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

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

Top three in February: Beira (30 °C) , Mahajanga (29 °C) , Toliara (29 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 2.2 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Beira Mozambique 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 166 mm 17 297 h 30 °C
2 Mahajanga Madagascar 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 315 mm 24 265 h 29 °C
3 Toliara Madagascar 29 °C 31 °C 25 °C 132 mm 14 326 h 29 °C
4 Mamoudzou Mayotte 29 °C 28 °C 26 °C 198 mm 20 292 h 29 °C
5 Moroni Comoros 29 °C 30 °C 26 °C 224 mm 21 296 h 29 °C
6 Quelimane Mozambique 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 159 mm 19 307 h 29 °C
7 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 69 mm 16 293 h 29 °C
8 Libreville Gabon 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 222 mm 26 259 h 29 °C
9 Pemba Mozambique 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 208 mm 23 288 h 29 °C
10 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 127 mm 20 287 h 29 °C
11 Nacala Mozambique 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 278 mm 24 291 h 29 °C
12 Bata Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 178 mm 26 251 h 29 °C
13 Victoria Seychelles 29 °C 27 °C 26 °C 125 mm 13 308 h 29 °C
14 Port-Gentil Gabon 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 239 mm 26 256 h 29 °C
15 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 29 °C 31 °C 26 °C 60 mm 10 320 h 29 °C
16 Zanzibar Tanzania 29 °C 31 °C 26 °C 37 mm 8 323 h 29 °C
17 Toamasina Madagascar 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 322 mm 24 272 h 29 °C
18 Lekki Nigeria 28 °C 30 °C 26 °C 43 mm 11 308 h 28 °C
19 Ajegunle Nigeria 28 °C 31 °C 26 °C 44 mm 11 308 h 28 °C
20 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 28 °C 32 °C 25 °C 44 mm 11 307 h 28 °C
21 Agege Nigeria 28 °C 32 °C 25 °C 44 mm 11 307 h 28 °C
22 Abomey-Calavi Benin 28 °C 30 °C 26 °C 38 mm 9 306 h 28 °C
23 Cotonou Benin 28 °C 30 °C 26 °C 40 mm 10 308 h 28 °C
24 Porto-Novo Benin 28 °C 31 °C 25 °C 41 mm 10 307 h 28 °C
25 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 28 °C 29 °C 24 °C 205 mm 23 244 h 28 °C
26 Tanga Tanzania 28 °C 33 °C 25 °C 35 mm 7 326 h 28 °C
27 Saint-Denis Reunion 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 256 mm 22 325 h 28 °C
28 Soyo Angola 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 116 mm 16 266 h 28 °C
29 Cabinda Angola 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 177 mm 21 262 h 28 °C
30 Port Louis Mauritius 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 179 mm 23 325 h 28 °C
31 Matuga Kenya 28 °C 31 °C 24 °C 17 mm 4 327 h 28 °C
32 Mombasa Kenya 28 °C 32 °C 25 °C 20 mm 4 326 h 28 °C
33 Jomvu Kenya 28 °C 33 °C 24 °C 23 mm 5 326 h 28 °C
34 Ramiros Angola 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 57 mm 9 292 h 28 °C
35 Lomé Togo 28 °C 31 °C 26 °C 36 mm 8 309 h 28 °C
36 Accra Ghana 28 °C 31 °C 25 °C 37 mm 9 300 h 28 °C
37 Luanda Angola 28 °C 31 °C 24 °C 60 mm 9 293 h 28 °C
38 Mulenvos Angola 28 °C 32 °C 24 °C 65 mm 10 291 h 28 °C
39 Ashaiman Ghana 28 °C 32 °C 26 °C 23 mm 6 302 h 28 °C
40 Sekondi Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 49 mm 13 299 h 28 °C
41 Takoradi Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 52 mm 14 299 h 28 °C
42 Cape Coast Ghana 28 °C 31 °C 25 °C 56 mm 13 295 h 28 °C
43 Xai-Xai Mozambique 28 °C 30 °C 24 °C 84 mm 12 315 h 28 °C
44 Koumassi Ivory Coast 27 °C 29 °C 25 °C 98 mm 19 293 h 27 °C
45 Abidjan Ivory Coast 27 °C 30 °C 25 °C 107 mm 20 293 h 27 °C
46 Freetown Sierra Leone 27 °C 28 °C 25 °C 7 mm 2 315 h 27 °C
47 Conakry Guinea 27 °C 30 °C 24 °C 2 mm 0 313 h 27 °C
48 Benguela Angola 27 °C 30 °C 24 °C 50 mm 5 300 h 27 °C
49 Manéah Guinea 27 °C 33 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 312 h 27 °C
50 Dubréka Guinea 27 °C 33 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 312 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

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

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

How this ranking is built

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