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

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

Top three in August: Port Sudan (31 °C) , Djibouti (30 °C) , Berbera (29 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 5.7 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Port Sudan Sudan 31 °C 41 °C 29 °C 4 mm 1 358 h 31 °C
2 Djibouti Djibouti 30 °C 38 °C 30 °C 14 mm 3 347 h 30 °C
3 Berbera Somalia 29 °C 38 °C 31 °C 3 mm 1 349 h 29 °C
4 Arīsh Egypt 29 °C 32 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 379 h 29 °C
5 El Dibir Somalia 29 °C 34 °C 27 °C 1 mm 0 321 h 29 °C
6 Hurghada Egypt 29 °C 35 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 379 h 29 °C
7 Serekunda Gambia 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 263 mm 23 282 h 28 °C
8 Banjul Gambia 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 257 mm 23 283 h 28 °C
9 Sfax Tunisia 28 °C 32 °C 24 °C 4 mm 1 391 h 28 °C
10 Port Said Egypt 28 °C 32 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 376 h 28 °C
11 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 28 °C 32 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 377 h 28 °C
12 Mbour Senegal 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 150 mm 16 302 h 28 °C
13 Dakar Senegal 28 °C 29 °C 26 °C 128 mm 13 315 h 28 °C
14 Rufisque Senegal 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 130 mm 13 313 h 28 °C
15 Thiès Nones Senegal 28 °C 30 °C 24 °C 145 mm 15 307 h 28 °C
16 Thiès Senegal 28 °C 31 °C 24 °C 145 mm 15 307 h 28 °C
17 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 28 °C 28 °C 24 °C 446 mm 29 247 h 28 °C
18 Saint-Louis Senegal 28 °C 30 °C 26 °C 67 mm 9 333 h 28 °C
19 Idkū Egypt 28 °C 31 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 381 h 28 °C
20 Damietta Egypt 28 °C 31 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 376 h 28 °C
21 Misratah Libya 28 °C 30 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 378 h 28 °C
22 Alexandria Egypt 27 °C 30 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 381 h 27 °C
23 Zliten Libya 27 °C 33 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 380 h 27 °C
24 Az Zāwīyah Libya 27 °C 34 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 385 h 27 °C
25 Tripoli Libya 27 °C 32 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 385 h 27 °C
26 Dubréka Guinea 27 °C 27 °C 23 °C 757 mm 31 193 h 27 °C
27 Manéah Guinea 27 °C 27 °C 23 °C 754 mm 31 191 h 27 °C
28 Conakry Guinea 27 °C 27 °C 24 °C 837 mm 31 204 h 27 °C
29 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 27 °C 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 390 h 27 °C
30 Nouakchott Mauritania 27 °C 32 °C 25 °C 13 mm 2 357 h 27 °C
31 Benghazi Libya 27 °C 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 392 h 27 °C
32 Praia Cabo Verde 27 °C 29 °C 24 °C 48 mm 8 344 h 27 °C
33 Sousse Tunisia 27 °C 35 °C 22 °C 9 mm 1 389 h 27 °C
34 Freetown Sierra Leone 27 °C 26 °C 24 °C 691 mm 29 223 h 27 °C
35 Monrovia Liberia 27 °C 26 °C 23 °C 507 mm 27 234 h 27 °C
36 Annaba Algeria 26 °C 33 °C 21 °C 11 mm 2 389 h 26 °C
37 Victoria Seychelles 26 °C 26 °C 25 °C 62 mm 12 334 h 26 °C
38 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 26 °C 26 °C 24 °C 435 mm 28 235 h 26 °C
39 Sukrah Tunisia 26 °C 31 °C 23 °C 8 mm 2 391 h 26 °C
40 Tunis Tunisia 26 °C 33 °C 22 °C 9 mm 2 391 h 26 °C
41 Béjaïa Algeria 26 °C 30 °C 22 °C 17 mm 3 383 h 26 °C
42 Skikda Algeria 26 °C 30 °C 22 °C 13 mm 2 386 h 26 °C
43 Bata Equatorial Guinea 26 °C 27 °C 23 °C 104 mm 19 239 h 26 °C
44 Mamoudzou Mayotte 26 °C 26 °C 23 °C 13 mm 3 353 h 26 °C
45 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 26 °C 26 °C 24 °C 32 mm 5 306 h 26 °C
46 Zanzibar Tanzania 26 °C 28 °C 22 °C 24 mm 7 337 h 26 °C
47 Moroni Comoros 26 °C 27 °C 22 °C 41 mm 11 352 h 26 °C
48 Nacala Mozambique 26 °C 27 °C 19 °C 11 mm 3 337 h 26 °C
49 Pemba Mozambique 26 °C 27 °C 20 °C 11 mm 4 338 h 26 °C
50 Tanga Tanzania 26 °C 27 °C 21 °C 46 mm 13 337 h 26 °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

July: top 5

  1. Port Sudan 31 °C
  2. Djibouti 30 °C
  3. El Dibir 29 °C
  4. Berbera 29 °C
  5. Bissau 28 °C

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. Port Sudan 31 °C
  2. Djibouti 31 °C
  3. Berbera 31 °C
  4. El Dibir 29 °C
  5. Serekunda 29 °C

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average sea surface temperature at the coast, in °C, in August, 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.