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Best beach destinations in the world in January

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

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Rainfall
1 Kākināda India 100 /100 28 °C 10 mm
2 Puerto Vallarta Mexico 100 /100 28 °C 31 mm
3 Machilīpatnam India 100 /100 28 °C 9 mm
4 Puri India 100 /100 27 °C 10 mm
5 Berbera Somalia 100 /100 27 °C 6 mm
6 Aden Yemen 100 /100 27 °C 5 mm
7 Rasapūdipalem India 100 /100 27 °C 10 mm
8 Ongole India 100 /100 28 °C 10 mm
9 Chennai India 100 /100 28 °C 15 mm
10 Tiruvottiyūr India 100 /100 28 °C 16 mm
11 Barranquilla Colombia 100 /100 28 °C 9 mm
12 La Gi Vietnam 100 /100 28 °C 18 mm
13 Verāval India 100 /100 28 °C 0 mm
14 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 99 /100 27 °C 24 mm
15 Vũng Tàu Vietnam 99 /100 29 °C 21 mm
16 Mukalla Yemen 99 /100 26 °C 6 mm
17 Santa Marta Colombia 99 /100 27 °C 21 mm
18 Cumaná Venezuela 99 /100 29 °C 10 mm
19 Vĩnh Châu Vietnam 99 /100 28 °C 22 mm
20 Sittwe Myanmar 99 /100 26 °C 7 mm
21 Phan Thiết Vietnam 99 /100 29 °C 16 mm
22 Brahmapur India 99 /100 26 °C 13 mm
23 Paranaque City Philippines 99 /100 28 °C 30 mm
24 Porbandar India 99 /100 27 °C 1 mm
25 Mariveles Philippines 99 /100 28 °C 20 mm
26 Kyaukpyu Myanmar 99 /100 26 °C 10 mm
27 Quezon City Philippines 99 /100 28 °C 31 mm
28 Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm Vietnam 99 /100 27 °C 27 mm
29 Manila Philippines 98 /100 28 °C 29 mm
30 Şalālah Oman 98 /100 26 °C 2 mm
31 Malolos Philippines 98 /100 28 °C 29 mm
32 Mumbai India 98 /100 29 °C 1 mm
33 Soledad Colombia 98 /100 29 °C 9 mm
34 Vapi India 98 /100 28 °C 1 mm
35 Santiago de Cuba Cuba 98 /100 29 °C 13 mm
36 San Jose del Monte Philippines 98 /100 29 °C 31 mm
37 El Dibir Somalia 98 /100 26 °C 14 mm
38 Freetown Sierra Leone 98 /100 28 °C 13 mm
39 Al Ḩudaydah Yemen 98 /100 30 °C 7 mm
40 Manzanillo Mexico 98 /100 29 °C 22 mm
41 Thành Phố Bà Rịa Vietnam 98 /100 30 °C 20 mm
42 Mossamedes Angola 98 /100 28 °C 19 mm
43 Puducherry India 98 /100 27 °C 20 mm
44 Bạc Liêu Vietnam 98 /100 29 °C 22 mm
45 Borivli India 98 /100 30 °C 1 mm
46 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 98 /100 25 °C 9 mm
47 Olongapo Philippines 97 /100 29 °C 16 mm
48 Dagupan Philippines 97 /100 29 °C 10 mm
49 Surat India 97 /100 28 °C 1 mm
50 Navsari India 97 /100 29 °C 1 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.