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Best beach destinations in the world in May

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

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Rainfall
1 Sumbe Angola 100 /100 28 °C 3 mm
2 Toliara Madagascar 99 /100 29 °C 7 mm
3 Benguela Angola 99 /100 29 °C 2 mm
4 Praia Cabo Verde 99 /100 27 °C 0 mm
5 Ramiros Angola 98 /100 30 °C 10 mm
6 Porlamar Venezuela 98 /100 28 °C 16 mm
7 Mazatlán Mexico 97 /100 30 °C 1 mm
8 Serekunda Gambia 97 /100 28 °C 1 mm
9 Manzanillo Mexico 96 /100 30 °C 6 mm
10 Mossamedes Angola 96 /100 29 °C 0 mm
11 Townsville Australia 96 /100 26 °C 29 mm
12 Banjul Gambia 96 /100 29 °C 1 mm
13 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 95 /100 28 °C 0 mm
14 Hurghada Egypt 95 /100 31 °C 0 mm
15 Luanda Angola 95 /100 31 °C 10 mm
16 Oranjestad Aruba 95 /100 28 °C 28 mm
17 Beira Mozambique 95 /100 27 °C 23 mm
18 Nacala Mozambique 94 /100 28 °C 16 mm
19 Rufisque Senegal 94 /100 28 °C 0 mm
20 Arīsh Egypt 94 /100 27 °C 2 mm
21 Kikolo Angola 94 /100 31 °C 14 mm
22 Dakar Senegal 94 /100 26 °C 0 mm
23 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 94 /100 27 °C 2 mm
24 Port Said Egypt 93 /100 27 °C 2 mm
25 Xai-Xai Mozambique 93 /100 26 °C 29 mm
26 Khān Yūnis Palestinian Territory 93 /100 28 °C 3 mm
27 Idkū Egypt 93 /100 27 °C 1 mm
28 Gaza Palestinian Territory 92 /100 27 °C 4 mm
29 Pemba Mozambique 92 /100 28 °C 22 mm
30 Petaẖ Tiqva Israel 92 /100 28 °C 7 mm
31 Tel Aviv Israel 92 /100 27 °C 6 mm
32 Honolulu United States 91 /100 26 °C 28 mm
33 Kupang Indonesia 91 /100 30 °C 24 mm
34 Puerto Vallarta Mexico 91 /100 32 °C 16 mm
35 Manta Ecuador 91 /100 28 °C 35 mm
36 Ashdod Israel 91 /100 26 °C 5 mm
37 Damietta Egypt 91 /100 26 °C 2 mm
38 Al Muharraq Bahrain 90 /100 32 °C 0 mm
39 Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas Mexico 90 /100 31 °C 12 mm
40 Soyo Angola 90 /100 27 °C 42 mm
41 Alexandria Egypt 90 /100 26 °C 1 mm
42 Kralendijk Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba 90 /100 28 °C 33 mm
43 Bushehr Iran 90 /100 32 °C 2 mm
44 Saint-Louis Senegal 90 /100 28 °C 0 mm
45 Mamoudzou Mayotte 89 /100 28 °C 24 mm
46 Quelimane Mozambique 89 /100 27 °C 34 mm
47 Beirut Lebanon 89 /100 26 °C 20 mm
48 St. Petersburg United States 89 /100 28 °C 63 mm
49 Jamestown Saint Helena 89 /100 23 °C 6 mm
50 La Paz Mexico 88 /100 32 °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.