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Satellite view of Pitsunda Bay; 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.

Bay

Pitsunda Bay

GeorgiaAbkhazia · Georgia · Black Sea

43.1665, 40.3875 · Lidzava, 2 km

  • 26°Sea · August
  • 28°High · August
  • 8.7 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Pitsunda Bay. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Pitsunda Bay in October

  • 21°CAir, daytime high18°C at night
  • 20°CSea temperature
  • 5.4 hSunshine a day
  • 11 daysRainy days in the month131 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

  • 186Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 47 kmAirport: Sochi International Airport (AER)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 20.0 °C — 0.5 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 20.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 20.9 °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 August26 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August9 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August65 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan10°2 h125 mm
  2. Feb9°3 h110 mm
  3. Mar9°4 h117 mm
  4. Apr12°6 h80 mm
  5. May17°7 h82 mm
  6. Jun22°8 h75 mm
  7. Jul25°9 h74 mm
  8. Aug26°9 h65 mm
  9. Sep24°7 h103 mm
  10. Oct20°5 h131 mm
  11. Nov16°4 h117 mm
  12. Dec13°3 h117 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: 10°Feb: 9°Mar: 9°Apr: 12°May: 17°Jun: 22°Jul: 25°Aug: 26°Sep: 24°Oct: 20°Nov: 16°Dec: 13°9°26°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8 °C (High 9° / Low 6°)Feb: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 6°)Mar: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 8°)Apr: 13 °C (High 15° / Low 11°)May: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 16°)Jun: 23 °C (High 25° / Low 21°)Jul: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Aug: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Sep: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 22°)Oct: 19 °C (High 21° / Low 18°)Nov: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)Dec: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 9°)26°8°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 125 mmFeb: 110 mmMar: 117 mmApr: 80 mmMay: 82 mmJun: 75 mmJul: 74 mmAug: 65 mm65Sep: 103 mmOct: 131 mm131Nov: 117 mmDec: 117 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2.4 h2.4Feb: 3.4 hMar: 3.9 hApr: 5.6 hMay: 7.0 hJun: 8.4 hJul: 8.7 h8.7Aug: 8.6 hSep: 6.9 hOct: 5.4 hNov: 4.2 hDec: 2.7 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Pitsunda Bay: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January9610125142.413
February1069110123.412
March1289117133.911
April15111280105.69
May20161782107.08
June2521227588.48
July2724257488.78
Augustwarmest sea2825266588.68
September25222410396.98
October211820131115.410
November161316117114.211
December12913117122.713

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Pitsunda Bay: Abkhazia. Pitsunda
Photo: Vlad Kesov · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Pitsunda Bay: - panoramio - z-pinch (2)
Photo: z-pinch · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Pitsunda Bay: - panoramio - z-pinch (3)
Photo: z-pinch · 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 POWER27 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20205 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.127 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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