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

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

Top three in January: Palopo (30 °C) , Kendari (30 °C) , Baubau (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 397 mm 28 275 h 30 °C
2 Kendari Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 309 mm 29 311 h 30 °C
3 Baubau Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 303 mm 28 307 h 30 °C
4 Probolinggo Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 288 mm 28 263 h 29 °C
5 Pasuruan Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 364 mm 29 263 h 29 °C
6 Kupang Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 283 mm 27 291 h 29 °C
7 Taiping Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 198 mm 23 302 h 29 °C
8 Surabaya Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 285 mm 29 282 h 29 °C
9 Parepare Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 290 mm 28 285 h 29 °C
10 Padang Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 329 mm 23 273 h 29 °C
11 Bukit Mertajam Malaysia 29 °C 30 °C 23 °C 168 mm 20 304 h 29 °C
12 Gorontalo Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 165 mm 23 320 h 29 °C
13 Sitiawan Malaysia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 229 mm 26 305 h 29 °C
14 Ambon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 165 mm 23 312 h 29 °C
15 Sorong Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 305 mm 27 272 h 29 °C
16 Balikpapan Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 266 mm 27 277 h 29 °C
17 Situbondo Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 467 mm 30 276 h 29 °C
18 Semarang Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 375 mm 29 262 h 29 °C
19 Makassar Indonesia 29 °C 27 °C 24 °C 457 mm 29 216 h 29 °C
20 Paya Terubong Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 113 mm 15 308 h 29 °C
21 Ungaran Indonesia 29 °C 27 °C 22 °C 492 mm 30 249 h 29 °C
22 Bengkulu Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 23 °C 294 mm 26 278 h 29 °C
23 Jepara Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 510 mm 30 270 h 29 °C
24 Pekalongan Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 413 mm 30 260 h 29 °C
25 Pago Pago American Samoa 29 °C 27 °C 25 °C 357 mm 26 315 h 29 °C
26 Tegal Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 451 mm 30 268 h 29 °C
27 Pemalang Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 418 mm 30 264 h 29 °C
28 Kapar Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 232 mm 21 297 h 29 °C
29 Shah Alam Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 22 °C 217 mm 21 301 h 29 °C
30 Bontang Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 249 mm 26 277 h 29 °C
31 Kampung Baru Subang Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 235 mm 21 296 h 29 °C
32 Denpasar Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 382 mm 29 290 h 29 °C
33 Yogyakarta Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 23 °C 336 mm 28 258 h 29 °C
34 Plumbon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 350 mm 29 263 h 29 °C
35 Cirebon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 340 mm 29 264 h 29 °C
36 Jayapura Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 273 mm 27 295 h 29 °C
37 Sungai Petani Malaysia 29 °C 30 °C 23 °C 90 mm 12 309 h 29 °C
38 Cilacap Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 375 mm 29 257 h 29 °C
39 Mataram Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 305 mm 28 290 h 29 °C
40 Tanjungbalai Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 233 mm 26 296 h 29 °C
41 Klungkung Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 376 mm 29 290 h 29 °C
42 Bandar Lampung Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 327 mm 29 290 h 29 °C
43 Cotabato Philippines 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 169 mm 19 305 h 29 °C
44 Kota Kuala Muda Malaysia 29 °C 30 °C 23 °C 112 mm 15 307 h 29 °C
45 Tarakan Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 275 mm 27 287 h 29 °C
46 Labuan Bajo Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 429 mm 29 293 h 29 °C
47 Toli-Toli Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 23 °C 194 mm 24 275 h 29 °C
48 Ternate Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 224 mm 26 308 h 29 °C
49 Percut Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 229 mm 25 297 h 29 °C
50 Banda Aceh Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 136 mm 15 310 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

December: top 5

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

Full ranking for December

February: 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 February

How this ranking is built

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