Warmest sea temperatures in the world in November: ranked by sea temperature

Şabyā tops the list at 31 °C in November. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.

Top three in November: Şabyā (31 °C) , Palopo (30 °C) , Probolinggo (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 Şabyā Saudi Arabia 31 °C 31 °C 25 °C 14 mm 4 315 h 31 °C
2 Palopo Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 23 °C 237 mm 24 305 h 30 °C
3 Probolinggo Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 25 °C 128 mm 18 311 h 30 °C
4 Pasuruan Indonesia 30 °C 31 °C 24 °C 136 mm 17 308 h 30 °C
5 Surabaya Indonesia 30 °C 31 °C 26 °C 176 mm 23 320 h 30 °C
6 Parepare Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 25 °C 221 mm 23 307 h 30 °C
7 Ungaran Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 22 °C 310 mm 25 282 h 30 °C
8 Pekalongan Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 430 mm 27 286 h 30 °C
9 Pemalang Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 371 mm 27 286 h 30 °C
10 Semarang Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 266 mm 25 296 h 30 °C
11 Tegal Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 25 °C 337 mm 27 288 h 30 °C
12 Plumbon Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 25 °C 230 mm 23 286 h 30 °C
13 Jepara Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 25 °C 263 mm 24 308 h 30 °C
14 Cirebon Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 25 °C 220 mm 22 286 h 30 °C
15 Situbondo Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 211 mm 22 323 h 30 °C
16 Dili Timor Leste 30 °C 32 °C 26 °C 105 mm 17 344 h 30 °C
17 Macapá Brazil 30 °C 32 °C 25 °C 32 mm 8 345 h 30 °C
18 Funafuti Tuvalu 30 °C 28 °C 26 °C 220 mm 22 322 h 30 °C
19 Makassar Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 249 mm 27 296 h 30 °C
20 Sorong Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 290 mm 27 286 h 30 °C
21 Gorontalo Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 233 mm 28 295 h 30 °C
22 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 30 °C 31 °C 24 °C 32 mm 2 307 h 30 °C
23 Acapulco de Juárez Mexico 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 42 mm 7 321 h 30 °C
24 Jayapura Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 275 mm 27 282 h 30 °C
25 Teluknaga Indonesia 30 °C 31 °C 24 °C 214 mm 25 290 h 30 °C
26 Kendari Indonesia 30 °C 31 °C 25 °C 186 mm 22 329 h 30 °C
27 Singkawang Indonesia 30 °C 28 °C 24 °C 394 mm 29 221 h 30 °C
28 Pontianak Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 23 °C 393 mm 29 230 h 30 °C
29 Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 253 mm 27 285 h 30 °C
30 Labuan Bajo Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 223 mm 23 346 h 30 °C
31 Cilegon Indonesia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 215 mm 24 287 h 30 °C
32 Serang Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 192 mm 25 287 h 30 °C
33 Baubau Indonesia 30 °C 31 °C 25 °C 161 mm 20 332 h 30 °C
34 Bissau Guinea-Bissau 29 °C 32 °C 24 °C 23 mm 4 318 h 29 °C
35 Yaren Nauru 29 °C 28 °C 27 °C 124 mm 13 325 h 29 °C
36 Pétionville Haiti 29 °C 28 °C 21 °C 97 mm 14 312 h 29 °C
37 Delmas Haiti 29 °C 30 °C 22 °C 88 mm 14 312 h 29 °C
38 Palikir Micronesia 29 °C 28 °C 26 °C 296 mm 26 289 h 29 °C
39 Ngerulmud Palau 29 °C 28 °C 26 °C 261 mm 26 292 h 29 °C
40 Balikpapan Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 226 mm 27 285 h 29 °C
41 Kapar Malaysia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 383 mm 27 258 h 29 °C
42 Sepang Malaysia 29 °C 28 °C 24 °C 350 mm 28 265 h 29 °C
43 Ternate Indonesia 29 °C 28 °C 25 °C 218 mm 27 310 h 29 °C
44 Malacca Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 25 °C 276 mm 28 262 h 29 °C
45 Miri Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 296 mm 29 279 h 29 °C
46 Shah Alam Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 338 mm 28 264 h 29 °C
47 Kampung Baru Subang Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 23 °C 391 mm 27 257 h 29 °C
48 Taiping Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 355 mm 29 251 h 29 °C
49 Tawau Malaysia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 198 mm 28 306 h 29 °C
50 Pangkalpinang Indonesia 29 °C 29 °C 24 °C 328 mm 28 258 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

October: top 5

  1. Şabyā 32 °C
  2. Abu Dhabi 31 °C
  3. Al Ḩudaydah 31 °C
  4. Dubai 31 °C
  5. Sharjah 31 °C

Full ranking for October

December: top 5

  1. Palopo 30 °C
  2. Parepare 30 °C
  3. Baubau 30 °C
  4. Funafuti 30 °C
  5. Probolinggo 30 °C

Full ranking for December

How this ranking is built

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