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Satellite view of Nuns 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

Nuns Beach

AustraliaVictoria · Australia · Indian Ocean

-38.3424, 141.6076 · Portland, 1 km

  • 18°Sea · February
  • 20°High · January
  • 9.6 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Nuns Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Nuns Beach in October

  • 15°CAir, daytime high11°C at night
  • 14°CSea temperature
  • 7.9 hSunshine a day
  • 11 daysRainy days in the month57 mm in total
  • 24 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 14.6 °C — 0.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 14.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.4 °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 seaJanuary and February18 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJanuary and December10 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February32 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan18°10 h37 mm
  2. Feb18°8 h32 mm
  3. Mar17°7 h41 mm
  4. Apr16°6 h51 mm
  5. May16°4 h68 mm
  6. Jun15°4 h85 mm
  7. Jul15°4 h93 mm
  8. Aug14°5 h94 mm
  9. Sep14°7 h73 mm
  10. Oct14°8 h57 mm
  11. Nov15°8 h55 mm
  12. Dec16°9 h50 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: 18°Mar: 17°Apr: 16°May: 16°Jun: 15°Jul: 15°Aug: 14°Sep: 14°Oct: 14°Nov: 15°Dec: 16°18°14°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 17 °C (High 20° / Low 15°)Feb: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 16°)Mar: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 15°)Apr: 16 °C (High 17° / Low 14°)May: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 12°)Jun: 13 °C (High 14° / Low 11°)Jul: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 10°)Aug: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 10°)Sep: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 11°)Oct: 13 °C (High 15° / Low 11°)Nov: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 13°)Dec: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)18°12°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 37 mmFeb: 32 mm32Mar: 41 mmApr: 51 mmMay: 68 mmJun: 85 mmJul: 93 mmAug: 94 mm94Sep: 73 mmOct: 57 mmNov: 55 mmDec: 50 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9.6 h9.6Feb: 8.3 hMar: 7.2 hApr: 5.7 hMay: 4.4 hJun: 3.7 h3.7Jul: 3.9 hAug: 5.1 hSep: 6.6 hOct: 7.9 hNov: 8.4 hDec: 9.3 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Nuns Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2015183769.622
Februarywarmest sea2016183258.322
March1915174177.222
April1714165195.721
May16121668144.423
June14111585163.725
July13101593183.927
August13101494185.127
September14111473156.626
October15111457117.924
November1713155598.422
December1814165089.323

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Photos

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

Nuns Beach: Portland Harbour Sunrise - panoramio
Photo: Mountain Ash · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER29 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20204 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.129 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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