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Where is the sea warmest in the Black Sea in February?

In February the warmest sea in the Black Sea is at Kobuleti, Georgia, at 10.6°C. Nowhere in the region is comfortable for swimming this month — not one of the 47 cities measured reaches 19.0°C.

#CityCountrySeaSwimming
1 Kobuleti Georgia 10.6°C Dangerous
2 Batumi Georgia 10.6°C Dangerous
3 Poti Georgia 10.6°C Dangerous
4 Rize Turkey 10.5°C Dangerous
5 Gagra Georgia 10.5°C Dangerous
6 Ochamchire Georgia 10.4°C Dangerous
7 Sochi Russia 10.4°C Dangerous
8 Gudauta Georgia 10.4°C Dangerous
9 Sokhumi Georgia 10.4°C Dangerous
10 Tuapse Russia 10.3°C Dangerous
11 Trabzon Turkey 10.3°C Dangerous
12 Anapa Russia 10.3°C Dangerous
13 Ordu Turkey 10.0°C Dangerous
14 Giresun Turkey 10.0°C Dangerous
15 Gelendzhik Russia 10.0°C Dangerous
16 Yalova Turkey 9.9°C Dangerous
17 Samsun Turkey 9.9°C Dangerous
18 Istanbul Turkey 9.8°C Dangerous
19 Tekirdağ Turkey 9.8°C Dangerous
20 Sinop Turkey 9.6°C Dangerous
21 Masandra Ukraine 9.6°C Dangerous
22 Feodosiya Ukraine 9.4°C Dangerous
23 Sevastopol Ukraine 9.3°C Dangerous
24 Zonguldak Turkey 9.1°C Dangerous
25 Yevpatoriya Ukraine 8.5°C Dangerous

Ranked on the NOAA OISST monthly climatology — a long-run average for February, not a forecast. A given February will run warmer or cooler than this, and the sea is warmest late in the afternoon and late in the season.

the Black Sea in other months

February elsewhere