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

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

Top three in July: Port Sudan (31 °C) , Djibouti (30 °C) , El Dibir (29 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 4.9 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Port Sudan Sudan 31 °C 41 °C 28 °C 4 mm 1 371 h 31 °C
2 Djibouti Djibouti 30 °C 39 °C 31 °C 6 mm 1 329 h 30 °C
3 El Dibir Somalia 29 °C 35 °C 28 °C 1 mm 0 316 h 29 °C
4 Berbera Somalia 29 °C 38 °C 30 °C 1 mm 0 322 h 29 °C
5 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 345 mm 27 263 h 28 °C
6 Serekunda Gambia 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 130 mm 14 311 h 28 °C
7 Banjul Gambia 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 128 mm 14 312 h 28 °C
8 Hurghada Egypt 28 °C 34 °C 27 °C 0 mm 0 400 h 28 °C
9 Manéah Guinea 28 °C 27 °C 23 °C 601 mm 31 214 h 28 °C
10 Dubréka Guinea 28 °C 28 °C 23 °C 609 mm 31 215 h 28 °C
11 Conakry Guinea 28 °C 27 °C 24 °C 687 mm 31 222 h 28 °C
12 Arīsh Egypt 28 °C 32 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 407 h 28 °C
13 Freetown Sierra Leone 27 °C 26 °C 24 °C 598 mm 30 243 h 27 °C
14 Mbour Senegal 27 °C 30 °C 25 °C 51 mm 7 335 h 27 °C
15 Dakar Senegal 27 °C 29 °C 25 °C 34 mm 5 345 h 27 °C
16 Rufisque Senegal 27 °C 30 °C 25 °C 34 mm 5 344 h 27 °C
17 Thiès Nones Senegal 27 °C 31 °C 24 °C 49 mm 7 339 h 27 °C
18 Thiès Senegal 27 °C 32 °C 24 °C 49 mm 7 339 h 27 °C
19 Port Said Egypt 27 °C 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 414 h 27 °C
20 Al Maţarīyah Egypt 27 °C 32 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 417 h 27 °C
21 Monrovia Liberia 27 °C 27 °C 23 °C 425 mm 27 260 h 27 °C
22 Sfax Tunisia 27 °C 32 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 406 h 27 °C
23 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 27 °C 27 °C 24 °C 451 mm 29 237 h 27 °C
24 Idkū Egypt 27 °C 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 419 h 27 °C
25 Saint-Louis Senegal 26 °C 30 °C 25 °C 16 mm 2 355 h 26 °C
26 Damietta Egypt 26 °C 31 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 416 h 26 °C
27 Bata Equatorial Guinea 26 °C 27 °C 23 °C 115 mm 17 246 h 26 °C
28 Victoria Seychelles 26 °C 26 °C 25 °C 51 mm 10 332 h 26 °C
29 Mamoudzou Mayotte 26 °C 26 °C 24 °C 12 mm 3 338 h 26 °C
30 Agege Nigeria 26 °C 27 °C 23 °C 190 mm 24 270 h 26 °C
31 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 26 °C 27 °C 23 °C 216 mm 25 267 h 26 °C
32 Ajegunle Nigeria 26 °C 27 °C 24 °C 190 mm 24 274 h 26 °C
33 Lagos Nigeria 26 °C 27 °C 24 °C 205 mm 25 270 h 26 °C
34 Alexandria Egypt 26 °C 30 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 418 h 26 °C
35 Moroni Comoros 26 °C 27 °C 23 °C 49 mm 14 337 h 26 °C
36 Pemba Mozambique 26 °C 27 °C 20 °C 9 mm 3 331 h 26 °C
37 Nacala Mozambique 26 °C 26 °C 19 °C 11 mm 3 332 h 26 °C
38 Zanzibar Tanzania 26 °C 27 °C 23 °C 25 mm 7 334 h 26 °C
39 Misratah Libya 26 °C 30 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 417 h 26 °C
40 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 26 °C 27 °C 22 °C 20 mm 6 334 h 26 °C
41 Tanga Tanzania 26 °C 27 °C 21 °C 41 mm 12 333 h 26 °C
42 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 26 °C 26 °C 24 °C 17 mm 4 313 h 26 °C
43 Zliten Libya 26 °C 33 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 415 h 26 °C
44 Jomvu Kenya 26 °C 27 °C 22 °C 51 mm 14 330 h 26 °C
45 Porto-Novo Benin 26 °C 27 °C 23 °C 144 mm 21 278 h 26 °C
46 Mombasa Kenya 26 °C 26 °C 22 °C 53 mm 15 330 h 26 °C
47 Matuga Kenya 26 °C 25 °C 22 °C 78 mm 21 332 h 26 °C
48 Marsá Maţrūḩ Egypt 26 °C 31 °C 22 °C 0 mm 0 407 h 26 °C
49 Libreville Gabon 26 °C 27 °C 23 °C 33 mm 7 278 h 26 °C
50 Abomey-Calavi Benin 26 °C 27 °C 24 °C 126 mm 20 282 h 26 °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

June: top 5

  1. Djibouti 31 °C
  2. Berbera 31 °C
  3. El Dibir 30 °C
  4. Port Sudan 30 °C
  5. Freetown 28 °C

Full ranking for June

August: top 5

  1. Port Sudan 31 °C
  2. Djibouti 30 °C
  3. Berbera 29 °C
  4. Arīsh 29 °C
  5. El Dibir 29 °C

Full ranking for August

How this ranking is built

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