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Satellite view of Armers Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Armers Beach

New ZealandMarlborough · New Zealand · Tasman Sea

-42.4183, 173.7002 · Hanmer Springs, 73 km

  • 17°Sea · February
  • 19°High · January
  • 8.8 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Armers Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Armers Beach in October

  • 14°CAir, daytime high8°C at night
  • 12°CSea temperature
  • 7.6 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month69 mm in total
  • 15 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 81Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 101 kmAirport: Woodbourne Airport (BHE)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 12.3 °C — 0.5 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 11.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.6 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJanuary and February17 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJanuary and November9 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February48 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan16°9 h49 mm
  2. Feb17°8 h48 mm
  3. Mar16°7 h55 mm
  4. Apr14°6 h69 mm
  5. May13°5 h63 mm
  6. Jun12°4 h81 mm
  7. Jul11°4 h74 mm
  8. Aug10°6 h65 mm
  9. Sep11°6 h56 mm
  10. Oct12°8 h69 mm
  11. Nov13°9 h55 mm
  12. Dec15°8 h57 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
10°12°15°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 16°Feb: 17°Mar: 16°Apr: 14°May: 13°Jun: 12°Jul: 11°Aug: 10°Sep: 11°Oct: 12°Nov: 13°Dec: 15°17°10°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 16 °C (High 19° / Low 14°)Feb: 16 °C (High 19° / Low 14°)Mar: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 12°)Apr: 13 °C (High 15° / Low 11°)May: 11 °C (High 13° / Low 9°)Jun: 9 °C (High 11° / Low 7°)Jul: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 6°)Aug: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 7°)Sep: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 7°)Oct: 11 °C (High 14° / Low 8°)Nov: 13 °C (High 16° / Low 10°)Dec: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 12°)16°8°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 49 mmFeb: 48 mm48Mar: 55 mmApr: 69 mmMay: 63 mmJun: 81 mm81Jul: 74 mmAug: 65 mmSep: 56 mmOct: 69 mmNov: 55 mmDec: 57 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.8 h8.8Feb: 8.3 hMar: 7.3 hApr: 5.9 hMay: 5.0 hJun: 4.0 h4.0Jul: 4.5 hAug: 5.5 hSep: 6.5 hOct: 7.6 hNov: 8.6 hDec: 8.1 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Armers Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Armers Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1914164998.814
Februarywarmest sea1914174888.314
March1812165597.314
April15111469115.914
May1391363125.015
June1171281134.016
July1061174134.516
August1071065145.516
September1271156126.516
October1481269127.615
November16101355108.614
December18121557118.114

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Armers Beach: Early morning sun on snow-capped Seaward Kaikoura Range
Photo: Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Armers Beach: Kaikoura coastline.NZ FZ200 (14323904497)
Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Armers Beach: Limestone landscape.FZ200 (14323756830)
Photo: Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER10 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202015 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.110 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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