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Satellite view of Christies 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

Christies Beach

AustraliaSouth Australia · Australia · Great Australian Bight

-35.1339, 138.4693 · Christies Beach, 1 km

  • 21°Sea · February
  • 30°High · January
  • 11.6 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Christies Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Christies Beach in October

  • 21°CAir, daytime high9°C at night
  • 15°CSea temperature
  • 9.3 hSunshine a day
  • 6 daysRainy days in the month24 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 16.1 °C — 0.7 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.4 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.1 °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 February21 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and December12 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February15 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan21°12 h15 mm
  2. Feb21°11 h17 mm
  3. Mar21°10 h25 mm
  4. Apr19°8 h34 mm
  5. May17°6 h53 mm
  6. Jun15°6 h60 mm
  7. Jul14°6 h60 mm
  8. Aug13°7 h51 mm
  9. Sep14°8 h47 mm
  10. Oct15°9 h24 mm
  11. Nov17°10 h22 mm
  12. Dec19°11 h23 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
15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 21°Feb: 21°Mar: 21°Apr: 19°May: 17°Jun: 15°Jul: 14°Aug: 13°Sep: 14°Oct: 15°Nov: 17°Dec: 19°13°21°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23 °C (High 30° / Low 16°)Feb: 22 °C (High 28° / Low 15°)Mar: 20 °C (High 26° / Low 14°)Apr: 17 °C (High 22° / Low 11°)May: 13 °C (High 18° / Low 9°)Jun: 10 °C (High 14° / Low 7°)Jul: 10 °C (High 14° / Low 6°)Aug: 10 °C (High 15° / Low 6°)Sep: 13 °C (High 18° / Low 8°)Oct: 15 °C (High 21° / Low 9°)Nov: 18 °C (High 25° / Low 12°)Dec: 20 °C (High 27° / Low 14°)23°10°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm20 mm40 mm60 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 15 mm15Feb: 17 mmMar: 25 mmApr: 34 mmMay: 53 mmJun: 60 mmJul: 60 mm60Aug: 51 mmSep: 47 mmOct: 24 mmNov: 22 mmDec: 23 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 11.6 h11.6Feb: 10.6 hMar: 9.5 hApr: 7.8 hMay: 6.1 hJun: 5.5 h5.5Jul: 5.8 hAug: 6.8 hSep: 8.0 hOct: 9.3 hNov: 10.4 hDec: 10.9 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Christies Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January30162115311.618
Februarywarmest sea28152117210.617
March2614212549.516
April2211193467.814
May1891753106.114
June1471560135.514
July1461460125.814
August1561351126.815
September1881447108.015
October219152469.315
November25121722510.416
December27141923410.917

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Photos

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

Christies Beach: Christies Beach view
Photo: Luke Anderson · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Christies Beach: Christies Beach (49114214253)
Photo: Luke Anderson from Adelaide, Australia · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Christies Beach: Christies Beach (49114719386)
Photo: Luke Anderson from Adelaide, Australia · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 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 POWER30 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20209 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.130 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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