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Satellite view of Victoria 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

Victoria Beach

CanadaNova Scotia · Canada · Gulf of St. Lawrence

46.8001, -60.3152 · Ingonish, 12 km

  • 19°Sea · August
  • 20°High · August
  • 7.4 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Victoria Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Victoria Beach in October

  • 11°CAir, daytime high9°C at night
  • 12°CSea temperature
  • 3.9 hSunshine a day
  • 16 daysRainy days in the month112 mm in total
  • 29 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 13.7 °C — 1.9 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 11.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 11.3 °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 seaAugust and September19 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August7 h of sun a day
Least rainMarch and July82 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan1°1 h96 mm
  2. Feb0°2 h89 mm
  3. Mar0°5 h83 mm
  4. Apr0°6 h92 mm
  5. May4°7 h84 mm
  6. Jun9°7 h94 mm
  7. Jul15°7 h82 mm
  8. Aug19°7 h93 mm
  9. Sep16°6 h95 mm
  10. Oct12°4 h112 mm
  11. Nov7°2 h114 mm
  12. Dec4°0 h126 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
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1°Feb: 0°Mar: 0°Apr: 0°May: 4°Jun: 9°Jul: 15°Aug: 19°Sep: 16°Oct: 12°Nov: 7°Dec: 4°19°0°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: -3 °C (High -1° / Low -5°)Feb: -5 °C (High -3° / Low -7°)Mar: -3 °C (High -1° / Low -5°)Apr: 1 °C (High 2° / Low 0°)May: 6 °C (High 7° / Low 4°)Jun: 11 °C (High 12° / Low 9°)Jul: 17 °C (High 18° / Low 16°)Aug: 19 °C (High 20° / Low 17°)Sep: 15 °C (High 16° / Low 14°)Oct: 10 °C (High 11° / Low 9°)Nov: 5 °C (High 6° / Low 3°)Dec: 0 °C (High 2° / Low -1°)19°-5°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 96 mmFeb: 89 mmMar: 83 mmApr: 92 mmMay: 84 mmJun: 94 mmJul: 82 mm82Aug: 93 mmSep: 95 mmOct: 112 mmNov: 114 mmDec: 126 mm126

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 0.8 hFeb: 2.3 hMar: 4.7 hApr: 6.1 hMay: 7.0 hJun: 7.1 hJul: 7.4 h7.4Aug: 7.2 hSep: 6.0 hOct: 3.9 hNov: 1.5 hDec: 0.4 h0.4

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Victoria Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January-1-5196180.834
February-3-7089152.333
March-1-5083154.730
April20092146.127
May74484147.023
June129994147.121
July18161582147.420
Augustwarmest sea20171993147.222
September16141695146.026
October11912112163.929
November637114171.532
December2-14126190.434

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Photos

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

Victoria Beach: Ground Cover (49688048357)
Photo: Chris Hunkeler from Carlsbad, California, USA · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Victoria Beach: Neils Harbour Panorama
Photo: Ken Heaton · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Victoria Beach: Neils Harbour Panorama2
Photo: Ken Heaton · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 POWER32 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202010 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.132 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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