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Satellite view of Kings 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

Kings Beach

AustraliaQueensland · Australia · Coral Sea

-19.9984, 148.2647 · Bowen, 2 km

  • 29°Sea · February
  • 31°High · December
  • 10.4 hSunshine · October
The dot marks Kings Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Kings Beach in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high21°C at night
  • 25°CSea temperature
  • 10.4 hSunshine a day
  • 4 daysRainy days in the month19 mm in total
  • 19 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 12Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 63 kmAirport: Proserpine Whitsunday Coast Airport (PPP)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 26.1 °C — 0.9 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 25.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.4 °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 February29 °C
Most sunshineOctober and November10 h of sun a day
Least rainAugust and September10 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan28°9 h208 mm
  2. Feb29°8 h204 mm
  3. Mar28°8 h132 mm
  4. Apr27°8 h52 mm
  5. May25°8 h31 mm
  6. Jun24°7 h27 mm
  7. Jul22°8 h20 mm
  8. Aug22°9 h13 mm
  9. Sep24°10 h10 mm
  10. Oct25°10 h19 mm
  11. Nov27°10 h37 mm
  12. Dec28°10 h93 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°25°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28°Feb: 29°Mar: 28°Apr: 27°May: 25°Jun: 24°Jul: 22°Aug: 22°Sep: 24°Oct: 25°Nov: 27°Dec: 28°22°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)Feb: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)Mar: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Apr: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 22°)May: 23 °C (High 26° / Low 20°)Jun: 21 °C (High 24° / Low 18°)Jul: 20 °C (High 24° / Low 17°)Aug: 21 °C (High 25° / Low 17°)Sep: 23 °C (High 27° / Low 19°)Oct: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 21°)Nov: 26 °C (High 30° / Low 23°)Dec: 28 °C (High 31° / Low 24°)28°20°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 208 mm208Feb: 204 mmMar: 132 mmApr: 52 mmMay: 31 mmJun: 27 mmJul: 20 mmAug: 13 mmSep: 10 mm10Oct: 19 mmNov: 37 mmDec: 93 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.6 hFeb: 8.1 hMar: 7.6 hApr: 8.1 hMay: 7.6 hJun: 7.1 h7.1Jul: 8.1 hAug: 9.1 hSep: 10.1 hOct: 10.4 h10.4Nov: 10.4 h10.4Dec: 10.0 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Kings Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January302528208168.618
Februarywarmest sea302529204178.118
March292428132127.619
April2822275288.120
May2620253167.618
June2418242747.118
July2417222028.117
August2517221329.116
September27192410210.117
October28212519410.419
November30232737610.419
December312428931110.019

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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 POWER15 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202018 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.115 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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