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Satellite view of Telok Gerongjeng; 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

Telok Gerongjeng

Cocos IslandsCocos Islands · Indian Ocean

-12.1804, 96.9260

  • 29°Sea · March
  • 28°High · April
  • 8.8 hSunshine · October
The dot marks Telok Gerongjeng. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Telok Gerongjeng in October

  • 26°CAir, daytime high26°C at night
  • 27°CSea temperature
  • 8.8 hSunshine a day
  • 9 daysRainy days in the month41 mm in total
  • 27 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 1Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 10 kmAirport: Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport (CCK)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 27.2 °C — 0.5 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.2 °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 sunshineOctober and December9 h of sun a day
Least rainAugust and October41 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan28°8 h116 mm
  2. Feb28°8 h144 mm
  3. Mar29°7 h193 mm
  4. Apr29°7 h185 mm
  5. May28°7 h109 mm
  6. Jun28°7 h117 mm
  7. Jul27°7 h92 mm
  8. Aug27°8 h41 mm
  9. Sep27°8 h46 mm
  10. Oct27°9 h41 mm
  11. Nov27°8 h65 mm
  12. Dec27°8 h102 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
27°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28°Feb: 28°Mar: 29°Apr: 29°May: 28°Jun: 28°Jul: 27°Aug: 27°Sep: 27°Oct: 27°Nov: 27°Dec: 27°29°27°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
26°27°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Feb: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Mar: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)Apr: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)May: 28 °C (High 28° / Low 28°)Jun: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 27°)Jul: 27 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Aug: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 26°)Sep: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 26°)Oct: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 26°)Nov: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)Dec: 27 °C (High 27° / Low 26°)28°26°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 116 mmFeb: 144 mmMar: 193 mm193Apr: 185 mmMay: 109 mmJun: 117 mmJul: 92 mmAug: 41 mm41Sep: 46 mmOct: 41 mmNov: 65 mmDec: 102 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.5 hFeb: 7.8 hMar: 7.4 hApr: 7.1 hMay: 6.9 hJun: 6.6 h6.6Jul: 7.0 hAug: 8.0 hSep: 8.3 hOct: 8.8 h8.8Nov: 8.4 hDec: 8.5 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Telok Gerongjeng: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January282728116148.518
February282728144187.818
Marchwarmest sea282829193227.419
April282829185217.123
May282828109186.927
June282728117196.628
July27262792187.030
August26262741128.030
September26262746108.329
October2626274198.827
November27262765118.426
December272627102158.522

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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 POWER21 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20208 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.121 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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