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Satellite view of Shelly 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

Shelly Beach

KenyaMombasa County · Kenya · Indian Ocean

-4.0935, 39.6747 · Mombasa, 4 km

  • 29°Sea · April
  • 34°High · February
  • 8.0 hSunshine · February
The dot marks Shelly Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Shelly Beach in October

  • 31°CAir, daytime high21°C at night
  • 26°CSea temperature
  • 7.8 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month98 mm in total
  • 16 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 57Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 11 kmAirport: Moi International Airport (MBA)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 26.7 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 30.8 °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 seaMarch and April29 °C
Most sunshineFebruary and October8 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February15 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan28°8 h24 mm
  2. Feb28°8 h15 mm
  3. Mar29°8 h62 mm
  4. Apr29°7 h129 mm
  5. May28°7 h217 mm
  6. Jun27°7 h74 mm
  7. Jul26°6 h36 mm
  8. Aug25°6 h29 mm
  9. Sep26°7 h38 mm
  10. Oct26°8 h98 mm
  11. Nov28°8 h104 mm
  12. Dec28°8 h69 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
26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28°Feb: 28°Mar: 29°Apr: 29°May: 28°Jun: 27°Jul: 26°Aug: 25°Sep: 26°Oct: 26°Nov: 28°Dec: 28°29°25°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28 °C (High 33° / Low 22°)Feb: 28 °C (High 34° / Low 23°)Mar: 28 °C (High 33° / Low 23°)Apr: 27 °C (High 31° / Low 23°)May: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 22°)Jun: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 21°)Jul: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 20°)Aug: 24 °C (High 29° / Low 20°)Sep: 25 °C (High 30° / Low 20°)Oct: 26 °C (High 31° / Low 21°)Nov: 27 °C (High 31° / Low 22°)Dec: 27 °C (High 32° / Low 23°)28°24°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 24 mmFeb: 15 mm15Mar: 62 mmApr: 129 mmMay: 217 mm217Jun: 74 mmJul: 36 mmAug: 29 mmSep: 38 mmOct: 98 mmNov: 104 mmDec: 69 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.7 hFeb: 8.0 h8.0Mar: 7.8 hApr: 7.2 hMay: 6.8 hJun: 6.6 hJul: 6.5 hAug: 6.3 h6.3Sep: 7.4 hOct: 7.8 hNov: 7.5 hDec: 7.6 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Shelly Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January3322282467.716
February3423281548.014
March33232962137.812
Aprilwarmest sea312329129247.214
May292228217236.819
June28212774146.621
July28202636106.522
August2920252986.320
September3020263887.419
October31212698127.816
November312228104197.512
December32232869157.613

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

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 POWER35 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20206 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.135 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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