Mers El Kebir Sea Temperature
Looking to find out what the sea water temperature in Mers El Kebir is for today and the next few days? Below are data and charts that will give you information about sea temperatures in Mers El Kebir and nearby locations.
Water temperature in Mers El Kebir right now
Below is the current sea temperature for Mers El Kebir, Algeria on 31st May 2023.
20.84° C
(69.51° F)
- yesterday: 20.13° C (68.23° F)
- a week ago: 19.24° C (66.63° F)
Water at this temperature is very pleasant to swim in and if you tend to wear a wetsuit when swimming, you might consider removing it now to avoid the body overheating.
The average sea temperature for Mers El Kebir on May 31st over the last 10 years is 19.55° C (67.2° F), with a low temperature of 17.72° C (63.9° F) and a high of 20.88° C (69.58° F).
Analysis and forecast for Mers El Kebir water temperatures
The water temperature in Mers El Kebir today is higher than the average temperature of 19.55° C (67.2° F) and the temperature on this day last year, 31st May 2022, was 20.88° C (69.58° F).
The chart and table below shows the change in water temperature in Mers El Kebir over the last 30 days:
The actual nearshore temperatures may vary by several degrees and this can also be heavily affected by weather. Strong winds can cause cold, deep waters to replace the surface waters that had been warmed by the sun, and heavy rain can also reduce the temperature of the sea surface temperature as well.
Water temperature in Mers El Kebir by month
The chart below shows the monthly average water temperature in Mers El Kebir.
For more detailed information on how the sea temperature in Mers El Kebir changes for each month of the year, choose from the months below.
Mers El Kebir map and nearby water temperatures

Locations near Mers El Kebir
The highest temperature in Algeria today is 21.2° C (70.15° F) in Jijel. The lowest is in Ain El Turk, where the temperature of the water is 19.94° C (67.89° F).
Why measure sea surface temperatures (SST) in Mers El Kebir?
The ocean covers about 71% of the Earth's surface, and scientists record the sea surface temperature (SST) of locations such as Mers El Kebir because they want to understand and learn how the ocean communicates with the atomosphere of Earth.
SST is one measure that provides information on the global climate, and it can be used to predict the weather in Mers El Kebir as well as atmospheric model simulations and to study marine ecosystems in the area.
Data source and citation
Raw data for the calculations made to find the sea surface temperature in Mers El Kebir comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and their 1/4° daily Optimum Interpolation Sea Surface Temperature.
The water temperature data is constructed by combining observations from different platforms (satellites, ships, buoys, and Argo floats) on a regular global grid. A spatially complete sea surface temperature map is then built by interpolating to fill in gaps in the data.
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