VacationSelector

Best cities for

Beaches

All 178 cities we have measured, ranked on beaches & swimming. Every score is computed from sourced figures against fixed anchors, so it means the same thing on every page. How the scores are built.

  1. 1DubaiUnited Arab Emirates100
  2. 2Rio de JaneiroBrazil100
  3. 3SingaporeSingapore100
  4. 4CancunMexico97
  5. 5MiamiUnited States95
  6. 6West Palm BeachUnited States88
  7. 7Hong KongHong Kong87
  8. 8Fort LauderdaleUnited States84
  9. 9LimassolCyprus79
  10. 10PaphosCyprus79

The rest of the ranking

  1. 11.Alicante77
  2. 12.Bodrum77
  3. 13.Dubrovnik77
  4. 14.Kotor77
  5. 15.Sorrento77
  6. 16.Valletta77
  7. 17.Manila76
  8. 18.Naples76
  9. 19.Tampa75
  10. 20.Cannes73
  11. 21.Genoa73
  12. 22.La Spezia73
  13. 23.Monaco73
  14. 24.Nice73
  15. 25.Rovinj73
  16. 26.Split73
  17. 27.Zadar73
  18. 28.Antalya72
  19. 29.Cadiz70
  20. 30.Venice69
  21. 31.Biarritz67
  22. 32.Marseille67
  23. 33.Palermo67
  24. 34.Valencia67
  25. 35.Malaga66
  26. 36.Barcelona65
  27. 37.New York64
  28. 38.San Diego63
  29. 39.Faro61
  30. 40.Jakarta61
  31. 41.Boston60
  32. 42.Cape Town60
  33. 43.Helsinki60
  34. 44.Liverpool60
  35. 45.Oslo60
  36. 46.Porto60
  37. 47.Reykjavik60
  38. 48.San Francisco60
  39. 49.Seattle60
  40. 50.Stockholm60
  41. 51.Sydney60
  42. 52.The Hague60
  43. 53.Vancouver60
  44. 54.Aarhus59
  45. 55.Catania58
  46. 56.Lisbon57
  47. 57.Edinburgh55
  48. 58.Gdansk55
  49. 59.Izmir55
  50. 60.Melbourne55
  51. 61.Osaka55
  52. 62.San Sebastian55
  53. 63.Thessaloniki55
  54. 64.Bergen54
  55. 65.Copenhagen54
  56. 66.Tallinn54
  57. 67.Chicago53
  58. 68.Tromso52
  59. 69.Galway51
  60. 70.Dublin49
  61. 71.Yokohama49
  62. 72.Athens48
  63. 73.Belfast48
  64. 74.Cardiff46
  65. 75.Istanbul43
  66. 76.Toronto43
  67. 77.Amsterdam40
  68. 78.Bangkok40
  69. 79.Kuala Lumpur40
  70. 80.Riga40
  71. 81.New Orleans39
  72. 82.Lima37
  73. 83.Rotterdam37
  74. 84.Glasgow36
  75. 85.Buenos Aires33
  76. 86.Rome33
  77. 87.Montpellier32
  78. 88.Bilbao31
  79. 89.Los Angeles29
  80. 90.Cork28
  81. 91.Inverness28
  82. 92.Manchester28
  83. 93.Ghent26
  84. 94.Killarney23
  85. 95.Pisa21
  86. 96.Tokyo21
  87. 97.Washington DC18
  88. 98.Kyoto17
  89. 99.Shanghai17
  90. 100.Tirana17
  91. 101.Seoul15
  92. 102.Bath8
  93. 103.Bruges8
  94. 104.San Jose8
  95. 105.Annecy0
  96. 106.Antwerp0
  97. 107.Atlanta0
  98. 108.Avignon0
  99. 109.Beijing0
  100. 110.Belgrade0
  101. 111.Berlin0
  102. 112.Bled0
  103. 113.Bologna0
  104. 114.Bordeaux0
  105. 115.Brasov0
  106. 116.Bratislava0
  107. 117.Brussels0
  108. 118.Bucharest0
  109. 119.Budapest0
  110. 120.Calgary0
  111. 121.Cologne0
  112. 122.Como0
  113. 123.Cordoba0
  114. 124.Dresden0
  115. 125.Florence0
  116. 126.Frankfurt0
  117. 127.Geneva0
  118. 128.Goreme0
  119. 129.Granada0
  120. 130.Hamburg0
  121. 131.Heidelberg0
  122. 132.Innsbruck0
  123. 133.Interlaken0
  124. 134.Krakow0
  125. 135.Las Vegas0
  126. 136.Ljubljana0
  127. 137.London0
  128. 138.Lucerne0
  129. 139.Lyon0
  130. 140.Maastricht0
  131. 141.Madrid0
  132. 142.Marrakech0
  133. 143.Mexico City0
  134. 144.Milan0
  135. 145.Montreal0
  136. 146.Mostar0
  137. 147.Munich0
  138. 148.Nuremberg0
  139. 149.Orlando0
  140. 150.Ottawa0
  141. 151.Paris0
  142. 152.Philadelphia0
  143. 153.Plovdiv0
  144. 154.Portland0
  145. 155.Prague0
  146. 156.Quebec City0
  147. 157.Rovaniemi0
  148. 158.Salzburg0
  149. 159.Santiago0
  150. 160.Santiago de Compostela0
  151. 161.Sao Paulo0
  152. 162.Sarajevo0
  153. 163.Seville0
  154. 164.Siena0
  155. 165.Skopje0
  156. 166.Sofia0
  157. 167.Strasbourg0
  158. 168.Stuttgart0
  159. 169.Toledo0
  160. 170.Toulouse0
  161. 171.Turin0
  162. 172.Verona0
  163. 173.Vienna0
  164. 174.Vilnius0
  165. 175.Warsaw0
  166. 176.York0
  167. 177.Zagreb0
  168. 178.Zurich0

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