India / Karnataka
Malpe Beach
Malpe Beach is a 2.7 km-long beach facing west, 1.5 km south-west of Tenkanidiyūr (Karnataka, India). The sea averages 30.0 °C in May, its warmest month, and 26.8 °C in August; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Malpe Beach
Beach-day index 7.5/10 · India median 7.8
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 28.3 °C | 28.4 °C | 29.2 °C | 29.8 °C | 30.0 °C | 29.0 °C | 27.6 °C | 26.8 °C | 27.4 °C | 28.5 °C | 29.1 °C | 28.7 °C |
| High °C | 29° | 31° | 33° | 33° | 31° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° |
| Low °C | 19° | 20° | 22° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 19° |
| Rain mm | 1 | 3 | 16 | 38 | 150 | 809 | 922 | 736 | 377 | 227 | 67 | 9 |
| Cloud % | 31 | 29 | 35 | 46 | 67 | 91 | 93 | 90 | 80 | 70 | 52 | 40 |
| Wind m/s | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
| Daylight h | 11.4 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.3 |
| Record high/low | 33°/14° | 37°/16° | 37°/19° | 38°/21° | 39°/22° | 34°/22° | 29°/22° | 30°/21° | 31°/21° | 31°/18° | 32°/14° | 32°/15° |
| Beach index | 9.7 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 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 December–February; January scores 9.7/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 28.3 °C and 1 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in India in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 28.6 °C, warmer than 93% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
July is the wettest month (922 mm) and January the driest (1 mm); the yearly total is about 3,360 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.3 hours in December to 12.9 hours in June; in mid-January the sun rises at 06:57 and sets at 18:22 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west (270°). Open water fills about 47% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 18:58 local time on a bearing of 294°.
Straight out to the west 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 3 m deep and 8 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 12 m above sea level 500 m inland and 15 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 58% tree cover, 21% built-up land and 14% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 50% of that circle.
- Tree 58%
- Built 21%
- Grass 14%
- Bare 5%
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 922 mm in July and stays above 250 mm in June, July, August and September.
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
- 4Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 12Hotels & guesthouses
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 1 restaurant, 1 café and 2 bars. Accommodation: 12 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
- Floating Bridge pier 110 m NW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangaluru International Airport Mangaluru | IXE | 49.7 km | south-east |
| Kannur International Airport Kannur | CNN | 185 km | south-east |
| Hubballi Airport Hubballi | HBX | 226 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
9 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 265.4K residents); within 30 km there are 20 (about 376.2K).
Map and nearby beaches
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- Udupi Beach3.2 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 8.0 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w627844513; 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 S2B_43PDQ_20230111_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 201K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.