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Satellite view of North Wollongong 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 Wollongong Beach

AustraliaNew South Wales · Australia · Tasman Sea

-34.4152, 150.9012 · North Wollongong, 1 km

  • 23°Sea · February
  • 28°High · January
  • 8.3 hSunshine · September
The dot marks North Wollongong Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

North Wollongong Beach in October

  • 21°CAir, daytime high10°C at night
  • 19°CSea temperature
  • 8.2 hSunshine a day
  • 9 daysRainy days in the month65 mm in total
  • 6 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
  • 17Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near North Wollongong Beach ↗
  • 58 kmAirport: Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)In a straight line; by road it is further

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

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 20.4 °C — 1.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 19.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +2.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.4 °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 sunshineSeptember and October8 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and September45 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan23°8 h80 mm
  2. Feb23°7 h142 mm
  3. Mar23°7 h105 mm
  4. Apr22°7 h71 mm
  5. May21°7 h55 mm
  6. Jun19°5 h95 mm
  7. Jul18°6 h53 mm
  8. Aug18°7 h58 mm
  9. Sep18°8 h45 mm
  10. Oct19°8 h65 mm
  11. Nov20°8 h84 mm
  12. Dec21°8 h72 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°24°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23°Feb: 23°Mar: 23°Apr: 22°May: 21°Jun: 19°Jul: 18°Aug: 18°Sep: 18°Oct: 19°Nov: 20°Dec: 21°18°23°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 22 °C (High 28° / Low 16°)Feb: 21 °C (High 25° / Low 16°)Mar: 19 °C (High 23° / Low 14°)Apr: 16 °C (High 20° / Low 12°)May: 13 °C (High 17° / Low 8°)Jun: 10 °C (High 14° / Low 7°)Jul: 9 °C (High 13° / Low 6°)Aug: 10 °C (High 15° / Low 6°)Sep: 13 °C (High 18° / Low 8°)Oct: 16 °C (High 21° / Low 10°)Nov: 18 °C (High 24° / Low 13°)Dec: 20 °C (High 26° / Low 14°)22°9°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 80 mmFeb: 142 mm142Mar: 105 mmApr: 71 mmMay: 55 mmJun: 95 mmJul: 53 mmAug: 58 mmSep: 45 mm45Oct: 65 mmNov: 84 mmDec: 72 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.0 hFeb: 6.6 hMar: 6.6 hApr: 6.6 hMay: 6.6 hJun: 5.4 h5.4Jul: 6.4 hAug: 7.4 hSep: 8.3 h8.3Oct: 8.2 hNov: 7.8 hDec: 8.0 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at North Wollongong Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January28162380128.06
Februarywarmest sea251623142126.66
March231423105126.66
April2012227196.66
May178215586.66
June1471995105.47
July136185376.47
August156185867.47
September188184578.37
October2110196598.26
November24132084117.86
December26142172118.06

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Photos

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

North Wollongong Beach: Harbourfront from Stuart Park - panoramio
Photo: Joe “velojo” A · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
North Wollongong Beach: Puckey's Beach - panoramio
Photo: Maurice van Creij · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
North Wollongong Beach: North Beach, Wollongong, December 2025 01
Photo: DaHuzyBru · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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.

The nearest sea measurement point is 21 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER27 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202021 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.127 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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