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Warmest sea temperatures in Africa year-round: ranked by sea temperature

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

Top three averaged across all twelve months: Djibouti (29 °C) , Port Sudan (29 °C) , Berbera (29 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 3.1 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Djibouti Djibouti 29 °C 32 °C 26 °C 19 mm 4 336 h 29 °C
2 Port Sudan Sudan 29 °C 33 °C 24 °C 11 mm 3 338 h 29 °C
3 Berbera Somalia 29 °C 32 °C 26 °C 9 mm 2 337 h 29 °C
4 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 244 mm 25 277 h 28 °C
5 Victoria Seychelles 28 °C 27 °C 26 °C 123 mm 16 331 h 28 °C
6 Mahajanga Madagascar 28 °C 31 °C 23 °C 112 mm 11 330 h 28 °C
7 Bata Equatorial Guinea 28 °C 28 °C 23 °C 224 mm 26 252 h 28 °C
8 Conakry Guinea 28 °C 29 °C 24 °C 226 mm 15 294 h 28 °C
9 Manéah Guinea 28 °C 30 °C 23 °C 215 mm 15 289 h 28 °C
10 Dubréka Guinea 28 °C 31 °C 23 °C 213 mm 15 290 h 28 °C
11 Mamoudzou Mayotte 28 °C 27 °C 25 °C 78 mm 11 341 h 28 °C
12 Lekki Nigeria 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 132 mm 20 295 h 28 °C
13 Ajegunle Nigeria 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 126 mm 19 298 h 28 °C
14 Ebute Ikorodu Nigeria 28 °C 30 °C 24 °C 138 mm 20 293 h 28 °C
15 Agege Nigeria 28 °C 30 °C 24 °C 125 mm 19 296 h 28 °C
16 Moroni Comoros 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 120 mm 17 342 h 28 °C
17 Monrovia Liberia 28 °C 28 °C 24 °C 287 mm 26 289 h 28 °C
18 Freetown Sierra Leone 28 °C 27 °C 25 °C 250 mm 19 294 h 28 °C
19 Porto-Novo Benin 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 106 mm 18 301 h 28 °C
20 Pemba Mozambique 28 °C 29 °C 23 °C 87 mm 12 334 h 28 °C
21 Zanzibar Tanzania 28 °C 29 °C 24 °C 76 mm 13 334 h 28 °C
22 Abomey-Calavi Benin 28 °C 29 °C 25 °C 101 mm 17 302 h 28 °C
23 Cotonou Benin 28 °C 28 °C 25 °C 105 mm 18 302 h 28 °C
24 Libreville Gabon 28 °C 28 °C 24 °C 216 mm 23 274 h 28 °C
25 El Dibir Somalia 28 °C 31 °C 25 °C 11 mm 2 332 h 28 °C
26 Nacala Mozambique 28 °C 28 °C 22 °C 99 mm 11 334 h 28 °C
27 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 28 °C 27 °C 25 °C 124 mm 17 300 h 28 °C
28 Dar es Salaam Tanzania 27 °C 29 °C 24 °C 79 mm 13 334 h 27 °C
29 Tanga Tanzania 27 °C 30 °C 23 °C 80 mm 15 336 h 27 °C
30 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 27 °C 32 °C 23 °C 113 mm 10 311 h 27 °C
31 Matuga Kenya 27 °C 28 °C 23 °C 84 mm 16 335 h 27 °C
32 Mombasa Kenya 27 °C 29 °C 24 °C 72 mm 15 332 h 27 °C
33 Jomvu Kenya 27 °C 30 °C 23 °C 71 mm 15 332 h 27 °C
34 Port-Gentil Gabon 27 °C 28 °C 24 °C 188 mm 21 283 h 27 °C
35 Lomé Togo 27 °C 29 °C 25 °C 84 mm 16 318 h 27 °C
36 Kismayo Somalia 27 °C 30 °C 25 °C 36 mm 8 352 h 27 °C
37 Mogadishu Somalia 27 °C 29 °C 25 °C 36 mm 9 356 h 27 °C
38 Takoradi Ghana 27 °C 29 °C 24 °C 105 mm 19 313 h 27 °C
39 Sekondi Ghana 27 °C 28 °C 24 °C 99 mm 19 313 h 27 °C
40 San-Pédro Ivory Coast 27 °C 28 °C 24 °C 116 mm 20 298 h 27 °C
41 Koumassi Ivory Coast 27 °C 28 °C 25 °C 146 mm 24 302 h 27 °C
42 Accra Ghana 27 °C 29 °C 24 °C 71 mm 14 315 h 27 °C
43 Abidjan Ivory Coast 27 °C 29 °C 24 °C 154 mm 24 301 h 27 °C
44 Ashaiman Ghana 27 °C 30 °C 25 °C 53 mm 10 316 h 27 °C
45 Cape Coast Ghana 27 °C 29 °C 24 °C 101 mm 20 307 h 27 °C
46 Quelimane Mozambique 27 °C 29 °C 22 °C 74 mm 10 338 h 27 °C
47 Toliara Madagascar 27 °C 30 °C 21 °C 46 mm 6 345 h 27 °C
48 Beira Mozambique 27 °C 29 °C 21 °C 77 mm 10 327 h 27 °C
49 Toamasina Madagascar 27 °C 26 °C 21 °C 181 mm 21 311 h 27 °C
50 Saint-Denis Reunion 26 °C 26 °C 22 °C 112 mm 15 342 h 26 °C

Averaged across all twelve months, and only for destinations with a full twelve-month series and a published climate page. Download this ranking as CSV.

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How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average sea surface temperature at the coast, in °C, averaged across all twelve months, 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 and a complete twelve-month series. 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.