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Satellite view of San Diego Bay; 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.

Bay

San Diego Bay

United StatesCalifornia · United States · Pacific Ocean

32.6501, -117.1342 · National City, 4 km

  • 21°Sea · August
  • 29°High · August
  • 13.4 hSunshine · June
The dot marks San Diego Bay. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

San Diego Bay in October

  • 24°CAir, daytime high14°C at night
  • 19°CSea temperature
  • 9.7 hSunshine a day
  • 2 daysRainy days in the month15 mm in total
  • 10 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 28Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 11 kmAirport: San Diego International Airport (SAN)In a straight line; by road it is further

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

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 18.6 °C — 0.7 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 19.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 24.4 °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 seaAugust and September21 °C
Most sunshineJune and July13 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August4 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan15°8 h41 mm
  2. Feb15°8 h55 mm
  3. Mar15°10 h29 mm
  4. Apr16°11 h17 mm
  5. May17°12 h7 mm
  6. Jun19°13 h14 mm
  7. Jul20°12 h4 mm
  8. Aug21°12 h4 mm
  9. Sep21°11 h6 mm
  10. Oct19°10 h15 mm
  11. Nov18°8 h25 mm
  12. Dec16°7 h51 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
16°18°20°22°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 15°Feb: 15°Mar: 15°Apr: 16°May: 17°Jun: 19°Jul: 20°Aug: 21°Sep: 21°Oct: 19°Nov: 18°Dec: 16°21°15°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 12 °C (High 17° / Low 8°)Feb: 12 °C (High 17° / Low 8°)Mar: 14 °C (High 19° / Low 9°)Apr: 15 °C (High 20° / Low 10°)May: 17 °C (High 22° / Low 11°)Jun: 19 °C (High 25° / Low 13°)Jul: 22 °C (High 29° / Low 16°)Aug: 23 °C (High 29° / Low 17°)Sep: 22 °C (High 28° / Low 16°)Oct: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 14°)Nov: 16 °C (High 20° / Low 11°)Dec: 12 °C (High 17° / Low 8°)23°12°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm20 mm40 mm60 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 41 mmFeb: 55 mm55Mar: 29 mmApr: 17 mmMay: 7 mmJun: 14 mmJul: 4 mm4Aug: 4 mm4Sep: 6 mmOct: 15 mmNov: 25 mmDec: 51 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 h15 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.7 hFeb: 8.1 hMar: 9.8 hApr: 11.2 hMay: 12.1 hJun: 13.4 h13.4Jul: 12.1 hAug: 11.8 hSep: 10.9 hOct: 9.7 hNov: 8.3 hDec: 7.3 h7.3

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at San Diego Bay: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at San Diego Bay: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January178154167.712
February178155588.112
March199152969.811
April20101617311.212
May2211177112.112
June25131914113.410
July2916204112.110
Augustwarmest sea2917214111.89
September2816216110.99
October2414191529.710
November2011182548.311
December178165157.313

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Photos

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

San Diego Bay: San Diego Bay 2
Photo: RightCowLeftCoast · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
San Diego Bay: NBSD waterview - 1
Photo: RightCowLeftCoast · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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 POWER30 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20203 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.130 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

More about this place: Wikipedia See every data source →