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Satellite view of Palauea 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

Palauea Beach

United StatesHawaii · United States · Pacific Ocean

20.6706, -156.4428 · Wailea-Makena, 2 km

  • 27°Sea · September
  • 27°High · September
  • 10.2 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Palauea Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Palauea Beach in October

  • 26°CAir, daytime high24°C at night
  • 27°CSea temperature
  • 8.3 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month67 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

  • 23Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 25 kmAirport: Kahului International Airport (OGG)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 27.0 °C — 0.3 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.2 °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 sunshineJune and July10 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July40 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan25°8 h72 mm
  2. Feb24°8 h77 mm
  3. Mar24°8 h100 mm
  4. Apr24°9 h66 mm
  5. May25°10 h53 mm
  6. Jun26°10 h40 mm
  7. Jul26°10 h43 mm
  8. Aug26°10 h54 mm
  9. Sep27°9 h49 mm
  10. Oct27°8 h67 mm
  11. Nov26°8 h78 mm
  12. Dec25°7 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
24°25°26°27°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 25°Feb: 24°Mar: 24°Apr: 24°May: 25°Jun: 26°Jul: 26°Aug: 26°Sep: 27°Oct: 27°Nov: 26°Dec: 25°24°27°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 72 mmFeb: 77 mmMar: 100 mm100Apr: 66 mmMay: 53 mmJun: 40 mm40Jul: 43 mmAug: 54 mmSep: 49 mmOct: 67 mmNov: 78 mmDec: 83 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.8 hFeb: 8.0 hMar: 7.9 hApr: 9.1 hMay: 9.8 hJun: 10.2 h10.2Jul: 10.2 h10.2Aug: 10.0 hSep: 9.4 hOct: 8.3 hNov: 7.6 hDec: 7.2 h7.2

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Palauea Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January24212572117.819
February23212477118.021
March232124100147.921
April24212466119.124
May2522255399.822
June262326401010.226
July262326431010.226
August262426541010.026
Septemberwarmest sea27242749109.423
October26242767128.321
November25232678137.622
December24222583137.222

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Photos

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

Palauea Beach: Paluea Beach (33393971568)
Photo: Kirt Edblom from Kihei, Hi, United States · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Palauea Beach: Palauea Beach - White Rock Beach (^489 explore 06-01-2021) - Flickr - Kirt Edblom
Photo: Kirt Edblom from Kihei, Hi, United States · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Palauea Beach: A woman in blue bikini at Palauea Beach in South Maui, Hawaii
Photo: Kirt Edblom from Albany, Oregon, United States · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 POWER28 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20209 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.128 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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