Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in February
Beira tops the list at 30 °C in February. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.
| # | Destination | Country | Sea temp | Avg high | Rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beira | Mozambique | 30 °C | 30 °C | 166 mm |
| 2 | Mahajanga | Madagascar | 29 °C | 30 °C | 315 mm |
| 3 | Toliara | Madagascar | 29 °C | 31 °C | 132 mm |
| 4 | Mamoudzou | Mayotte | 29 °C | 28 °C | 198 mm |
| 5 | Moroni | Comoros | 29 °C | 30 °C | 224 mm |
| 6 | Quelimane | Mozambique | 29 °C | 30 °C | 159 mm |
| 7 | Malabo | Equatorial Guinea | 29 °C | 29 °C | 69 mm |
| 8 | Libreville | Gabon | 29 °C | 29 °C | 222 mm |
| 9 | Pemba | Mozambique | 29 °C | 30 °C | 208 mm |
| 10 | São Tomé | Sao Tome and Principe | 29 °C | 29 °C | 127 mm |
| 11 | Nacala | Mozambique | 29 °C | 29 °C | 278 mm |
| 12 | Bata | Equatorial Guinea | 29 °C | 29 °C | 178 mm |
| 13 | Victoria | Seychelles | 29 °C | 27 °C | 125 mm |
| 14 | Port-Gentil | Gabon | 29 °C | 29 °C | 239 mm |
| 15 | Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 29 °C | 31 °C | 60 mm |
| 16 | Zanzibar | Tanzania | 29 °C | 31 °C | 37 mm |
| 17 | Toamasina | Madagascar | 29 °C | 28 °C | 322 mm |
| 18 | Lekki | Nigeria | 28 °C | 30 °C | 43 mm |
| 19 | Ajegunle | Nigeria | 28 °C | 31 °C | 44 mm |
| 20 | Ebute Ikorodu | Nigeria | 28 °C | 32 °C | 44 mm |
| 21 | Agege | Nigeria | 28 °C | 32 °C | 44 mm |
| 22 | Abomey-Calavi | Benin | 28 °C | 30 °C | 38 mm |
| 23 | Cotonou | Benin | 28 °C | 30 °C | 40 mm |
| 24 | Porto-Novo | Benin | 28 °C | 31 °C | 41 mm |
| 25 | Pointe-Noire | Republic of the Congo | 28 °C | 29 °C | 205 mm |
| 26 | Tanga | Tanzania | 28 °C | 33 °C | 35 mm |
| 27 | Saint-Denis | Reunion | 28 °C | 28 °C | 256 mm |
| 28 | Soyo | Angola | 28 °C | 28 °C | 116 mm |
| 29 | Cabinda | Angola | 28 °C | 28 °C | 177 mm |
| 30 | Port Louis | Mauritius | 28 °C | 29 °C | 179 mm |
| 31 | Matuga | Kenya | 28 °C | 31 °C | 17 mm |
| 32 | Mombasa | Kenya | 28 °C | 32 °C | 20 mm |
| 33 | Jomvu | Kenya | 28 °C | 33 °C | 23 mm |
| 34 | Ramiros | Angola | 28 °C | 30 °C | 57 mm |
| 35 | Lomé | Togo | 28 °C | 31 °C | 36 mm |
| 36 | Accra | Ghana | 28 °C | 31 °C | 37 mm |
| 37 | Luanda | Angola | 28 °C | 31 °C | 60 mm |
| 38 | Mulenvos | Angola | 28 °C | 32 °C | 65 mm |
| 39 | Ashaiman | Ghana | 28 °C | 32 °C | 23 mm |
| 40 | Sekondi | Ghana | 28 °C | 30 °C | 49 mm |
| 41 | Takoradi | Ghana | 28 °C | 30 °C | 52 mm |
| 42 | Cape Coast | Ghana | 28 °C | 31 °C | 56 mm |
| 43 | Xai-Xai | Mozambique | 28 °C | 30 °C | 84 mm |
| 44 | Koumassi | Ivory Coast | 27 °C | 29 °C | 98 mm |
| 45 | Abidjan | Ivory Coast | 27 °C | 30 °C | 107 mm |
| 46 | Freetown | Sierra Leone | 27 °C | 28 °C | 7 mm |
| 47 | Conakry | Guinea | 27 °C | 30 °C | 2 mm |
| 48 | Benguela | Angola | 27 °C | 30 °C | 50 mm |
| 49 | Manéah | Guinea | 27 °C | 33 °C | 1 mm |
| 50 | Dubréka | Guinea | 27 °C | 33 °C | 1 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
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- 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.