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Satellite view of Brighton Shore; 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

Brighton Shore

CanadaPrince Edward Island · Canada · Gulf of St. Lawrence

46.2327, -63.1499 · Brighton, 0 km

  • 19°Sea · August
  • 22°High · August
  • 7.7 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Brighton Shore. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Brighton Shore in October

  • 13°CAir, daytime high8°C at night
  • 13°CSea temperature
  • 3.9 hSunshine a day
  • 13 daysRainy days in the month112 mm in total
  • 19 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 39Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 7 kmAirport: Charlottetown Airport (YYG)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 14.6 °C — 1.5 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 12.9 °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 August19 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August8 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and March70 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan0°2 h74 mm
  2. Feb-1°2 h75 mm
  3. Mar-1°4 h70 mm
  4. Apr1°6 h79 mm
  5. May5°7 h77 mm
  6. Jun11°7 h95 mm
  7. Jul17°8 h76 mm
  8. Aug19°7 h88 mm
  9. Sep17°6 h94 mm
  10. Oct13°4 h112 mm
  11. Nov8°2 h105 mm
  12. Dec2°1 h105 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: 0°Feb: -1°Mar: -1°Apr: 1°May: 5°Jun: 11°Jul: 17°Aug: 19°Sep: 17°Oct: 13°Nov: 8°Dec: 2°19°-1°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
-10°0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: -6 °C (High -3° / Low -8°)Feb: -6 °C (High -3° / Low -9°)Mar: -3 °C (High 1° / Low -6°)Apr: 3 °C (High 6° / Low 0°)May: 8 °C (High 12° / Low 5°)Jun: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 10°)Jul: 19 °C (High 22° / Low 16°)Aug: 19 °C (High 22° / Low 17°)Sep: 16 °C (High 19° / Low 13°)Oct: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 8°)Nov: 4 °C (High 6° / Low 2°)Dec: -2 °C (High 1° / Low -4°)19°-6°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 74 mmFeb: 75 mmMar: 70 mm70Apr: 79 mmMay: 77 mmJun: 95 mmJul: 76 mmAug: 88 mmSep: 94 mmOct: 112 mm112Nov: 105 mmDec: 105 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1.5 hFeb: 2.5 hMar: 4.4 hApr: 5.9 hMay: 6.6 hJun: 7.0 hJul: 7.7 h7.7Aug: 7.4 hSep: 6.1 hOct: 3.9 hNov: 1.8 hDec: 1.0 h1.0

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Brighton Shore: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January-3-8074121.520
February-3-9-175112.519
March1-6-170124.418
April60179135.916
May125577136.615
June17101195147.014
July22161776137.713
Augustwarmest sea22171988127.414
September19131794126.117
October13813112133.919
November628105131.819
December1-42105141.020

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Photos

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

Brighton Shore: Charlottetown harbor lighthouse, Prince Edward Island, Canada - panoramio
Photo: David Broad · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Brighton Shore: PEI Brighton Lighthouse
Photo: DanBhentschel · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Brighton Shore: Brighton Beach Front Lighthouse (22289015685)
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 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 POWER26 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.126 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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