Monthly Climate
Menu

Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in October

Port Sudan tops the list at 31 °C in October. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Rainfall
1 Port Sudan Sudan 31 °C 33 °C 14 mm
2 Djibouti Djibouti 31 °C 32 °C 22 mm
3 Berbera Somalia 30 °C 32 °C 18 mm
4 Serekunda Gambia 29 °C 30 °C 58 mm
5 Banjul Gambia 29 °C 30 °C 57 mm
6 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 29 °C 30 °C 141 mm
7 Mbour Senegal 28 °C 32 °C 31 mm
8 Conakry Guinea 28 °C 28 °C 189 mm
9 Manéah Guinea 28 °C 29 °C 223 mm
10 Dubréka Guinea 28 °C 30 °C 217 mm
11 Dakar Senegal 28 °C 30 °C 24 mm
12 Rufisque Senegal 28 °C 31 °C 25 mm
13 Thiès Nones Senegal 28 °C 32 °C 34 mm
14 Thiès Senegal 28 °C 33 °C 34 mm
15 Freetown Sierra Leone 28 °C 27 °C 297 mm
16 Monrovia Liberia 28 °C 28 °C 351 mm
17 Victoria Seychelles 28 °C 27 °C 123 mm
18 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 28 °C 27 °C 303 mm
19 Lekki Nigeria 28 °C 28 °C 164 mm
20 Lagos Nigeria 28 °C 28 °C 164 mm
21 Agege Nigeria 28 °C 29 °C 170 mm
22 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 28 °C 29 °C 176 mm
23 Saint-Louis Senegal 28 °C 32 °C 17 mm
24 Hurghada Egypt 27 °C 30 °C 2 mm
25 Praia Cabo Verde 27 °C 29 °C 31 mm
26 Cotonou Benin 27 °C 28 °C 150 mm
27 Abomey-Calavi Benin 27 °C 28 °C 147 mm
28 Porto-Novo Benin 27 °C 29 °C 149 mm
29 Bata Equatorial Guinea 27 °C 28 °C 339 mm
30 Mahajanga Madagascar 27 °C 33 °C 19 mm
31 El Dibir Somalia 27 °C 30 °C 12 mm
32 Libreville Gabon 27 °C 28 °C 351 mm
33 Lomé Togo 27 °C 29 °C 119 mm
34 Mamoudzou Mayotte 27 °C 27 °C 25 mm
35 Zanzibar Tanzania 27 °C 29 °C 59 mm
36 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 27 °C 27 °C 200 mm
37 Ashaiman Ghana 27 °C 29 °C 70 mm
38 Tanga Tanzania 27 °C 29 °C 96 mm
39 Arīsh Egypt 27 °C 27 °C 5 mm
40 Nacala Mozambique 27 °C 29 °C 16 mm
41 Pemba Mozambique 27 °C 30 °C 18 mm
42 Mogadishu Somalia 27 °C 29 °C 43 mm
43 Moroni Comoros 27 °C 30 °C 47 mm
44 Port-Gentil Gabon 27 °C 27 °C 227 mm
45 Accra Ghana 27 °C 28 °C 96 mm
46 Kismayo Somalia 27 °C 30 °C 40 mm
47 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 27 °C 30 °C 58 mm
48 Matuga Kenya 27 °C 27 °C 92 mm
49 Cape Coast Ghana 27 °C 28 °C 136 mm
50 Mombasa Kenya 27 °C 29 °C 73 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.

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.