Where is the sea warmest in the Black Sea in November?
In November the warmest sea in the Black Sea is at Rize, Turkey, at 17.9°C. Nowhere in the region is comfortable for swimming this month — not one of the 47 cities measured reaches 19.0°C.
| # | City | Country | Sea | Swimming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rize | Turkey | 17.9°C | Bracing |
| 2 | Batumi | Georgia | 17.8°C | Bracing |
| 3 | Kobuleti | Georgia | 17.7°C | Bracing |
| 4 | Trabzon | Turkey | 17.6°C | Bracing |
| 5 | Poti | Georgia | 17.6°C | Bracing |
| 6 | Ochamchire | Georgia | 17.5°C | Bracing |
| 7 | Sokhumi | Georgia | 17.5°C | Bracing |
| 8 | Gudauta | Georgia | 17.5°C | Bracing |
| 9 | Gagra | Georgia | 17.4°C | Bracing |
| 10 | Giresun | Turkey | 17.3°C | Bracing |
| 11 | Ordu | Turkey | 17.3°C | Bracing |
| 12 | Sochi | Russia | 17.2°C | Bracing |
| 13 | Tuapse | Russia | 17.2°C | Bracing |
| 14 | Zonguldak | Turkey | 17.0°C | Bracing |
| 15 | Samsun | Turkey | 16.9°C | Bracing |
| 16 | Sinop | Turkey | 16.7°C | Bracing |
| 17 | Tekirdağ | Turkey | 16.7°C | Bracing |
| 18 | Istanbul | Turkey | 16.7°C | Bracing |
| 19 | Yalova | Turkey | 16.6°C | Bracing |
| 20 | Gelendzhik | Russia | 16.6°C | Bracing |
| 21 | Anapa | Russia | 16.5°C | Bracing |
| 22 | Sozopol | Bulgaria | 16.1°C | Bracing |
| 23 | Nesebar | Bulgaria | 16.0°C | Bracing |
| 24 | Sevastopol | Ukraine | 16.0°C | Cold |
| 25 | Feodosiya | Ukraine | 15.8°C | Cold |
Ranked on the NOAA OISST monthly climatology — a long-run average for November, not a forecast. A given November will run warmer or cooler than this, and the sea is warmest late in the afternoon and late in the season.