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Satellite view of Cavendish 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

Cavendish Beach

CanadaPrince Edward Island · Canada · Gulf of St. Lawrence

46.5001, -63.4320 · Kensington, 18 km

  • 19°Sea · August
  • 22°High · August
  • 7.7 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Cavendish Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Cavendish Beach in October

  • 12°CAir, daytime high8°C at night
  • 12°CSea temperature
  • 3.9 hSunshine a day
  • 13 daysRainy days in the month121 mm in total
  • 25 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 25Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Cavendish Beach ↗
  • 33 kmAirport: Charlottetown Airport (YYG)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 13.7 °C — 2.1 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +2.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 11.6 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 12.3 °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 August19 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August8 h of sun a day
Least rainMay and July83 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan0°2 h93 mm
  2. Feb-1°2 h94 mm
  3. Mar-1°4 h87 mm
  4. Apr1°6 h92 mm
  5. May5°7 h86 mm
  6. Jun11°7 h103 mm
  7. Jul17°8 h83 mm
  8. Aug19°7 h94 mm
  9. Sep16°6 h104 mm
  10. Oct12°4 h121 mm
  11. Nov7°2 h123 mm
  12. Dec3°1 h129 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°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 0°Feb: -1°Mar: -1°Apr: 1°May: 5°Jun: 11°Jul: 17°Aug: 19°Sep: 16°Oct: 12°Nov: 7°Dec: 3°19°-1°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
-10°0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: -5 °C (High -3° / Low -8°)Feb: -6 °C (High -3° / Low -9°)Mar: -3 °C (High 0° / Low -6°)Apr: 2 °C (High 5° / Low 0°)May: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 5°)Jun: 13 °C (High 16° / Low 11°)Jul: 19 °C (High 21° / Low 16°)Aug: 19 °C (High 22° / Low 17°)Sep: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 13°)Oct: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 8°)Nov: 4 °C (High 6° / Low 2°)Dec: -1 °C (High 1° / Low -3°)19°-6°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 93 mmFeb: 94 mmMar: 87 mmApr: 92 mmMay: 86 mmJun: 103 mmJul: 83 mm83Aug: 94 mmSep: 104 mmOct: 121 mmNov: 123 mmDec: 129 mm129

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1.5 hFeb: 2.5 hMar: 4.4 hApr: 5.9 hMay: 6.6 hJun: 7.1 hJul: 7.7 h7.7Aug: 7.4 hSep: 6.1 hOct: 3.9 hNov: 1.8 hDec: 1.0 h1.0

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Cavendish Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January-3-8093121.528
February-3-9-194102.526
March0-6-187114.425
April50192135.923
May105586136.620
June161111103137.119
July21161783137.718
Augustwarmest sea22171994127.419
September181316104116.122
October12812121133.925
November627123121.827
December1-33129131.029

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Cavendish Beach: Cavendish beach06
Photo: l santry ( talk ) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Cavendish Beach: Cavendish Beach, PEI (37094903142)
Photo: jockrutherford from Owen Sound, ON · 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 POWER24 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202015 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.124 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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