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Satellite view of Duranbah 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

Duranbah Beach

AustraliaNew South Wales · Australia · Coral Sea

-28.1673, 153.5518 · Tweed Heads, 1 km

  • 26°Sea · February
  • 26°High · February
  • 9.2 hSunshine · November
The dot marks Duranbah Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Duranbah Beach in October

  • 22°CAir, daytime high20°C at night
  • 22°CSea temperature
  • 8.7 hSunshine a day
  • 10 daysRainy days in the month83 mm in total
  • 23 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 43Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 4 kmAirport: Gold Coast Airport (OOL)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 22.4 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.5 °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 seaFebruary and March26 °C
Most sunshineOctober and November9 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and September34 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan26°8 h153 mm
  2. Feb26°8 h161 mm
  3. Mar26°7 h160 mm
  4. Apr25°7 h90 mm
  5. May24°7 h74 mm
  6. Jun22°6 h100 mm
  7. Jul21°7 h41 mm
  8. Aug21°8 h49 mm
  9. Sep21°9 h34 mm
  10. Oct22°9 h83 mm
  11. Nov24°9 h90 mm
  12. Dec25°8 h138 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
22°24°26°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26°Feb: 26°Mar: 26°Apr: 25°May: 24°Jun: 22°Jul: 21°Aug: 21°Sep: 21°Oct: 22°Nov: 24°Dec: 25°26°21°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 24°)Feb: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 24°)Mar: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 24°)Apr: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 22°)May: 21 °C (High 22° / Low 20°)Jun: 20 °C (High 21° / Low 18°)Jul: 19 °C (High 20° / Low 17°)Aug: 19 °C (High 20° / Low 18°)Sep: 20 °C (High 21° / Low 19°)Oct: 21 °C (High 22° / Low 20°)Nov: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 22°)Dec: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 23°)25°19°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 153 mmFeb: 161 mm161Mar: 160 mmApr: 90 mmMay: 74 mmJun: 100 mmJul: 41 mmAug: 49 mmSep: 34 mm34Oct: 83 mmNov: 90 mmDec: 138 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.5 hFeb: 7.9 hMar: 7.2 hApr: 7.2 hMay: 6.9 hJun: 5.9 h5.9Jul: 7.1 hAug: 8.1 hSep: 8.7 hOct: 8.7 hNov: 9.2 h9.2Dec: 8.4 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Duranbah Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January262426153148.523
Februarywarmest sea262426161167.924
March262426160177.224
April24222590137.222
May22202474126.921
June211822100115.923
July2017214187.122
August2018214968.123
September2119213478.723
October22202283108.723
November24222490119.223
December252325138148.424

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Photos

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

Duranbah Beach: Point Danger, Queensland from Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
Photo: Jack Bain · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Duranbah Beach: Coolangatta - panoramio - Tanya Dedyukhina (14)
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Duranbah Beach: Beach access - panoramio
Photo: Ché Lydia Xyang · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 POWER27 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20209 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.127 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 →