Cyprus / Ammochostos
Golden Beach
Golden Beach is a 3.8 km-long beach facing south-south-east on the Mediterranean Sea, 15.0 km east of Rizokárpaso (Ammochostos, Cyprus). The sea averages 28.4 °C in August, its warmest month, and 16.9 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in May–November.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
The Golden Beach (Turkish: Altın Kumsal; Greek: Ναγγομὶ, romanized: Nangomi, also known as Greek: Χρυσή Ακτή, romanized: Chrysí Actí (ellenization of the Turkish name), and Pashi Amos ("Fat Sand Beach")) is a wide sand beach, located near Rizokarpaso in the Karpass Peninsula It stretches about four kilometers from Galunopetra (Iyitaş) cape on the east to Jyles cape on the south-west.
Wikidata item Q106241437.
Month by month
October at Golden Beach
Beach-day index 9.2/10 · Cyprus median 9.4
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 17.4 °C | 16.9 °C | 17.1 °C | 18.3 °C | 21.1 °C | 24.7 °C | 27.4 °C | 28.4 °C | 27.6 °C | 25.5 °C | 22.2 °C | 19.1 °C |
| High °C | 16° | 16° | 17° | 19° | 22° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 28° | 26° | 22° | 18° |
| Low °C | 14° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 27° | 24° | 20° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 121 | 88 | 54 | 35 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 48 | 83 | 144 |
| Cloud % | 65 | 61 | 55 | 53 | 40 | 26 | 24 | 25 | 28 | 44 | 56 | 65 |
| Wind m/s | 5.8 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 5.6 |
| Daylight h | 10.0 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 11.4 | 10.3 | 9.8 |
| Record high/low | 20°/7° | 20°/6° | 22°/10° | 26°/12° | 29°/16° | 30°/21° | 32°/25° | 32°/26° | 32°/23° | 30°/15° | 26°/12° | 24°/8° |
| Beach index | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 7.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 6.9 | 3.6 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in June–October; June scores 9.6/10 with highs of 26 °C, sea at 24.7 °C and 13 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Cyprus in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 0.7 °C warmer than the Cyprus median for August (27.7 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 22.1 °C, warmer than 69% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
December is the wettest month (144 mm) and July the driest (4 mm); the yearly total is about 650 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.8 hours in December to 14.6 hours in June; in mid-June the sun rises at 05:25 and sets at 19:58 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-south-east (155°). Open water fills about 44% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 242° to 300°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in September–April.
Straight out to the south-south-east the next coast is roughly 200 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 9,149 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 33 m deep and 223 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 19 m above sea level 500 m inland and 28 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 29% tree cover, 26% cropland and 24% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a mixed, lightly developed setting. Water makes up 55% of that circle.
- Tree 29%
- Crop 26%
- Grass 24%
- Bare 20%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- –Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 3Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Around the beach
Nature
- Ada Tepesi peak 400 m S
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ercan International Airport Tymbou (Kirklar) | ECN | 108 km | south-west |
| Larnaca International Airport Larnaca | LCA | 119 km | south-west |
| Latakia International Airport Latakia | LTK | 130 km | east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 3 mapped car parks within 1 km.
No town of 1,000+ people lies within 10 km; within 30 km there are 1 (about 5.2K).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 3,211 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in July (456 views), 2.9× the quietest month.
Map
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 8.1 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r13016306; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_36SXE_20250315_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 1.9K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.