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

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

Top three in March: Palopo (30 °C) , Taiping (30 °C) , Bukit Mertajam (30 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 1.1 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Palopo Indonesia 30 °C 28 °C 23 °C 439 mm 29 280 h 30 °C
2 Taiping Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 224 mm 27 312 h 30 °C
3 Bukit Mertajam Malaysia 30 °C 31 °C 24 °C 199 mm 24 313 h 30 °C
4 Padang Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 300 mm 25 271 h 30 °C
5 Sitiawan Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 226 mm 27 317 h 30 °C
6 Paya Terubong Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 182 mm 23 314 h 30 °C
7 Baubau Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 310 mm 28 326 h 30 °C
8 Parepare Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 261 mm 27 301 h 30 °C
9 Kendari Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 332 mm 30 321 h 30 °C
10 Sungai Petani Malaysia 30 °C 31 °C 24 °C 174 mm 21 315 h 30 °C
11 Kota Kuala Muda Malaysia 30 °C 31 °C 25 °C 173 mm 22 315 h 30 °C
12 Alor Setar Malaysia 30 °C 33 °C 24 °C 137 mm 17 323 h 30 °C
13 Bengkulu Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 263 mm 24 284 h 30 °C
14 Kapar Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 228 mm 24 317 h 30 °C
15 Tanjungbalai Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 209 mm 26 306 h 30 °C
16 Percut Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 193 mm 24 309 h 30 °C
17 Langsa Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 122 mm 20 314 h 30 °C
18 Shah Alam Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 187 mm 23 319 h 30 °C
19 Kampung Baru Subang Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 232 mm 24 316 h 30 °C
20 Gorontalo Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 190 mm 23 322 h 30 °C
21 Kanayannur India 29 °C 31 °C 25 °C 41 mm 8 358 h 29 °C
22 Perbaungan Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 176 mm 23 309 h 29 °C
23 Alappuzha India 29 °C 32 °C 25 °C 67 mm 13 358 h 29 °C
24 Thrissur India 29 °C 34 °C 25 °C 54 mm 10 361 h 29 °C
25 Kozhikode India 29 °C 32 °C 24 °C 33 mm 6 359 h 29 °C
26 Makassar Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 282 mm 28 265 h 29 °C
27 Pago Pago American Samoa 29 °C 27 °C 25 °C 262 mm 26 312 h 29 °C
28 Probolinggo Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 205 mm 26 286 h 29 °C
29 Pasuruan Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 270 mm 27 284 h 29 °C
30 Lhokseumawe Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 130 mm 21 307 h 29 °C
31 Banda Aceh Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 157 mm 19 316 h 29 °C
32 Kollam India 29 °C 32 °C 25 °C 57 mm 12 361 h 29 °C
33 Surabaya Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 262 mm 29 304 h 29 °C
34 Myeik Myanmar 29 °C 32 °C 24 °C 96 mm 12 335 h 29 °C
35 Mangaluru India 29 °C 32 °C 25 °C 17 mm 3 359 h 29 °C
36 Male Maldives 29 °C 28 °C 27 °C 46 mm 8 354 h 29 °C
37 Udupi India 29 °C 33 °C 24 °C 16 mm 2 359 h 29 °C
38 Phú Quốc Vietnam 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 67 mm 13 350 h 29 °C
39 Ambon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 167 mm 23 313 h 29 °C
40 Sorong Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 348 mm 28 265 h 29 °C
41 Kupang Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 194 mm 22 318 h 29 °C
42 Thiruvananthapuram India 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 111 mm 19 363 h 29 °C
43 Tarakan Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 247 mm 28 310 h 29 °C
44 Balikpapan Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 280 mm 28 291 h 29 °C
45 Tegal Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 399 mm 30 294 h 29 °C
46 Pemalang Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 387 mm 30 291 h 29 °C
47 Plumbon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 324 mm 29 289 h 29 °C
48 Cirebon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 310 mm 29 290 h 29 °C
49 Bandar Lampung Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 23 °C 306 mm 28 301 h 29 °C
50 Sepang Malaysia 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 201 mm 23 319 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

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

April: top 5

  1. Alor Setar 30 °C
  2. Rạch Giá 30 °C
  3. Thoothukudi 30 °C
  4. Phú Quốc 30 °C
  5. Sungai Petani 30 °C

Full ranking for April

How this ranking is built

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