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Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in May

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

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Rainfall
1 Djibouti Djibouti 31 °C 34 °C 16 mm
2 Berbera Somalia 30 °C 34 °C 11 mm
3 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 28 °C 256 mm
4 Victoria Seychelles 29 °C 28 °C 126 mm
5 Lekki Nigeria 29 °C 29 °C 211 mm
6 Lagos Nigeria 29 °C 29 °C 211 mm
7 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 29 °C 30 °C 225 mm
8 Agege Nigeria 29 °C 30 °C 195 mm
9 El Dibir Somalia 29 °C 33 °C 15 mm
10 Cotonou Benin 29 °C 29 °C 172 mm
11 Abomey-Calavi Benin 29 °C 29 °C 169 mm
12 Porto-Novo Benin 29 °C 30 °C 171 mm
13 Port Sudan Sudan 29 °C 35 °C 0 mm
14 Bata Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 29 °C 279 mm
15 Monrovia Liberia 29 °C 29 °C 321 mm
16 Lomé Togo 29 °C 30 °C 155 mm
17 Sekondi Ghana 29 °C 29 °C 181 mm
18 Takoradi Ghana 29 °C 29 °C 193 mm
19 Accra Ghana 29 °C 30 °C 109 mm
20 Mamoudzou Mayotte 29 °C 28 °C 24 mm
21 Cape Coast Ghana 29 °C 29 °C 175 mm
22 Ashaiman Ghana 29 °C 30 °C 95 mm
23 Mahajanga Madagascar 28 °C 32 °C 8 mm
24 Koumassi Ivory Coast 28 °C 28 °C 225 mm
25 San-Pédro Ivory Coast 28 °C 29 °C 201 mm
26 Abidjan Ivory Coast 28 °C 29 °C 238 mm
27 Libreville Gabon 28 °C 29 °C 239 mm
28 Moroni Comoros 28 °C 29 °C 89 mm
29 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 28 °C 28 °C 135 mm
30 Freetown Sierra Leone 28 °C 28 °C 236 mm
31 Pemba Mozambique 28 °C 28 °C 22 mm
32 Mogadishu Somalia 28 °C 30 °C 72 mm
33 Nacala Mozambique 28 °C 28 °C 16 mm
34 Conakry Guinea 28 °C 29 °C 91 mm
35 Zanzibar Tanzania 28 °C 28 °C 150 mm
36 Tanga Tanzania 28 °C 28 °C 174 mm
37 Kismayo Somalia 28 °C 30 °C 90 mm
38 Manéah Guinea 28 °C 31 °C 95 mm
39 Dubréka Guinea 28 °C 32 °C 90 mm
40 Mombasa Kenya 28 °C 28 °C 176 mm
41 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 28 °C 28 °C 131 mm
42 Matuga Kenya 28 °C 27 °C 228 mm
43 Jomvu Kenya 28 °C 28 °C 167 mm
44 Port-Gentil Gabon 28 °C 28 °C 172 mm
45 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 28 °C 33 °C 6 mm
46 Toamasina Madagascar 27 °C 25 °C 158 mm
47 Quelimane Mozambique 27 °C 27 °C 34 mm
48 Saint-Denis Reunion 27 °C 26 °C 72 mm
49 Port Louis Mauritius 27 °C 27 °C 59 mm
50 Toliara Madagascar 26 °C 29 °C 7 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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