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

2 destinations share the top spot at 99 /100 in March, listed by sea temperature, starting with Yanbu. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.

Top three in March: Yanbu (99 /100) , Muscat (99 /100) , Port Sudan (99 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 5.7 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 99 /100 28 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 340 h 25 °C
2 Muscat Oman 99 /100 28 °C 20 °C 18 mm 2 339 h 24 °C
3 Port Sudan Sudan 99 /100 29 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 344 h 26 °C
4 Manzanillo Mexico 99 /100 29 °C 20 °C 6 mm 0 362 h 25 °C
5 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 99 /100 29 °C 21 °C 5 mm 1 339 h 26 °C
6 Berbera Somalia 99 /100 29 °C 23 °C 9 mm 2 358 h 27 °C
7 Mukalla Yemen 99 /100 29 °C 22 °C 12 mm 2 361 h 27 °C
8 El Dibir Somalia 98 /100 29 °C 24 °C 2 mm 1 361 h 26 °C
9 Aden Yemen 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 4 mm 1 357 h 26 °C
10 Şalālah Oman 98 /100 29 °C 21 °C 10 mm 1 340 h 26 °C
11 Havana Cuba 98 /100 28 °C 21 °C 22 mm 4 341 h 26 °C
12 Kyaukpyu Myanmar 98 /100 29 °C 23 °C 6 mm 1 361 h 27 °C
13 Puerto Vallarta Mexico 98 /100 29 °C 18 °C 10 mm 1 356 h 24 °C
14 Cox’s Bāzār Bangladesh 98 /100 30 °C 22 °C 31 mm 3 354 h 26 °C
15 Ras Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates 97 /100 27 °C 19 °C 21 mm 2 327 h 23 °C
16 Sanya China 97 /100 27 °C 22 °C 18 mm 4 330 h 24 °C
17 Oranjestad Aruba 97 /100 27 °C 25 °C 14 mm 4 361 h 26 °C
18 San Miguel del Padrón Cuba 97 /100 28 °C 21 °C 24 mm 4 340 h 26 °C
19 Porlamar Venezuela 97 /100 26 °C 24 °C 16 mm 4 347 h 24 °C
20 Sharjah United Arab Emirates 97 /100 28 °C 18 °C 19 mm 2 326 h 23 °C
21 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Mexico 97 /100 30 °C 21 °C 8 mm 0 364 h 27 °C
22 Cumaná Venezuela 97 /100 30 °C 23 °C 15 mm 2 345 h 24 °C
23 Freetown Sierra Leone 96 /100 28 °C 26 °C 18 mm 4 354 h 27 °C
24 Bandar Abbas Iran 96 /100 28 °C 18 °C 43 mm 4 324 h 23 °C
25 Veracruz Mexico 96 /100 29 °C 21 °C 20 mm 4 318 h 24 °C
26 Praia Cabo Verde 96 /100 26 °C 20 °C 1 mm 0 350 h 23 °C
27 Conakry Guinea 96 /100 30 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 358 h 27 °C
28 Karachi Pakistan 96 /100 30 °C 20 °C 3 mm 1 343 h 24 °C
29 Barranquilla Colombia 96 /100 29 °C 25 °C 21 mm 4 356 h 26 °C
30 La Gi Vietnam 96 /100 30 °C 24 °C 15 mm 2 360 h 27 °C
31 Sittwe Myanmar 96 /100 30 °C 22 °C 9 mm 1 360 h 27 °C
32 Kralendijk Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba 96 /100 27 °C 25 °C 17 mm 5 354 h 27 °C
33 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 96 /100 28 °C 18 °C 13 mm 2 327 h 22 °C
34 Basuo China 95 /100 27 °C 21 °C 22 mm 5 326 h 24 °C
35 Coatzacoalcos Mexico 95 /100 29 °C 22 °C 24 mm 5 321 h 25 °C
36 Vũng Tàu Vietnam 95 /100 30 °C 25 °C 18 mm 3 362 h 27 °C
37 Puerto La Cruz Venezuela 95 /100 29 °C 24 °C 31 mm 5 344 h 24 °C
38 Dubai United Arab Emirates 95 /100 29 °C 17 °C 17 mm 2 325 h 23 °C
39 Mazatlán Mexico 95 /100 27 °C 17 °C 3 mm 0 351 h 22 °C
40 Perth Australia 95 /100 29 °C 18 °C 19 mm 2 348 h 22 °C
41 Chattogram Bangladesh 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 54 mm 5 349 h 26 °C
42 Jamestown Saint Helena 95 /100 24 °C 23 °C 8 mm 3 353 h 25 °C
43 Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago 94 /100 29 °C 24 °C 21 mm 5 354 h 27 °C
44 San Pedro de Macorís Dominican Republic 94 /100 29 °C 23 °C 22 mm 5 355 h 27 °C
45 Mariveles Philippines 94 /100 30 °C 25 °C 19 mm 3 357 h 28 °C
46 Porbandar India 94 /100 31 °C 21 °C 0 mm 0 344 h 25 °C
47 Gustavia Saint Barthelemy 94 /100 25 °C 24 °C 20 mm 5 352 h 26 °C
48 Paranaque City Philippines 94 /100 31 °C 24 °C 23 mm 3 351 h 27 °C
49 Arica Chile 94 /100 27 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 358 h 22 °C
50 Barcelona Venezuela 94 /100 31 °C 23 °C 18 mm 3 343 h 25 °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

February: top 5

  1. Aden 100 /100
  2. Jeddah 100 /100
  3. Berbera 100 /100
  4. Mukalla 100 /100
  5. El Dibir 100 /100

Full ranking for February

April: top 5

  1. Porlamar 100 /100
  2. Manzanillo 99 /100
  3. Al Muharraq 98 /100
  4. Mazatlán 98 /100
  5. Praia 97 /100

Full ranking for April

How this ranking is built

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