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

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

Top three in October: Idkū (100 /100) , Damietta (100 /100) , Port Said (100 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 6.7 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Idkū Egypt 100 /100 28 °C 20 °C 7 mm 2 330 h 26 °C
2 Damietta Egypt 100 /100 27 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 333 h 26 °C
3 Port Said Egypt 100 /100 27 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 334 h 26 °C
4 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 100 /100 28 °C 20 °C 4 mm 1 334 h 26 °C
5 Alexandria Egypt 100 /100 27 °C 20 °C 6 mm 1 329 h 26 °C
6 Tel Aviv Israel 100 /100 28 °C 20 °C 18 mm 3 332 h 26 °C
7 Misratah Libya 100 /100 27 °C 21 °C 15 mm 3 315 h 25 °C
8 Manta Ecuador 100 /100 28 °C 22 °C 9 mm 2 288 h 25 °C
9 Gaza Palestinian Territory 100 /100 28 °C 20 °C 12 mm 3 332 h 26 °C
10 Ashdod Israel 100 /100 27 °C 20 °C 10 mm 2 332 h 26 °C
11 Benghazi Libya 100 /100 27 °C 19 °C 11 mm 2 328 h 25 °C
12 Arīsh Egypt 100 /100 27 °C 19 °C 5 mm 1 334 h 27 °C
13 Zliten Libya 100 /100 28 °C 19 °C 17 mm 3 312 h 25 °C
14 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 99 /100 26 °C 19 °C 5 mm 1 322 h 25 °C
15 Ramiros Angola 99 /100 28 °C 23 °C 15 mm 3 294 h 24 °C
16 Khān Yūnis Palestinian Territory 99 /100 29 °C 19 °C 9 mm 2 332 h 27 °C
17 Petaẖ Tiqva Israel 99 /100 29 °C 19 °C 12 mm 3 330 h 26 °C
18 Haifa Israel 99 /100 27 °C 21 °C 19 mm 4 329 h 26 °C
19 Tripoli Libya 98 /100 27 °C 20 °C 19 mm 4 308 h 25 °C
20 Xiamen China 98 /100 28 °C 21 °C 43 mm 4 298 h 25 °C
21 Luanda Angola 98 /100 29 °C 22 °C 15 mm 3 294 h 24 °C
22 Benguela Angola 98 /100 27 °C 22 °C 5 mm 2 358 h 24 °C
23 Az Zāwīyah Libya 98 /100 28 °C 20 °C 21 mm 4 306 h 25 °C
24 Limassol Cyprus 98 /100 27 °C 19 °C 16 mm 4 332 h 25 °C
25 Quanzhou China 98 /100 27 °C 20 °C 52 mm 4 277 h 25 °C
26 Nacala Mozambique 97 /100 29 °C 22 °C 16 mm 4 368 h 27 °C
27 Kikolo Angola 97 /100 30 °C 22 °C 17 mm 3 241 h 24 °C
28 Huanggang China 97 /100 28 °C 20 °C 44 mm 5 304 h 25 °C
29 El Dibir Somalia 96 /100 30 °C 25 °C 12 mm 2 339 h 27 °C
30 Mersin Turkey 96 /100 26 °C 16 °C 32 mm 4 324 h 26 °C
31 Beirut Lebanon 96 /100 27 °C 18 °C 28 mm 5 328 h 26 °C
32 Hurghada Egypt 96 /100 30 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 340 h 27 °C
33 Sfax Tunisia 96 /100 26 °C 19 °C 25 mm 4 302 h 25 °C
34 Sidon Lebanon 96 /100 27 °C 19 °C 27 mm 5 328 h 26 °C
35 Chang-hua Taiwan 96 /100 28 °C 22 °C 56 mm 5 317 h 26 °C
36 Townsville Australia 96 /100 29 °C 21 °C 26 mm 5 360 h 26 °C
37 Shantou China 96 /100 27 °C 21 °C 46 mm 5 305 h 26 °C
38 Portoviejo Ecuador 96 /100 29 °C 21 °C 19 mm 4 263 h 25 °C
39 Fortaleza Brazil 96 /100 30 °C 25 °C 6 mm 2 360 h 27 °C
40 Nicosia Cyprus 96 /100 27 °C 17 °C 36 mm 5 331 h 25 °C
41 Praia Cabo Verde 96 /100 29 °C 25 °C 31 mm 4 331 h 27 °C
42 Toliara Madagascar 95 /100 31 °C 21 °C 11 mm 2 372 h 26 °C
43 Donghai China 94 /100 28 °C 20 °C 56 mm 6 302 h 26 °C
44 Caucaia Brazil 94 /100 31 °C 25 °C 4 mm 1 359 h 27 °C
45 Quelimane Mozambique 94 /100 30 °C 23 °C 19 mm 4 366 h 26 °C
46 Antakya Turkey 94 /100 27 °C 17 °C 43 mm 6 317 h 26 °C
47 Tripoli Lebanon 94 /100 27 °C 18 °C 44 mm 6 328 h 26 °C
48 São José de Ribamar Brazil 94 /100 30 °C 26 °C 19 mm 4 361 h 27 °C
49 Pemba Mozambique 93 /100 30 °C 23 °C 18 mm 5 369 h 27 °C
50 Shanwei China 93 /100 27 °C 21 °C 58 mm 6 297 h 26 °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

September: top 5

  1. Nacala 100 /100
  2. Athens 100 /100
  3. Pemba 100 /100
  4. Manta 100 /100
  5. Townsville 99 /100

Full ranking for September

November: top 5

  1. Dammam 100 /100
  2. La Paz 100 /100
  3. Manta 100 /100
  4. Al Jubayl 99 /100
  5. Praia 99 /100

Full ranking for November

How this ranking is built

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