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

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

Top three in October: Port Sudan (31 °C) , Djibouti (31 °C) , Berbera (30 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 4.3 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Port Sudan Sudan 31 °C 33 °C 25 °C 14 mm 4 337 h 31 °C
2 Djibouti Djibouti 31 °C 32 °C 26 °C 22 mm 6 354 h 31 °C
3 Berbera Somalia 30 °C 32 °C 25 °C 18 mm 4 344 h 30 °C
4 Serekunda Gambia 29 °C 30 °C 26 °C 58 mm 8 337 h 29 °C
5 Banjul Gambia 29 °C 30 °C 26 °C 57 mm 8 337 h 29 °C
6 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 141 mm 22 310 h 29 °C
7 Mbour Senegal 28 °C 32 °C 25 °C 31 mm 4 341 h 28 °C
8 Conakry Guinea 28 °C 28 °C 24 °C 189 mm 27 292 h 28 °C
9 Manéah Guinea 28 °C 29 °C 23 °C 223 mm 28 284 h 28 °C
10 Dubréka Guinea 28 °C 30 °C 23 °C 217 mm 28 286 h 28 °C
11 Dakar Senegal 28 °C 30 °C 26 °C 24 mm 3 344 h 28 °C
12 Rufisque Senegal 28 °C 31 °C 25 °C 25 mm 4 344 h 28 °C
13 Thiès Nones Senegal 28 °C 32 °C 24 °C 34 mm 5 341 h 28 °C
14 Thiès Senegal 28 °C 33 °C 24 °C 34 mm 5 341 h 28 °C
15 Freetown Sierra Leone 28 °C 27 °C 24 °C 297 mm 30 286 h 28 °C
16 Monrovia Liberia 28 °C 28 °C 23 °C 351 mm 30 291 h 28 °C
17 Victoria Seychelles 28 °C 27 °C 25 °C 123 mm 16 347 h 28 °C
18 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 28 °C 27 °C 25 °C 303 mm 29 273 h 28 °C
19 Lekki Nigeria 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 164 mm 26 291 h 28 °C
20 Lagos Nigeria 28 °C 28 °C 24 °C 164 mm 26 291 h 28 °C
21 Agege Nigeria 28 °C 29 °C 23 °C 170 mm 26 290 h 28 °C
22 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 28 °C 29 °C 24 °C 176 mm 27 288 h 28 °C
23 Saint-Louis Senegal 28 °C 32 °C 26 °C 17 mm 3 342 h 28 °C
24 Hurghada Egypt 27 °C 30 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 340 h 27 °C
25 Praia Cabo Verde 27 °C 29 °C 25 °C 31 mm 4 331 h 27 °C
26 Cotonou Benin 27 °C 28 °C 25 °C 150 mm 24 298 h 27 °C
27 Abomey-Calavi Benin 27 °C 28 °C 25 °C 147 mm 24 298 h 27 °C
28 Porto-Novo Benin 27 °C 29 °C 24 °C 149 mm 25 296 h 27 °C
29 Bata Equatorial Guinea 27 °C 28 °C 23 °C 339 mm 31 235 h 27 °C
30 Mahajanga Madagascar 27 °C 33 °C 24 °C 19 mm 4 369 h 27 °C
31 El Dibir Somalia 27 °C 30 °C 25 °C 12 mm 2 339 h 27 °C
32 Libreville Gabon 27 °C 28 °C 24 °C 351 mm 30 270 h 27 °C
33 Lomé Togo 27 °C 29 °C 24 °C 119 mm 22 322 h 27 °C
34 Mamoudzou Mayotte 27 °C 27 °C 24 °C 25 mm 7 367 h 27 °C
35 Zanzibar Tanzania 27 °C 29 °C 24 °C 59 mm 10 359 h 27 °C
36 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 27 °C 27 °C 25 °C 200 mm 22 303 h 27 °C
37 Ashaiman Ghana 27 °C 29 °C 24 °C 70 mm 13 326 h 27 °C
38 Tanga Tanzania 27 °C 29 °C 23 °C 96 mm 16 354 h 27 °C
39 Arīsh Egypt 27 °C 27 °C 19 °C 5 mm 1 334 h 27 °C
40 Nacala Mozambique 27 °C 29 °C 22 °C 16 mm 4 368 h 27 °C
41 Pemba Mozambique 27 °C 30 °C 23 °C 18 mm 5 369 h 27 °C
42 Mogadishu Somalia 27 °C 29 °C 25 °C 43 mm 9 356 h 27 °C
43 Moroni Comoros 27 °C 30 °C 24 °C 47 mm 10 370 h 27 °C
44 Port-Gentil Gabon 27 °C 27 °C 24 °C 227 mm 28 289 h 27 °C
45 Accra Ghana 27 °C 28 °C 24 °C 96 mm 19 326 h 27 °C
46 Kismayo Somalia 27 °C 30 °C 25 °C 40 mm 9 366 h 27 °C
47 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 27 °C 30 °C 23 °C 58 mm 11 361 h 27 °C
48 Matuga Kenya 27 °C 27 °C 23 °C 92 mm 17 351 h 27 °C
49 Cape Coast Ghana 27 °C 28 °C 24 °C 136 mm 26 324 h 27 °C
50 Mombasa Kenya 27 °C 29 °C 23 °C 73 mm 15 346 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

September: top 5

  1. Port Sudan 31 °C
  2. Djibouti 31 °C
  3. Berbera 31 °C
  4. El Dibir 29 °C
  5. Serekunda 29 °C

Full ranking for September

November: top 5

  1. Bissau 29 °C
  2. Port Sudan 29 °C
  3. Djibouti 29 °C
  4. Conakry 29 °C
  5. Manéah 29 °C

Full ranking for November

How this ranking is built

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