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

Bissau tops the list at 29 °C in November. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in November: Bissau (29 °C) , Port Sudan (29 °C) , Djibouti (29 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 2.7 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 29 °C 32 °C 24 °C 23 mm 4 318 h 29 °C
2 Port Sudan Sudan 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 43 mm 12 303 h 29 °C
3 Djibouti Djibouti 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 30 mm 7 328 h 29 °C
4 Conakry Guinea 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 72 mm 15 312 h 29 °C
5 Manéah Guinea 29 °C 30 °C 23 °C 95 mm 17 307 h 29 °C
6 Dubréka Guinea 29 °C 30 °C 23 °C 89 mm 17 308 h 29 °C
7 Freetown Sierra Leone 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 144 mm 24 308 h 29 °C
8 Lekki Nigeria 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 75 mm 18 314 h 29 °C
9 Lagos Nigeria 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 75 mm 18 314 h 29 °C
10 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 77 mm 18 314 h 29 °C
11 Agege Nigeria 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 75 mm 17 314 h 29 °C
12 Cotonou Benin 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 74 mm 18 316 h 29 °C
13 Abomey-Calavi Benin 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 72 mm 17 315 h 29 °C
14 Porto-Novo Benin 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 75 mm 18 316 h 29 °C
15 Berbera Somalia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 22 mm 3 327 h 29 °C
16 Mahajanga Madagascar 29 °C 33 °C 24 °C 92 mm 14 362 h 29 °C
17 Monrovia Liberia 28 °C 29 °C 23 °C 194 mm 28 302 h 28 °C
18 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 161 mm 25 291 h 28 °C
19 Lomé Togo 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 65 mm 17 323 h 28 °C
20 Accra Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 52 mm 14 325 h 28 °C
21 Victoria Seychelles 28 °C 27 °C 26 °C 144 mm 17 337 h 28 °C
22 Sekondi Ghana 28 °C 29 °C 24 °C 83 mm 20 330 h 28 °C
23 Takoradi Ghana 28 °C 29 °C 24 °C 88 mm 20 330 h 28 °C
24 Cape Coast Ghana 28 °C 29 °C 24 °C 87 mm 21 326 h 28 °C
25 Ashaiman Ghana 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 36 mm 10 326 h 28 °C
26 Koumassi Ivory Coast 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 154 mm 27 322 h 28 °C
27 Abidjan Ivory Coast 28 °C 29 °C 24 °C 165 mm 27 322 h 28 °C
28 San-Pédro Ivory Coast 28 °C 28 °C 24 °C 102 mm 22 316 h 28 °C
29 Bata Equatorial Guinea 28 °C 28 °C 23 °C 331 mm 30 249 h 28 °C
30 Zanzibar Tanzania 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 87 mm 18 348 h 28 °C
31 Tanga Tanzania 28 °C 30 °C 24 °C 88 mm 19 349 h 28 °C
32 Mamoudzou Mayotte 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 46 mm 10 362 h 28 °C
33 Pemba Mozambique 28 °C 31 °C 24 °C 41 mm 8 355 h 28 °C
34 Libreville Gabon 28 °C 28 °C 24 °C 387 mm 30 267 h 28 °C
35 Moroni Comoros 28 °C 30 °C 25 °C 82 mm 13 357 h 28 °C
36 Nacala Mozambique 28 °C 30 °C 24 °C 46 mm 7 354 h 28 °C
37 Beira Mozambique 28 °C 31 °C 23 °C 76 mm 10 351 h 28 °C
38 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 28 °C 30 °C 24 °C 89 mm 17 348 h 28 °C
39 Serekunda Gambia 28 °C 31 °C 25 °C 2 mm 0 319 h 28 °C
40 Banjul Gambia 28 °C 31 °C 24 °C 2 mm 0 319 h 28 °C
41 Mogadishu Somalia 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 65 mm 13 341 h 28 °C
42 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 28 °C 27 °C 25 °C 233 mm 25 292 h 28 °C
43 Matuga Kenya 28 °C 28 °C 23 °C 76 mm 17 347 h 28 °C
44 Mombasa Kenya 28 °C 29 °C 24 °C 85 mm 19 344 h 28 °C
45 Jomvu Kenya 28 °C 30 °C 23 °C 91 mm 20 343 h 28 °C
46 Kismayo Somalia 27 °C 31 °C 25 °C 66 mm 13 352 h 27 °C
47 Port-Gentil Gabon 27 °C 28 °C 24 °C 375 mm 30 266 h 27 °C
48 Quelimane Mozambique 27 °C 31 °C 24 °C 42 mm 6 362 h 27 °C
49 El Dibir Somalia 27 °C 28 °C 24 °C 37 mm 6 322 h 27 °C
50 Mbour Senegal 27 °C 33 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 315 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

October: top 5

  1. Port Sudan 31 °C
  2. Djibouti 31 °C
  3. Berbera 30 °C
  4. Serekunda 29 °C
  5. Banjul 29 °C

Full ranking for October

December: top 5

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

Full ranking for December

How this ranking is built

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