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Satellite view of Gustavsviks strand; 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

Gustavsviks strand

SwedenGotland · Sweden · Baltic Sea

57.6633, 18.3203 · Visby, 3 km

  • 18°Sea · August
  • 20°High · July
  • 10.7 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Gustavsviks strand. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Gustavsviks strand in October

  • 11°CAir, daytime high8°C at night
  • 11°CSea temperature
  • 2.5 hSunshine a day
  • 14 daysRainy days in the month70 mm in total
  • 20 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 41Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 2 kmAirport: Visby Airport (VBY)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 13.0 °C — 2.0 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +2.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 11.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 10.6 °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 seaJuly and August18 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineMay and June11 h of sun a day
Least rainApril and May31 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan4°0 h54 mm
  2. Feb3°2 h44 mm
  3. Mar3°5 h38 mm
  4. Apr4°8 h31 mm
  5. May7°10 h36 mm
  6. Jun12°11 h50 mm
  7. Jul17°10 h65 mm
  8. Aug18°8 h70 mm
  9. Sep15°6 h52 mm
  10. Oct11°2 h70 mm
  11. Nov8°0 h74 mm
  12. Dec5°0 h64 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
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4°Feb: 3°Mar: 3°Apr: 4°May: 7°Jun: 12°Jul: 17°Aug: 18°Sep: 15°Oct: 11°Nov: 8°Dec: 5°3°18°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1 °C (High 2° / Low 0°)Feb: 1 °C (High 2° / Low 0°)Mar: 2 °C (High 3° / Low 0°)Apr: 5 °C (High 7° / Low 3°)May: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 7°)Jun: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 12°)Jul: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 16°)Aug: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 16°)Sep: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)Oct: 10 °C (High 11° / Low 8°)Nov: 6 °C (High 7° / Low 5°)Dec: 3 °C (High 4° / Low 2°)18°1°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 54 mmFeb: 44 mmMar: 38 mmApr: 31 mm31May: 36 mmJun: 50 mmJul: 65 mmAug: 70 mmSep: 52 mmOct: 70 mmNov: 74 mm74Dec: 64 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 0.2 hFeb: 1.5 hMar: 4.7 hApr: 8.1 hMay: 10.1 hJun: 10.7 h10.7Jul: 9.7 hAug: 8.0 hSep: 5.8 hOct: 2.5 hNov: 0.4 hDec: 0.0 h0.0

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Gustavsviks strand: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January20454140.221
February20344111.519
March30338104.717
April7343188.114
May127736810.113
June161212501010.714
July20161765109.714
Augustwarmest sea20161870138.015
September16131552125.818
October1181170142.520
November75874160.420
December42564150.021

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Photos

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

Gustavsviks strand: Utegym Gustavsvik
Photo: VisbyStar · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Gustavsviks strand: Utegym Gustavsvik17 19 23 760000
Photo: VisbyStar · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Gustavsviks strand: Gustavsvik, Visby
Photo: Bene Riobó · 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 POWER22 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.122 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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