Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in July

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

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Rainfall
1 Port Sudan Sudan 31 °C 41 °C 4 mm
2 Djibouti Djibouti 30 °C 39 °C 6 mm
3 El Dibir Somalia 29 °C 35 °C 1 mm
4 Berbera Somalia 29 °C 38 °C 1 mm
5 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 28 °C 29 °C 345 mm
6 Serekunda Gambia 28 °C 29 °C 130 mm
7 Banjul Gambia 28 °C 29 °C 128 mm
8 Hurghada Egypt 28 °C 34 °C 0 mm
9 Manéah Guinea 28 °C 27 °C 601 mm
10 Dubréka Guinea 28 °C 28 °C 609 mm
11 Conakry Guinea 28 °C 27 °C 687 mm
12 Arīsh Egypt 28 °C 32 °C 0 mm
13 Freetown Sierra Leone 27 °C 26 °C 598 mm
14 Mbour Senegal 27 °C 30 °C 51 mm
15 Dakar Senegal 27 °C 29 °C 34 mm
16 Rufisque Senegal 27 °C 30 °C 34 mm
17 Thiès Nones Senegal 27 °C 31 °C 49 mm
18 Thiès Senegal 27 °C 32 °C 49 mm
19 Port Said Egypt 27 °C 31 °C 0 mm
20 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 27 °C 32 °C 0 mm
21 Monrovia Liberia 27 °C 27 °C 425 mm
22 Sfax Tunisia 27 °C 32 °C 0 mm
23 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 27 °C 27 °C 451 mm
24 Idkū Egypt 27 °C 31 °C 0 mm
25 Saint-Louis Senegal 26 °C 30 °C 16 mm
26 Damietta Egypt 26 °C 31 °C 0 mm
27 Bata Equatorial Guinea 26 °C 27 °C 115 mm
28 Victoria Seychelles 26 °C 26 °C 51 mm
29 Mamoudzou Mayotte 26 °C 26 °C 12 mm
30 Agege Nigeria 26 °C 27 °C 190 mm
31 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 26 °C 27 °C 216 mm
32 Ajegunle Nigeria 26 °C 27 °C 190 mm
33 Lagos Nigeria 26 °C 27 °C 205 mm
34 Alexandria Egypt 26 °C 30 °C 0 mm
35 Moroni Comoros 26 °C 27 °C 49 mm
36 Pemba Mozambique 26 °C 27 °C 9 mm
37 Nacala Mozambique 26 °C 26 °C 11 mm
38 Zanzibar Tanzania 26 °C 27 °C 25 mm
39 Misratah Libya 26 °C 30 °C 0 mm
40 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 26 °C 27 °C 20 mm
41 Tanga Tanzania 26 °C 27 °C 41 mm
42 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 26 °C 26 °C 17 mm
43 Zliten Libya 26 °C 33 °C 0 mm
44 Jomvu Kenya 26 °C 27 °C 51 mm
45 Porto-Novo Benin 26 °C 27 °C 144 mm
46 Mombasa Kenya 26 °C 26 °C 53 mm
47 Matuga Kenya 26 °C 25 °C 78 mm
48 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 26 °C 31 °C 0 mm
49 Libreville Gabon 26 °C 27 °C 33 mm
50 Abomey-Calavi Benin 26 °C 27 °C 126 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.

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