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

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

Top three in June: Dakar (100 /100) , Mersin (100 /100) , Toliara (100 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 5.1 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Dakar Senegal 100 /100 28 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 353 h 25 °C
2 Mersin Turkey 100 /100 28 °C 19 °C 6 mm 1 411 h 25 °C
3 Toliara Madagascar 100 /100 27 °C 18 °C 5 mm 1 300 h 25 °C
4 Sidon Lebanon 100 /100 28 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 399 h 25 °C
5 Haifa Israel 100 /100 27 °C 20 °C 3 mm 1 396 h 25 °C
6 Tripoli Lebanon 100 /100 28 °C 20 °C 2 mm 0 402 h 25 °C
7 Ashdod Israel 99 /100 28 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 396 h 25 °C
8 Praia Cabo Verde 99 /100 28 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 374 h 24 °C
9 Manta Ecuador 99 /100 27 °C 23 °C 14 mm 4 271 h 26 °C
10 Beirut Lebanon 99 /100 29 °C 20 °C 3 mm 1 400 h 25 °C
11 Nacala Mozambique 99 /100 27 °C 20 °C 10 mm 3 322 h 27 °C
12 Ţarţūs Syria 99 /100 27 °C 20 °C 11 mm 3 400 h 25 °C
13 Tel Aviv Israel 99 /100 29 °C 20 °C 2 mm 0 397 h 25 °C
14 Alexandria Egypt 99 /100 28 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 415 h 24 °C
15 Rufisque Senegal 99 /100 29 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 353 h 25 °C
16 Serekunda Gambia 99 /100 29 °C 25 °C 14 mm 2 342 h 26 °C
17 Pemba Mozambique 98 /100 27 °C 21 °C 11 mm 3 323 h 27 °C
18 Mamoudzou Mayotte 98 /100 27 °C 24 °C 13 mm 3 328 h 27 °C
19 Damietta Egypt 98 /100 29 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 410 h 24 °C
20 Alanya Turkey 98 /100 28 °C 19 °C 17 mm 4 417 h 25 °C
21 Saint-Louis Senegal 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 354 h 24 °C
22 Port Said Egypt 98 /100 30 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 407 h 25 °C
23 İskenderun Turkey 97 /100 29 °C 21 °C 13 mm 3 403 h 25 °C
24 Sfax Tunisia 97 /100 29 °C 20 °C 3 mm 1 394 h 24 °C
25 Banjul Gambia 97 /100 30 °C 25 °C 14 mm 2 343 h 26 °C
26 Arīsh Egypt 97 /100 30 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 396 h 25 °C
27 Gaza Palestinian Territory 97 /100 30 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 391 h 25 °C
28 Ramiros Angola 97 /100 27 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 321 h 23 °C
29 Idkū Egypt 97 /100 30 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 416 h 24 °C
30 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 97 /100 29 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 403 h 23 °C
31 Benguela Angola 97 /100 26 °C 19 °C 2 mm 0 323 h 24 °C
32 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 97 /100 26 °C 21 °C 7 mm 1 267 h 23 °C
33 Antakya Turkey 97 /100 30 °C 20 °C 8 mm 2 402 h 25 °C
34 Netanya Israel 97 /100 30 °C 19 °C 2 mm 0 397 h 25 °C
35 Cabinda Angola 97 /100 25 °C 22 °C 4 mm 1 310 h 24 °C
36 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 97 /100 29 °C 23 °C 7 mm 1 385 h 23 °C
37 Misratah Libya 96 /100 27 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 403 h 23 °C
38 Luanda Angola 96 /100 28 °C 20 °C 0 mm 0 321 h 23 °C
39 Kupang Indonesia 96 /100 30 °C 24 °C 15 mm 2 326 h 28 °C
40 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 96 /100 30 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 410 h 25 °C
41 Mbour Senegal 96 /100 30 °C 23 °C 3 mm 1 350 h 25 °C
42 Antalya Turkey 96 /100 30 °C 19 °C 9 mm 2 415 h 25 °C
43 Latakia Syria 95 /100 27 °C 21 °C 21 mm 5 393 h 25 °C
44 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 95 /100 27 °C 25 °C 30 mm 5 306 h 27 °C
45 Palermo Italy 95 /100 27 °C 20 °C 15 mm 3 407 h 22 °C
46 Soyo Angola 95 /100 25 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 301 h 23 °C
47 Kikolo Angola 95 /100 29 °C 19 °C 0 mm 0 306 h 22 °C
48 Khān Yūnis Palestinian Territory 95 /100 31 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 389 h 25 °C
49 Sumbe Angola 95 /100 26 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 291 h 23 °C
50 Taranto Italy 95 /100 27 °C 19 °C 17 mm 4 408 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

May: top 5

  1. Sumbe 100 /100
  2. Toliara 99 /100
  3. Benguela 99 /100
  4. Praia 99 /100
  5. Ramiros 98 /100

Full ranking for May

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

How this ranking is built

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