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Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in February: ranked by sea temperature

Palopo tops the list at 30 °C in February. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Asia.

Top three in February: Palopo (30 °C) , Taiping (30 °C) , Bukit Mertajam (30 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 1.4 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Palopo Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 23 °C 396 mm 27 248 h 30 °C
2 Taiping Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 152 mm 21 291 h 30 °C
3 Bukit Mertajam Malaysia 30 °C 31 °C 23 °C 131 mm 18 292 h 30 °C
4 Padang Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 23 °C 269 mm 20 256 h 30 °C
5 Sitiawan Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 168 mm 23 295 h 30 °C
6 Kendari Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 311 mm 27 289 h 30 °C
7 Baubau Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 303 mm 27 290 h 29 °C
8 Parepare Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 233 mm 24 266 h 29 °C
9 Paya Terubong Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 101 mm 15 294 h 29 °C
10 Gorontalo Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 136 mm 19 295 h 29 °C
11 Bengkulu Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 249 mm 22 256 h 29 °C
12 Kupang Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 249 mm 25 273 h 29 °C
13 Ambon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 123 mm 20 289 h 29 °C
14 Tanjungbalai Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 179 mm 22 288 h 29 °C
15 Makassar Indonesia 29 °C 27 °C 24 °C 351 mm 26 207 h 29 °C
16 Pago Pago American Samoa 29 °C 27 °C 25 °C 312 mm 24 283 h 29 °C
17 Sorong Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 267 mm 24 246 h 29 °C
18 Sungai Petani Malaysia 29 °C 31 °C 23 °C 92 mm 13 295 h 29 °C
19 Kota Kuala Muda Malaysia 29 °C 31 °C 24 °C 96 mm 15 294 h 29 °C
20 Perbaungan Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 152 mm 20 291 h 29 °C
21 Langsa Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 101 mm 17 295 h 29 °C
22 Percut Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 157 mm 21 291 h 29 °C
23 Kapar Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 166 mm 18 292 h 29 °C
24 Shah Alam Malaysia 29 °C 30 °C 23 °C 134 mm 17 294 h 29 °C
25 Kampung Baru Subang Malaysia 29 °C 30 °C 23 °C 169 mm 18 291 h 29 °C
26 Banda Aceh Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 100 mm 13 298 h 29 °C
27 Alor Setar Malaysia 29 °C 33 °C 24 °C 56 mm 9 301 h 29 °C
28 Denpasar Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 356 mm 27 267 h 29 °C
29 Probolinggo Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 249 mm 26 246 h 29 °C
30 Balikpapan Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 238 mm 24 260 h 29 °C
31 Yogyakarta Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 304 mm 27 241 h 29 °C
32 Pasuruan Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 322 mm 26 245 h 29 °C
33 Surabaya Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 263 mm 27 265 h 29 °C
34 Bandar Lampung Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 308 mm 26 262 h 29 °C
35 Kanayannur India 29 °C 31 °C 24 °C 14 mm 3 322 h 29 °C
36 Alappuzha India 29 °C 32 °C 24 °C 23 mm 5 322 h 29 °C
37 Cilacap Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 336 mm 27 240 h 29 °C
38 Lhokseumawe Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 102 mm 18 292 h 29 °C
39 Jayapura Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 250 mm 25 262 h 29 °C
40 Klungkung Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 348 mm 26 266 h 29 °C
41 Kozhikode India 29 °C 32 °C 23 °C 6 mm 2 321 h 29 °C
42 Kollam India 29 °C 32 °C 24 °C 22 mm 5 324 h 29 °C
43 Thiruvananthapuram India 29 °C 30 °C 23 °C 51 mm 8 326 h 29 °C
44 Thrissur India 29 °C 34 °C 24 °C 16 mm 3 324 h 29 °C
45 Tarakan Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 207 mm 24 277 h 29 °C
46 Pekalongan Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 391 mm 28 239 h 29 °C
47 Ternate Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 26 °C 181 mm 22 287 h 29 °C
48 Situbondo Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 393 mm 27 258 h 29 °C
49 Pemalang Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 404 mm 28 244 h 29 °C
50 Tegal Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 434 mm 28 247 h 29 °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

January: top 5

  1. Palopo 30 °C
  2. Kendari 30 °C
  3. Baubau 30 °C
  4. Probolinggo 29 °C
  5. Pasuruan 29 °C

Full ranking for January

March: top 5

  1. Palopo 30 °C
  2. Taiping 30 °C
  3. Bukit Mertajam 30 °C
  4. Padang 30 °C
  5. Sitiawan 30 °C

Full ranking for March

How this ranking is built

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