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Satellite view of Baker 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

Baker Beach

United StatesCalifornia · United States · Pacific Ocean

37.7944, -122.4833 · Parkside, 6 km

  • 14°Sea · September
  • 23°High · September
  • 13.3 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Baker Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Baker Beach in October

  • 21°CAir, daytime high11°C at night
  • 14°CSea temperature
  • 8.5 hSunshine a day
  • 4 daysRainy days in the month29 mm in total
  • 11 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 47Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 22 kmAirport: San Francisco International Airport (SFO)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 16.1 °C — 2.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +2.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.0 °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 seaAugust and September14 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJune and July13 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August1 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan12°5 h100 mm
  2. Feb12°6 h102 mm
  3. Mar12°8 h82 mm
  4. Apr11°10 h42 mm
  5. May12°12 h18 mm
  6. Jun12°13 h6 mm
  7. Jul13°13 h1 mm
  8. Aug14°12 h1 mm
  9. Sep14°11 h4 mm
  10. Oct14°8 h29 mm
  11. Nov13°6 h62 mm
  12. Dec12°5 h138 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
11°12°13°14°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 12°Feb: 12°Mar: 12°Apr: 11°May: 12°Jun: 12°Jul: 13°Aug: 14°Sep: 14°Oct: 14°Nov: 13°Dec: 12°11°14°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9 °C (High 13° / Low 6°)Feb: 10 °C (High 14° / Low 7°)Mar: 11 °C (High 15° / Low 8°)Apr: 12 °C (High 16° / Low 8°)May: 14 °C (High 19° / Low 9°)Jun: 16 °C (High 21° / Low 11°)Jul: 17 °C (High 22° / Low 12°)Aug: 17 °C (High 22° / Low 12°)Sep: 18 °C (High 23° / Low 12°)Oct: 16 °C (High 21° / Low 11°)Nov: 12 °C (High 17° / Low 8°)Dec: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 6°)18°9°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 100 mmFeb: 102 mmMar: 82 mmApr: 42 mmMay: 18 mmJun: 6 mmJul: 1 mm1Aug: 1 mm1Sep: 4 mmOct: 29 mmNov: 62 mmDec: 138 mm138

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 h15 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5.1 hFeb: 6.3 hMar: 7.6 hApr: 9.6 hMay: 11.5 hJun: 13.3 h13.3Jul: 13.3 h13.3Aug: 12.0 hSep: 10.7 hOct: 8.5 hNov: 6.4 hDec: 4.6 h4.6

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Baker Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January13612100115.112
February14712102116.313
March1581282107.613
April168114269.614
May1991218411.514
June2111126213.314
July2212131013.313
August2212141012.013
Septemberwarmest sea2312144110.712
October2111142948.511
November178136286.411
December13612138124.612

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Baker Beach: Baker Beach 2
Photo: Daniel Schwen · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Baker Beach: GGB reflection at Baker Beach at low tide
Photo: Brocken Inaglory · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Baker Beach: Beach in San Francisco (3617494669)
Photo: Francisco Anzola · 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.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER23 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202015 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.123 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

More about this place: Wikipedia See every data source →