India / Goa
Palolem Beach
Palolem Beach is a 1.8 km-long sandy beach facing south-west, 3.4 km south-west of Kānkon (Goa, India). The sea averages 29.7 °C in May, its warmest month, and 27.0 °C in August; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Palolem Beach is in Canacona in Kushavati district, Goa, India.
Wikidata item Q2048357 · classified as village in India.
Month by month
October at Palolem Beach
Beach-day index 8.3/10 · India median 7.8
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 27.8 °C | 28.0 °C | 28.8 °C | 29.6 °C | 29.7 °C | 29.1 °C | 27.9 °C | 27.0 °C | 27.4 °C | 28.5 °C | 28.8 °C | 28.3 °C |
| High °C | 32° | 35° | 36° | 37° | 34° | 28° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 30° |
| Low °C | 16° | 17° | 19° | 21° | 23° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 18° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 1 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 77 | 453 | 516 | 407 | 237 | 131 | 27 | 3 |
| Cloud % | 35 | 27 | 30 | 39 | 57 | 88 | 95 | 90 | 80 | 62 | 45 | 40 |
| Wind m/s | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.2 |
| Daylight h | 11.3 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.3 |
| Record high/low | 37°/11° | 40°/14° | 42°/14° | 42°/16° | 42°/21° | 38°/21° | 30°/20° | 31°/20° | 31°/19° | 33°/15° | 34°/11° | 35°/11° |
| Beach index | 9.3 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 9.6 |
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–January; December scores 9.6/10 with highs of 30 °C, sea at 28.3 °C and 3 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in India in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 28.4 °C, warmer than 92% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
July is the wettest month (516 mm) and January the driest (1 mm); the yearly total is about 1,890 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.3 hours in December to 13.0 hours in June; in mid-December the sun rises at 06:51 and sets at 18:06 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-west (215°). Open water fills about 39% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in August–April; in mid-December it goes down at 18:06 local time on a bearing of 246°.
Straight out to the south-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
The sea floor is still within the shallow coastal margin 1 km out; 3 km offshore the depth is about 7 m. Behind the beach the ground is about 12 m above sea level 500 m inland and 10 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 69% tree cover, 7% cropland and 7% mangroves (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 55% of that circle.
- Tree 69%
- Crop 7%
- Mangrove 7%
- Built 6%
- Bare 6%
- Grass 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 516 mm in July and stays above 250 mm in June, July and August.
Average daytime highs reach 37 °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
- 67Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 4Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 109Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Grocery shops
- 1Water-sports spots
- 2Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 2Bike rental
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 46 restaurants, 13 cafés and 8 bars. Accommodation: 109 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
- Canacona Island 1.2 km W
Diving & boat hire
- Sup Palolem 220 m SE
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goa Dabolim International Airport Vasco da Gama | GOI | 45.9 km | north-west |
| Manohar International Airport Mopa | GOX | 83.6 km | north |
| Belagavi Airport Belgaum | IXG | 114 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 2 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Canacona (1.7 km) and 4 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 24.9K residents); within 30 km there are 17 (about 256.5K).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 16,045 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in January (1,816 views), 1.9× the quietest month.
Map
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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 18.6 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r8111859; 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 S2B_43PCS_20260207_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 301K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.