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Satellite view of Nanwan Youqiqu; 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

Nanwan Youqiqu

TaiwanTaiwan · Taiwan · South China Sea

21.9592, 120.7639 · Hengchun, 5 km

  • 29°Sea · July
  • 29°High · July
  • 7.2 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Nanwan Youqiqu. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Nanwan Youqiqu in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high26°C at night
  • 28°CSea temperature
  • 6.3 hSunshine a day
  • 14 daysRainy days in the month87 mm in total
  • 26 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 high29°28°26°
Sea29°28°26°
Sunshine a day6.1 h6.3 h5.6 h
Rainy days221410

Warmest sea of the year: July (29.2 °C) · most sunshine: July (7.2 h a day).

The beach itself

  • 107Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 80 kmAirport: Lanyu Airport (KYD)In a straight line; by road it is further Car hire in Taiwan

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 28.6 °C — 0.8 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 27.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.0 °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 August29 °C
Most sunshineJune and July7 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February29 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan25°5 h33 mm
  2. Feb25°6 h29 mm
  3. Mar25°5 h37 mm
  4. Apr26°6 h50 mm
  5. May28°6 h161 mm
  6. Jun29°7 h251 mm
  7. Jul29°7 h258 mm
  8. Aug29°6 h388 mm
  9. Sep29°6 h230 mm
  10. Oct28°6 h87 mm
  11. Nov26°6 h62 mm
  12. Dec25°5 h47 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: 25°Feb: 25°Mar: 25°Apr: 26°May: 28°Jun: 29°Jul: 29°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 28°Nov: 26°Dec: 25°29°25°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
22°25°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 22 °C (High 23° / Low 22°)Feb: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 22°)Mar: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 23°)Apr: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 25°)May: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Jun: 29 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Jul: 29 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Aug: 29 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Sep: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Oct: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Nov: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Dec: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 22°)29°22°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm200 mm400 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 33 mmFeb: 29 mm29Mar: 37 mmApr: 50 mmMay: 161 mmJun: 251 mmJul: 258 mmAug: 388 mm388Sep: 230 mmOct: 87 mmNov: 62 mmDec: 47 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5.2 hFeb: 5.6 hMar: 5.3 hApr: 5.5 hMay: 6.0 hJun: 6.6 hJul: 7.2 h7.2Aug: 5.7 hSep: 6.1 hOct: 6.3 hNov: 5.6 hDec: 5.0 h5.0

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Nanwan Youqiqu: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2322253385.226
February2422252995.624
March2523253785.324
April27252650115.521
May282728161186.019
June292829251236.620
Julywarmest sea292829258247.221
August292829388265.721
September292829230226.122
October28262887146.326
November26252662105.629
December2422254795.029

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Photos

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

Nanwan Youqiqu: 屏東墾丁南灣 - panoramio
Photo: Chi-Hung Lin · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Nanwan Youqiqu: 垦丁南湾 - Kenting South Bay - 2012.02 - panoramio
Photo: rheins · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Nanwan Youqiqu: Fkenting
Photo: ほっきー · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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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 POWER15 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202015 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.115 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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