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Satellite view of Smathers Beach; 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

Smathers Beach

United StatesFlorida · United States · Gulf of Mexico

24.5519, -81.7693 · Key West, 1 km

  • 30°Sea · August
  • 30°High · August
  • 9.6 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Smathers Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Smathers Beach in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high27°C at night
  • 28°CSea temperature
  • 7.4 hSunshine a day
  • 17 daysRainy days in the month116 mm in total
  • 22 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: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 28.9 °C — 0.8 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.1 °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 August30 °C
Most sunshineApril and May10 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and March26 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan23°7 h33 mm
  2. Feb23°8 h34 mm
  3. Mar23°9 h26 mm
  4. Apr25°10 h44 mm
  5. May27°9 h96 mm
  6. Jun29°8 h157 mm
  7. Jul30°9 h127 mm
  8. Aug30°8 h156 mm
  9. Sep30°7 h177 mm
  10. Oct28°7 h116 mm
  11. Nov26°7 h49 mm
  12. Dec24°7 h39 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
25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23°Feb: 23°Mar: 23°Apr: 25°May: 27°Jun: 29°Jul: 30°Aug: 30°Sep: 30°Oct: 28°Nov: 26°Dec: 24°30°23°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 22 °C (High 23° / Low 21°)Feb: 22 °C (High 23° / Low 22°)Mar: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 23°)Apr: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 24°)May: 27 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Jun: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Jul: 29 °C (High 30° / Low 29°)Aug: 30 °C (High 30° / Low 29°)Sep: 29 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Oct: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Nov: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 24°)Dec: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 23°)30°22°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 33 mmFeb: 34 mmMar: 26 mm26Apr: 44 mmMay: 96 mmJun: 157 mmJul: 127 mmAug: 156 mmSep: 177 mm177Oct: 116 mmNov: 49 mmDec: 39 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.7 h6.7Feb: 7.8 hMar: 9.0 hApr: 9.6 h9.6May: 9.4 hJun: 8.4 hJul: 8.7 hAug: 8.4 hSep: 7.4 hOct: 7.4 hNov: 7.2 hDec: 6.7 h6.7

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Smathers Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2321233376.722
February2322233457.820
March2423232669.021
April2624254489.620
May27262796149.419
June292829157238.416
July302930127248.715
Augustwarmest sea302930156268.416
September292830177247.416
October282728116177.422
November2624264987.223
December2423243986.722

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Smathers Beach: Early morning Smathers Beach Key West
Photo: Juliancolton · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Smathers Beach: Key West, FL 33040, USA - panoramio (6)
Photo: edgardo.campos@ymail… · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Smathers Beach: Key West Sunrise - Flickr - Max and Dee
Photo: Max and Dee Bernt from Boulder, CO, USA · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · 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 POWER12 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202013 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.112 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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