Germany / Schleswig-Holstein
Timmendorfer Strand
Timmendorfer Strand is a coastal resort area in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 2.8 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 18.6 °C in August, its warmest month, and 2.0 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
The sea peaks at 18.6 °C in August. Most swimmers find water below 20 °C cold; a wetsuit is common here.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 61Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 7Public toilets
- –Showers
- 24Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 74Hotels & guesthouses
- 7Grocery shops
- 1Playgrounds & water parks
- 24Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 3Pharmacies & clinics
- 4Cash machines
- 3Bike rental
- 2Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 47 restaurants, 6 cafés, 6 bars and 2 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 74 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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Osts Timmendorfer Strand”, 550 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 11 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Excellent
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
Month by month
October at Timmendorfer 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 | 2.6 °C | 2.0 °C | 2.8 °C | 5.0 °C | 11.0 °C | 15.2 °C | 18.0 °C | 18.6 °C | 16.0 °C | 12.4 °C | 8.7 °C | 4.3 °C |
| High °C | 3° | 3° | 7° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 13° | 8° | 4° |
| Low °C | -1° | -1° | 0° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 15° | 14° | 11° | 7° | 4° | 1° |
| Rain mm | 60 | 48 | 45 | 36 | 51 | 63 | 77 | 69 | 54 | 57 | 55 | 62 |
| Cloud % | 81 | 77 | 71 | 61 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 66 | 71 | 78 | 82 |
| Wind m/s | 6.3 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| Daylight h | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 15.0 | 12.8 | 10.7 | 8.6 | 7.4 |
| Record high/low | 12°/-16° | 13°/-15° | 18°/-11° | 22°/-4° | 27°/1° | 30°/5° | 32°/9° | 30°/9° | 28°/6° | 23°/-1° | 18°/-5° | 12°/-13° |
| Beach index | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.3 |
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 5.9/10 with highs of 22 °C, sea at 18.6 °C and 69 mm of rain.
In August that is 0.9 points above the median of the 75 beaches in Germany covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 9.7 °C, cooler than 91% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
July is the wettest month (77 mm) and April the driest (36 mm); the yearly total is about 680 mm.
Daylight runs from 7.4 hours in December to 17.1 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 05:53 and sets at 20:50 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-east (50°). Open water fills about 31% 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 229° to 314°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in March–October.
Straight out to the north-east about 1,200 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 4 m deep and 15 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 11 m above sea level 500 m inland and 19 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 48% tree cover, 37% built-up land and 12% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 14% of that circle.
- Tree 48%
- Built 37%
- Grass 12%
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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lübeck Blankensee Airport Lübeck | LBC | 21.8 km | south |
| Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport Hamburg | HAM | 66.1 km | south-west |
| Rostock-Laage Airport Laage | RLG | 98.4 km | east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 24 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Timmendorfer Strand (1.2 km), ferry terminal HANSE CAT (500 m) and 24 mapped car parks within 1 km.
5 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 52.5K residents); within 30 km there are 40 (about 437.3K).
Photos
From above
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- SEA LIFE Timmendorfer beach attraction 210 m E
Lighthouses & piers
- Neue Seebrücke pier 400 m NE
- Seeschlösschenbrücke pier 920 m E
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timmendorfer Strand | – | 18.6 °C | 2.8 km | Sand |
| Scharbeutz Strand | 4.3 km NW | 18.6 °C | 1.5 km | Sand |
| Travemünde Strand | 7.1 km E | 18.6 °C | 190 m | Sand |
| Pelzerhaken Strand | 11.3 km NE | 18.6 °C | 214 m | Sand |
| Grömitz Strand | 20.2 km NE | 18.6 °C | 2.5 km | Sand |
| Weissenhäuser Strand | 34.7 km N | 18.5 °C | 1.5 km | – |
| Sehlendorfer Strand | 34.8 km N | 18.5 °C | 2.1 km | Sand |
- Scharbeutz Strand4.3 km NWCompare
- Travemünde Strand7.1 km ECompare
- Pelzerhaken Strand11.3 km NECompare
- Grömitz Strand20.2 km NECompare
- Weissenhäuser Strand34.7 km NCompare
- Sehlendorfer Strand34.8 km NCompare
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 15.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w148042093; 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_32UPE_20230906_1_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site DESH_PR_0081).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 246K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.