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Warmest sea temperatures in the world in January

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

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Rainfall
1 Palopo Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 397 mm
2 Honiara Solomon Islands 30 °C 29 °C 355 mm
3 Funafuti Tuvalu 30 °C 28 °C 366 mm
4 Kendari Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 309 mm
5 Baubau Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 303 mm
6 Probolinggo Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 288 mm
7 Pasuruan Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 364 mm
8 Kupang Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 283 mm
9 Taiping Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 198 mm
10 Surabaya Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 285 mm
11 Mahajanga Madagascar 29 °C 30 °C 419 mm
12 Beira Mozambique 29 °C 31 °C 205 mm
13 Parepare Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 290 mm
14 Padang Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 329 mm
15 Bukit Mertajam Malaysia 29 °C 30 °C 168 mm
16 Gorontalo Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 165 mm
17 Port Moresby Papua New Guinea 29 °C 30 °C 234 mm
18 Mata-Utu Wallis and Futuna 29 °C 28 °C 357 mm
19 Yaren Nauru 29 °C 28 °C 193 mm
20 Sitiawan Malaysia 29 °C 28 °C 229 mm
21 Ambon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 165 mm
22 Sorong Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 305 mm
23 Balikpapan Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 266 mm
24 Situbondo Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 467 mm
25 Apia Samoa 29 °C 30 °C 377 mm
26 Semarang Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 375 mm
27 Makassar Indonesia 29 °C 27 °C 457 mm
28 Mamoudzou Mayotte 29 °C 28 °C 234 mm
29 Paya Terubong Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 113 mm
30 Ungaran Indonesia 29 °C 27 °C 492 mm
31 Cairns Australia 29 °C 29 °C 245 mm
32 Moroni Comoros 29 °C 30 °C 264 mm
33 Toliara Madagascar 29 °C 31 °C 199 mm
34 Bengkulu Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 294 mm
35 Jepara Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 510 mm
36 Pekalongan Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 413 mm
37 Pago Pago American Samoa 29 °C 27 °C 357 mm
38 Tegal Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 451 mm
39 Pemalang Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 418 mm
40 Kapar Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 232 mm
41 Shah Alam Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 217 mm
42 Bontang Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 249 mm
43 Kampung Baru Subang Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 235 mm
44 Dili Timor Leste 29 °C 30 °C 252 mm
45 Townsville Australia 29 °C 31 °C 212 mm
46 Denpasar Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 382 mm
47 Yogyakarta Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 336 mm
48 Macapá Brazil 29 °C 28 °C 271 mm
49 Plumbon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 350 mm
50 Cirebon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 340 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.