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Satellite view of Shichiriga Hama; 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

Shichiriga Hama

JapanKanagawa · Japan · Sea of Japan

35.3045, 139.5125 · Kamakura, 3 km

  • 26°Sea · August
  • 30°High · August
  • 6.3 hSunshine · August
The dot marks Shichiriga Hama. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Shichiriga Hama in October

  • 20°CAir, daytime high12°C at night
  • 23°CSea temperature
  • 4.2 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month222 mm in total
  • 13 km/hAverage wind

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

And a month earlier or later?

SeptemberOctoberNovember
Air, daytime high26°20°15°
Sea25°23°21°
Sunshine a day4.6 h4.2 h4.8 h
Rainy days15129

Warmest sea of the year: August (25.9 °C) · most sunshine: August (6.3 h a day).

The beach itself

  • 56Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 37 kmAirport: Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)In a straight line; by road it is further Car hire at HND airport (Tokyo)

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

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 24.4 °C — 1.3 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 23.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 20.4 °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 September26 °C
Most sunshineApril and August6 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February66 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan16°6 h66 mm
  2. Feb15°6 h67 mm
  3. Mar16°6 h115 mm
  4. Apr17°6 h129 mm
  5. May19°6 h142 mm
  6. Jun21°4 h181 mm
  7. Jul24°5 h180 mm
  8. Aug26°6 h155 mm
  9. Sep25°5 h215 mm
  10. Oct23°4 h222 mm
  11. Nov21°5 h97 mm
  12. Dec18°6 h69 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
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 16°Feb: 15°Mar: 16°Apr: 17°May: 19°Jun: 21°Jul: 24°Aug: 26°Sep: 25°Oct: 23°Nov: 21°Dec: 18°15°26°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2 °C (High 7° / Low -2°)Feb: 3 °C (High 8° / Low -2°)Mar: 7 °C (High 12° / Low 1°)Apr: 12 °C (High 18° / Low 6°)May: 17 °C (High 22° / Low 12°)Jun: 21 °C (High 25° / Low 17°)Jul: 25 °C (High 29° / Low 21°)Aug: 26 °C (High 30° / Low 22°)Sep: 22 °C (High 26° / Low 18°)Oct: 16 °C (High 20° / Low 12°)Nov: 10 °C (High 15° / Low 6°)Dec: 5 °C (High 10° / Low 5°)26°2°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 66 mm66Feb: 67 mmMar: 115 mmApr: 129 mmMay: 142 mmJun: 181 mmJul: 180 mmAug: 155 mmSep: 215 mmOct: 222 mm222Nov: 97 mmDec: 69 mm

Sunshine

0 h2 h4 h6 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.1 hFeb: 5.8 hMar: 5.8 hApr: 6.1 hMay: 5.9 hJun: 4.2 h4.2Jul: 4.9 hAug: 6.3 h6.3Sep: 4.6 hOct: 4.2 h4.2Nov: 4.8 hDec: 5.5 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Shichiriga Hama: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January7-2166666.114
February8-2156775.814
March12116115105.815
April18617129116.116
May221219142125.914
June251721181154.212
July292124180174.913
Augustwarmest sea302226155156.312
September261825215154.613
October201223222124.213
November156219794.812
December100186975.513

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Photos

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

Shichiriga Hama: 江ノ島 (神奈川県鎌倉市) - panoramio
Photo: gundam2345 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Shichiriga Hama: 七里ガ浜 - panoramio
Photo: 小林俊通 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Shichiriga Hama: Mt.Fuji @Shitirigahama (4236422973)
Photo: Yamaguchi Yoshiaki from Japan · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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.

The nearest sea measurement point is 22 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER25 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202022 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.125 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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