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

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 in the world.

Top three in February: Aden (100 /100) , Jeddah (100 /100) , Berbera (100 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 3.5 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Aden Yemen 100 /100 27 °C 22 °C 3 mm 1 306 h 26 °C
2 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 100 /100 27 °C 20 °C 3 mm 1 306 h 26 °C
3 Berbera Somalia 100 /100 28 °C 21 °C 6 mm 1 311 h 26 °C
4 Mukalla Yemen 100 /100 27 °C 20 °C 7 mm 1 317 h 26 °C
5 El Dibir Somalia 100 /100 27 °C 22 °C 4 mm 1 323 h 26 °C
6 Kyaukpyu Myanmar 100 /100 27 °C 21 °C 3 mm 1 313 h 26 °C
7 Şalālah Oman 100 /100 27 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 307 h 25 °C
8 Sittwe Myanmar 100 /100 28 °C 19 °C 4 mm 1 309 h 25 °C
9 Santa Marta Colombia 100 /100 27 °C 24 °C 18 mm 3 321 h 25 °C
10 Vĩnh Châu Vietnam 100 /100 28 °C 24 °C 9 mm 2 316 h 26 °C
11 Port Sudan Sudan 100 /100 27 °C 19 °C 6 mm 2 295 h 25 °C
12 Barranquilla Colombia 99 /100 29 °C 25 °C 5 mm 1 321 h 26 °C
13 Manzanillo Mexico 99 /100 29 °C 20 °C 14 mm 1 304 h 26 °C
14 Puerto Vallarta Mexico 99 /100 28 °C 18 °C 25 mm 2 299 h 24 °C
15 Cox’s Bāzār Bangladesh 99 /100 27 °C 18 °C 10 mm 1 302 h 24 °C
16 Brahmapur India 99 /100 29 °C 19 °C 16 mm 3 304 h 26 °C
17 Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm Vietnam 99 /100 29 °C 21 °C 16 mm 2 318 h 25 °C
18 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 99 /100 26 °C 17 °C 4 mm 1 303 h 24 °C
19 Puerto La Cruz Venezuela 99 /100 28 °C 23 °C 14 mm 3 309 h 24 °C
20 Freetown Sierra Leone 99 /100 28 °C 25 °C 7 mm 2 315 h 27 °C
21 Porbandar India 99 /100 28 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 310 h 24 °C
22 Paranaque City Philippines 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 21 mm 3 300 h 27 °C
23 Rasapūdipalem India 98 /100 29 °C 21 °C 9 mm 2 308 h 27 °C
24 Vũng Tàu Vietnam 98 /100 29 °C 24 °C 8 mm 1 321 h 26 °C
25 La Gi Vietnam 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 4 mm 1 321 h 25 °C
26 Quezon City Philippines 98 /100 29 °C 22 °C 27 mm 3 301 h 27 °C
27 Manila Philippines 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 21 mm 3 300 h 27 °C
28 Antipolo Philippines 98 /100 29 °C 22 °C 28 mm 3 301 h 27 °C
29 Verāval India 98 /100 29 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 310 h 24 °C
30 Mariveles Philippines 98 /100 29 °C 24 °C 17 mm 3 308 h 27 °C
31 Malolos Philippines 98 /100 29 °C 22 °C 25 mm 3 304 h 27 °C
32 Puducherry India 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 10 mm 2 320 h 27 °C
33 Cuddalore India 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 11 mm 3 321 h 27 °C
34 Mossamedes Angola 98 /100 28 °C 22 °C 26 mm 4 322 h 25 °C
35 Santiago de Cuba Cuba 98 /100 29 °C 21 °C 16 mm 3 307 h 27 °C
36 San Miguel del Padrón Cuba 98 /100 27 °C 20 °C 29 mm 4 295 h 26 °C
37 Cumaná Venezuela 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 6 mm 2 309 h 24 °C
38 Şabyā Saudi Arabia 98 /100 29 °C 22 °C 10 mm 2 305 h 27 °C
39 Bạc Liêu Vietnam 97 /100 30 °C 24 °C 10 mm 2 314 h 26 °C
40 Phan Thiết Vietnam 97 /100 30 °C 22 °C 6 mm 1 322 h 25 °C
41 Veracruz Mexico 97 /100 27 °C 19 °C 14 mm 3 276 h 23 °C
42 Puri India 97 /100 30 °C 20 °C 16 mm 2 302 h 26 °C
43 Soledad Colombia 97 /100 30 °C 25 °C 5 mm 1 321 h 26 °C
44 Hāthazāri Bangladesh 97 /100 27 °C 17 °C 16 mm 2 295 h 23 °C
45 Havana Cuba 97 /100 27 °C 20 °C 28 mm 4 295 h 26 °C
46 Kākināda India 97 /100 30 °C 21 °C 10 mm 2 308 h 27 °C
47 Panama City Panama 97 /100 30 °C 24 °C 11 mm 3 308 h 25 °C
48 Karachi Pakistan 97 /100 27 °C 16 °C 5 mm 1 300 h 23 °C
49 Machilīpatnam India 97 /100 30 °C 21 °C 8 mm 1 311 h 27 °C
50 Chattogram Bangladesh 97 /100 27 °C 18 °C 16 mm 2 296 h 23 °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

January: top 5

  1. Kākināda 100 /100
  2. Puerto Vallarta 100 /100
  3. Machilīpatnam 100 /100
  4. Puri 100 /100
  5. Berbera 100 /100

Full ranking for January

March: top 5

  1. Yanbu 99 /100
  2. Muscat 99 /100
  3. Port Sudan 99 /100
  4. Manzanillo 99 /100
  5. Jeddah 99 /100

Full ranking for March

How this ranking is built

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