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Satellite view of Sandymount Strand; 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

Sandymount Strand

IrelandLeinster · Ireland · Irish Sea

53.3322, -6.2000 · Sandymount, 2 km

  • 15°Sea · August
  • 18°High · July
  • 6.6 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Sandymount Strand. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Sandymount Strand in October

  • 13°CAir, daytime high9°C at night
  • 13°CSea temperature
  • 3.2 hSunshine a day
  • 17 daysRainy days in the month102 mm in total
  • 23 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 13.6 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.4 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.3 °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 seaJuly and August15 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineMay and June7 h of sun a day
Least rainApril and May61 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan9°2 h86 mm
  2. Feb8°3 h70 mm
  3. Mar8°4 h70 mm
  4. Apr9°6 h61 mm
  5. May11°7 h67 mm
  6. Jun13°6 h76 mm
  7. Jul15°5 h80 mm
  8. Aug15°5 h91 mm
  9. Sep15°5 h76 mm
  10. Oct13°3 h102 mm
  11. Nov12°2 h106 mm
  12. Dec11°1 h97 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
7.5°10°12°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9°Feb: 8°Mar: 8°Apr: 9°May: 11°Jun: 13°Jul: 15°Aug: 15°Sep: 15°Oct: 13°Nov: 12°Dec: 11°15°8°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 86 mmFeb: 70 mmMar: 70 mmApr: 61 mm61May: 67 mmJun: 76 mmJul: 80 mmAug: 91 mmSep: 76 mmOct: 102 mmNov: 106 mm106Dec: 97 mm

Sunshine

0 h2 h4 h6 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1.6 hFeb: 2.9 hMar: 4.1 hApr: 5.7 hMay: 6.6 h6.6Jun: 6.2 hJul: 5.4 hAug: 4.8 hSep: 4.6 hOct: 3.2 hNov: 2.2 hDec: 1.4 h1.4

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Sandymount Strand: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January84986171.627
February84870152.925
March94870154.123
April116961145.720
May1481167146.619
June16111376146.218
July18121580175.417
Augustwarmest sea18121591164.818
September16111576144.620
October13913102173.223
November10712106182.225
December851197181.426

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Photos

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

Sandymount Strand: Strand Road promenade - geograph.org.uk - 6404944
Photo: Eirian Evans · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Sandymount Strand: Sandymount - Dublin, Ireland
Photo: Giuseppe Milo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Sandymount Strand: Tram on Strand Road, Sandymount, Dublin
Photo: Robert French · Wikimedia Commons · No restrictions · 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 POWER19 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20207 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.119 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.9 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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