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Satellite view of Mont-Saint-Michel; 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

Mont-Saint-Michel

FranceNormandy · France · English Channel

48.6342, -1.5102 · Roz-sur-Couesnon, 8 km

  • 19°Sea · August
  • 23°High · July
  • 7.9 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Mont-Saint-Michel. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Mont-Saint-Michel in October

  • 16°CAir, daytime high8°C at night
  • 16°CSea temperature
  • 3.8 hSunshine a day
  • 14 daysRainy days in the month75 mm in total
  • 17 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 48Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 65 kmAirport: Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS)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 16.0 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.9 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 16.0 °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 seaAugust and September19 °C
Most sunshineJune and July8 h of sun a day
Least rainApril and September44 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan9°2 h71 mm
  2. Feb8°3 h58 mm
  3. Mar8°5 h58 mm
  4. Apr10°7 h44 mm
  5. May13°7 h59 mm
  6. Jun16°8 h51 mm
  7. Jul18°8 h53 mm
  8. Aug19°7 h53 mm
  9. Sep18°6 h45 mm
  10. Oct16°4 h75 mm
  11. Nov13°2 h79 mm
  12. Dec10°2 h83 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
10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9°Feb: 8°Mar: 8°Apr: 10°May: 13°Jun: 16°Jul: 18°Aug: 19°Sep: 18°Oct: 16°Nov: 13°Dec: 10°19°8°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5 °C (High 8° / Low 2°)Feb: 5 °C (High 8° / Low 2°)Mar: 7 °C (High 11° / Low 3°)Apr: 10 °C (High 15° / Low 5°)May: 13 °C (High 18° / Low 8°)Jun: 16 °C (High 21° / Low 11°)Jul: 18 °C (High 23° / Low 13°)Aug: 18 °C (High 22° / Low 13°)Sep: 15 °C (High 20° / Low 11°)Oct: 12 °C (High 16° / Low 8°)Nov: 8 °C (High 11° / Low 5°)Dec: 5 °C (High 8° / Low 3°)18°5°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 71 mmFeb: 58 mmMar: 58 mmApr: 44 mm44May: 59 mmJun: 51 mmJul: 53 mmAug: 53 mmSep: 45 mmOct: 75 mmNov: 79 mmDec: 83 mm83

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1.9 hFeb: 3.3 hMar: 4.7 hApr: 6.7 hMay: 7.2 hJun: 7.7 hJul: 7.9 h7.9Aug: 7.0 hSep: 6.4 hOct: 3.8 hNov: 2.5 hDec: 1.8 h1.8

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Mont-Saint-Michel: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Mont-Saint-Michel: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January82971141.920
February82858123.320
March113858124.719
April1551044126.716
May1881359127.216
June21111651107.715
July23131853107.915
Augustwarmest sea22131953107.014
September20111845106.415
October1681675143.817
November1151379152.518
December831083151.819

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Photos

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

Mont-Saint-Michel: Abbaye du Mont Saint-Michel (juillet 2015)
Photo: Florian Pépellin · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Mont-Saint-Michel: 2013-07-10 Tour de France - Mont Saint-Michel (33)
Photo: Jejecam · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Mont-Saint-Michel: Mont Saint-Michel (France) - 2014 - 07
Photo: Jordiferrer · 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 POWER24 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20208 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.124 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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