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Where is the sea warmest in the Caribbean in December?

In December the warmest sea in the Caribbean is at Santiago de Tolú, Colombia, at 29.8°C. Every one of the 191 cities measured here is comfortable this month.

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1 Santiago de Tolú Colombia 29.8°C Bath-like
2 Turbaná Colombia 29.1°C Bath-like
3 Cartagena Colombia 29.1°C Bath-like
4 Port-au-Prince Haiti 29.1°C Bath-like
5 Léogâne Haiti 29.1°C Bath-like
6 San Juan de Urabá Colombia 29.1°C Bath-like
7 Tigwav Haiti 29.1°C Bath-like
8 Arcahaie Haiti 29.0°C Bath-like
9 Golfito Costa Rica 29.0°C Bath-like
10 Anse à Galets Haiti 29.0°C Bath-like
11 Necoclí Colombia 29.0°C Bath-like
12 Turbo Colombia 29.0°C Bath-like
13 Saint-Marc Haiti 28.9°C Bath-like
14 Gonaïves Haiti 28.9°C Bath-like
15 Quepos Costa Rica 28.8°C Bath-like
16 Puerto Armuelles Panama 28.8°C Bath-like
17 Savanna-la-Mar Jamaica 28.8°C Bath-like
18 Pedernales Dominican Republic 28.7°C Bath-like
19 Negril Jamaica 28.6°C Bath-like
20 Jacmel Haiti 28.6°C Bath-like
21 Les Cayes Haiti 28.6°C Bath-like
22 La Unión El Salvador 28.6°C Bath-like
23 Chacarita Costa Rica 28.6°C Bath-like
24 Jérémie Haiti 28.6°C Bath-like
25 Jean-Rabel Haiti 28.5°C Bath-like

Ranked on the NOAA OISST monthly climatology — a long-run average for December, not a forecast. A given December 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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