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Satellite view of North 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

North Beach

GuernseyGuernsey · English Channel

49.4606, -2.5328 · Saint Peter Port, 0 km

  • 17°Sea · September
  • 18°High · August
  • 8.8 hSunshine · June
The dot marks North Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

North Beach in October

  • 16°CAir, daytime high14°C at night
  • 16°CSea temperature
  • 3.7 hSunshine a day
  • 16 daysRainy days in the month96 mm in total
  • 28 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, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 16.2 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.9 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.6 °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 seaAugust and September17 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJune and July9 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July46 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan10°1 h96 mm
  2. Feb10°3 h79 mm
  3. Mar9°4 h68 mm
  4. Apr10°7 h47 mm
  5. May11°8 h51 mm
  6. Jun14°9 h46 mm
  7. Jul16°9 h46 mm
  8. Aug17°8 h54 mm
  9. Sep17°6 h47 mm
  10. Oct16°4 h96 mm
  11. Nov14°2 h110 mm
  12. Dec12°1 h106 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
10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10°Feb: 10°Mar: 9°Apr: 10°May: 11°Jun: 14°Jul: 16°Aug: 17°Sep: 17°Oct: 16°Nov: 14°Dec: 12°17°9°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9 °C (High 10° / Low 8°)Feb: 8 °C (High 9° / Low 8°)Mar: 9 °C (High 10° / Low 8°)Apr: 10 °C (High 11° / Low 9°)May: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 11°)Jun: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 14°)Jul: 16 °C (High 17° / Low 16°)Aug: 17 °C (High 18° / Low 16°)Sep: 16 °C (High 17° / Low 16°)Oct: 15 °C (High 16° / Low 14°)Nov: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 12°)Dec: 10 °C (High 11° / Low 9°)17°8°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 96 mmFeb: 79 mmMar: 68 mmApr: 47 mmMay: 51 mmJun: 46 mm46Jul: 46 mm46Aug: 54 mmSep: 47 mmOct: 96 mmNov: 110 mm110Dec: 106 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1.3 hFeb: 2.7 hMar: 4.5 hApr: 7.4 hMay: 8.5 hJun: 8.8 h8.8Jul: 8.8 h8.8Aug: 7.6 hSep: 6.5 hOct: 3.7 hNov: 1.9 hDec: 1.1 h1.1

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at North Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1081096161.333
February981079142.732
March108968124.528
April1191047117.423
May13111151108.522
June1514144698.820
July1716164698.820
August18161754107.621
Septemberwarmest sea17161747116.524
October16141696163.728
November131214110181.932
December11912106181.133

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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 POWER5 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.15 km away
Wheelchair accessOpenStreetMapat this spot
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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