Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in April

Victoria tops the list at 30 °C in April. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Rainfall
1 Victoria Seychelles 30 °C 28 °C 111 mm
2 Mahajanga Madagascar 30 °C 32 °C 45 mm
3 Mamoudzou Mayotte 29 °C 28 °C 71 mm
4 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 29 °C 182 mm
5 Bata Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 29 °C 259 mm
6 Moroni Comoros 29 °C 30 °C 153 mm
7 Libreville Gabon 29 °C 29 °C 264 mm
8 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 29 °C 29 °C 146 mm
9 Pemba Mozambique 29 °C 29 °C 98 mm
10 Lekki Nigeria 29 °C 30 °C 125 mm
11 Lagos Nigeria 29 °C 30 °C 125 mm
12 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 29 °C 31 °C 133 mm
13 Agege Nigeria 29 °C 31 °C 116 mm
14 Mogadishu Somalia 29 °C 31 °C 57 mm
15 Nacala Mozambique 29 °C 29 °C 80 mm
16 Matuga Kenya 29 °C 29 °C 150 mm
17 Zanzibar Tanzania 29 °C 29 °C 215 mm
18 Mombasa Kenya 29 °C 30 °C 130 mm
19 Tanga Tanzania 29 °C 30 °C 188 mm
20 Jomvu Kenya 29 °C 30 °C 121 mm
21 Porto-Novo Benin 29 °C 31 °C 98 mm
22 Kismayo Somalia 29 °C 32 °C 73 mm
23 Djibouti Djibouti 29 °C 31 °C 33 mm
24 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 29 °C 29 °C 201 mm
25 Cotonou Benin 29 °C 30 °C 97 mm
26 Abomey-Calavi Benin 29 °C 30 °C 90 mm
27 Port-Gentil Gabon 29 °C 29 °C 230 mm
28 Koumassi Ivory Coast 28 °C 29 °C 148 mm
29 Accra Ghana 28 °C 31 °C 65 mm
30 Sekondi Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 95 mm
31 Takoradi Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 104 mm
32 Lomé Togo 28 °C 31 °C 76 mm
33 Berbera Somalia 28 °C 31 °C 23 mm
34 Ashaiman Ghana 28 °C 32 °C 49 mm
35 Abidjan Ivory Coast 28 °C 30 °C 157 mm
36 Cape Coast Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 106 mm
37 San-Pédro Ivory Coast 28 °C 30 °C 88 mm
38 Quelimane Mozambique 28 °C 28 °C 73 mm
39 Monrovia Liberia 28 °C 29 °C 203 mm
40 Toamasina Madagascar 28 °C 27 °C 166 mm
41 Beira Mozambique 28 °C 29 °C 61 mm
42 Toliara Madagascar 28 °C 30 °C 21 mm
43 Cabinda Angola 28 °C 28 °C 191 mm
44 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 28 °C 29 °C 186 mm
45 El Dibir Somalia 28 °C 31 °C 3 mm
46 Soyo Angola 28 °C 28 °C 137 mm
47 Conakry Guinea 28 °C 30 °C 6 mm
48 Freetown Sierra Leone 28 °C 28 °C 46 mm
49 Manéah Guinea 28 °C 33 °C 8 mm
50 Dubréka Guinea 28 °C 33 °C 6 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.

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