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Warmest sea temperatures in the world 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 Mahajanga Madagascar 30 °C 31 °C 210 mm
11 Sungai Petani Malaysia 30 °C 31 °C 174 mm
12 Kota Kuala Muda Malaysia 30 °C 31 °C 173 mm
13 Alor Setar Malaysia 30 °C 33 °C 137 mm
14 Mamoudzou Mayotte 30 °C 28 °C 171 mm
15 Funafuti Tuvalu 30 °C 28 °C 304 mm
16 Bengkulu Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 263 mm
17 Honiara Solomon Islands 30 °C 29 °C 355 mm
18 Kapar Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 228 mm
19 Tanjungbalai Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 209 mm
20 Percut Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 193 mm
21 Langsa Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 122 mm
22 Shah Alam Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 187 mm
23 Kampung Baru Subang Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 232 mm
24 Gorontalo Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 190 mm
25 Kanayannur India 29 °C 31 °C 41 mm
26 Victoria Seychelles 29 °C 28 °C 110 mm
27 Perbaungan Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 176 mm
28 Moroni Comoros 29 °C 30 °C 215 mm
29 Alappuzha India 29 °C 32 °C 67 mm
30 Thrissur India 29 °C 34 °C 54 mm
31 Kozhikode India 29 °C 32 °C 33 mm
32 Makassar Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 282 mm
33 Pago Pago American Samoa 29 °C 27 °C 262 mm
34 Mata-Utu Wallis and Futuna 29 °C 28 °C 300 mm
35 Probolinggo Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 205 mm
36 Pasuruan Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 270 mm
37 Lhokseumawe Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 130 mm
38 Banda Aceh Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 157 mm
39 Kollam India 29 °C 32 °C 57 mm
40 Apia Samoa 29 °C 30 °C 271 mm
41 Surabaya Indonesia 29 °C 30 °C 262 mm
42 Zanzibar Tanzania 29 °C 30 °C 121 mm
43 Myeik Myanmar 29 °C 32 °C 96 mm
44 Mangaluru India 29 °C 32 °C 17 mm
45 Male Maldives 29 °C 28 °C 46 mm
46 Udupi India 29 °C 33 °C 16 mm
47 Phú Quốc Vietnam 29 °C 28 °C 67 mm
48 Ambon Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 167 mm
49 Nacala Mozambique 29 °C 29 °C 208 mm
50 São Tomé Sao Tome and Principe 29 °C 29 °C 149 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.

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