The effect of temperature on an end-cell plate in a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack is presented in this paper. Numerical analysis and experimental work investigated the impact of a heat exchanger filled with metal foam on the end-cell plate used for cooling a PEM stack. One side of the edge plate was subjected to constant heat flux (1.55 W/cm2) while the other side was insulated. A metal foam with a pore density of 40 and having a porosity of 60% was analysed. The model was simulated in ANSYS R3-CFD, and the thermal problem was solved using the local thermal non-equilibrium (LTNE) to investigate the heat transfer between the fluid and solid phases. The thermal solution studied the effect of metal foam heat exchangers at different airflow velocities between 0.2 and 1.5 m/s on end-cell plate’s temperature. The results showed heat transfer enhancement in plate temperature, proving that the use of the LTNE assumption illustrated the difference between the end-cell plate and fluid flow temperatures. The effect of inlet air velocity on the plate temperature was also examined. An experimental model of a commercial PEM stack was constructed out of aluminium. This model was tested at the same conditions as those employed in the numerical solution. The heat generated by a fuel cell was simulated by a surface heater providing the same heat flux as the actual PEM cell. The numerical and experimental results for the end-cell plate for both at flow direction and different inlet velocities were assessed. There was a good agreement between the numerical and experimental results.