Germany / Schleswig-Holstein
Krautsand Strand
Krautsand Strand is a 2.5 km-long sandy beach facing east-north-east, 4.6 km south-west of Glückstadt (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). The sea averages 19.2 °C in August, its warmest month, and 3.1 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Krautsand Strand
Beach-day index 2.6/10 · Germany median 2.3
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 3.5 °C | 3.1 °C | 4.6 °C | 8.1 °C | 12.6 °C | 16.3 °C | 18.5 °C | 19.2 °C | 16.3 °C | 12.5 °C | 8.6 °C | 5.1 °C |
| High °C | 3° | 4° | 7° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 13° | 8° | 4° |
| Low °C | -2° | -2° | -0° | 3° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 10° | 6° | 3° | 0° |
| Rain mm | 70 | 57 | 51 | 39 | 57 | 73 | 81 | 77 | 59 | 66 | 65 | 73 |
| Cloud % | 81 | 77 | 71 | 62 | 66 | 71 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 79 | 81 |
| Wind m/s | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.5 |
| Daylight h | 8.0 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.9 | 12.8 | 10.7 | 8.6 | 7.5 |
| Record high/low | 12°/-18° | 14°/-16° | 20°/-12° | 24°/-4° | 30°/-1° | 31°/3° | 32°/8° | 31°/7° | 28°/4° | 24°/-4° | 19°/-6° | 13°/-16° |
| Beach index | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
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 July–August; August scores 6.1/10 with highs of 22 °C, sea at 19.2 °C and 77 mm of rain.
In August that is 1.1 points above the median of the 75 beaches in Germany covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 0.6 °C warmer than the Germany median for August (18.6 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 10.7 °C, cooler than 88% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
July is the wettest month (81 mm) and April the driest (39 mm); the yearly total is about 770 mm.
Daylight runs from 7.5 hours in December to 17.1 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 05:59 and sets at 20:54 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-north-east (65°). Open water fills about 50% 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 230° to 314°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
The opposite shore is only about 2.0 km away to the east-north-east, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 18 m deep. Behind the beach the ground is about 2 m above sea level 500 m inland and 2 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 67% grassland, 22% tree cover and 4% cropland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 48% of that circle.
- Grass 67%
- Tree 22%
- Crop 4%
- Built 4%
- Bare 3%
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.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 3Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 11Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 7Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Campsites
- 13Bus stops (1.5 km)
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 2 restaurants and 1 bar. Accommodation: 7 hotels and guesthouses.
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
Lighthouses & piers
- Leuchtturrm Krautsand lighthouse 290 m SE
Campsites
- Campingplatz Krautsand 560 m SE
- Camping at the lighthouse 570 m NW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport Hamburg | HAM | 41.6 km | east |
| Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase Wurster Nordseeküste | FCN | 48.2 km | west |
| Lübeck Blankensee Airport Lübeck | LBC | 87.5 km | east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 13 bus stops within 1.5 km and 11 mapped car parks within 1 km.
5 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 30.4K residents); within 30 km there are 78 (about 443.1K).
Map and nearby beaches
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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 36.6 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w163790502; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- 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 S2A_32UNE_20230906_1_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 3.6K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.