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Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in April: ranked by sea temperature

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

Top three in April: Victoria (30 °C) , Mahajanga (30 °C) , Mamoudzou (29 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 2.3 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Victoria Seychelles 30 °C 28 °C 27 °C 111 mm 17 332 h 30 °C
2 Mahajanga Madagascar 30 °C 32 °C 24 °C 45 mm 9 340 h 30 °C
3 Mamoudzou Mayotte 29 °C 28 °C 26 °C 71 mm 14 341 h 29 °C
4 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 182 mm 26 275 h 29 °C
5 Bata Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 259 mm 28 251 h 29 °C
6 Moroni Comoros 29 °C 30 °C 26 °C 153 mm 22 338 h 29 °C
7 Libreville Gabon 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 264 mm 27 264 h 29 °C
8 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 146 mm 19 282 h 29 °C
9 Pemba Mozambique 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 98 mm 16 324 h 29 °C
10 Lekki Nigeria 29 °C 30 °C 27 °C 125 mm 21 299 h 29 °C
11 Lagos Nigeria 29 °C 30 °C 26 °C 125 mm 21 299 h 29 °C
12 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 29 °C 31 °C 26 °C 133 mm 21 297 h 29 °C
13 Agege Nigeria 29 °C 31 °C 25 °C 116 mm 20 301 h 29 °C
14 Mogadishu Somalia 29 °C 31 °C 26 °C 57 mm 11 352 h 29 °C
15 Nacala Mozambique 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 80 mm 14 326 h 29 °C
16 Matuga Kenya 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 150 mm 24 306 h 29 °C
17 Zanzibar Tanzania 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 215 mm 25 292 h 29 °C
18 Mombasa Kenya 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 130 mm 22 305 h 29 °C
19 Tanga Tanzania 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 188 mm 24 304 h 29 °C
20 Jomvu Kenya 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 121 mm 22 304 h 29 °C
21 Porto-Novo Benin 29 °C 31 °C 26 °C 98 mm 19 311 h 29 °C
22 Kismayo Somalia 29 °C 32 °C 26 °C 73 mm 14 347 h 29 °C
23 Djibouti Djibouti 29 °C 31 °C 26 °C 33 mm 7 348 h 29 °C
24 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 201 mm 25 294 h 29 °C
25 Cotonou Benin 29 °C 30 °C 27 °C 97 mm 18 312 h 29 °C
26 Abomey-Calavi Benin 29 °C 30 °C 26 °C 90 mm 17 312 h 29 °C
27 Port-Gentil Gabon 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 230 mm 27 266 h 29 °C
28 Koumassi Ivory Coast 28 °C 29 °C 26 °C 148 mm 24 309 h 28 °C
29 Accra Ghana 28 °C 31 °C 26 °C 65 mm 13 330 h 28 °C
30 Sekondi Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 95 mm 19 322 h 28 °C
31 Takoradi Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 104 mm 20 321 h 28 °C
32 Lomé Togo 28 °C 31 °C 26 °C 76 mm 16 330 h 28 °C
33 Berbera Somalia 28 °C 31 °C 25 °C 23 mm 5 352 h 28 °C
34 Ashaiman Ghana 28 °C 32 °C 26 °C 49 mm 11 332 h 28 °C
35 Abidjan Ivory Coast 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 157 mm 24 309 h 28 °C
36 Cape Coast Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 106 mm 21 321 h 28 °C
37 San-Pédro Ivory Coast 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 88 mm 19 306 h 28 °C
38 Quelimane Mozambique 28 °C 28 °C 23 °C 73 mm 13 321 h 28 °C
39 Monrovia Liberia 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 203 mm 26 303 h 28 °C
40 Toamasina Madagascar 28 °C 27 °C 23 °C 166 mm 22 302 h 28 °C
41 Beira Mozambique 28 °C 29 °C 21 °C 61 mm 11 318 h 28 °C
42 Toliara Madagascar 28 °C 30 °C 23 °C 21 mm 4 334 h 28 °C
43 Cabinda Angola 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 191 mm 23 282 h 28 °C
44 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 186 mm 23 264 h 28 °C
45 El Dibir Somalia 28 °C 31 °C 26 °C 3 mm 1 350 h 28 °C
46 Soyo Angola 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 137 mm 19 276 h 28 °C
47 Conakry Guinea 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 6 mm 1 349 h 28 °C
48 Freetown Sierra Leone 28 °C 28 °C 26 °C 46 mm 8 337 h 28 °C
49 Manéah Guinea 28 °C 33 °C 24 °C 8 mm 1 348 h 28 °C
50 Dubréka Guinea 28 °C 33 °C 24 °C 6 mm 1 348 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

March: top 5

  1. Mahajanga 30 °C
  2. Mamoudzou 30 °C
  3. Victoria 29 °C
  4. Moroni 29 °C
  5. Zanzibar 29 °C

Full ranking for March

May: top 5

  1. Djibouti 31 °C
  2. Berbera 30 °C
  3. Malabo 29 °C
  4. Victoria 29 °C
  5. Lekki 29 °C

Full ranking for May

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average sea surface temperature at the coast, in °C, in April, 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 Africa with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by beach score.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering 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.