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Where is the sea warmest in North America?

The warmest water in North America month by month, across 103 coastal cities — and how many of them are comfortable enough to swim in.

MonthWarmest citySeaComfortable
January Acapulco de Juárez 28.4°C 26 of 103
February Acapulco de Juárez 28.2°C 26 of 103
March Acapulco de Juárez 27.8°C 33 of 103
April Ciudad del Carmen 28.6°C 40 of 103
May Ciudad del Carmen 30.0°C 41 of 103
June Ciudad del Carmen 30.2°C 50 of 103
July San Felipe 30.8°C 65 of 103
August San Felipe 31.9°C 68 of 103
September San Felipe 31.1°C 67 of 103
October Puerto Vallarta 30.3°C 54 of 103
November Acapulco de Juárez 29.5°C 40 of 103
December Acapulco de Juárez 29.2°C 31 of 103

"Comfortable" means at least 19.0°C, which is a judgement and not a fact — a Norwegian and a Spaniard genuinely disagree. Every city page shows the season at four thresholds instead of insisting on one. Method and sources