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Satellite view of Côte de Kaw; 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

Côte de Kaw

French GuianaGuyane · French Guiana · Atlantic Ocean

4.6667, -52.1167 · Roura, 24 km

  • 28°Sea · July
  • 30°High · October
  • 9.0 hSunshine · September
The dot marks Côte de Kaw. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Côte de Kaw in October

  • 30°CAir, daytime high26°C at night
  • 28°CSea temperature
  • 8.8 hSunshine a day
  • 11 daysRainy days in the month51 mm in total
  • 12 km/hAverage wind

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

And a month earlier or later?

SeptemberOctoberNovember
Air, daytime high30°30°30°
Sea28°28°28°
Sunshine a day9.0 h8.8 h7.9 h
Rainy days111119

Warmest sea of the year: July (28.2 °C) · most sunshine: September (9.0 h a day).

The beach itself

  • 0Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 32 kmAirport: Cayenne – Félix Eboué Airport (CAY)In a straight line; by road it is further Car hire in French Guiana

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 29.0 °C — 0.9 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 30.2 °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 August28 °C
Most sunshineSeptember and October9 h of sun a day
Least rainSeptember and October45 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan27°5 h309 mm
  2. Feb27°5 h285 mm
  3. Mar27°6 h278 mm
  4. Apr27°5 h379 mm
  5. May28°5 h468 mm
  6. Jun28°6 h304 mm
  7. Jul28°8 h200 mm
  8. Aug28°9 h96 mm
  9. Sep28°9 h45 mm
  10. Oct28°9 h51 mm
  11. Nov28°8 h101 mm
  12. Dec27°6 h292 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
27°28°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27°Feb: 27°Mar: 27°Apr: 27°May: 28°Jun: 28°Jul: 28°Aug: 28°Sep: 28°Oct: 28°Nov: 28°Dec: 27°27°28°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Feb: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Mar: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Apr: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)May: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Jun: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Jul: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Aug: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 25°)Sep: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)Oct: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 26°)Nov: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)Dec: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)28°26°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm200 mm400 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 309 mmFeb: 285 mmMar: 278 mmApr: 379 mmMay: 468 mm468Jun: 304 mmJul: 200 mmAug: 96 mmSep: 45 mm45Oct: 51 mmNov: 101 mmDec: 292 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5.1 hFeb: 4.7 h4.7Mar: 5.5 hApr: 5.2 hMay: 4.7 h4.7Jun: 6.4 hJul: 7.7 hAug: 8.8 hSep: 9.0 h9.0Oct: 8.8 hNov: 7.9 hDec: 5.9 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Côte de Kaw: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Côte de Kaw: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January282427309285.113
February282427285244.714
March282527278265.514
April282527379275.213
May282528468304.712
June282528304296.410
Julywarmest sea282528200287.710
August29252896208.810
September30252845119.011
October30262851118.812
November302528101197.912
December282527292285.912

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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.

The nearest sea measurement point is 23 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER33 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202023 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.133 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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