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Satellite view of Little 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

Little Beach

Saint HelenaTristan da Cunha · Saint Helena · Atlantic Ocean

-37.0646, -12.2878 · Edinburgh of the Seven Seas, 2 km

  • 19°Sea · February
  • 19°High · February
  • 8.5 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Little Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Little Beach in October

  • 14°CAir, daytime high12°C at night
  • 14°CSea temperature
  • 6.7 hSunshine a day
  • 16 daysRainy days in the month109 mm in total
  • 27 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 14.7 °C — 0.9 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.7 °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 seaFebruary and March19 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and December8 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February73 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan18°8 h85 mm
  2. Feb19°8 h73 mm
  3. Mar19°6 h104 mm
  4. Apr18°5 h129 mm
  5. May16°4 h143 mm
  6. Jun15°3 h147 mm
  7. Jul14°4 h125 mm
  8. Aug14°5 h92 mm
  9. Sep13°6 h117 mm
  10. Oct14°7 h109 mm
  11. Nov15°8 h91 mm
  12. Dec16°8 h100 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
14°16°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18°Feb: 19°Mar: 19°Apr: 18°May: 16°Jun: 15°Jul: 14°Aug: 14°Sep: 13°Oct: 14°Nov: 15°Dec: 16°13°19°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
12°15°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 17 °C (High 18° / Low 16°)Feb: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 17°)Mar: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 17°)Apr: 17 °C (High 18° / Low 16°)May: 15 °C (High 16° / Low 14°)Jun: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 13°)Jul: 13 °C (High 14° / Low 12°)Aug: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 11°)Sep: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 11°)Oct: 13 °C (High 14° / Low 12°)Nov: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 13°)Dec: 16 °C (High 17° / Low 15°)18°12°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 85 mmFeb: 73 mm73Mar: 104 mmApr: 129 mmMay: 143 mmJun: 147 mm147Jul: 125 mmAug: 92 mmSep: 117 mmOct: 109 mmNov: 91 mmDec: 100 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.5 h8.5Feb: 7.9 hMar: 6.4 hApr: 5.1 hMay: 3.9 hJun: 3.4 h3.4Jul: 3.6 hAug: 4.6 hSep: 5.6 hOct: 6.7 hNov: 7.6 hDec: 8.1 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Little Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January18161885148.523
Februarywarmest sea19171973147.924
March191719104156.424
April181618129185.127
May161416143193.931
June151315147193.432
July141214125193.632
August13111492174.632
September131113117175.629
October141214109166.727
November15131591157.625
December171516100168.124

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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 POWER20 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202010 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.120 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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