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

Şabyā tops the list at 32 °C in October. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.

Top three in October: Şabyā (32 °C) , Abu Dhabi (31 °C) , Al Ḩudaydah (31 °C) . Between first and 50th place the sea temp differs by 2.4 °C.

# Destination Country Sea temp Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Şabyā Saudi Arabia 32 °C 34 °C 27 °C 22 mm 4 339 h 32 °C
2 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 31 °C 35 °C 25 °C 0 mm 0 338 h 31 °C
3 Al Ḩudaydah Yemen 31 °C 35 °C 27 °C 14 mm 3 347 h 31 °C
4 Dubai United Arab Emirates 31 °C 36 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 337 h 31 °C
5 Sharjah United Arab Emirates 31 °C 35 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 338 h 31 °C
6 Port Sudan Sudan 31 °C 33 °C 25 °C 14 mm 4 337 h 31 °C
7 Djibouti Djibouti 31 °C 32 °C 26 °C 22 mm 6 354 h 31 °C
8 Lusail Qatar 31 °C 34 °C 25 °C 1 mm 0 338 h 31 °C
9 Doha Qatar 31 °C 35 °C 24 °C 0 mm 0 338 h 31 °C
10 Ar Rayyān Qatar 31 °C 36 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 338 h 31 °C
11 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 31 °C 33 °C 26 °C 3 mm 1 340 h 31 °C
12 Ras Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates 31 °C 34 °C 27 °C 1 mm 0 339 h 31 °C
13 Berbera Somalia 30 °C 32 °C 25 °C 18 mm 4 344 h 30 °C
14 Yanbu Saudi Arabia 30 °C 34 °C 25 °C 2 mm 0 337 h 30 °C
15 Al Muharraq Bahrain 30 °C 31 °C 26 °C 0 mm 0 338 h 30 °C
16 Dammam Saudi Arabia 30 °C 34 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 339 h 30 °C
17 Bandar Abbas Iran 30 °C 35 °C 25 °C 4 mm 1 335 h 30 °C
18 Bushehr Iran 30 °C 32 °C 25 °C 1 mm 0 336 h 30 °C
19 Al Jubayl Saudi Arabia 30 °C 35 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 337 h 30 °C
20 Pétionville Haiti 30 °C 29 °C 22 °C 199 mm 23 318 h 30 °C
21 Delmas Haiti 30 °C 31 °C 23 °C 187 mm 22 318 h 30 °C
22 Saint-Marc Haiti 30 °C 31 °C 25 °C 92 mm 19 324 h 30 °C
23 Macapá Brazil 30 °C 32 °C 25 °C 18 mm 4 364 h 30 °C
24 Muscat Oman 30 °C 33 °C 24 °C 1 mm 0 344 h 30 °C
25 Sittwe Myanmar 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 214 mm 20 289 h 30 °C
26 Kyaukpyu Myanmar 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 179 mm 20 286 h 30 °C
27 Puerto Vallarta Mexico 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 148 mm 19 306 h 30 °C
28 Mazatlán Mexico 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 70 mm 7 329 h 30 °C
29 Sitiawan Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 291 mm 28 283 h 30 °C
30 Sepang Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 244 mm 27 299 h 30 °C
31 Kapar Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 247 mm 24 291 h 30 °C
32 Taiping Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 313 mm 28 270 h 30 °C
33 Ormoc Philippines 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 254 mm 26 292 h 30 °C
34 Shah Alam Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 23 °C 211 mm 25 297 h 30 °C
35 Acapulco de Juárez Mexico 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 189 mm 21 299 h 30 °C
36 Sandakan Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 288 mm 29 310 h 30 °C
37 Kampung Baru Subang Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 258 mm 25 290 h 30 °C
38 Palopo Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 134 mm 15 337 h 30 °C
39 Sorong Indonesia 30 °C 30 °C 24 °C 270 mm 24 303 h 30 °C
40 Bintulu Malaysia 30 °C 30 °C 23 °C 322 mm 29 273 h 30 °C
41 Maracaibo Venezuela 30 °C 30 °C 25 °C 203 mm 26 290 h 30 °C
42 Palikir Micronesia 30 °C 28 °C 25 °C 300 mm 27 301 h 30 °C
43 Funafuti Tuvalu 30 °C 28 °C 26 °C 209 mm 22 338 h 30 °C
44 Kota Kinabalu Malaysia 30 °C 28 °C 24 °C 277 mm 28 288 h 30 °C
45 Malacca Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 222 mm 26 299 h 30 °C
46 Sungai Petani Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 320 mm 29 257 h 30 °C
47 Lapu-Lapu City Philippines 30 °C 29 °C 26 °C 233 mm 26 289 h 30 °C
48 Muar Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 25 °C 210 mm 26 292 h 30 °C
49 Bukit Mertajam Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 337 mm 29 257 h 30 °C
50 Kota Kuala Muda Malaysia 30 °C 29 °C 24 °C 325 mm 29 257 h 30 °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

September: top 5

  1. Abu Dhabi 33 °C
  2. Lusail 33 °C
  3. Doha 33 °C
  4. Ar Rayyān 33 °C
  5. Dubai 33 °C

Full ranking for September

November: top 5

  1. Şabyā 31 °C
  2. Palopo 30 °C
  3. Probolinggo 30 °C
  4. Pasuruan 30 °C
  5. Surabaya 30 °C

Full ranking for November

How this ranking is built

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