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Satellite view of Strandsauna; 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

Strandsauna

GermanySchleswig-Holstein · Germany · North Sea

55.0145, 8.3696 · List, 4 km

  • 18°Sea · August
  • 19°High · August
  • 8.1 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Strandsauna. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Strandsauna in October

  • 13°CAir, daytime high11°C at night
  • 13°CSea temperature
  • 2.8 hSunshine a day
  • 17 daysRainy days in the month94 mm in total
  • 29 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
  • 14Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 11 kmAirport: Westerland Sylt Airport (GWT)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 12.5 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 12.6 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.0 °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 °C
Most sunshineMay and June8 h of sun a day
Least rainApril and May41 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan4°1 h82 mm
  2. Feb3°2 h65 mm
  3. Mar4°4 h54 mm
  4. Apr7°7 h41 mm
  5. May11°8 h50 mm
  6. Jun14°8 h69 mm
  7. Jul17°7 h77 mm
  8. Aug18°6 h96 mm
  9. Sep16°5 h83 mm
  10. Oct13°3 h94 mm
  11. Nov9°1 h89 mm
  12. Dec6°0 h90 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: 7°May: 11°Jun: 14°Jul: 17°Aug: 18°Sep: 16°Oct: 13°Nov: 9°Dec: 6°18°3°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4 °C (High 5° / Low 3°)Feb: 3 °C (High 4° / Low 2°)Mar: 4 °C (High 5° / Low 3°)Apr: 7 °C (High 8° / Low 6°)May: 11 °C (High 12° / Low 10°)Jun: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)Jul: 17 °C (High 18° / Low 16°)Aug: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 17°)Sep: 16 °C (High 17° / Low 15°)Oct: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 11°)Nov: 8 °C (High 9° / Low 7°)Dec: 5 °C (High 6° / Low 4°)18°3°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 82 mmFeb: 65 mmMar: 54 mmApr: 41 mm41May: 50 mmJun: 69 mmJul: 77 mmAug: 96 mm96Sep: 83 mmOct: 94 mmNov: 89 mmDec: 90 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 0.6 hFeb: 1.8 hMar: 4.5 hApr: 6.9 hMay: 8.1 h8.1Jun: 8.0 hJul: 7.4 hAug: 6.4 hSep: 5.0 hOct: 2.8 hNov: 1.0 hDec: 0.5 h0.5

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Strandsauna: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January53482160.631
February42365131.829
March53454124.526
April86741106.923
May12101150108.122
June16131469128.023
July18161777137.422
Augustwarmest sea19171896166.423
September17151683155.026
October13111394172.829
November97989171.030
December64690170.530

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Photos

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

Strandsauna: Sylterkrabbe
Photo: Ro fio · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Strandsauna: Sylter strand
Photo: Ro fio · 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 POWER16 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.116 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency1.0 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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