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

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

Top three in July: Valletta (100 /100) , Castelló de la Plana (100 /100) , Manta (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 Valletta Malta 100 /100 27 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 428 h 25 °C
2 Castelló de la Plana Spain 100 /100 28 °C 21 °C 8 mm 1 422 h 25 °C
3 Manta Ecuador 100 /100 27 °C 22 °C 9 mm 2 271 h 25 °C
4 Pemba Mozambique 100 /100 27 °C 20 °C 9 mm 3 331 h 26 °C
5 Sumgayit Azerbaijan 100 /100 28 °C 24 °C 7 mm 2 412 h 25 °C
6 Praia Cabo Verde 99 /100 29 °C 23 °C 9 mm 2 363 h 25 °C
7 Port-Gentil Gabon 99 /100 26 °C 22 °C 10 mm 2 305 h 25 °C
8 Baku Azerbaijan 99 /100 29 °C 24 °C 7 mm 1 412 h 25 °C
9 Toliara Madagascar 99 /100 27 °C 17 °C 3 mm 1 320 h 24 °C
10 Cartagena Spain 99 /100 28 °C 22 °C 2 mm 0 426 h 24 °C
11 Nacala Mozambique 99 /100 26 °C 19 °C 11 mm 3 332 h 26 °C
12 Béjaïa Algeria 99 /100 29 °C 21 °C 4 mm 1 413 h 24 °C
13 Livorno Italy 99 /100 27 °C 21 °C 24 mm 3 433 h 24 °C
14 Khirdalan Azerbaijan 99 /100 29 °C 23 °C 7 mm 2 412 h 25 °C
15 Şalālah Oman 98 /100 29 °C 24 °C 6 mm 2 305 h 25 °C
16 Alicante Spain 98 /100 29 °C 22 °C 5 mm 1 427 h 25 °C
17 Mamoudzou Mayotte 98 /100 26 °C 24 °C 12 mm 3 338 h 26 °C
18 Latakia Syria 98 /100 29 °C 24 °C 11 mm 3 408 h 27 °C
19 Misratah Libya 98 /100 30 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 417 h 26 °C
20 Haifa Israel 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 408 h 27 °C
21 Skikda Algeria 98 /100 29 °C 21 °C 3 mm 1 406 h 24 °C
22 Saint-Louis Senegal 98 /100 30 °C 25 °C 16 mm 2 355 h 26 °C
23 Ţarţūs Syria 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 4 mm 1 414 h 27 °C
24 Durrës Albania 98 /100 27 °C 22 °C 30 mm 4 426 h 24 °C
25 Alexandria Egypt 97 /100 30 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 418 h 26 °C
26 Arnavutköy Turkey 97 /100 28 °C 20 °C 23 mm 4 423 h 24 °C
27 Palermo Italy 97 /100 30 °C 22 °C 7 mm 2 427 h 26 °C
28 Istanbul Turkey 97 /100 28 °C 21 °C 20 mm 3 421 h 23 °C
29 Kupang Indonesia 97 /100 30 °C 23 °C 4 mm 1 348 h 27 °C
30 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 97 /100 26 °C 24 °C 17 mm 4 313 h 26 °C
31 Naples Italy 97 /100 29 °C 21 °C 19 mm 4 422 h 25 °C
32 Bari Italy 97 /100 29 °C 22 °C 25 mm 4 424 h 25 °C
33 Mahajanga Madagascar 96 /100 30 °C 21 °C 2 mm 0 328 h 26 °C
34 Messina Italy 96 /100 29 °C 22 °C 19 mm 4 428 h 26 °C
35 Palma Spain 96 /100 30 °C 22 °C 6 mm 1 427 h 25 °C
36 Tripoli Lebanon 96 /100 30 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 416 h 27 °C
37 Benghazi Libya 96 /100 30 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 409 h 25 °C
38 Barcelona Spain 96 /100 27 °C 20 °C 24 mm 4 415 h 24 °C
39 Badalona Spain 96 /100 28 °C 20 °C 24 mm 4 415 h 24 °C
40 Valencia Spain 96 /100 30 °C 21 °C 8 mm 2 423 h 25 °C
41 Al Hoceïma Morocco 96 /100 27 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 408 h 22 °C
42 Mohammedia Morocco 96 /100 27 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 396 h 22 °C
43 Sidon Lebanon 96 /100 30 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 413 h 27 °C
44 Mataram Indonesia 95 /100 30 °C 23 °C 19 mm 3 338 h 28 °C
45 Ashdod Israel 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 407 h 27 °C
46 Sukrah Tunisia 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 2 mm 0 408 h 25 °C
47 Taranto Italy 95 /100 31 °C 22 °C 12 mm 2 427 h 25 °C
48 Salé Morocco 95 /100 27 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 396 h 22 °C
49 Casablanca Morocco 95 /100 28 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 396 h 22 °C
50 Oran Algeria 95 /100 30 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 417 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

June: top 5

  1. Dakar 100 /100
  2. Mersin 100 /100
  3. Toliara 100 /100
  4. Sidon 100 /100
  5. Haifa 100 /100

Full ranking for June

August: top 5

  1. Durrës 100 /100
  2. Nacala 100 /100
  3. Sumgayit 100 /100
  4. Manta 100 /100
  5. Valletta 99 /100

Full ranking for August

How this ranking is built

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