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Satellite view of Virginia 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

Virginia Beach

United StatesFlorida · United States · Gulf of Mexico

25.7345, -80.1570 · Key Biscayne, 5 km

  • 30°Sea · August
  • 30°High · August
  • 9.3 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Virginia Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Virginia Beach in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high27°C at night
  • 28°CSea temperature
  • 7.3 hSunshine a day
  • 19 daysRainy days in the month127 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

  • 50Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 15 kmAirport: Miami International Airport (MIA)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 28.7 °C — 0.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.0 °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 seaAugust and September30 °C
Most sunshineApril and May9 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February41 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan25°6 h41 mm
  2. Feb25°8 h45 mm
  3. Mar25°8 h47 mm
  4. Apr26°9 h74 mm
  5. May27°9 h137 mm
  6. Jun28°8 h191 mm
  7. Jul29°9 h166 mm
  8. Aug30°8 h180 mm
  9. Sep29°7 h197 mm
  10. Oct28°7 h127 mm
  11. Nov27°7 h65 mm
  12. Dec26°6 h48 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
24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 25°Feb: 25°Mar: 25°Apr: 26°May: 27°Jun: 28°Jul: 29°Aug: 30°Sep: 29°Oct: 28°Nov: 27°Dec: 26°30°25°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 41 mm41Feb: 45 mmMar: 47 mmApr: 74 mmMay: 137 mmJun: 191 mmJul: 166 mmAug: 180 mmSep: 197 mm197Oct: 127 mmNov: 65 mmDec: 48 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.5 hFeb: 7.5 hMar: 8.5 hApr: 9.3 h9.3May: 8.9 hJun: 8.0 hJul: 8.7 hAug: 8.3 hSep: 7.4 hOct: 7.3 hNov: 6.9 hDec: 6.4 h6.4

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Virginia Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2321254196.521
February2422254577.520
March2422254788.521
April26242674109.320
May272627137168.918
June292728191258.015
July302829166278.714
Augustwarmest sea302930180278.314
September292829197267.416
October282728127197.320
November26242765106.921
December2422264896.421

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Virginia Beach: Uprooted palm UM Rosenstiel campus Virginia Key
Photo: B137 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Virginia Beach: MiamiSeaquarium-GoldenDome
Photo: Pietro · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Virginia Beach: MiamiSeaquarium-KillerWale
Photo: Pietro · 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 POWER30 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202013 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.130 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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