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

Mahajanga tops the list at 29 °C in December. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in December: Mahajanga (29 °C) , Mamoudzou (29 °C) , Moroni (29 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 2.5 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Mahajanga Madagascar 29 °C 31 °C 25 °C 225 mm 24 344 h 29 °C
2 Mamoudzou Mayotte 29 °C 28 °C 26 °C 113 mm 18 355 h 29 °C
3 Moroni Comoros 29 °C 31 °C 26 °C 183 mm 22 354 h 29 °C
4 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 28 °C 26 °C 61 mm 17 329 h 29 °C
5 Beira Mozambique 29 °C 31 °C 24 °C 175 mm 15 345 h 29 °C
6 Conakry Guinea 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 11 mm 2 329 h 29 °C
7 Manéah Guinea 29 °C 31 °C 22 °C 11 mm 2 326 h 29 °C
8 Dubréka Guinea 29 °C 31 °C 22 °C 11 mm 3 326 h 29 °C
9 Monrovia Liberia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 107 mm 22 319 h 29 °C
10 Zanzibar Tanzania 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 91 mm 19 361 h 29 °C
11 Pemba Mozambique 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 160 mm 19 356 h 29 °C
12 Freetown Sierra Leone 29 °C 28 °C 26 °C 36 mm 9 330 h 29 °C
13 Lekki Nigeria 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 32 mm 10 331 h 29 °C
14 Ajegunle Nigeria 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 32 mm 9 333 h 29 °C
15 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 29 °C 31 °C 24 °C 32 mm 9 331 h 29 °C
16 Agege Nigeria 29 °C 31 °C 24 °C 31 mm 9 332 h 29 °C
17 Nacala Mozambique 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 176 mm 18 357 h 29 °C
18 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 92 mm 17 362 h 29 °C
19 Porto-Novo Benin 28 °C 31 °C 25 °C 35 mm 9 332 h 28 °C
20 Abomey-Calavi Benin 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 31 mm 8 330 h 28 °C
21 Cotonou Benin 28 °C 29 °C 26 °C 35 mm 9 332 h 28 °C
22 Victoria Seychelles 28 °C 27 °C 25 °C 204 mm 22 339 h 28 °C
23 Bata Equatorial Guinea 28 °C 28 °C 23 °C 215 mm 30 279 h 28 °C
24 Koumassi Ivory Coast 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 109 mm 22 325 h 28 °C
25 Tanga Tanzania 28 °C 31 °C 25 °C 72 mm 16 363 h 28 °C
26 Sekondi Ghana 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 52 mm 14 334 h 28 °C
27 Libreville Gabon 28 °C 28 °C 24 °C 319 mm 30 289 h 28 °C
28 Takoradi Ghana 28 °C 29 °C 24 °C 54 mm 15 334 h 28 °C
29 San-Pédro Ivory Coast 28 °C 29 °C 24 °C 72 mm 18 320 h 28 °C
30 Abidjan Ivory Coast 28 °C 29 °C 24 °C 115 mm 22 325 h 28 °C
31 Accra Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 31 mm 8 334 h 28 °C
32 Cape Coast Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 24 °C 50 mm 14 331 h 28 °C
33 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 28 °C 27 °C 25 °C 191 mm 26 303 h 28 °C
34 Matuga Kenya 28 °C 30 °C 24 °C 62 mm 14 361 h 28 °C
35 Quelimane Mozambique 28 °C 31 °C 25 °C 111 mm 14 365 h 28 °C
36 Mombasa Kenya 28 °C 30 °C 24 °C 72 mm 17 358 h 28 °C
37 Jomvu Kenya 28 °C 31 °C 24 °C 75 mm 17 358 h 28 °C
38 Lomé Togo 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 30 mm 8 338 h 28 °C
39 Toliara Madagascar 28 °C 32 °C 24 °C 76 mm 11 395 h 28 °C
40 Ashaiman Ghana 28 °C 31 °C 25 °C 22 mm 5 338 h 28 °C
41 Port-Gentil Gabon 28 °C 28 °C 24 °C 354 mm 30 281 h 28 °C
42 Toamasina Madagascar 28 °C 28 °C 23 °C 209 mm 21 350 h 28 °C
43 Kismayo Somalia 28 °C 31 °C 25 °C 34 mm 7 365 h 28 °C
44 Djibouti Djibouti 28 °C 28 °C 22 °C 24 mm 6 329 h 28 °C
45 Port Sudan Sudan 27 °C 27 °C 21 °C 42 mm 12 290 h 27 °C
46 Mogadishu Somalia 27 °C 30 °C 25 °C 28 mm 5 363 h 27 °C
47 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 27 °C 33 °C 22 °C 2 mm 0 321 h 27 °C
48 Berbera Somalia 27 °C 28 °C 21 °C 10 mm 2 337 h 27 °C
49 Saint-Denis Reunion 27 °C 27 °C 24 °C 141 mm 18 382 h 27 °C
50 Port Louis Mauritius 27 °C 29 °C 24 °C 99 mm 17 383 h 27 °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

November: top 5

  1. Bissau 29 °C
  2. Port Sudan 29 °C
  3. Djibouti 29 °C
  4. Conakry 29 °C
  5. Manéah 29 °C

Full ranking for November

January: top 5

  1. Mahajanga 29 °C
  2. Beira 29 °C
  3. Mamoudzou 29 °C
  4. Moroni 29 °C
  5. Toliara 29 °C

Full ranking for January

How this ranking is built

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