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Satellite view of Baie d’Opunohu; 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.

Bay

Baie d’Opunohu

French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia · Pacific Ocean

-17.5001, -149.8572 · Papetoai, 2 km

  • 29°Sea · March
  • 28°High · March
  • 8.1 hSunshine · October
The dot marks Baie d’Opunohu. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Baie d’Opunohu in October

  • 27°CAir, daytime high26°C at night
  • 27°CSea temperature
  • 8.1 hSunshine a day
  • 15 daysRainy days in the month82 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

  • 32Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 10 kmAirport: Moorea Temae Airport (MOZ)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 27.1 °C — 0.3 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.7 °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 seaMarch and April29 °C
Most sunshineOctober and November8 h of sun a day
Least rainAugust and September39 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan28°7 h184 mm
  2. Feb29°7 h171 mm
  3. Mar29°8 h130 mm
  4. Apr29°7 h115 mm
  5. May28°7 h88 mm
  6. Jun27°7 h68 mm
  7. Jul27°7 h52 mm
  8. Aug26°8 h48 mm
  9. Sep26°8 h39 mm
  10. Oct27°8 h82 mm
  11. Nov27°8 h114 mm
  12. Dec28°7 h218 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: 28°Feb: 29°Mar: 29°Apr: 29°May: 28°Jun: 27°Jul: 27°Aug: 26°Sep: 26°Oct: 27°Nov: 27°Dec: 28°26°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 184 mmFeb: 171 mmMar: 130 mmApr: 115 mmMay: 88 mmJun: 68 mmJul: 52 mmAug: 48 mmSep: 39 mm39Oct: 82 mmNov: 114 mmDec: 218 mm218

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.3 hFeb: 7.4 hMar: 7.6 hApr: 7.1 hMay: 6.9 h6.9Jun: 6.9 h6.9Jul: 7.3 hAug: 7.7 hSep: 8.0 hOct: 8.1 h8.1Nov: 8.1 h8.1Dec: 7.3 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Baie d’Opunohu: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Baie d’Opunohu: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January282728184227.319
February282729171207.419
Marchwarmest sea282829130217.617
April282829115187.117
May28272888156.919
June27262768126.920
July26252752117.321
August26252648107.720
September26252639108.021
October27262782158.120
November272627114188.118
December282728218247.318

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

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 POWER15 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202014 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.115 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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