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Satellite view of Leighton 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

Leighton Beach

AustraliaWestern Australia · Australia · Indian Ocean

-32.0283, 115.7483 · North Fremantle, 1 km

  • 22°Sea · March
  • 27°High · February
  • 12.4 hSunshine · December
The dot marks Leighton Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Leighton Beach in October

  • 20°CAir, daytime high14°C at night
  • 19°CSea temperature
  • 10.1 hSunshine a day
  • 6 daysRainy days in the month32 mm in total
  • 22 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 22Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 23 kmAirport: Perth International Airport (PER)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 19.4 °C — 0.7 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 18.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.4 °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 seaFebruary and March22 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and December12 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and December12 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan22°12 h18 mm
  2. Feb22°11 h17 mm
  3. Mar22°10 h20 mm
  4. Apr22°8 h34 mm
  5. May22°7 h84 mm
  6. Jun21°6 h113 mm
  7. Jul20°6 h128 mm
  8. Aug19°7 h106 mm
  9. Sep19°8 h70 mm
  10. Oct19°10 h32 mm
  11. Nov20°12 h25 mm
  12. Dec21°12 h12 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
18°20°22°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 22°Feb: 22°Mar: 22°Apr: 22°May: 22°Jun: 21°Jul: 20°Aug: 19°Sep: 19°Oct: 19°Nov: 20°Dec: 21°19°22°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23 °C (High 26° / Low 19°)Feb: 23 °C (High 27° / Low 20°)Mar: 22 °C (High 26° / Low 19°)Apr: 20 °C (High 23° / Low 18°)May: 18 °C (High 21° / Low 16°)Jun: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 14°)Jul: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)Aug: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)Sep: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)Oct: 17 °C (High 20° / Low 14°)Nov: 19 °C (High 22° / Low 16°)Dec: 21 °C (High 25° / Low 18°)23°16°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18 mmFeb: 17 mmMar: 20 mmApr: 34 mmMay: 84 mmJun: 113 mmJul: 128 mm128Aug: 106 mmSep: 70 mmOct: 32 mmNov: 25 mmDec: 12 mm12

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 12.1 hFeb: 11.2 hMar: 10.0 hApr: 8.1 hMay: 7.0 hJun: 6.1 h6.1Jul: 6.1 h6.1Aug: 7.0 hSep: 8.4 hOct: 10.1 hNov: 11.5 hDec: 12.4 h12.4

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Leighton Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January26192218212.125
February27202217211.224
Marchwarmest sea26192220310.023
April2318223458.120
May21162284107.021
June191421113146.122
July181420128166.122
August181419106147.022
September18141970118.422
October20141932610.122
November22162025511.524
December25182112212.425

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Photos

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

Leighton Beach: Mosman and Leighton beaches with Fremantle harbour cranes in the background, March 2022 02
Photo: Calistemon · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Leighton Beach: Woman wearing bikini at Leighton Beach
Photo: Asakawano · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Leighton Beach: Leighton Beach wheelchair hire, Western Australia
Photo: Frederik Vanrenterghem · 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 POWER12 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.112 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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