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Satellite view of Westwind 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

Westwind Beach

Bouvet IslandBouvet Island · Atlantic Ocean

-54.4100, 3.2853

  • 1°Sea · March
  • 2°High · February
  • 4.9 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Westwind Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Westwind Beach in October

  • -1°CAir, daytime high-3°C at night
  • -1°CSea temperature
  • 3.3 hSunshine a day
  • 20 daysRainy days in the month87 mm in total
  • 38 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 high-2°-1°0°
Sea-1°-1°-1°
Sunshine a day3.0 h3.3 h3.8 h
Rainy days192018

Warmest sea of the year: March (1.2 °C) · most sunshine: January (4.9 h a day).

The beach itself

  • 0Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap

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

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged -1.0 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: -1.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: -1.0 °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 seaFebruary and March1 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJanuary and December5 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and November70 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan1°5 h75 mm
  2. Feb1°4 h79 mm
  3. Mar1°3 h105 mm
  4. Apr1°2 h112 mm
  5. May0°1 h90 mm
  6. Jun0°0 h86 mm
  7. Jul-1°0 h83 mm
  8. Aug-1°1 h100 mm
  9. Sep-1°3 h78 mm
  10. Oct-1°3 h87 mm
  11. Nov-1°4 h70 mm
  12. Dec0°5 h79 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
-1°0°1°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1°Feb: 1°Mar: 1°Apr: 1°May: 0°Jun: 0°Jul: -1°Aug: -1°Sep: -1°Oct: -1°Nov: -1°Dec: 0°1°-1°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
-4°-2°0°2°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1 °C (High 1° / Low 0°)Feb: 1 °C (High 2° / Low 0°)Mar: 1 °C (High 2° / Low 0°)Apr: 0 °C (High 1° / Low 0°)May: 0 °C (High 0° / Low -1°)Jun: -1 °C (High 0° / Low -2°)Jul: -2 °C (High -1° / Low -3°)Aug: -3 °C (High -2° / Low -5°)Sep: -3 °C (High -2° / Low -5°)Oct: -2 °C (High -1° / Low -3°)Nov: -1 °C (High 0° / Low -2°)Dec: 0 °C (High 0° / Low -1°)1°-3°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 75 mmFeb: 79 mmMar: 105 mmApr: 112 mm112May: 90 mmJun: 86 mmJul: 83 mmAug: 100 mmSep: 78 mmOct: 87 mmNov: 70 mm70Dec: 79 mm

Sunshine

0 h2 h4 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.9 h4.9Feb: 3.9 hMar: 2.9 hApr: 1.6 hMay: 1.0 hJun: 0.4 h0.4Jul: 0.4 h0.4Aug: 1.2 hSep: 3.0 hOct: 3.3 hNov: 3.8 hDec: 4.8 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Westwind Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January10175194.934
February20179193.937
Marchwarmest sea201105232.938
April101112221.638
May0-1090211.038
June0-2086210.438
July-1-3-183210.440
August-2-5-1100221.240
September-2-5-178193.038
October-1-3-187203.338
November0-2-170183.836
December0-1079214.834

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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 POWER14 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20207 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.114 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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