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Satellite view of Plage Saint-Gabriel; 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 Saint-Gabriel

FranceHauts-de-France · France · English Channel

50.5667, 1.5833 · Camiers, 2 km

  • 18°Sea · August
  • 21°High · July
  • 8.8 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Plage Saint-Gabriel. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Plage Saint-Gabriel in October

  • 15°CAir, daytime high8°C at night
  • 16°CSea temperature
  • 3.6 hSunshine a day
  • 16 daysRainy days in the month82 mm in total
  • 19 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • SufficientBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • 18Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Plage Saint-Gabriel ↗
  • 107 kmAirport: Lille Airport (LIL)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 16.0 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 14.9 °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 September18 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJune and July9 h of sun a day
Least rainMarch and April44 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan9°2 h77 mm
  2. Feb8°3 h64 mm
  3. Mar8°5 h57 mm
  4. Apr9°7 h44 mm
  5. May11°8 h60 mm
  6. Jun14°9 h57 mm
  7. Jul16°9 h66 mm
  8. Aug18°7 h74 mm
  9. Sep17°6 h58 mm
  10. Oct16°4 h82 mm
  11. Nov13°2 h91 mm
  12. Dec11°1 h92 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: 9°Feb: 8°Mar: 8°Apr: 9°May: 11°Jun: 14°Jul: 16°Aug: 18°Sep: 17°Oct: 16°Nov: 13°Dec: 11°18°8°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4 °C (High 6° / Low 1°)Feb: 4 °C (High 7° / Low 1°)Mar: 6 °C (High 10° / Low 2°)Apr: 9 °C (High 14° / Low 5°)May: 12 °C (High 17° / Low 8°)Jun: 15 °C (High 20° / Low 11°)Jul: 17 °C (High 21° / Low 13°)Aug: 17 °C (High 21° / Low 13°)Sep: 15 °C (High 19° / Low 11°)Oct: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 8°)Nov: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 5°)Dec: 4 °C (High 7° / Low 2°)17°4°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 77 mmFeb: 64 mmMar: 57 mmApr: 44 mm44May: 60 mmJun: 57 mmJul: 66 mmAug: 74 mmSep: 58 mmOct: 82 mmNov: 91 mmDec: 92 mm92

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1.6 hFeb: 2.7 hMar: 4.7 hApr: 7.4 hMay: 8.0 hJun: 8.8 h8.8Jul: 8.7 hAug: 7.3 hSep: 6.1 hOct: 3.6 hNov: 1.7 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 Plage Saint-Gabriel: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Plage Saint-Gabriel: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January61977151.622
February71864132.722
March102857114.720
April145944117.417
May1781160118.017
June20111457108.816
July21131666118.716
Augustwarmest sea21131874127.316
September19111758126.116
October1581682163.619
November1051391171.720
December721192161.221

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Photos

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

Plage Saint-Gabriel: Camiers La plage se Sainte-Cécile
Photo: Jacques Rocquet · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Plage Saint-Gabriel: Acalèphe rayonné (Chrysaora hysoscella) à Sainte-Cécile-Plage
Photo: JackyM59 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Plage Saint-Gabriel: Chrysaora hysoscella (Acalèphe rayonné) à Sainte-Cécile-Plage
Photo: JackyM59 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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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 POWER22 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20207 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.122 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.7 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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