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Satellite view of Darqach; 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

Darqach

MicronesiaYap State · Micronesia · Pacific Ocean

9.5281, 138.1395 · Colonia, 2 km

  • 29°Sea · June
  • 29°High · November
  • 8.3 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Darqach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Darqach in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high28°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 6.7 hSunshine a day
  • 26 daysRainy days in the month257 mm in total
  • 17 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 6Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Darqach ↗
  • 7 kmAirport: Yap International Airport (YAP)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 30.1 °C — 0.8 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.6 °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 seaJune and October29 °C
Most sunshineMarch and April8 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and March123 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan28°7 h148 mm
  2. Feb28°7 h123 mm
  3. Mar28°8 h137 mm
  4. Apr29°8 h139 mm
  5. May29°8 h200 mm
  6. Jun29°7 h245 mm
  7. Jul29°6 h328 mm
  8. Aug29°6 h344 mm
  9. Sep29°6 h302 mm
  10. Oct29°7 h257 mm
  11. Nov29°7 h211 mm
  12. Dec29°7 h197 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
28°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28°Feb: 28°Mar: 28°Apr: 29°May: 29°Jun: 29°Jul: 29°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 29°Dec: 29°29°28°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mm300 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 148 mmFeb: 123 mm123Mar: 137 mmApr: 139 mmMay: 200 mmJun: 245 mmJul: 328 mmAug: 344 mm344Sep: 302 mmOct: 257 mmNov: 211 mmDec: 197 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.0 hFeb: 7.3 hMar: 7.9 hApr: 8.3 h8.3May: 7.8 hJun: 7.1 hJul: 6.2 hAug: 5.7 h5.7Sep: 6.2 hOct: 6.7 hNov: 6.8 hDec: 6.9 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Darqach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January282828148207.027
February282728123187.327
March282828137177.926
April292829139188.323
May292829200247.818
Junewarmest sea292829245287.117
July282829328296.217
August282829344305.718
September282829302286.217
October292829257266.717
November292829211246.821
December292829197236.925

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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 POWER4 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202011 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.14 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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