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Satellite view of Paul 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

Paul Beach

South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsSouth Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands · Atlantic Ocean

-54.0667, -37.4000

  • 4°Sea · February
  • 4°High · February
  • 7.1 hSunshine · December
The dot marks Paul Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Paul Beach in October

  • 0°CAir, daytime high-1°C at night
  • 1°CSea temperature
  • 5.1 hSunshine a day
  • 22 daysRainy days in the month98 mm in total
  • 31 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 0.7 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 0.6 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 0.5 °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 seaFebruary and March4 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineNovember and December7 h of sun a day
Least rainSeptember and October98 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan3°6 h134 mm
  2. Feb4°6 h130 mm
  3. Mar4°4 h152 mm
  4. Apr3°3 h130 mm
  5. May2°2 h123 mm
  6. Jun1°1 h119 mm
  7. Jul1°1 h108 mm
  8. Aug0°2 h114 mm
  9. Sep0°4 h106 mm
  10. Oct1°5 h98 mm
  11. Nov1°6 h110 mm
  12. Dec2°7 h115 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
0°2°4°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3°Feb: 4°Mar: 4°Apr: 3°May: 2°Jun: 1°Jul: 1°Aug: 0°Sep: 0°Oct: 1°Nov: 1°Dec: 2°4°0°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
-2.5°0°2.5°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3 °C (High 4° / Low 2°)Feb: 3 °C (High 4° / Low 2°)Mar: 3 °C (High 4° / Low 2°)Apr: 1 °C (High 2° / Low 0°)May: 0 °C (High 1° / Low -1°)Jun: -1 °C (High 0° / Low -2°)Jul: -2 °C (High -1° / Low -3°)Aug: -2 °C (High -1° / Low -3°)Sep: -1 °C (High 0° / Low -2°)Oct: 0 °C (High 0° / Low -1°)Nov: 1 °C (High 1° / Low 0°)Dec: 2 °C (High 3° / Low 1°)3°-2°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 134 mmFeb: 130 mmMar: 152 mm152Apr: 130 mmMay: 123 mmJun: 119 mmJul: 108 mmAug: 114 mmSep: 106 mmOct: 98 mm98Nov: 110 mmDec: 115 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.1 hFeb: 5.7 hMar: 4.0 hApr: 2.7 hMay: 1.6 hJun: 1.1 h1.1Jul: 1.2 hAug: 2.1 hSep: 3.8 hOct: 5.1 hNov: 6.5 hDec: 7.1 h7.1

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Paul Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January423134256.130
Februarywarmest sea424130235.731
March424152254.031
April203130242.732
May1-12123241.632
June0-21119231.131
July-1-31108231.232
August-1-30114232.133
September0-20106223.832
October0-1198225.131
November101110216.530
December312115247.129

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Paul Beach: King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) - Salisbury Plains - Flickr - Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith
Photo: Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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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 POWER10 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20207 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.110 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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