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

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

Top three in November: Dammam (100 /100) , La Paz (100 /100) , Manta (100 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 7.3 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Dammam Saudi Arabia 100 /100 27 °C 19 °C 18 mm 2 306 h 26 °C
2 La Paz Mexico 100 /100 28 °C 19 °C 12 mm 1 303 h 26 °C
3 Manta Ecuador 100 /100 28 °C 22 °C 13 mm 3 297 h 25 °C
4 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 99 /100 27 °C 18 °C 23 mm 2 302 h 27 °C
5 Praia Cabo Verde 99 /100 28 °C 23 °C 6 mm 1 313 h 27 °C
6 Al Muharraq Bahrain 99 /100 26 °C 22 °C 12 mm 2 307 h 26 °C
7 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 99 /100 28 °C 22 °C 15 mm 2 303 h 27 °C
8 Lusail Qatar 99 /100 28 °C 21 °C 8 mm 1 312 h 27 °C
9 Mazatlán Mexico 98 /100 28 °C 20 °C 31 mm 2 301 h 27 °C
10 Hāthazāri Bangladesh 98 /100 28 °C 20 °C 45 mm 3 299 h 27 °C
11 Doha Qatar 98 /100 29 °C 20 °C 7 mm 1 312 h 27 °C
12 Chattogram Bangladesh 98 /100 27 °C 21 °C 47 mm 3 299 h 27 °C
13 Mossamedes Angola 98 /100 27 °C 20 °C 5 mm 1 358 h 23 °C
14 Ar Rayyān Qatar 98 /100 29 °C 19 °C 8 mm 1 312 h 27 °C
15 Hurghada Egypt 98 /100 25 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 317 h 26 °C
16 Al Aḩmadī Kuwait 98 /100 26 °C 15 °C 29 mm 3 292 h 24 °C
17 Bushehr Iran 97 /100 26 °C 20 °C 37 mm 3 289 h 26 °C
18 Benguela Angola 97 /100 29 °C 23 °C 19 mm 4 337 h 26 °C
19 Mukalla Yemen 97 /100 29 °C 22 °C 14 mm 1 328 h 27 °C
20 Muscat Oman 97 /100 29 °C 21 °C 13 mm 1 309 h 28 °C
21 Bandar Abbas Iran 97 /100 29 °C 20 °C 12 mm 2 297 h 27 °C
22 Los Mochis Mexico 97 /100 30 °C 18 °C 16 mm 2 294 h 26 °C
23 Ḩawallī Kuwait 97 /100 25 °C 17 °C 31 mm 3 292 h 24 °C
24 Dakar Senegal 96 /100 30 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 315 h 27 °C
25 Aden Yemen 96 /100 30 °C 23 °C 3 mm 1 328 h 28 °C
26 Cape Coral United States 96 /100 26 °C 18 °C 35 mm 4 286 h 24 °C
27 Ras Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates 96 /100 29 °C 23 °C 5 mm 1 299 h 28 °C
28 Karachi Pakistan 96 /100 30 °C 20 °C 2 mm 0 314 h 27 °C
29 Puri India 95 /100 29 °C 20 °C 49 mm 4 281 h 28 °C
30 Berbera Somalia 95 /100 29 °C 23 °C 22 mm 3 327 h 29 °C
31 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 95 /100 30 °C 21 °C 3 mm 0 303 h 28 °C
32 Sanya China 95 /100 27 °C 22 °C 51 mm 5 299 h 26 °C
33 Şalālah Oman 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 8 mm 1 321 h 28 °C
34 Fortaleza Brazil 95 /100 30 °C 25 °C 9 mm 3 351 h 27 °C
35 Portoviejo Ecuador 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 24 mm 4 275 h 25 °C
36 Yongkang Taiwan 95 /100 26 °C 20 °C 40 mm 5 276 h 26 °C
37 Brahmapur India 94 /100 28 °C 20 °C 64 mm 5 283 h 28 °C
38 Tainan Taiwan 94 /100 26 °C 20 °C 40 mm 5 276 h 26 °C
39 Cox’s Bāzār Bangladesh 94 /100 28 °C 21 °C 45 mm 4 301 h 28 °C
40 Caucaia Brazil 94 /100 31 °C 25 °C 6 mm 2 350 h 27 °C
41 Bhavnagar India 94 /100 31 °C 22 °C 5 mm 1 304 h 27 °C
42 Chang-hua Taiwan 93 /100 26 °C 19 °C 42 mm 5 285 h 24 °C
43 Serekunda Gambia 93 /100 31 °C 25 °C 2 mm 0 319 h 28 °C
44 El Dibir Somalia 93 /100 28 °C 24 °C 37 mm 6 322 h 27 °C
45 Sharjah United Arab Emirates 93 /100 30 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 299 h 28 °C
46 Honolulu United States 93 /100 26 °C 23 °C 45 mm 6 308 h 26 °C
47 Kaohsiung Taiwan 93 /100 26 °C 20 °C 47 mm 6 273 h 26 °C
48 Basuo China 93 /100 27 °C 21 °C 53 mm 6 295 h 27 °C
49 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 92 /100 30 °C 21 °C 16 mm 1 311 h 29 °C
50 Saint-Louis Senegal 92 /100 31 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 312 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

October: top 5

  1. Idkū 100 /100
  2. Damietta 100 /100
  3. Port Said 100 /100
  4. Al Maţarīyah 100 /100
  5. Alexandria 100 /100

Full ranking for October

December: top 5

  1. Puri 100 /100
  2. Şalālah 100 /100
  3. Mukalla 100 /100
  4. Aden 100 /100
  5. Kākināda 100 /100

Full ranking for December

How this ranking is built

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