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Satellite view of Taroona 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

Taroona Beach

AustraliaTasmania · Australia · Pacific Ocean

-42.9500, 147.3500 · Taroona, 0 km

  • 17°Sea · February
  • 21°High · January
  • 9.3 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Taroona Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Taroona Beach in October

  • 15°CAir, daytime high7°C at night
  • 12°CSea temperature
  • 7.7 hSunshine a day
  • 13 daysRainy days in the month64 mm in total
  • 20 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 4Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 18 kmAirport: Hobart International Airport (HBA)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 12.2 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 12.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.1 °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 March17 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJanuary and December9 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and April44 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan16°9 h56 mm
  2. Feb17°8 h44 mm
  3. Mar16°7 h57 mm
  4. Apr15°6 h53 mm
  5. May14°4 h55 mm
  6. Jun13°4 h65 mm
  7. Jul13°4 h60 mm
  8. Aug12°5 h75 mm
  9. Sep12°7 h67 mm
  10. Oct12°8 h64 mm
  11. Nov13°8 h63 mm
  12. Dec14°9 h61 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
12°14°16°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 16°Feb: 17°Mar: 16°Apr: 15°May: 14°Jun: 13°Jul: 13°Aug: 12°Sep: 12°Oct: 12°Nov: 13°Dec: 14°17°12°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 17 °C (High 21° / Low 12°)Feb: 16 °C (High 21° / Low 12°)Mar: 15 °C (High 19° / Low 11°)Apr: 13 °C (High 16° / Low 9°)May: 11 °C (High 14° / Low 8°)Jun: 9 °C (High 12° / Low 6°)Jul: 8 °C (High 11° / Low 6°)Aug: 8 °C (High 12° / Low 5°)Sep: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 6°)Oct: 11 °C (High 15° / Low 7°)Nov: 13 °C (High 17° / Low 9°)Dec: 15 °C (High 19° / Low 11°)17°8°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 56 mmFeb: 44 mm44Mar: 57 mmApr: 53 mmMay: 55 mmJun: 65 mmJul: 60 mmAug: 75 mm75Sep: 67 mmOct: 64 mmNov: 63 mmDec: 61 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9.3 h9.3Feb: 8.2 hMar: 7.0 hApr: 5.6 hMay: 4.2 hJun: 3.7 h3.7Jul: 4.2 hAug: 5.2 hSep: 6.6 hOct: 7.7 hNov: 8.1 hDec: 8.9 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Taroona Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2112165689.320
Februarywarmest sea2112174488.218
March19111657107.018
April1691553115.618
May1481455114.219
June1261365123.719
July1161360144.219
August1251275145.220
September1361267146.621
October1571264137.720
November1791363128.119
December19111461118.920

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Photos

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

Taroona Beach: Hinsby Beach-combing
Photo: jacobharrisau · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Taroona Beach: Hinsby Beach at dusk
Photo: jacobharrisau · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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.

The nearest sea measurement point is 30 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER13 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202030 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.113 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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