India / Odisha
Golden Beach
Golden Beach is a beach facing south-south-east, 1.1 km east of Puri (Odisha, India). The sea averages 29.4 °C in June, its warmest month, and 24.9 °C in January; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Puri Beach or the Golden beach is a beach in the city of Puri in the state of Odisha, India. It is on the shore of the Bay of Bengal.
Wikidata item Q7261228.
Month by month
October at Golden Beach
Beach-day index 8.0/10 · India median 7.8
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 24.9 °C | 25.9 °C | 27.3 °C | 28.1 °C | 28.9 °C | 29.4 °C | 29.0 °C | 28.9 °C | 29.4 °C | 29.4 °C | 27.7 °C | 25.7 °C |
| High °C | 26° | 29° | 32° | 34° | 33° | 31° | 30° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 27° | 26° |
| Low °C | 18° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 21° | 18° |
| Rain mm | 12 | 17 | 26 | 52 | 130 | 224 | 337 | 328 | 284 | 182 | 32 | 13 |
| Cloud % | 38 | 34 | 42 | 49 | 60 | 80 | 89 | 86 | 76 | 57 | 42 | 39 |
| Wind m/s | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| Daylight h | 11.1 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 11.0 |
| Record high/low | 32°/13° | 36°/15° | 37°/20° | 39°/24° | 40°/24° | 38°/25° | 34°/26° | 32°/25° | 32°/25° | 32°/20° | 30°/17° | 30°/13° |
| Beach index | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 9.5 |
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 November–March; January scores 9.5/10 with highs of 26 °C, sea at 24.9 °C and 12 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in India in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 27.9 °C, warmer than 90% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
July is the wettest month (337 mm) and January the driest (12 mm); the yearly total is about 1,640 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.0 hours in December to 13.3 hours in June; in mid-January the sun rises at 06:23 and sets at 17:26 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-south-east (160°). Open water fills about 47% 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 246° to 295°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in September–April.
Straight out to the south-south-east there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 5 m deep and 7 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 13 m above sea level 500 m inland and 15 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 68% built-up land, 12% bare ground, sand or rock and 10% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 47% of that circle.
- Built 68%
- Bare 12%
- Tree 10%
- Grass 9%
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.
Rainfall reaches 337 mm in July and stays above 250 mm in July, August and September.
The beach is tagged as supervised.
Photos
Facilities within 1 km
- 35Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 2Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 116Hotels & guesthouses
- 3Grocery shops
- 1Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 14Pharmacies & clinics
- 5Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 31 restaurants, 3 cafés and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 116 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
Attractions & museums
- Puri Museum museum 980 m SE
Nature
- Chandan Talab nature reserve 590 m N
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar | BBI | 50.4 km | north |
| Utkela Airport Bhawanipatna | UKE | 279 km | west |
| Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizag) Visakhapatnam | VTZ | 319 km | south-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 bus stop within 1.5 km, rail station Puri (1.3 km) and 2 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 200.6K residents); within 30 km there are 3 (about 222.1K).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 17,982 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in May (1,924 views), 1.9× the quietest month.
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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 19.7 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature n12636285123; 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.
- 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 110K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.