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Satellite view of Cape Meneng; 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

Cape Meneng

NauruMeneng District · Nauru · Pacific Ocean

-0.5431, 166.9507 · Menen, 0 km

  • 29°Sea · July
  • 29°High · November
  • 9.0 hSunshine · October
The dot marks Cape Meneng. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Cape Meneng in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high28°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 9.0 hSunshine a day
  • 14 daysRainy days in the month118 mm in total
  • 15 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 5Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 4 kmAirport: Nauru International Airport (INU)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 28.8 °C — 0.6 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.4 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.5 °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 seaJune and July29 °C
Most sunshineSeptember and October9 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and September107 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan29°7 h194 mm
  2. Feb29°7 h192 mm
  3. Mar29°8 h193 mm
  4. Apr29°8 h161 mm
  5. May29°9 h116 mm
  6. Jun29°8 h107 mm
  7. Jul29°8 h122 mm
  8. Aug29°9 h118 mm
  9. Sep29°9 h108 mm
  10. Oct29°9 h118 mm
  11. Nov29°8 h133 mm
  12. Dec29°8 h202 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
29°29°29°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 29°Feb: 29°Mar: 29°Apr: 29°May: 29°Jun: 29°Jul: 29°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 29°Dec: 29°29°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
28°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Feb: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)Mar: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)Apr: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)May: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Jun: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Jul: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Aug: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)Sep: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Oct: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)Nov: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Dec: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)28°28°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 194 mmFeb: 192 mmMar: 193 mmApr: 161 mmMay: 116 mmJun: 107 mm107Jul: 122 mmAug: 118 mmSep: 108 mmOct: 118 mmNov: 133 mmDec: 202 mm202

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.2 h7.2Feb: 7.2 h7.2Mar: 7.5 hApr: 7.8 hMay: 8.6 hJun: 8.5 hJul: 8.4 hAug: 8.8 hSep: 8.8 hOct: 9.0 h9.0Nov: 8.3 hDec: 7.5 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Cape Meneng: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January292829194197.217
February282829192187.218
March282829193187.518
April282829161207.816
May292829116198.614
June292829107188.514
Julywarmest sea292829122188.415
August282829118188.815
September292829108168.816
October282829118149.015
November292829133158.315
December292829202187.517

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Cape Meneng: Living on a Blue Planet - Nauru
Photo: Hadi Zaher from Melbourne, Australia · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Cape Meneng: Pinnacles - Kelleher
Photo: Sean Kelleher · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Cape Meneng: In front of the Menen (15409381752)
Photo: Sean Kelleher from Melbourne, Australia · 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 POWER10 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.110 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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