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

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

Top three in March: Mahajanga (30 °C) , Mamoudzou (30 °C) , Victoria (29 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 2.3 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Mahajanga Madagascar 30 °C 31 °C 25 °C 210 mm 21 331 h 30 °C
2 Mamoudzou Mayotte 30 °C 28 °C 26 °C 171 mm 20 337 h 30 °C
3 Victoria Seychelles 29 °C 28 °C 26 °C 110 mm 15 337 h 29 °C
4 Moroni Comoros 29 °C 30 °C 26 °C 215 mm 26 334 h 29 °C
5 Zanzibar Tanzania 29 °C 30 °C 26 °C 121 mm 21 325 h 29 °C
6 Nacala Mozambique 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 208 mm 24 320 h 29 °C
7 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 149 mm 21 298 h 29 °C
8 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 163 mm 24 298 h 29 °C
9 Pemba Mozambique 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 203 mm 25 318 h 29 °C
10 Libreville Gabon 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 266 mm 29 274 h 29 °C
11 Bata Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 249 mm 29 259 h 29 °C
12 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 156 mm 22 322 h 29 °C
13 Beira Mozambique 29 °C 30 °C 23 °C 126 mm 17 335 h 29 °C
14 Tanga Tanzania 29 °C 32 °C 25 °C 93 mm 19 341 h 29 °C
15 Toliara Madagascar 29 °C 31 °C 24 °C 60 mm 8 353 h 29 °C
16 Port-Gentil Gabon 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 255 mm 28 274 h 29 °C
17 Quelimane Mozambique 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 144 mm 18 337 h 29 °C
18 Lekki Nigeria 29 °C 30 °C 27 °C 85 mm 19 330 h 29 °C
19 Lagos Nigeria 29 °C 31 °C 26 °C 85 mm 19 330 h 29 °C
20 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 29 °C 31 °C 26 °C 91 mm 19 328 h 29 °C
21 Agege Nigeria 29 °C 32 °C 26 °C 80 mm 18 331 h 29 °C
22 Matuga Kenya 29 °C 31 °C 25 °C 59 mm 14 342 h 29 °C
23 Mombasa Kenya 29 °C 31 °C 25 °C 64 mm 15 341 h 29 °C
24 Jomvu Kenya 29 °C 33 °C 25 °C 66 mm 16 340 h 29 °C
25 Abomey-Calavi Benin 29 °C 30 °C 27 °C 65 mm 15 336 h 29 °C
26 Cotonou Benin 29 °C 30 °C 27 °C 71 mm 16 337 h 29 °C
27 Porto-Novo Benin 29 °C 31 °C 26 °C 74 mm 17 336 h 29 °C
28 Toamasina Madagascar 28 °C 27 °C 23 °C 318 mm 26 303 h 28 °C
29 Soyo Angola 28 °C 29 °C 26 °C 120 mm 18 296 h 28 °C
30 Cabinda Angola 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 177 mm 23 293 h 28 °C
31 Pointe-Noire Republic of the Congo 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 190 mm 25 275 h 28 °C
32 Accra Ghana 28 °C 31 °C 26 °C 55 mm 12 335 h 28 °C
33 Lomé Togo 28 °C 31 °C 26 °C 54 mm 13 344 h 28 °C
34 Sekondi Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 26 °C 71 mm 17 329 h 28 °C
35 Ashaiman Ghana 28 °C 32 °C 26 °C 35 mm 8 337 h 28 °C
36 Ramiros Angola 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 88 mm 14 312 h 28 °C
37 Takoradi Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 77 mm 18 329 h 28 °C
38 Benguela Angola 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 101 mm 11 311 h 28 °C
39 Saint-Denis Reunion 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 244 mm 21 334 h 28 °C
40 Cape Coast Ghana 28 °C 31 °C 25 °C 86 mm 19 328 h 28 °C
41 Kismayo Somalia 28 °C 32 °C 26 °C 9 mm 2 358 h 28 °C
42 Port Louis Mauritius 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 149 mm 22 339 h 28 °C
43 Koumassi Ivory Coast 28 °C 29 °C 26 °C 138 mm 23 317 h 28 °C
44 Abidjan Ivory Coast 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 150 mm 24 316 h 28 °C
45 Luanda Angola 28 °C 31 °C 25 °C 87 mm 14 312 h 28 °C
46 Mulenvos Angola 28 °C 32 °C 24 °C 89 mm 14 311 h 28 °C
47 Mogadishu Somalia 28 °C 31 °C 26 °C 7 mm 2 367 h 28 °C
48 Sumbe Angola 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 169 mm 15 273 h 28 °C
49 San-Pédro Ivory Coast 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 73 mm 17 320 h 28 °C
50 Xai-Xai Mozambique 27 °C 29 °C 23 °C 77 mm 12 342 h 27 °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

February: top 5

  1. Beira 30 °C
  2. Mahajanga 29 °C
  3. Toliara 29 °C
  4. Mamoudzou 29 °C
  5. Moroni 29 °C

Full ranking for February

April: top 5

  1. Victoria 30 °C
  2. Mahajanga 30 °C
  3. Mamoudzou 29 °C
  4. Malabo 29 °C
  5. Bata 29 °C

Full ranking for April

How this ranking is built

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