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Satellite view of Oddicombe 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

Oddicombe Beach

United KingdomEngland · United Kingdom · English Channel

50.4829, -3.5151 · Torquay, 2 km

  • 17°Sea · August
  • 19°High · July
  • 8.1 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Oddicombe Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Oddicombe Beach in October

  • 14°CAir, daytime high10°C at night
  • 15°CSea temperature
  • 3.3 hSunshine a day
  • 18 daysRainy days in the month120 mm in total
  • 22 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: wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 15.4 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 14.5 °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 July8 h of sun a day
Least rainApril and September63 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan10°1 h115 mm
  2. Feb9°3 h90 mm
  3. Mar9°4 h84 mm
  4. Apr10°7 h65 mm
  5. May11°8 h67 mm
  6. Jun14°8 h72 mm
  7. Jul16°8 h77 mm
  8. Aug17°7 h88 mm
  9. Sep16°6 h63 mm
  10. Oct15°3 h120 mm
  11. Nov14°2 h122 mm
  12. Dec12°1 h124 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: 9°Mar: 9°Apr: 10°May: 11°Jun: 14°Jul: 16°Aug: 17°Sep: 16°Oct: 15°Nov: 14°Dec: 12°17°9°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6 °C (High 8° / Low 5°)Feb: 6 °C (High 8° / Low 4°)Mar: 7 °C (High 9° / Low 5°)Apr: 9 °C (High 12° / Low 6°)May: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 8°)Jun: 14 °C (High 18° / Low 11°)Jul: 16 °C (High 19° / Low 13°)Aug: 16 °C (High 19° / Low 13°)Sep: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 12°)Oct: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 10°)Nov: 9 °C (High 11° / Low 8°)Dec: 7 °C (High 9° / Low 6°)16°6°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 115 mmFeb: 90 mmMar: 84 mmApr: 65 mmMay: 67 mmJun: 72 mmJul: 77 mmAug: 88 mmSep: 63 mm63Oct: 120 mmNov: 122 mmDec: 124 mm124

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1.4 hFeb: 2.7 hMar: 4.5 hApr: 6.9 hMay: 7.9 hJun: 8.1 h8.1Jul: 8.0 hAug: 6.8 hSep: 5.9 hOct: 3.3 hNov: 2.0 hDec: 1.2 h1.2

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Oddicombe Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January8510115181.425
February84990142.724
March95984144.522
April1261065136.919
May1581167137.919
June18111472138.118
July19131677138.018
Augustwarmest sea19131788156.818
September18121663145.919
October141015120183.322
November11814122192.023
December9612124181.224

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Oddicombe Beach: Welcome to Oddicombe Beach - geograph.org.uk - 3143033
Photo: Steven Haslington · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Oddicombe Beach: Beach Huts on Oddicombe Beach - geograph.org.uk - 3451134
Photo: Philip Jeffrey · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Oddicombe Beach: Uniform beach huts, Oddicombe - geograph.org.uk - 4503706
Photo: Chris Denny · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 POWER17 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.117 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.1 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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