India / Maharashtra
Gorai Beach
Gorai Beach is an 183 m-long sandy beach facing west on the Arabian Sea, 1.9 km south-west of Gorai (Maharashtra, India). The sea averages 29.6 °C in May, its warmest month, and 25.3 °C in January; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Gorai Beach
Beach-day index 8.8/10 · India median 7.8
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 25.3 °C | 25.3 °C | 26.7 °C | 28.4 °C | 29.6 °C | 29.6 °C | 28.5 °C | 27.8 °C | 28.4 °C | 28.9 °C | 28.0 °C | 26.7 °C |
| High °C | 32° | 34° | 37° | 39° | 38° | 32° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 31° | 32° | 32° |
| Low °C | 15° | 17° | 20° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 518 | 835 | 615 | 386 | 91 | 15 | 4 |
| Cloud % | 29 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 32 | 77 | 92 | 88 | 71 | 44 | 29 | 32 |
| Wind m/s | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Daylight h | 11.1 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 11.0 |
| Record high/low | 39°/10° | 42°/10° | 45°/13° | 46°/19° | 45°/22° | 40°/23° | 34°/24° | 32°/22° | 34°/20° | 37°/16° | 38°/14° | 38°/12° |
| Beach index | 9.4 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
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 October–January; January scores 9.4/10 with highs of 32 °C, sea at 25.3 °C and 0 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in India in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 27.8 °C, warmer than 88% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
July is the wettest month (835 mm) and January the driest (0 mm); the yearly total is about 2,490 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.0 hours in December to 13.3 hours in June; in mid-January the sun rises at 07:14 and sets at 18:20 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west (270°). Open water fills about 86% of the horizon close by, which makes it an exposed spot with water on most sides.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 19:17 local time on a bearing of 295°.
Sunrise is over the sea in June.
Straight out to the west 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 7 m deep and 6 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 0 m above sea level 500 m inland and 3 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 73% bare ground, sand or rock and 27% cropland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): open dunes, sand or rock. Water makes up 100% of that circle.
- Bare 73%
- Crop 27%
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 835 mm in July and stays above 250 mm in June, July, August and September.
Average daytime highs reach 39 °C in April.
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
- 1Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- –Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 13Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 1 restaurant. Accommodation: 13 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
Islands in view
- Green Islet 1.6 km W
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport Mumbai | BOM | 20.0 km | south-east |
| Navi Mumbai International Airport Navi Mumbai | NMI | 42.4 km | south-east |
| Pune International Airport Pune | PNQ | 142 km | south-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 638.7K residents); within 30 km there are 16 (about 18.1M).
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorai Beach | – | 29.6 °C | 183 m | Sand |
| Versova Beach | 13.3 km S | 29.6 °C | 2.0 km | – |
| Juhu Beach | 14.4 km S | 29.6 °C | 423 m | Sand |
- Versova Beach13.3 km SCompare
- Juhu Beach14.4 km SCompare
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 19.8 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w1173219772; 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 S2A_43QBB_20240317_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 135K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.