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Satellite view of Newcastle 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

Newcastle Beach

AustraliaNew South Wales · Australia · Tasman Sea

-32.9318, 151.7846 · Newcastle, 0 km

  • 23°Sea · February
  • 26°High · January
  • 8.6 hSunshine · September
The dot marks Newcastle Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Newcastle Beach in October

  • 22°CAir, daytime high16°C at night
  • 19°CSea temperature
  • 8.3 hSunshine a day
  • 10 daysRainy days in the month70 mm in total
  • 14 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 24Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 16 kmAirport: Newcastle Airport (NTL)In a straight line; by road it is further

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

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 20.4 °C — 1.3 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 19.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +2.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.2 °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 seaFebruary and March23 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and September9 h of sun a day
Least rainAugust and September50 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan23°8 h83 mm
  2. Feb23°7 h133 mm
  3. Mar23°7 h116 mm
  4. Apr22°7 h88 mm
  5. May21°6 h75 mm
  6. Jun20°5 h98 mm
  7. Jul19°6 h56 mm
  8. Aug18°8 h50 mm
  9. Sep18°9 h52 mm
  10. Oct19°8 h70 mm
  11. Nov20°8 h90 mm
  12. Dec21°8 h81 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
18°20°22°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23°Feb: 23°Mar: 23°Apr: 22°May: 21°Jun: 20°Jul: 19°Aug: 18°Sep: 18°Oct: 19°Nov: 20°Dec: 21°23°18°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 21°)Feb: 23 °C (High 26° / Low 21°)Mar: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 20°)Apr: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 18°)May: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 15°)Jun: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 13°)Jul: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 12°)Aug: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 12°)Sep: 17 °C (High 20° / Low 14°)Oct: 19 °C (High 22° / Low 16°)Nov: 21 °C (High 24° / Low 18°)Dec: 22 °C (High 25° / Low 19°)24°14°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 83 mmFeb: 133 mm133Mar: 116 mmApr: 88 mmMay: 75 mmJun: 98 mmJul: 56 mmAug: 50 mm50Sep: 52 mmOct: 70 mmNov: 90 mmDec: 81 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.4 hFeb: 7.4 hMar: 6.9 hApr: 6.8 hMay: 6.5 hJun: 5.4 h5.4Jul: 6.4 hAug: 7.6 hSep: 8.6 h8.6Oct: 8.3 hNov: 8.1 hDec: 8.2 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Newcastle Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January26212383128.414
Februarywarmest sea262123133137.414
March242023116146.914
April22182288116.813
May20152175116.514
June18132098125.415
July1712195696.415
August1812185077.615
September2014185288.614
October22161970108.314
November24182090128.114
December25192181128.214

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Photos

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

Newcastle Beach: Newcastle Beach - panoramio
Photo: Rob Freijs · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Newcastle Beach: South of Newcastle Beach - panoramio
Photo: Rob Freijs · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Newcastle Beach: Newcastle Beach
Photo: Mathew Toll · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · 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 POWER11 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202010 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.111 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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