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Satellite view of Bahía de Montevideo; 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.

Bay

Bahía de Montevideo

UruguayMontevideo Department · Uruguay · Atlantic Ocean

-34.8897, -56.2240 · Montevideo, 4 km

  • 24°Sea · February
  • 26°High · January
  • 10.6 hSunshine · December
The dot marks Bahía de Montevideo. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Bahía de Montevideo in October

  • 18°CAir, daytime high13°C at night
  • 16°CSea temperature
  • 8.2 hSunshine a day
  • 10 daysRainy days in the month103 mm in total
  • 21 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

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

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 18.4 °C — 2.1 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +2.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 16.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 18.5 °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 February24 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and December11 h of sun a day
Least rainMay and December84 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan23°10 h102 mm
  2. Feb24°9 h106 mm
  3. Mar22°8 h118 mm
  4. Apr19°7 h114 mm
  5. May16°6 h84 mm
  6. Jun13°5 h98 mm
  7. Jul11°5 h92 mm
  8. Aug12°6 h89 mm
  9. Sep13°7 h96 mm
  10. Oct16°8 h103 mm
  11. Nov19°10 h96 mm
  12. Dec22°11 h86 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°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23°Feb: 24°Mar: 22°Apr: 19°May: 16°Jun: 13°Jul: 11°Aug: 12°Sep: 13°Oct: 16°Nov: 19°Dec: 22°11°24°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23 °C (High 26° / Low 20°)Feb: 23 °C (High 26° / Low 20°)Mar: 21 °C (High 24° / Low 18°)Apr: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 16°)May: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 13°)Jun: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 10°)Jul: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 8°)Aug: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 9°)Sep: 13 °C (High 16° / Low 10°)Oct: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 13°)Nov: 19 °C (High 22° / Low 16°)Dec: 21 °C (High 25° / Low 18°)23°10°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 102 mmFeb: 106 mmMar: 118 mm118Apr: 114 mmMay: 84 mm84Jun: 98 mmJul: 92 mmAug: 89 mmSep: 96 mmOct: 103 mmNov: 96 mmDec: 86 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10.4 hFeb: 9.1 hMar: 8.4 hApr: 7.1 hMay: 5.5 hJun: 5.0 hJul: 4.9 h4.9Aug: 5.8 hSep: 7.0 hOct: 8.2 hNov: 9.8 hDec: 10.6 h10.6

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Bahía de Montevideo: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Bahía de Montevideo: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January262023102910.420
Februarywarmest sea262024106109.120
March24182211898.420
April20161911497.120
May1713168485.519
June1410139895.020
July128119284.920
August149128985.820
September1610139687.021
October181316103108.221
November2216199699.821
December25182286910.621

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Photos

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

Bahía de Montevideo: Storm Is Comming (139516687)
Photo: Marcelo Campi · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Bahía de Montevideo: Harbor bay (44584410501)
Photo: Marcelo Campi from Costa de Oro, Uruguay · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Bahía de Montevideo: Harbor Bay (38359739522)
Photo: Marcelo Campi from Costa de Oro, Uruguay · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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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 POWER12 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20209 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.112 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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