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Satellite view of Chesil 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

Chesil Beach

United KingdomEngland · United Kingdom · English Channel

50.6333, -2.5667 · Chickerell, 5 km

  • 17°Sea · August
  • 19°High · August
  • 8.1 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Chesil Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Chesil Beach in October

  • 15°CAir, daytime high13°C at night
  • 16°CSea temperature
  • 3.3 hSunshine a day
  • 15 daysRainy days in the month101 mm in total
  • 27 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
  • 16Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Chesil Beach ↗
  • 54 kmAirport: Bournemouth Airport (BOH)In a straight line; by road it is further

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

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 15.7 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.6 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.2 °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 September17 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJune and July8 h of sun a day
Least rainApril and September52 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan10°1 h98 mm
  2. Feb9°3 h75 mm
  3. Mar9°4 h69 mm
  4. Apr10°7 h53 mm
  5. May11°8 h55 mm
  6. Jun14°8 h56 mm
  7. Jul16°8 h58 mm
  8. Aug17°7 h71 mm
  9. Sep17°6 h52 mm
  10. Oct16°3 h101 mm
  11. Nov13°2 h107 mm
  12. Dec11°1 h106 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
10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10°Feb: 9°Mar: 9°Apr: 10°May: 11°Jun: 14°Jul: 16°Aug: 17°Sep: 17°Oct: 16°Nov: 13°Dec: 11°9°17°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8 °C (High 9° / Low 7°)Feb: 7 °C (High 8° / Low 6°)Mar: 8 °C (High 9° / Low 6°)Apr: 10 °C (High 11° / Low 8°)May: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 10°)Jun: 15 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)Jul: 17 °C (High 18° / Low 15°)Aug: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 15°)Sep: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)Oct: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 13°)Nov: 11 °C (High 12° / Low 10°)Dec: 9 °C (High 10° / Low 8°)17°7°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 98 mmFeb: 75 mmMar: 69 mmApr: 53 mmMay: 55 mmJun: 56 mmJul: 58 mmAug: 71 mmSep: 52 mm52Oct: 101 mmNov: 107 mm107Dec: 106 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1.4 hFeb: 2.7 hMar: 4.5 hApr: 6.9 hMay: 7.9 hJun: 8.1 h8.1Jul: 8.0 hAug: 6.8 hSep: 5.9 hOct: 3.3 hNov: 2.0 hDec: 1.2 h1.2

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Chesil Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January971098161.430
February86975132.729
March96969134.526
April1181053126.921
May14101155117.921
June16131456118.119
July18151658118.020
Augustwarmest sea19151771126.821
September18141752125.923
October151316101153.327
November121013107172.029
December10811106161.230

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Chesil Beach: West Fleet and Chesil Beach - geograph.org.uk - 6502563
Photo: N Chadwick · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Chesil Beach: West Fleet and Chesil Beach - geograph.org.uk - 6502564
Photo: N Chadwick · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Chesil Beach: Following the coast path east from Langton Hive Point near Langton Herring - geograph.org.uk - 7034707
Photo: Colin Park · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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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 POWER16 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20204 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.116 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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