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Warmest sea temperatures in Asia in March

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

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Rainfall
1 Palopo Indonesia 30 °C 28 °C 439 mm
2 Taiping Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 224 mm
3 Bukit Mertajam Malaysia 30 °C 31 °C 199 mm
4 Padang Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 300 mm
5 Sitiawan Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 226 mm
6 Paya Terubong Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 182 mm
7 Baubau Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 310 mm
8 Parepare Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 261 mm
9 Kendari Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 332 mm
10 Sungai Petani Malaysia 30 °C 31 °C 174 mm
11 Kota Kuala Muda Malaysia 30 °C 31 °C 173 mm
12 Alor Setar Malaysia 30 °C 33 °C 137 mm
13 Bengkulu Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 263 mm
14 Kapar Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 228 mm
15 Tanjungbalai Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 209 mm
16 Percut Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 193 mm
17 Langsa Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 122 mm
18 Shah Alam Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 187 mm
19 Kampung Baru Subang Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 232 mm
20 Gorontalo Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 190 mm
21 Kanayannur India 29 °C 31 °C 41 mm
22 Perbaungan Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 176 mm
23 Alappuzha India 29 °C 32 °C 67 mm
24 Thrissur India 29 °C 34 °C 54 mm
25 Kozhikode India 29 °C 32 °C 33 mm
26 Makassar Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 282 mm
27 Pago Pago American Samoa 29 °C 27 °C 262 mm
28 Probolinggo Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 205 mm
29 Pasuruan Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 270 mm
30 Lhokseumawe Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 130 mm
31 Banda Aceh Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 157 mm
32 Kollam India 29 °C 32 °C 57 mm
33 Surabaya Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 262 mm
34 Myeik Myanmar 29 °C 32 °C 96 mm
35 Mangaluru India 29 °C 32 °C 17 mm
36 Male Maldives 29 °C 28 °C 46 mm
37 Udupi India 29 °C 33 °C 16 mm
38 Phú Quốc Vietnam 29 °C 28 °C 67 mm
39 Ambon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 167 mm
40 Sorong Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 348 mm
41 Kupang Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 194 mm
42 Thiruvananthapuram India 29 °C 30 °C 111 mm
43 Tarakan Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 247 mm
44 Balikpapan Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 280 mm
45 Tegal Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 399 mm
46 Pemalang Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 387 mm
47 Plumbon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 324 mm
48 Cirebon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 310 mm
49 Bandar Lampung Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 306 mm
50 Sepang Malaysia 29 °C 30 °C 201 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.