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Warmest sea in Africa

748 coastal locations in Africa ranked by their year-round average sea temperature. The regional average is 24.4°C. The top of the list shows where to find the warmest water in a typical year. The bottom shows the coldest year-round coasts of the region.

Warmest location

Mits'iwa

30.2°C annual mean in Eritrea

Regional average

24.4°C

across all 748 Africa coastal locations

Warmest month

November

24.9°C region-wide average

Africa monthly average 24.2°C to 24.9°C
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  • Warmest month November 24.9°C
  • Coldest month March 24.2°C
  • Annual mean 24.4°C
  • Months above 20°C 12 of 12

Month by month across Africa

Sea temperatures in Africa swing from 24.2°C in March to 24.9°C in November on average across every coast we track. That spread of 1°C hides much bigger swings at individual locations.

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Africa sea temperature map

Today's pin colours show the latest daily reading at every Africa location we track. Pick any pin for the location's full page.

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Top 50 warmest locations in Africa

The warmest coastal locations across all of Africa, sorted by year-round average. Click any place for its 30-day chart, monthly profile, and 10-year history.

# Location Annual mean
1 Mits'iwa Northern Red Sea 30.2°C
2 Massawa 30.1°C
3 Dahlac Archipelago 29.9°C
4 Bahir Dar 29.9°C
5 Lake Tana 29.9°C
6 Harmil Island Northern Red Sea 29.9°C
7 Ghoubbet El Kharâb Devil's Islands 29.7°C
8 Djibouti 29.6°C
9 Tadjoura 29.6°C
10 Abaya Lake 29.6°C
11 Arba Minch 29.6°C
12 Djibouti Djibouti 29.5°C
13 Loyada 29.4°C
14 Saylac Awdal 29.3°C
15 Obock 29.2°C
16 Sawakin Red Sea 29.1°C
17 Suakin 29.0°C
18 Port Sudan 29.0°C
19 Sawabi Obock 28.9°C
20 Andoany (Hell-Ville) Antsiranana Province 28.9°C
21 Andoany (Hellville) Antsiranana Province 28.9°C
22 Aseb Southern Red Sea 28.8°C
23 Edd 28.8°C
24 Berbera 28.8°C
25 Assab 28.8°C
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26 Rio del Rey Entrance Ndian 28.7°C
27 Bosaso 28.7°C
28 Jamestown Akwa Ibom 28.7°C
29 Bamusso 28.6°C
30 Malabo 28.6°C
31 Calabar 28.6°C
32 Esuk Oron 28.6°C
33 Qandala 28.6°C
34 Bonaberi 28.6°C
35 Limbe 28.6°C
36 Madagho Delta 28.6°C
37 Man O War Bay Southwest 28.6°C
38 Burutu 28.6°C
39 Forcados River Bar Delta State 28.6°C
40 Bioko 28.6°C
41 Andoany 28.6°C
42 Nosy Be 28.6°C
43 Denis Island 28.6°C
44 Douala 28.6°C
45 Bird Island 28.6°C
46 Luba 28.5°C
47 Ile Denis Inner Islands 28.5°C
48 Muhammad Qol South Kordan 28.5°C
49 Camayenne Conakry 28.5°C
50 Qua Iboe River Entrance Akwa Ibom State 28.5°C

Warmest countries in Africa

Country-level averages across every coastal location in each country (minimum 5 locations to be listed). A useful starting point for picking a country before drilling in.

# Country Annual mean
1 Eritrea 29.5°C
2 Djibouti 29.4°C
3 Nigeria 28.5°C
4 Equatorial Guinea 28.5°C
5 Cameroon 28.4°C
6 Sierra Leone 28.4°C
7 Liberia 28.3°C
8 Guinea 28.3°C
9 Seychelles 28.3°C
10 Mayotte 28.1°C
11 Sao Tome and Principe 27.9°C
12 Tanzania 27.8°C
13 Guinea-Bissau 27.7°C
14 Somalia 27.6°C
15 Gabon 27.6°C
16 Kenya 27.5°C
17 Cote d'Ivoire 27.4°C
18 Madagascar 27.4°C
19 Ghana 27.3°C
20 Mozambique 26.7°C

Coldest 10 in Africa for contrast

Same data, sorted the other way. Useful if you want to know which Africa coasts stay coldest year-round.

# Location Annual mean
1 Marion Island Western Cape 6.2°C
2 Luderitz 13.1°C
3 Port Nolloth 13.8°C
4 Sal 14.0°C
5 St Helena Bay 14.3°C
6 Velddrif 14.3°C
7 Hondeklip Bay 14.4°C
8 Elands Bay 14.5°C
9 Oranjemund Karas Region 14.5°C
10 Lamberts Bay Western Cape 14.5°C

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