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

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

Top three in June: Djibouti (31 °C) , Berbera (31 °C) , El Dibir (30 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 5.8 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Djibouti Djibouti 31 °C 38 °C 29 °C 1 mm 0 317 h 31 °C
2 Berbera Somalia 31 °C 39 °C 30 °C 2 mm 0 304 h 31 °C
3 El Dibir Somalia 30 °C 34 °C 28 °C 1 mm 0 302 h 30 °C
4 Port Sudan Sudan 30 °C 38 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 383 h 30 °C
5 Freetown Sierra Leone 28 °C 27 °C 24 °C 424 mm 30 259 h 28 °C
6 Conakry Guinea 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 334 mm 28 255 h 28 °C
7 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 28 °C 32 °C 25 °C 86 mm 11 310 h 28 °C
8 Manéah Guinea 28 °C 29 °C 24 °C 317 mm 28 247 h 28 °C
9 Dubréka Guinea 28 °C 29 °C 24 °C 311 mm 28 248 h 28 °C
10 Monrovia Liberia 28 °C 28 °C 23 °C 479 mm 29 264 h 28 °C
11 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 28 °C 27 °C 25 °C 416 mm 29 243 h 28 °C
12 Lagos Nigeria 28 °C 28 °C 24 °C 290 mm 28 248 h 28 °C
13 Ajegunle Nigeria 28 °C 28 °C 24 °C 273 mm 28 251 h 28 °C
14 Agege Nigeria 28 °C 28 °C 24 °C 263 mm 28 249 h 28 °C
15 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 28 °C 28 °C 24 °C 292 mm 28 245 h 28 °C
16 Porto-Novo Benin 28 °C 28 °C 24 °C 223 mm 27 256 h 28 °C
17 Cotonou Benin 28 °C 27 °C 25 °C 228 mm 26 257 h 28 °C
18 Abomey-Calavi Benin 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 214 mm 25 259 h 28 °C
19 Bata Equatorial Guinea 28 °C 28 °C 23 °C 183 mm 22 247 h 28 °C
20 Victoria Seychelles 27 °C 27 °C 25 °C 82 mm 13 317 h 27 °C
21 Mamoudzou Mayotte 27 °C 27 °C 24 °C 13 mm 3 328 h 27 °C
22 San-Pédro Ivory Coast 27 °C 27 °C 24 °C 275 mm 25 255 h 27 °C
23 Lomé Togo 27 °C 28 °C 24 °C 175 mm 24 279 h 27 °C
24 Moroni Comoros 27 °C 27 °C 24 °C 53 mm 15 329 h 27 °C
25 Nacala Mozambique 27 °C 27 °C 20 °C 10 mm 3 322 h 27 °C
26 Pemba Mozambique 27 °C 27 °C 21 °C 11 mm 3 323 h 27 °C
27 Zanzibar Tanzania 27 °C 27 °C 23 °C 38 mm 10 323 h 27 °C
28 Abidjan Ivory Coast 27 °C 27 °C 23 °C 253 mm 27 267 h 27 °C
29 Koumassi Ivory Coast 27 °C 27 °C 24 °C 247 mm 27 268 h 27 °C
30 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 27 °C 28 °C 23 °C 34 mm 8 323 h 27 °C
31 Tanga Tanzania 27 °C 27 °C 22 °C 49 mm 11 322 h 27 °C
32 Takoradi Ghana 27 °C 27 °C 24 °C 247 mm 26 272 h 27 °C
33 Sekondi Ghana 27 °C 27 °C 24 °C 241 mm 26 272 h 27 °C
34 Mahajanga Madagascar 27 °C 31 °C 22 °C 1 mm 0 317 h 27 °C
35 Libreville Gabon 27 °C 28 °C 23 °C 78 mm 12 277 h 27 °C
36 Accra Ghana 27 °C 28 °C 24 °C 155 mm 22 279 h 27 °C
37 Cape Coast Ghana 27 °C 28 °C 24 °C 212 mm 26 268 h 27 °C
38 Jomvu Kenya 27 °C 27 °C 23 °C 64 mm 16 317 h 27 °C
39 Mombasa Kenya 27 °C 27 °C 23 °C 69 mm 16 318 h 27 °C
40 Ashaiman Ghana 27 °C 28 °C 24 °C 142 mm 19 278 h 27 °C
41 Matuga Kenya 27 °C 26 °C 23 °C 98 mm 20 320 h 27 °C
42 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 27 °C 27 °C 25 °C 30 mm 5 306 h 27 °C
43 Kismayo Somalia 27 °C 29 °C 24 °C 37 mm 11 343 h 27 °C
44 Mogadishu Somalia 27 °C 28 °C 24 °C 47 mm 15 353 h 27 °C
45 Serekunda Gambia 26 °C 29 °C 25 °C 14 mm 2 342 h 26 °C
46 Banjul Gambia 26 °C 30 °C 25 °C 14 mm 2 343 h 26 °C
47 Hurghada Egypt 26 °C 33 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 392 h 26 °C
48 Toamasina Madagascar 26 °C 23 °C 20 °C 141 mm 22 284 h 26 °C
49 Port-Gentil Gabon 26 °C 27 °C 23 °C 33 mm 7 298 h 26 °C
50 Mbour Senegal 25 °C 30 °C 23 °C 3 mm 1 350 h 25 °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

May: top 5

  1. Djibouti 31 °C
  2. Berbera 30 °C
  3. Malabo 29 °C
  4. Victoria 29 °C
  5. Lekki 29 °C

Full ranking for May

July: top 5

  1. Port Sudan 31 °C
  2. Djibouti 30 °C
  3. El Dibir 29 °C
  4. Berbera 29 °C
  5. Bissau 28 °C

Full ranking for July

How this ranking is built

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