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Satellite view of Cable 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

Cable Beach

AustraliaWestern Australia · Australia · Indian Ocean

-17.9320, 122.2080 · Djugun, 3 km

  • 30°Sea · March
  • 38°High · November
  • 11.3 hSunshine · September
The dot marks Cable Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Cable Beach in October

  • 38°CAir, daytime high23°C at night
  • 28°CSea temperature
  • 11.1 hSunshine a day
  • 2 daysRainy days in the month6 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

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 28.1 °C — 0.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 27.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 37.7 °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 March30 °C
Most sunshineSeptember and October11 h of sun a day
Least rainAugust and September1 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan30°8 h233 mm
  2. Feb30°8 h191 mm
  3. Mar30°9 h117 mm
  4. Apr30°10 h20 mm
  5. May28°9 h21 mm
  6. Jun25°10 h12 mm
  7. Jul24°10 h10 mm
  8. Aug24°11 h3 mm
  9. Sep25°11 h1 mm
  10. Oct28°11 h6 mm
  11. Nov29°11 h16 mm
  12. Dec30°9 h120 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
25°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 30°Feb: 30°Mar: 30°Apr: 30°May: 28°Jun: 25°Jul: 24°Aug: 24°Sep: 25°Oct: 28°Nov: 29°Dec: 30°30°24°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°30°40°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 30 °C (High 33° / Low 26°)Feb: 29 °C (High 33° / Low 26°)Mar: 29 °C (High 33° / Low 25°)Apr: 29 °C (High 34° / Low 23°)May: 26 °C (High 32° / Low 19°)Jun: 23 °C (High 30° / Low 16°)Jul: 22 °C (High 30° / Low 15°)Aug: 24 °C (High 32° / Low 16°)Sep: 27 °C (High 35° / Low 20°)Oct: 30 °C (High 38° / Low 23°)Nov: 32 °C (High 38° / Low 26°)Dec: 32 °C (High 36° / Low 27°)32°22°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 233 mm233Feb: 191 mmMar: 117 mmApr: 20 mmMay: 21 mmJun: 12 mmJul: 10 mmAug: 3 mmSep: 1 mm1Oct: 6 mmNov: 16 mmDec: 120 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.9 h7.9Feb: 8.2 hMar: 8.7 hApr: 9.8 hMay: 9.3 hJun: 9.6 hJul: 10.0 hAug: 10.8 hSep: 11.3 h11.3Oct: 11.1 hNov: 10.8 hDec: 9.3 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Cable Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January332630233207.915
February332630191188.214
Marchwarmest sea332530117148.712
April3423302059.812
May3219282129.315
June3016251219.616
July30152410110.016
August3216243010.815
September3520251011.315
October3823286211.115
November38262916410.816
December362730120149.316

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Photos

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

Cable Beach: Cable Beach, Broome
Photo: Zoharby · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Cable Beach: Cable Beach, Broome, Western Australia (7070613571)
Photo: Travel & Shit from Brighton, UK · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Cable Beach: Hermit crab Cable Beach Broome - panoramio
Photo: Korkut Tas · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 POWER32 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202011 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.132 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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