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Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in March

Mahajanga tops the list at 30 °C in March. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Rainfall
1 Mahajanga Madagascar 30 °C 31 °C 210 mm
2 Mamoudzou Mayotte 30 °C 28 °C 171 mm
3 Victoria Seychelles 29 °C 28 °C 110 mm
4 Moroni Comoros 29 °C 30 °C 215 mm
5 Zanzibar Tanzania 29 °C 30 °C 121 mm
6 Nacala Mozambique 29 °C 29 °C 208 mm
7 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 29 °C 29 °C 149 mm
8 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 29 °C 163 mm
9 Pemba Mozambique 29 °C 29 °C 203 mm
10 Libreville Gabon 29 °C 29 °C 266 mm
11 Bata Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 29 °C 249 mm
12 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 29 °C 30 °C 156 mm
13 Beira Mozambique 29 °C 30 °C 126 mm
14 Tanga Tanzania 29 °C 32 °C 93 mm
15 Toliara Madagascar 29 °C 31 °C 60 mm
16 Port-Gentil Gabon 29 °C 29 °C 255 mm
17 Quelimane Mozambique 29 °C 30 °C 144 mm
18 Lekki Nigeria 29 °C 30 °C 85 mm
19 Lagos Nigeria 29 °C 31 °C 85 mm
20 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 29 °C 31 °C 91 mm
21 Agege Nigeria 29 °C 32 °C 80 mm
22 Matuga Kenya 29 °C 31 °C 59 mm
23 Mombasa Kenya 29 °C 31 °C 64 mm
24 Jomvu Kenya 29 °C 33 °C 66 mm
25 Abomey-Calavi Benin 29 °C 30 °C 65 mm
26 Cotonou Benin 29 °C 30 °C 71 mm
27 Porto-Novo Benin 29 °C 31 °C 74 mm
28 Toamasina Madagascar 28 °C 27 °C 318 mm
29 Soyo Angola 28 °C 29 °C 120 mm
30 Cabinda Angola 28 °C 29 °C 177 mm
31 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 28 °C 29 °C 190 mm
32 Accra Ghana 28 °C 31 °C 55 mm
33 Lomé Togo 28 °C 31 °C 54 mm
34 Sekondi Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 71 mm
35 Ashaiman Ghana 28 °C 32 °C 35 mm
36 Ramiros Angola 28 °C 30 °C 88 mm
37 Takoradi Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 77 mm
38 Benguela Angola 28 °C 30 °C 101 mm
39 Saint-Denis Reunion 28 °C 28 °C 244 mm
40 Cape Coast Ghana 28 °C 31 °C 86 mm
41 Kismayo Somalia 28 °C 32 °C 9 mm
42 Port Louis Mauritius 28 °C 29 °C 149 mm
43 Koumassi Ivory Coast 28 °C 29 °C 138 mm
44 Abidjan Ivory Coast 28 °C 30 °C 150 mm
45 Luanda Angola 28 °C 31 °C 87 mm
46 Mulenvos Angola 28 °C 32 °C 89 mm
47 Mogadishu Somalia 28 °C 31 °C 7 mm
48 Sumbe Angola 28 °C 29 °C 169 mm
49 San-Pédro Ivory Coast 28 °C 30 °C 73 mm
50 Xai-Xai Mozambique 27 °C 29 °C 77 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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