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Satellite view of Four Mile 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

Four Mile Beach

AustraliaQueensland · Australia · Coral Sea

-16.5198, 145.4735 · Craiglie, 2 km

  • 29°Sea · February
  • 29°High · December
  • 9.2 hSunshine · October
The dot marks Four Mile Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Four Mile Beach in October

  • 27°CAir, daytime high22°C at night
  • 26°CSea temperature
  • 9.2 hSunshine a day
  • 8 daysRainy days in the month54 mm in total
  • 13 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 44Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 50 kmAirport: Cairns International Airport (CNS)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 27.0 °C — 1.0 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 27.1 °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 February29 °C
Most sunshineOctober and November9 h of sun a day
Least rainAugust and September26 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan29°7 h364 mm
  2. Feb29°7 h384 mm
  3. Mar28°6 h406 mm
  4. Apr27°7 h179 mm
  5. May26°7 h82 mm
  6. Jun24°6 h54 mm
  7. Jul23°7 h40 mm
  8. Aug24°8 h26 mm
  9. Sep25°9 h28 mm
  10. Oct26°9 h54 mm
  11. Nov27°9 h75 mm
  12. Dec29°8 h185 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
24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 29°Feb: 29°Mar: 28°Apr: 27°May: 26°Jun: 24°Jul: 23°Aug: 24°Sep: 25°Oct: 26°Nov: 27°Dec: 29°23°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Feb: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Mar: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Apr: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 23°)May: 23 °C (High 25° / Low 22°)Jun: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 20°)Jul: 21 °C (High 24° / Low 19°)Aug: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 19°)Sep: 23 °C (High 26° / Low 21°)Oct: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)Nov: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)Dec: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)27°21°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm200 mm400 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 364 mmFeb: 384 mmMar: 406 mm406Apr: 179 mmMay: 82 mmJun: 54 mmJul: 40 mmAug: 26 mm26Sep: 28 mmOct: 54 mmNov: 75 mmDec: 185 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.9 hFeb: 6.6 hMar: 6.3 h6.3Apr: 6.9 hMay: 6.8 hJun: 6.3 h6.3Jul: 7.0 hAug: 8.1 hSep: 9.1 hOct: 9.2 h9.2Nov: 9.2 h9.2Dec: 8.4 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Four Mile Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January282529364246.911
Februarywarmest sea282529384246.611
March282428406226.313
April262327179196.915
May25222682156.815
June24202454116.315
July2419234097.015
August2419242688.114
September2621252869.114
October2722265489.213
November28232775129.213
December292429185188.411

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Photos

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

Four Mile Beach: Four Mile Beach
Photo: Mathew Attlee · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Four Mile Beach: Four Mile Beach, Port Douglas, Queensland, 2020 02
Photo: Kgbo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Four Mile Beach: Four Mile Beach, Port Douglas, Queensland, 2020 01
Photo: Chris Olszewski · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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 POWER16 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202020 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.116 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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