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Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in August

Port Sudan tops the list at 31 °C in August. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Rainfall
1 Port Sudan Sudan 31 °C 41 °C 4 mm
2 Djibouti Djibouti 30 °C 38 °C 14 mm
3 Berbera Somalia 29 °C 38 °C 3 mm
4 Arīsh Egypt 29 °C 32 °C 0 mm
5 El Dibir Somalia 29 °C 34 °C 1 mm
6 Hurghada Egypt 29 °C 35 °C 0 mm
7 Serekunda Gambia 28 °C 28 °C 263 mm
8 Banjul Gambia 28 °C 29 °C 257 mm
9 Sfax Tunisia 28 °C 32 °C 4 mm
10 Port Said Egypt 28 °C 32 °C 0 mm
11 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 28 °C 32 °C 0 mm
12 Mbour Senegal 28 °C 29 °C 150 mm
13 Dakar Senegal 28 °C 29 °C 128 mm
14 Rufisque Senegal 28 °C 29 °C 130 mm
15 Thiès Nones Senegal 28 °C 30 °C 145 mm
16 Thiès Senegal 28 °C 31 °C 145 mm
17 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 28 °C 28 °C 446 mm
18 Saint-Louis Senegal 28 °C 30 °C 67 mm
19 Idkū Egypt 28 °C 31 °C 0 mm
20 Damietta Egypt 28 °C 31 °C 0 mm
21 Misratah Libya 28 °C 30 °C 1 mm
22 Alexandria Egypt 27 °C 30 °C 0 mm
23 Zliten Libya 27 °C 33 °C 1 mm
24 Az Zāwīyah Libya 27 °C 34 °C 1 mm
25 Tripoli Libya 27 °C 32 °C 1 mm
26 Dubréka Guinea 27 °C 27 °C 757 mm
27 Manéah Guinea 27 °C 27 °C 754 mm
28 Conakry Guinea 27 °C 27 °C 837 mm
29 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 27 °C 31 °C 0 mm
30 Nouakchott Mauritania 27 °C 32 °C 13 mm
31 Benghazi Libya 27 °C 31 °C 0 mm
32 Praia Cabo Verde 27 °C 29 °C 48 mm
33 Sousse Tunisia 27 °C 35 °C 9 mm
34 Freetown Sierra Leone 27 °C 26 °C 691 mm
35 Monrovia Liberia 27 °C 26 °C 507 mm
36 Annaba Algeria 26 °C 33 °C 11 mm
37 Victoria Seychelles 26 °C 26 °C 62 mm
38 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 26 °C 26 °C 435 mm
39 Sukrah Tunisia 26 °C 31 °C 8 mm
40 Tunis Tunisia 26 °C 33 °C 9 mm
41 Béjaïa Algeria 26 °C 30 °C 17 mm
42 Skikda Algeria 26 °C 30 °C 13 mm
43 Bata Equatorial Guinea 26 °C 27 °C 104 mm
44 Mamoudzou Mayotte 26 °C 26 °C 13 mm
45 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 26 °C 26 °C 32 mm
46 Zanzibar Tanzania 26 °C 28 °C 24 mm
47 Moroni Comoros 26 °C 27 °C 41 mm
48 Nacala Mozambique 26 °C 27 °C 11 mm
49 Pemba Mozambique 26 °C 27 °C 11 mm
50 Tanga Tanzania 26 °C 27 °C 46 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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