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Where is the sea warmest in the Caribbean in May?

In May the warmest sea in the Caribbean is at Amapala, Honduras, at 30.6°C. Every one of the 191 cities measured here is comfortable this month.

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1 Amapala Honduras 30.6°C Bath-like
2 La Unión El Salvador 30.4°C Bath-like
3 Santiago de Tolú Colombia 30.1°C Bath-like
4 El Realejo Nicaragua 29.9°C Bath-like
5 Quepos Costa Rica 29.9°C Bath-like
6 Tamarindo Costa Rica 29.8°C Bath-like
7 Nueva Gerona Cuba 29.8°C Bath-like
8 Chacarita Costa Rica 29.8°C Bath-like
9 Golfito Costa Rica 29.7°C Bath-like
10 Puerto Cortez Honduras 29.7°C Bath-like
11 Manzanillo Cuba 29.7°C Bath-like
12 Puerto Lempira Honduras 29.6°C Bath-like
13 Puerto Armuelles Panama 29.6°C Bath-like
14 Puerto Cabezas Nicaragua 29.5°C Bath-like
15 Pearl City Nicaragua 29.5°C Bath-like
16 Masachapa Nicaragua 29.5°C Bath-like
17 Port-au-Prince Haiti 29.5°C Bath-like
18 Turbaná Colombia 29.4°C Bath-like
19 Bluefields Nicaragua 29.4°C Bath-like
20 San Juan de Urabá Colombia 29.4°C Bath-like
21 Cartagena Colombia 29.4°C Bath-like
22 Necoclí Colombia 29.4°C Bath-like
23 Léogâne Haiti 29.4°C Bath-like
24 Turbo Colombia 29.3°C Bath-like
25 Bocas del Toro Panama 29.3°C Bath-like

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

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