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Satellite view of China 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

China Beach

CanadaBritish Columbia · Canada · Pacific Ocean

48.4333, -124.0927 · Sooke, 28 km

  • 12°Sea · August
  • 18°High · August
  • 8.7 hSunshine · July
The dot marks China Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

China Beach in October

  • 12°CAir, daytime high7°C at night
  • 10°CSea temperature
  • 3.8 hSunshine a day
  • 19 daysRainy days in the month189 mm in total
  • 9 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 9.9 °C — 0.5 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 10.4 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 11.9 °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 August12 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJune and July9 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August43 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan8°1 h283 mm
  2. Feb8°3 h150 mm
  3. Mar8°4 h204 mm
  4. Apr9°6 h128 mm
  5. May10°7 h75 mm
  6. Jun11°8 h65 mm
  7. Jul12°9 h43 mm
  8. Aug12°8 h52 mm
  9. Sep11°6 h90 mm
  10. Oct10°4 h189 mm
  11. Nov10°2 h277 mm
  12. Dec9°1 h254 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
8°10°12°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8°Feb: 8°Mar: 8°Apr: 9°May: 10°Jun: 11°Jul: 12°Aug: 12°Sep: 11°Oct: 10°Nov: 10°Dec: 9°8°12°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4 °C (High 6° / Low 3°)Feb: 4 °C (High 6° / Low 2°)Mar: 5 °C (High 8° / Low 3°)Apr: 7 °C (High 10° / Low 4°)May: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 7°)Jun: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 9°)Jul: 14 °C (High 18° / Low 11°)Aug: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 11°)Sep: 13 °C (High 16° / Low 10°)Oct: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 7°)Nov: 6 °C (High 8° / Low 4°)Dec: 4 °C (High 5° / Low 2°)15°4°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mm300 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 283 mm283Feb: 150 mmMar: 204 mmApr: 128 mmMay: 75 mmJun: 65 mmJul: 43 mm43Aug: 52 mmSep: 90 mmOct: 189 mmNov: 277 mmDec: 254 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1.4 hFeb: 3.3 hMar: 3.9 hApr: 5.9 hMay: 7.2 hJun: 7.8 hJul: 8.7 h8.7Aug: 7.5 hSep: 6.4 hOct: 3.8 hNov: 1.9 hDec: 1.2 h1.2

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at China Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January638283221.412
February628150183.311
March838204223.911
April1049128195.99
May1371075147.28
June1591165147.88
July18111243108.77
Augustwarmest sea18111252107.56
September16101190126.47
October12710189193.89
November8410277231.911
December529254231.212

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

China Beach: Chinabeach
Photo: Clump · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
China Beach: China Beach, Vancouver Island, view towards northwest 20240829 1
Photo: DXR · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
China Beach: China Beach, Vancouver Island, view towards northwest 20240829 2
Photo: DXR · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 POWER22 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20207 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.122 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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