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Satellite view of Cape Farewell; 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.

Cape

Cape Farewell

GreenlandKujalleq · Greenland · Atlantic Ocean

59.7739, -43.9118

  • 4°Sea · August
  • 6°High · August
  • 7.9 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Cape Farewell. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Cape Farewell in October

  • 1°CAir, daytime high-3°C at night
  • 3°CSea temperature
  • 3.7 hSunshine a day
  • 15 daysRainy days in the month175 mm in total
  • 28 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 0Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Cape Farewell ↗
  • 162 kmAirport: Qaqortoq Airport (JJU)In a straight line; by road it is further

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 2.5 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 2.6 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 0.7 °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 seaJuly and August4 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineMay and June8 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July148 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan1°1 h227 mm
  2. Feb0°2 h228 mm
  3. Mar0°5 h170 mm
  4. Apr0°8 h180 mm
  5. May1°8 h163 mm
  6. Jun2°8 h148 mm
  7. Jul4°7 h150 mm
  8. Aug4°6 h186 mm
  9. Sep4°5 h217 mm
  10. Oct3°4 h175 mm
  11. Nov2°2 h242 mm
  12. Dec2°1 h210 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
0°2°4°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1°Feb: 0°Mar: 0°Apr: 0°May: 1°Jun: 2°Jul: 4°Aug: 4°Sep: 4°Oct: 3°Nov: 2°Dec: 2°4°0°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
-5°0°5°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: -6 °C (High -4° / Low -9°)Feb: -6 °C (High -4° / Low -9°)Mar: -6 °C (High -4° / Low -9°)Apr: -3 °C (High -1° / Low -5°)May: 0 °C (High 1° / Low -2°)Jun: 2 °C (High 4° / Low 2°)Jul: 5 °C (High 6° / Low 3°)Aug: 5 °C (High 6° / Low 4°)Sep: 2 °C (High 4° / Low 1°)Oct: -1 °C (High 1° / Low -3°)Nov: -4 °C (High -2° / Low -6°)Dec: -6 °C (High -4° / Low -8°)5°-6°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 227 mmFeb: 228 mmMar: 170 mmApr: 180 mmMay: 163 mmJun: 148 mm148Jul: 150 mmAug: 186 mmSep: 217 mmOct: 175 mmNov: 242 mm242Dec: 210 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1.1 hFeb: 2.5 hMar: 5.1 hApr: 7.6 hMay: 7.9 h7.9Jun: 7.7 hJul: 7.4 hAug: 6.2 hSep: 4.9 hOct: 3.7 hNov: 1.8 hDec: 0.8 h0.8

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Cape Farewell: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January-4-91227211.137
February-4-90228182.537
March-4-90170175.136
April-1-50180177.631
May1-21163157.928
June422148157.723
July634150137.420
Augustwarmest sea644186146.220
September414217164.925
October1-33175153.728
November-2-62242171.832
December-4-82210190.833

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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 POWER27 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.127 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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