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Warmest sea temperatures in the world 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 the world.

Top three in February: Palopo (30 °C) , Taiping (30 °C) , Bukit Mertajam (30 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 1.2 °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 Honiara Solomon Islands 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 342 mm 26 248 h 30 °C
5 Padang Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 23 °C 269 mm 20 256 h 30 °C
6 Funafuti Tuvalu 30 °C 28 °C 26 °C 349 mm 23 262 h 30 °C
7 Sitiawan Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 168 mm 23 295 h 30 °C
8 Kendari Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 311 mm 27 289 h 30 °C
9 Beira Mozambique 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 166 mm 17 297 h 30 °C
10 Baubau Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 303 mm 27 290 h 29 °C
11 Mahajanga Madagascar 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 315 mm 24 265 h 29 °C
12 Parepare Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 233 mm 24 266 h 29 °C
13 Paya Terubong Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 101 mm 15 294 h 29 °C
14 Gorontalo Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 136 mm 19 295 h 29 °C
15 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 201 mm 21 262 h 29 °C
16 Toliara Madagascar 29 °C 31 °C 25 °C 132 mm 14 326 h 29 °C
17 Mata-Utu Wallis and Futuna 29 °C 28 °C 26 °C 328 mm 23 280 h 29 °C
18 Bengkulu Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 249 mm 22 256 h 29 °C
19 Kupang Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 249 mm 25 273 h 29 °C
20 Mamoudzou Mayotte 29 °C 28 °C 26 °C 198 mm 20 292 h 29 °C
21 Ambon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 123 mm 20 289 h 29 °C
22 Tanjungbalai Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 179 mm 22 288 h 29 °C
23 Cairns Australia 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 264 mm 21 277 h 29 °C
24 Apia Samoa 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 345 mm 25 274 h 29 °C
25 Townsville Australia 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 225 mm 17 285 h 29 °C
26 Moroni Comoros 29 °C 30 °C 26 °C 224 mm 21 296 h 29 °C
27 Makassar Indonesia 29 °C 27 °C 24 °C 351 mm 26 207 h 29 °C
28 Pago Pago American Samoa 29 °C 27 °C 25 °C 312 mm 24 283 h 29 °C
29 Sorong Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 267 mm 24 246 h 29 °C
30 Sungai Petani Malaysia 29 °C 31 °C 23 °C 92 mm 13 295 h 29 °C
31 Quelimane Mozambique 29 °C 30 °C 24 °C 159 mm 19 307 h 29 °C
32 Kota Kuala Muda Malaysia 29 °C 31 °C 24 °C 96 mm 15 294 h 29 °C
33 Yaren Nauru 29 °C 28 °C 27 °C 135 mm 15 303 h 29 °C
34 Malabo Equatorial Guinea 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 69 mm 16 293 h 29 °C
35 Libreville Gabon 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 222 mm 26 259 h 29 °C
36 Perbaungan Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 152 mm 20 291 h 29 °C
37 Langsa Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 101 mm 17 295 h 29 °C
38 Percut Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 157 mm 21 291 h 29 °C
39 Kapar Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 166 mm 18 292 h 29 °C
40 Shah Alam Malaysia 29 °C 30 °C 23 °C 134 mm 17 294 h 29 °C
41 Pemba Mozambique 29 °C 30 °C 25 °C 208 mm 23 288 h 29 °C
42 Kampung Baru Subang Malaysia 29 °C 30 °C 23 °C 169 mm 18 291 h 29 °C
43 Banda Aceh Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 100 mm 13 298 h 29 °C
44 Alor Setar Malaysia 29 °C 33 °C 24 °C 56 mm 9 301 h 29 °C
45 Denpasar Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 356 mm 27 267 h 29 °C
46 Probolinggo Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 249 mm 26 246 h 29 °C
47 Balikpapan Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 238 mm 24 260 h 29 °C
48 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 29 °C 29 °C 26 °C 127 mm 20 287 h 29 °C
49 Yogyakarta Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 304 mm 27 241 h 29 °C
50 Pasuruan Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 322 mm 26 245 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. Honiara 30 °C
  3. Funafuti 30 °C
  4. Kendari 30 °C
  5. Baubau 30 °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 the world 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.