The diffusion coefficients (D) of water and solutes in nanoporousNa-smectite clay barriers have been widely studied because of their importancein high-level radioactive waste (HLRW) management and in the isolation of contaminated sites. However, few measurements have been carried out at the high temperatures that are expected to occur in HLRW repositories. We address this knowledge gap by using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to predict the temperature dependence of diffusion in clay interlayer nanopores, expressed as a pore scale activation energy of diffusion (Ea). Our sensitivity analysis shows that accurate prediction of pore scale Dand Eavalues requires careful consideration of the influence of pore size, simulation cell size, and clay structure flexibility on MD simulation results. We find that predicted Dvalues in clay interlayer nanopores are insensitive to the size of the simulation cell (contrary to the behavior observed in simulation of bulk liquid water) but sensitive to the vibrational motions of clay atoms (particularly in the smallest pores investigated here, the one-, two-, and three-layer hydrates). Our predicted DandEavalues are consistent with experimental data. They reveal,for both water and Na+, that Eaincreases by∼6 kJ mol−1with increasing confinement, when going from bulk liquid water to theone-layer hydrate of Na-montmorillonite.