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Satellite view of Sunnyside 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

Sunnyside Beach

CanadaBritish Columbia · Canada · Pacific Ocean

49.2997, -122.8693 · Pleasantside, 2 km

  • 16°Sea · August
  • 20°High · July
  • 9.7 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Sunnyside Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Sunnyside Beach in October

  • 10°CAir, daytime high5°C at night
  • 11°CSea temperature
  • 3.4 hSunshine a day
  • 18 daysRainy days in the month233 mm in total
  • 6 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 6Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 26 kmAirport: Vancouver International Airport (YVR)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 11.2 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 11.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −1.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 10.5 °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 August16 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJuly and August10 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August50 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan7°1 h323 mm
  2. Feb7°3 h165 mm
  3. Mar8°3 h253 mm
  4. Apr10°5 h145 mm
  5. May12°7 h96 mm
  6. Jun14°7 h84 mm
  7. Jul16°10 h50 mm
  8. Aug16°9 h61 mm
  9. Sep14°6 h122 mm
  10. Oct11°3 h233 mm
  11. Nov9°2 h348 mm
  12. Dec8°1 h294 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
10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7°Feb: 7°Mar: 8°Apr: 10°May: 12°Jun: 14°Jul: 16°Aug: 16°Sep: 14°Oct: 11°Nov: 9°Dec: 8°7°16°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 0 °C (High 2° / Low -3°)Feb: 0 °C (High 2° / Low -3°)Mar: 2 °C (High 4° / Low -1°)Apr: 5 °C (High 8° / Low 2°)May: 10 °C (High 14° / Low 6°)Jun: 13 °C (High 17° / Low 10°)Jul: 16 °C (High 20° / Low 12°)Aug: 16 °C (High 20° / Low 13°)Sep: 13 °C (High 16° / Low 9°)Oct: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 5°)Nov: 2 °C (High 4° / Low 0°)Dec: -1 °C (High 1° / Low -3°)16°-1°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mm300 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 323 mmFeb: 165 mmMar: 253 mmApr: 145 mmMay: 96 mmJun: 84 mmJul: 50 mm50Aug: 61 mmSep: 122 mmOct: 233 mmNov: 348 mm348Dec: 294 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1.2 hFeb: 3.2 hMar: 3.3 hApr: 5.1 hMay: 7.1 hJun: 7.3 hJul: 9.7 h9.7Aug: 8.6 hSep: 6.1 hOct: 3.4 hNov: 1.5 hDec: 0.9 h0.9

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Sunnyside Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2-37323201.28
February2-37165173.28
March4-18253203.37
April8210145185.16
May1461296157.15
June17101484157.35
July20121650109.75
Augustwarmest sea2013166198.65
September16914122116.15
October10511233183.46
November409348211.58
December1-38294210.98

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Photos

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

Sunnyside Beach: IOCO beach facing Port Moody (9032047887)
Photo: waferboard · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Sunnyside Beach: IOCO beach (8969250496)
Photo: waferboard · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · 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.

The nearest sea measurement point is 27 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER29 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202027 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.129 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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