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Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in January

2 destinations share the top spot at 29 °C in January, listed by beach score, starting with Mahajanga. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Rainfall
1 Mahajanga Madagascar 29 °C 30 °C 419 mm
2 Beira Mozambique 29 °C 31 °C 205 mm
3 Mamoudzou Mayotte 29 °C 28 °C 234 mm
4 Moroni Comoros 29 °C 30 °C 264 mm
5 Toliara Madagascar 29 °C 31 °C 199 mm
6 Quelimane Mozambique 29 °C 30 °C 227 mm
7 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 28 °C 49 mm
8 Nacala Mozambique 29 °C 29 °C 328 mm
9 Pemba Mozambique 29 °C 30 °C 249 mm
10 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 29 °C 28 °C 150 mm
11 Libreville Gabon 29 °C 29 °C 255 mm
12 Bata Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 29 °C 175 mm
13 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 28 °C 31 °C 57 mm
14 Victoria Seychelles 28 °C 27 °C 218 mm
15 Zanzibar Tanzania 28 °C 30 °C 44 mm
16 Toamasina Madagascar 28 °C 28 °C 327 mm
17 Port-Gentil Gabon 28 °C 28 °C 284 mm
18 Monrovia Liberia 28 °C 29 °C 82 mm
19 Lekki Nigeria 28 °C 30 °C 30 mm
20 Ajegunle Nigeria 28 °C 31 °C 32 mm
21 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 28 °C 32 °C 32 mm
22 Tanga Tanzania 28 °C 32 °C 34 mm
23 Agege Nigeria 28 °C 32 °C 31 mm
24 Abomey-Calavi Benin 28 °C 30 °C 25 mm
25 Cotonou Benin 28 °C 29 °C 30 mm
26 Porto-Novo Benin 28 °C 31 °C 30 mm
27 Saint-Denis Reunion 28 °C 28 °C 266 mm
28 Freetown Sierra Leone 28 °C 28 °C 13 mm
29 Matuga Kenya 28 °C 30 °C 26 mm
30 Mombasa Kenya 28 °C 31 °C 29 mm
31 Jomvu Kenya 28 °C 32 °C 31 mm
32 Port Louis Mauritius 28 °C 30 °C 194 mm
33 Conakry Guinea 28 °C 30 °C 3 mm
34 Manéah Guinea 28 °C 32 °C 3 mm
35 Dubréka Guinea 28 °C 33 °C 3 mm
36 San-Pédro Ivory Coast 27 °C 29 °C 51 mm
37 Sekondi Ghana 27 °C 29 °C 42 mm
38 Takoradi Ghana 27 °C 30 °C 44 mm
39 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 27 °C 28 °C 221 mm
40 Koumassi Ivory Coast 27 °C 29 °C 81 mm
41 Abidjan Ivory Coast 27 °C 30 °C 86 mm
42 Accra Ghana 27 °C 31 °C 26 mm
43 Lomé Togo 27 °C 31 °C 24 mm
44 Soyo Angola 27 °C 28 °C 113 mm
45 Ashaiman Ghana 27 °C 32 °C 17 mm
46 Cape Coast Ghana 27 °C 30 °C 40 mm
47 Cabinda Angola 27 °C 28 °C 193 mm
48 Xai-Xai Mozambique 27 °C 30 °C 129 mm
49 Kismayo Somalia 27 °C 31 °C 15 mm
50 Mogadishu Somalia 27 °C 31 °C 7 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.

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.