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
- Şabyā 32 °C
- Abu Dhabi 31 °C
- Al Ḩudaydah 31 °C
- Dubai 31 °C
- Sharjah 31 °C
December: top 5
- Palopo 30 °C
- Parepare 30 °C
- Baubau 30 °C
- Funafuti 30 °C
- Probolinggo 30 °C
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
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- 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.