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Satellite view of Plage des Hattes; 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

Plage des Hattes

French GuianaFrench Guiana · Atlantic Ocean

5.7472, -53.9402 · Awala-Yalimapo, 4 km

  • 28°Sea · August
  • 32°High · October
  • 8.5 hSunshine · September
The dot marks Plage des Hattes. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Plage des Hattes in October

  • 32°CAir, daytime high24°C at night
  • 28°CSea temperature
  • 8.1 hSunshine a day
  • 14 daysRainy days in the month64 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

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 28.6 °C — 0.7 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 27.9 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 31.5 °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 September28 °C
Most sunshineSeptember and October8 h of sun a day
Least rainSeptember and October57 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan26°5 h210 mm
  2. Feb26°5 h182 mm
  3. Mar27°6 h166 mm
  4. Apr27°5 h275 mm
  5. May27°5 h383 mm
  6. Jun28°6 h292 mm
  7. Jul28°7 h198 mm
  8. Aug28°8 h113 mm
  9. Sep28°8 h57 mm
  10. Oct28°8 h64 mm
  11. Nov28°7 h104 mm
  12. Dec27°6 h216 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
27°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26°Feb: 26°Mar: 27°Apr: 27°May: 27°Jun: 28°Jul: 28°Aug: 28°Sep: 28°Oct: 28°Nov: 28°Dec: 27°28°26°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)Feb: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)Mar: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 23°)Apr: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)May: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Jun: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)Jul: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)Aug: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 23°)Sep: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 23°)Oct: 28 °C (High 32° / Low 24°)Nov: 27 °C (High 31° / Low 24°)Dec: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 23°)28°25°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm200 mm400 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 210 mmFeb: 182 mmMar: 166 mmApr: 275 mmMay: 383 mm383Jun: 292 mmJul: 198 mmAug: 113 mmSep: 57 mm57Oct: 64 mmNov: 104 mmDec: 216 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5.3 hFeb: 5.0 hMar: 5.5 hApr: 5.1 hMay: 4.7 h4.7Jun: 5.8 hJul: 7.2 hAug: 8.0 hSep: 8.5 h8.5Oct: 8.1 hNov: 7.1 hDec: 5.5 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Plage des Hattes: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Plage des Hattes: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January282326210255.37
February282326182225.08
March292327166225.58
April282327275255.17
May282427383294.76
June282328292295.85
July282328198297.25
Augustwarmest sea292328113238.05
September30232857148.56
October32242864148.16
November312428104207.16
December292327216285.57

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Photos

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

Plage des Hattes: Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) (10628948135)
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Plage des Hattes: Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) (10629234684)
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Plage des Hattes: Plage-118
Photo: Psu973 · 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.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER35 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.135 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.6 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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