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Satellite view of Sonofa 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

Sonofa Beach

U.S. Virgin IslandsSaint Croix Island · U.S. Virgin Islands · Caribbean Sea

17.7066, -64.6807 · Christiansted, 5 km

  • 29°Sea · September
  • 29°High · September
  • 9.4 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Sonofa Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Sonofa Beach in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high28°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 7.8 hSunshine a day
  • 16 daysRainy days in the month105 mm in total
  • 20 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 29.6 °C — 0.7 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.9 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.9 °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 seaSeptember and October29 °C
Most sunshineMarch and April9 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February15 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan27°8 h23 mm
  2. Feb26°9 h15 mm
  3. Mar26°9 h23 mm
  4. Apr27°9 h30 mm
  5. May28°9 h69 mm
  6. Jun28°9 h51 mm
  7. Jul28°9 h56 mm
  8. Aug29°9 h72 mm
  9. Sep29°8 h99 mm
  10. Oct29°8 h105 mm
  11. Nov28°8 h86 mm
  12. Dec27°8 h36 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
26°27°28°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27°Feb: 26°Mar: 26°Apr: 27°May: 28°Jun: 28°Jul: 28°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 28°Dec: 27°29°26°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23 mmFeb: 15 mm15Mar: 23 mmApr: 30 mmMay: 69 mmJun: 51 mmJul: 56 mmAug: 72 mmSep: 99 mmOct: 105 mm105Nov: 86 mmDec: 36 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.3 hFeb: 9.1 hMar: 9.3 hApr: 9.4 h9.4May: 8.8 hJun: 8.9 hJul: 9.1 hAug: 9.1 hSep: 8.4 hOct: 7.8 hNov: 7.5 h7.5Dec: 7.8 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Sonofa Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2626272368.325
February2625261559.125
March2626262359.322
April2726273079.422
May28272869138.822
June28282851128.924
July29282856159.126
August29282972169.123
Septemberwarmest sea29282999188.419
October292829105167.820
November28272886147.521
December2726273687.825

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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 POWER40 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202011 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.140 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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