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Satellite view of Cap Santa Clara; 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.

Cape

Cap Santa Clara

GabonEstuaire · Gabon · Gulf of Guinea

0.5052, 9.3185 · Akanda, 11 km

  • 29°Sea · March
  • 28°High · March
  • 5.5 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Cap Santa Clara. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Cap Santa Clara in October

  • 27°CAir, daytime high25°C at night
  • 27°CSea temperature
  • 3.8 hSunshine a day
  • 28 daysRainy days in the month348 mm in total
  • 12 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • No lifeguardLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 0Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 12 kmAirport: Libreville Leon M'ba International Airport (LBV)In a straight line; by road it is further

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

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 26.9 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 27.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 27.0 °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 seaMarch and April29 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and March6 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August12 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan29°6 h224 mm
  2. Feb29°5 h207 mm
  3. Mar29°5 h294 mm
  4. Apr29°5 h247 mm
  5. May29°5 h188 mm
  6. Jun27°4 h36 mm
  7. Jul26°4 h12 mm
  8. Aug25°3 h24 mm
  9. Sep26°3 h112 mm
  10. Oct27°4 h348 mm
  11. Nov28°4 h391 mm
  12. Dec28°5 h234 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°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 29°Feb: 29°Mar: 29°Apr: 29°May: 29°Jun: 27°Jul: 26°Aug: 25°Sep: 26°Oct: 27°Nov: 28°Dec: 28°25°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
24°26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Feb: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Mar: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Apr: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)May: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Jun: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Jul: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 23°)Aug: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 23°)Sep: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Oct: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 25°)Nov: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 25°)Dec: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)27°24°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm200 mm400 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 224 mmFeb: 207 mmMar: 294 mmApr: 247 mmMay: 188 mmJun: 36 mmJul: 12 mm12Aug: 24 mmSep: 112 mmOct: 348 mmNov: 391 mm391Dec: 234 mm

Sunshine

0 h2 h4 h6 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5.5 h5.5Feb: 5.0 hMar: 5.2 hApr: 5.1 hMay: 4.8 hJun: 3.9 hJul: 3.6 hAug: 3.0 h3.0Sep: 3.3 hOct: 3.8 hNov: 4.1 hDec: 5.0 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Cap Santa Clara: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Cap Santa Clara: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January282629224245.511
February282629207245.011
Marchwarmest sea282629294285.211
April282629247275.110
May282629188244.810
June2724273683.913
July2623261243.613
August2623252463.014
September272426112193.313
October272527348283.812
November272528391284.111
December282628234255.011

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Photos

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

Cap Santa Clara: Libreville vue de la région du cap au Gabon
Photo: VIGNA christian · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Cap Santa Clara: Baie du cap, l’estuaire de Libreville au Gabon
Photo: VIGNA christian · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 POWER6 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202015 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.16 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 →