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Satellite view of Kieler Förde; 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.

Bay

Kieler Förde

GermanySchleswig-Holstein · Germany · Baltic Sea

54.3734, 10.1764 · Heikendorf, 2 km

  • 19°Sea · August
  • 21°High · July
  • 8.1 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Kieler Förde. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Kieler Förde in October

  • 13°CAir, daytime high8°C at night
  • 12°CSea temperature
  • 2.8 hSunshine a day
  • 14 daysRainy days in the month70 mm in total
  • 21 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 35Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 70 kmAirport: Sønderborg Airport (SGD)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 13.4 °C — 1.0 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 12.4 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 12.7 °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 August19 °C
Most sunshineMay and June8 h of sun a day
Least rainMarch and April37 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan3°0 h67 mm
  2. Feb2°2 h54 mm
  3. Mar3°4 h48 mm
  4. Apr5°7 h37 mm
  5. May11°8 h53 mm
  6. Jun15°8 h70 mm
  7. Jul18°7 h78 mm
  8. Aug19°6 h83 mm
  9. Sep16°5 h62 mm
  10. Oct12°3 h70 mm
  11. Nov9°1 h66 mm
  12. Dec4°0 h70 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: 3°Feb: 2°Mar: 3°Apr: 5°May: 11°Jun: 15°Jul: 18°Aug: 19°Sep: 16°Oct: 12°Nov: 9°Dec: 4°2°19°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1 °C (High 3° / Low 0°)Feb: 1 °C (High 3° / Low -1°)Mar: 3 °C (High 6° / Low 1°)Apr: 7 °C (High 11° / Low 4°)May: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 8°)Jun: 15 °C (High 19° / Low 12°)Jul: 18 °C (High 21° / Low 15°)Aug: 18 °C (High 21° / Low 15°)Sep: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 12°)Oct: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 8°)Nov: 6 °C (High 8° / Low 4°)Dec: 3 °C (High 4° / Low 1°)18°1°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 67 mmFeb: 54 mmMar: 48 mmApr: 37 mm37May: 53 mmJun: 70 mmJul: 78 mmAug: 83 mm83Sep: 62 mmOct: 70 mmNov: 66 mmDec: 70 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 0.4 hFeb: 1.7 hMar: 4.2 hApr: 6.9 hMay: 7.9 hJun: 8.1 h8.1Jul: 7.4 hAug: 6.4 hSep: 5.3 hOct: 2.8 hNov: 0.8 hDec: 0.1 h0.1

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Kieler Förde: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January30367140.424
February3-1254121.722
March61348114.221
April11453796.919
May1581153117.918
June19121570138.118
July21151878147.418
Augustwarmest sea21151983156.418
September17121662135.320
October1381270142.821
November84966140.822
December41470150.123

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Kieler Förde: Schiffe in der Kieler Förde - panoramio
Photo: Klaas Ole Kürtz · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Kieler Förde: 2010-07-28 - Kieler Förde - panoramio (2)
Photo: giggel · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Kieler Förde: Bit Viking in der Kieler Foerde (1)
Photo: Siegbert Brey · 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.

The nearest sea measurement point is 28 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER18 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202028 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.118 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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