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Satellite view of Dolfynstrand; 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

Dolfynstrand

NamibiaErongo Region · Namibia · Atlantic Ocean

-22.8345, 14.5399 · Walvis Bay, 14 km

  • 18°Sea · February
  • 22°High · March
  • 10.2 hSunshine · December
The dot marks Dolfynstrand. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Dolfynstrand in October

  • 18°CAir, daytime high13°C at night
  • 14°CSea temperature
  • 9.4 hSunshine a day
  • 1 dayRainy days in the month4 mm in total
  • 16 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 6Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 19 kmAirport: Walvis Bay International Airport (WVB)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 14.3 °C — 0.3 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 14.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 18.5 °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 seaJanuary and February18 °C
Most sunshineNovember and December10 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August1 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan18°10 h10 mm
  2. Feb18°9 h11 mm
  3. Mar18°9 h15 mm
  4. Apr16°9 h20 mm
  5. May15°9 h1 mm
  6. Jun14°8 h2 mm
  7. Jul14°9 h1 mm
  8. Aug13°8 h1 mm
  9. Sep13°9 h2 mm
  10. Oct14°9 h4 mm
  11. Nov15°10 h7 mm
  12. Dec16°10 h7 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
14°16°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18°Feb: 18°Mar: 18°Apr: 16°May: 15°Jun: 14°Jul: 14°Aug: 13°Sep: 13°Oct: 14°Nov: 15°Dec: 16°18°13°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm10 mm20 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10 mmFeb: 11 mmMar: 15 mmApr: 20 mm20May: 1 mmJun: 2 mmJul: 1 mm1Aug: 1 mm1Sep: 2 mmOct: 4 mmNov: 7 mmDec: 7 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9.8 hFeb: 9.4 hMar: 9.1 hApr: 8.8 hMay: 8.6 hJun: 8.5 h8.5Jul: 8.7 hAug: 8.5 h8.5Sep: 8.7 hOct: 9.4 hNov: 10.1 hDec: 10.2 h10.2

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Dolfynstrand: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2117181029.814
Februarywarmest sea2217181119.414
March2217181529.114
April2216162028.814
May221515108.615
June201314208.515
July211314108.716
August181213108.516
September181213208.716
October181314419.416
November2014157110.116
December2016167110.215

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Dolfynstrand: Langstrand (2018)
Photo: Matthias Bruhin & Hp.Baumeler · 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 POWER25 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202018 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.125 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 →