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

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

Top three in September: Nacala (100 /100) , Athens (100 /100) , Pemba (100 /100) . Between first and 50th place the beach score differs by 5.5 /100.

# Destination Country Beach score Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Nacala Mozambique 100 /100 28 °C 20 °C 10 mm 3 344 h 26 °C
2 Athens Greece 100 /100 28 °C 19 °C 17 mm 3 343 h 25 °C
3 Pemba Mozambique 100 /100 28 °C 21 °C 10 mm 3 345 h 26 °C
4 Manta Ecuador 100 /100 27 °C 21 °C 8 mm 2 275 h 24 °C
5 Townsville Australia 99 /100 27 °C 19 °C 10 mm 2 343 h 24 °C
6 Quelimane Mozambique 99 /100 29 °C 21 °C 12 mm 3 332 h 25 °C
7 Oran Algeria 98 /100 28 °C 20 °C 16 mm 3 337 h 24 °C
8 Toliara Madagascar 98 /100 29 °C 19 °C 6 mm 1 351 h 25 °C
9 Mostaganem Algeria 98 /100 28 °C 20 °C 17 mm 3 338 h 24 °C
10 Misratah Libya 98 /100 29 °C 24 °C 7 mm 1 348 h 27 °C
11 Şalālah Oman 98 /100 30 °C 23 °C 8 mm 2 309 h 25 °C
12 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 97 /100 30 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 356 h 27 °C
13 Sfax Tunisia 97 /100 29 °C 23 °C 27 mm 3 337 h 27 °C
14 Alexandria Egypt 97 /100 29 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 355 h 27 °C
15 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 97 /100 26 °C 22 °C 16 mm 3 240 h 23 °C
16 Almería Spain 97 /100 28 °C 20 °C 17 mm 2 345 h 23 °C
17 Cartagena Spain 97 /100 26 °C 21 °C 38 mm 4 338 h 24 °C
18 Haifa Israel 97 /100 29 °C 23 °C 3 mm 1 344 h 28 °C
19 Cabinda Angola 97 /100 26 °C 22 °C 10 mm 2 300 h 24 °C
20 Tripoli Lebanon 97 /100 29 °C 21 °C 7 mm 2 348 h 28 °C
21 Valletta Malta 96 /100 26 °C 23 °C 34 mm 4 341 h 26 °C
22 Benghazi Libya 96 /100 30 °C 22 °C 2 mm 1 342 h 26 °C
23 Sidon Lebanon 96 /100 29 °C 22 °C 6 mm 2 346 h 28 °C
24 Alanya Turkey 96 /100 28 °C 20 °C 22 mm 3 351 h 28 °C
25 Fortaleza Brazil 96 /100 30 °C 24 °C 5 mm 1 341 h 27 °C
26 Elche Spain 96 /100 28 °C 19 °C 36 mm 5 334 h 25 °C
27 Damietta Egypt 96 /100 30 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 351 h 27 °C
28 Mamoudzou Mayotte 96 /100 26 °C 23 °C 17 mm 5 353 h 26 °C
29 Beira Mozambique 96 /100 29 °C 19 °C 17 mm 4 325 h 25 °C
30 Ţarţūs Syria 96 /100 29 °C 22 °C 19 mm 3 344 h 28 °C
31 Nador Morocco 96 /100 28 °C 19 °C 26 mm 4 334 h 23 °C
32 Limassol Cyprus 96 /100 30 °C 22 °C 3 mm 1 350 h 26 °C
33 Mersin Turkey 95 /100 29 °C 20 °C 11 mm 2 347 h 28 °C
34 Ashdod Israel 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 344 h 28 °C
35 Mohammedia Morocco 95 /100 26 °C 19 °C 11 mm 2 336 h 23 °C
36 Sukrah Tunisia 95 /100 28 °C 21 °C 39 mm 5 330 h 25 °C
37 Cairns Australia 95 /100 26 °C 20 °C 17 mm 4 342 h 25 °C
38 Temara Morocco 95 /100 27 °C 18 °C 14 mm 3 337 h 22 °C
39 Casablanca Morocco 95 /100 27 °C 19 °C 11 mm 2 335 h 22 °C
40 Rabat Morocco 95 /100 27 °C 19 °C 14 mm 3 337 h 22 °C
41 Portoviejo Ecuador 95 /100 29 °C 21 °C 20 mm 5 254 h 24 °C
42 Algiers Algeria 95 /100 28 °C 19 °C 28 mm 5 330 h 24 °C
43 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Spain 95 /100 25 °C 21 °C 12 mm 2 349 h 23 °C
44 Idkū Egypt 95 /100 30 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 355 h 27 °C
45 São José de Ribamar Brazil 95 /100 30 °C 26 °C 12 mm 3 354 h 28 °C
46 Beirut Lebanon 95 /100 30 °C 21 °C 6 mm 1 347 h 28 °C
47 El Jadida Morocco 95 /100 26 °C 20 °C 12 mm 2 334 h 23 °C
48 Salé Morocco 95 /100 26 °C 19 °C 15 mm 3 337 h 22 °C
49 Caucaia Brazil 95 /100 31 °C 24 °C 3 mm 1 341 h 27 °C
50 Tel Aviv Israel 94 /100 30 °C 22 °C 2 mm 0 344 h 28 °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

August: top 5

  1. Durrës 100 /100
  2. Nacala 100 /100
  3. Sumgayit 100 /100
  4. Manta 100 /100
  5. Valletta 99 /100

Full ranking for August

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

How this ranking is built

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