | 28 °C | 4 mm |
| 9 | Santa Marta | Colombia | 100 /100 | 27 °C | 18 mm |
| 10 | Vĩnh Châu | Vietnam | 100 /100 | 28 °C | 9 mm |
| 11 | Port Sudan | Sudan | 100 /100 | 27 °C | 6 mm |
| 12 | Barranquilla | Colombia | 99 /100 | 29 °C | 5 mm |
| 13 | Manzanillo | Mexico | 99 /100 | 29 °C | 14 mm |
| 14 | Puerto Vallarta | Mexico | 99 /100 | 28 °C | 25 mm |
| 15 | Cox’s Bāzār | Bangladesh | 99 /100 | 27 °C | 10 mm |
| 16 | Brahmapur | India | 99 /100 | 29 °C | 16 mm |
| 17 | Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm | Vietnam | 99 /100 | 29 °C | 16 mm |
| 18 | Yanbu | Saudi Arabia | 99 /100 | 26 °C | 4 mm |
| 19 | Puerto La Cruz | Venezuela | 99 /100 | 28 °C | 14 mm |
| 20 | Freetown | Sierra Leone | 99 /100 | 28 °C | 7 mm |
| 21 | Porbandar | India | 99 /100 | 28 °C | 1 mm |
| 22 | Paranaque City | Philippines | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 21 mm |
| 23 | Rasapūdipalem | India | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 9 mm |
| 24 | Vũng Tàu | Vietnam | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 8 mm |
| 25 | La Gi | Vietnam | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 4 mm |
| 26 | Quezon City | Philippines | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 27 mm |
| 27 | Manila | Philippines | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 21 mm |
| 28 | Antipolo | Philippines | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 28 mm |
| 29 | Verāval | India | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 0 mm |
| 30 | Mariveles | Philippines | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 17 mm |
| 31 | Malolos | Philippines | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 25 mm |
| 32 | Puducherry | India | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 10 mm |
| 33 | Cuddalore | India | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 11 mm |
| 34 | Mossamedes | Angola | 98 /100 | 28 °C | 26 mm |
| 35 | Santiago de Cuba | Cuba | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 16 mm |
| 36 | San Miguel del Padrón | Cuba | 98 /100 | 27 °C | 29 mm |
| 37 | Cumaná | Venezuela | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 6 mm |
| 38 | Şabyā | Saudi Arabia | 98 /100 | 29 °C | 10 mm |
| 39 | Bạc Liêu | Vietnam | 97 /100 | 30 °C | 10 mm |
| 40 | Phan Thiết | Vietnam | 97 /100 | 30 °C | 6 mm |
| 41 | Veracruz | Mexico | 97 /100 | 27 °C | 14 mm |
| 42 | Puri | India | 97 /100 | 30 °C | 16 mm |
| 43 | Soledad | Colombia | 97 /100 | 30 °C | 5 mm |
| 44 | Hāthazāri | Bangladesh | 97 /100 | 27 °C | 16 mm |
| 45 | Havana | Cuba | 97 /100 | 27 °C | 28 mm |
| 46 | Kākināda | India | 97 /100 | 30 °C | 10 mm |
| 47 | Panama City | Panama | 97 /100 | 30 °C | 11 mm |
| 48 | Karachi | Pakistan | 97 /100 | 27 °C | 5 mm |
| 49 | Machilīpatnam | India | 97 /100 | 30 °C | 8 mm |
| 50 | Chattogram | Bangladesh | 97 /100 | 27 °C | 16 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
- 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.