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Satellite view of Magic Sands 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

Magic Sands Beach

United StatesHawaii · United States · Pacific Ocean

19.5946, -155.9722 · Kahaluu-Keauhou, 3 km

  • 27°Sea · September
  • 27°High · October
  • 10.3 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Magic Sands Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Magic Sands Beach in October

  • 27°CAir, daytime high26°C at night
  • 27°CSea temperature
  • 8.7 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month67 mm in total
  • 10 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
  • 18 kmAirport: Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA)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 — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 27.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 27.0 °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 seaSeptember and October27 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August10 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and September49 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan25°8 h81 mm
  2. Feb25°8 h88 mm
  3. Mar25°8 h134 mm
  4. Apr25°9 h85 mm
  5. May26°10 h66 mm
  6. Jun26°10 h50 mm
  7. Jul27°10 h53 mm
  8. Aug27°10 h74 mm
  9. Sep27°10 h49 mm
  10. Oct27°9 h67 mm
  11. Nov26°8 h93 mm
  12. Dec26°8 h98 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
25°26°27°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 25°Feb: 25°Mar: 25°Apr: 25°May: 26°Jun: 26°Jul: 27°Aug: 27°Sep: 27°Oct: 27°Nov: 26°Dec: 26°27°25°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
24°26°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 24°)Feb: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 23°)Mar: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 23°)Apr: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 24°)May: 25 °C (High 25° / Low 24°)Jun: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Jul: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Aug: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Sep: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Oct: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Nov: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Dec: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 24°)26°24°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 81 mmFeb: 88 mmMar: 134 mm134Apr: 85 mmMay: 66 mmJun: 50 mmJul: 53 mmAug: 74 mmSep: 49 mm49Oct: 67 mmNov: 93 mmDec: 98 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.4 hFeb: 8.4 hMar: 8.3 hApr: 9.3 hMay: 9.7 hJun: 10.1 hJul: 10.3 h10.3Aug: 10.2 hSep: 9.6 hOct: 8.7 hNov: 8.1 hDec: 7.8 h7.8

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Magic Sands Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January25242581118.412
February25232588118.412
March252325134168.311
April25242585139.310
May25242666129.710
June262526501210.110
July262527531110.310
August272627741110.210
Septemberwarmest sea27262749129.610
October27262767128.710
November26252693138.110
December26242698127.811

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Photos

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

Magic Sands Beach: North Kona, HI, USA - panoramio
Photo: Eric Marshall · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · 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 POWER31 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.131 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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