Warmest sea temperatures in the world in October
Şabyā tops the list at 32 °C in October. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations.
| # | Destination | Country | Sea temp | Avg high | Rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Şabyā | Saudi Arabia | 32 °C | 34 °C | 22 mm |
| 2 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | 31 °C | 35 °C | 0 mm |
| 3 | Al Ḩudaydah | Yemen | 31 °C | 35 °C | 14 mm |
| 4 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | 31 °C | 36 °C | 1 mm |
| 5 | Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | 31 °C | 35 °C | 1 mm |
| 6 | Port Sudan | Sudan | 31 °C | 33 °C | 14 mm |
| 7 | Djibouti | Djibouti | 31 °C | 32 °C | 22 mm |
| 8 | Lusail | Qatar | 31 °C | 34 °C | 1 mm |
| 9 | Doha | Qatar | 31 °C | 35 °C | 0 mm |
| 10 | Ar Rayyān | Qatar | 31 °C | 36 °C | 0 mm |
| 11 | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 31 °C | 33 °C | 3 mm |
| 12 | Ras Al Khaimah | United Arab Emirates | 31 °C | 34 °C | 1 mm |
| 13 | Berbera | Somalia | 30 °C | 32 °C | 18 mm |
| 14 | Yanbu | Saudi Arabia | 30 °C | 34 °C | 2 mm |
| 15 | Al Muharraq | Bahrain | 30 °C | 31 °C | 0 mm |
| 16 | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 30 °C | 34 °C | 1 mm |
| 17 | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 30 °C | 35 °C | 4 mm |
| 18 | Bushehr | Iran | 30 °C | 32 °C | 1 mm |
| 19 | Al Jubayl | Saudi Arabia | 30 °C | 35 °C | 1 mm |
| 20 | Pétionville | Haiti | 30 °C | 29 °C | 199 mm |
| 21 | Delmas | Haiti | 30 °C | 31 °C | 187 mm |
| 22 | Saint-Marc | Haiti | 30 °C | 31 °C | 92 mm |
| 23 | Macapá | Brazil | 30 °C | 32 °C | 18 mm |
| 24 | Muscat | Oman | 30 °C | 33 °C | 1 mm |
| 25 | Sittwe | Myanmar | 30 °C | 29 °C | 214 mm |
| 26 | Kyaukpyu | Myanmar | 30 °C | 29 °C | 179 mm |
| 27 | Puerto Vallarta | Mexico | 30 °C | 30 °C | 148 mm |
| 28 | Mazatlán | Mexico | 30 °C | 30 °C | 70 mm |
| 29 | Sitiawan | Malaysia | 30 °C | 29 °C | 291 mm |
| 30 | Sepang | Malaysia | 30 °C | 29 °C | 244 mm |
| 31 | Kapar | Malaysia | 30 °C | 29 °C | 247 mm |
| 32 | Taiping | Malaysia | 30 °C | 29 °C | 313 mm |
| 33 | Ormoc | Philippines | 30 °C | 29 °C | 254 mm |
| 34 | Shah Alam | Malaysia | 30 °C | 29 °C | 211 mm |
| 35 | Acapulco de Juárez | Mexico | 30 °C | 29 °C | 189 mm |
| 36 | Sandakan | Malaysia | 30 °C | 29 °C | 288 mm |
| 37 | Kampung Baru Subang | Malaysia | 30 °C | 30 °C | 258 mm |
| 38 | Palopo | Indonesia | 30 °C | 30 °C | 134 mm |
| 39 | Sorong | Indonesia | 30 °C | 30 °C | 270 mm |
| 40 | Bintulu | Malaysia | 30 °C | 30 °C | 322 mm |
| 41 | Maracaibo | Venezuela | 30 °C | 30 °C | 203 mm |
| 42 | Palikir | Micronesia | 30 °C | 28 °C | 300 mm |
| 43 | Funafuti | Tuvalu | 30 °C | 28 °C | 209 mm |
| 44 | Kota Kinabalu | Malaysia | 30 °C | 28 °C | 277 mm |
| 45 | Malacca | Malaysia | 30 °C | 29 °C | 222 mm |
| 46 | Sungai Petani | Malaysia | 30 °C | 29 °C | 320 mm |
| 47 | Lapu-Lapu City | Philippines | 30 °C | 29 °C | 233 mm |
| 48 | Muar | Malaysia | 30 °C | 29 °C | 210 mm |
| 49 | Bukit Mertajam | Malaysia | 30 °C | 29 °C | 337 mm |
| 50 | Kota Kuala Muda | Malaysia | 30 °C | 29 °C | 325 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
- 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.