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Satellite view of East 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

East Beach

South AfricaWestern Cape · South Africa · Atlantic Ocean

-34.1031, 18.4841 · Muizenberg, 1 km

  • 19°Sea · January
  • 27°High · February
  • 12.7 hSunshine · January
The dot marks East Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

East Beach in October

  • 20°CAir, daytime high11°C at night
  • 16°CSea temperature
  • 10.5 hSunshine a day
  • 7 daysRainy days in the month46 mm in total
  • 18 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 16Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 18 kmAirport: Cape Town International Airport (CPT)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 15.4 °C — 0.3 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 20.0 °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 seaJanuary and February19 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and December13 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February15 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan19°13 h20 mm
  2. Feb19°12 h15 mm
  3. Mar18°10 h25 mm
  4. Apr16°9 h48 mm
  5. May16°7 h71 mm
  6. Jun16°6 h135 mm
  7. Jul15°7 h124 mm
  8. Aug15°7 h121 mm
  9. Sep15°9 h62 mm
  10. Oct16°10 h46 mm
  11. Nov17°12 h46 mm
  12. Dec18°13 h20 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
16°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 19°Feb: 19°Mar: 18°Apr: 16°May: 16°Jun: 16°Jul: 15°Aug: 15°Sep: 15°Oct: 16°Nov: 17°Dec: 18°19°15°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 21 °C (High 27° / Low 16°)Feb: 22 °C (High 27° / Low 16°)Mar: 20 °C (High 25° / Low 15°)Apr: 18 °C (High 22° / Low 13°)May: 15 °C (High 19° / Low 11°)Jun: 13 °C (High 16° / Low 9°)Jul: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 8°)Aug: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 8°)Sep: 13 °C (High 17° / Low 10°)Oct: 16 °C (High 20° / Low 11°)Nov: 18 °C (High 22° / Low 13°)Dec: 20 °C (High 25° / Low 15°)22°12°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 20 mmFeb: 15 mm15Mar: 25 mmApr: 48 mmMay: 71 mmJun: 135 mm135Jul: 124 mmAug: 121 mmSep: 62 mmOct: 46 mmNov: 46 mmDec: 20 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 12.7 h12.7Feb: 11.9 hMar: 10.5 hApr: 8.7 hMay: 6.7 hJun: 6.2 h6.2Jul: 6.8 hAug: 7.3 hSep: 8.7 hOct: 10.5 hNov: 11.9 hDec: 12.6 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at East Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
Januarywarmest sea27161920312.721
February27161915411.920
March25151825510.518
April2213164878.716
May19111671106.716
June16916135126.216
July15815124116.816
August15815121127.316
September17101562108.717
October20111646710.518
November22131746611.919
December25151820412.620

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Photos

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

East Beach: South Africa - Cape Town, Muizenberg Beach - panoramio
Photo: MajaK. · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
East Beach: Muizenberg beach, Cape Town, Western Cape - panoramio
Photo: ~ souTH AFRica ~ · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
East Beach: Muzienberg beach huts May 2026
Photo: Lefcentreright · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · 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, 1991–202010 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

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