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Satellite view of Palmestranden; 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

Palmestranden

DenmarkNorth Denmark · Denmark · Baltic Sea

57.4608, 10.5389 · Frederikshavn, 2 km

  • 18°Sea · August
  • 19°High · July
  • 9.8 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Palmestranden. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Palmestranden in October

  • 12°CAir, daytime high9°C at night
  • 12°CSea temperature
  • 2.7 hSunshine a day
  • 16 daysRainy days in the month99 mm in total
  • 27 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • ExcellentBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 19Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 58 kmAirport: Aalborg Airport (AAL)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 13.1 °C — 1.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 11.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 11.5 °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 seaJuly and August18 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineMay and June10 h of sun a day
Least rainMarch and April49 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan4°0 h79 mm
  2. Feb3°2 h57 mm
  3. Mar4°5 h53 mm
  4. Apr6°7 h49 mm
  5. May11°9 h57 mm
  6. Jun14°10 h79 mm
  7. Jul17°9 h80 mm
  8. Aug18°7 h94 mm
  9. Sep15°6 h79 mm
  10. Oct12°3 h99 mm
  11. Nov9°1 h88 mm
  12. Dec6°0 h82 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°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4°Feb: 3°Mar: 4°Apr: 6°May: 11°Jun: 14°Jul: 17°Aug: 18°Sep: 15°Oct: 12°Nov: 9°Dec: 6°3°18°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2 °C (High 3° / Low 1°)Feb: 1 °C (High 2° / Low 0°)Mar: 3 °C (High 4° / Low 1°)Apr: 7 °C (High 8° / Low 5°)May: 11 °C (High 13° / Low 9°)Jun: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 13°)Jul: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 16°)Aug: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 16°)Sep: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)Oct: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 9°)Nov: 7 °C (High 8° / Low 6°)Dec: 4 °C (High 5° / Low 3°)17°1°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 79 mmFeb: 57 mmMar: 53 mmApr: 49 mm49May: 57 mmJun: 79 mmJul: 80 mmAug: 94 mmSep: 79 mmOct: 99 mm99Nov: 88 mmDec: 82 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 0.4 hFeb: 1.7 hMar: 4.8 hApr: 7.4 hMay: 9.0 hJun: 9.8 h9.8Jul: 8.7 hAug: 7.2 hSep: 5.5 hOct: 2.7 hNov: 0.6 hDec: 0.1 h0.1

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Palmestranden: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January31479140.429
February20357121.727
March41453114.824
April85649107.421
May1391157119.021
June17131479129.822
July19161780128.721
Augustwarmest sea19161894157.222
September16131579145.525
October1291299162.727
November86988160.628
December53682150.129

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Photos

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

Palmestranden: Palmestranden 1
Photo: heb @ Wikimedia Commons ( mail ) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Palmestranden: Palmestranden 3
Photo: heb @ Wikimedia Commons ( mail ) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Palmestranden: PALMESTRANDE 9990 FRH - Palmbeach with beachballfields - panoramio
Photo: Andy Mendyk · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 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 POWER7 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202011 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.17 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.2 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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