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Satellite view of Horton Cove; 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.

Cove

Horton Cove

Equatorial GuineaBioko Norte · Equatorial Guinea · Gulf of Guinea

3.7598, 8.7908 · Malabo, 1 km

  • 29°Sea · May
  • 29°High · March
  • 6.5 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Horton Cove. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Horton Cove in October

  • 27°CAir, daytime high26°C at night
  • 28°CSea temperature
  • 3.5 hSunshine a day
  • 28 daysRainy days in the month257 mm in total
  • 12 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 33Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 9 kmAirport: Malabo International Airport (SSG)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 27.3 °C — 0.4 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 27.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: ±0.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.9 °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 seaApril and May29 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and December6 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and December26 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan29°6 h30 mm
  2. Feb29°6 h74 mm
  3. Mar29°4 h148 mm
  4. Apr29°5 h190 mm
  5. May29°5 h202 mm
  6. Jun28°3 h346 mm
  7. Jul27°2 h424 mm
  8. Aug26°1 h480 mm
  9. Sep27°2 h410 mm
  10. Oct28°4 h257 mm
  11. Nov28°5 h150 mm
  12. Dec29°6 h26 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
26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 29°Feb: 29°Mar: 29°Apr: 29°May: 29°Jun: 28°Jul: 27°Aug: 26°Sep: 27°Oct: 28°Nov: 28°Dec: 29°29°26°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
26°27°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Feb: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Mar: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)Apr: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 28°)May: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Jun: 27 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Jul: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 26°)Aug: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Sep: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 26°)Oct: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Nov: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Dec: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)28°26°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm200 mm400 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 30 mmFeb: 74 mmMar: 148 mmApr: 190 mmMay: 202 mmJun: 346 mmJul: 424 mmAug: 480 mm480Sep: 410 mmOct: 257 mmNov: 150 mmDec: 26 mm26

Sunshine

0 h2 h4 h6 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.5 h6.5Feb: 5.5 hMar: 4.4 hApr: 4.7 hMay: 4.7 hJun: 3.3 hJul: 1.9 hAug: 1.4 h1.4Sep: 2.3 hOct: 3.5 hNov: 4.9 hDec: 6.4 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Horton Cove: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2827293066.511
February28272974125.513
March292829148214.412
April292829190244.712
Maywarmest sea282729202274.712
June272628346273.315
July262627424281.916
August262526480291.416
September262627410282.314
October272628257283.512
November282728150194.912
December2827292666.411

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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 POWER27 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 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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