Netherlands / Zeeland
Vlissingen Strand
Vlissingen Strand is a coastal resort area in Zeeland, Netherlands. Its longest mapped beach (Badstrand) stretches about 592 m. The sea averages 19.2 °C in August, its warmest month, and 5.6 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 126Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 2Drinking water
- 216Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 50Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Campsites
- 16Grocery shops
- 1Water-sports spots
- 2Marinas & slipways
- 37Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 11Pharmacies & clinics
- 5Cash machines
- 7Viewpoints
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 94 restaurants, 19 cafés, 9 bars and 4 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 50 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.
Month by month
October at Vlissingen Strand
Beach-day index 2.3/10 · Netherlands median 2.3
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 6.3 °C | 5.6 °C | 6.4 °C | 9.0 °C | 12.3 °C | 15.6 °C | 18.0 °C | 19.2 °C | 17.5 °C | 14.5 °C | 11.1 °C | 8.1 °C |
| High °C | 6° | 6° | 9° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 22° | 22° | 19° | 15° | 10° | 7° |
| Low °C | 2° | 2° | 3° | 6° | 9° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 13° | 9° | 6° | 3° |
| Rain mm | 73 | 63 | 55 | 37 | 55 | 61 | 76 | 84 | 64 | 75 | 79 | 84 |
| Cloud % | 82 | 79 | 75 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 78 | 83 | 83 |
| Wind m/s | 6.6 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
| Daylight h | 8.3 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 13.8 | 15.6 | 16.6 | 16.2 | 14.7 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 8.9 | 7.9 |
| Record high/low | 13°/-8° | 16°/-10° | 20°/-7° | 24°/-2° | 26°/3° | 29°/7° | 35°/11° | 33°/10° | 30°/7° | 24°/0° | 18°/-3° | 14°/-8° |
| Beach index | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
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 5.8/10 with highs of 22 °C, sea at 19.2 °C and 84 mm of rain.
In August that is 0.3 points above the median of the 81 beaches in Netherlands covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 0.5 °C warmer than the Netherlands median for August (18.7 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 12.0 °C, cooler than 84% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
August is the wettest month (84 mm) and April the driest (37 mm); the yearly total is about 810 mm.
Daylight runs from 7.9 hours in December to 16.6 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:30 and sets at 21:11 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-west (225°). Open water fills about 28% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in October–March; in mid-December it goes down at 16:37 local time on a bearing of 232°.
The opposite shore is only about 5.0 km away to the south-west, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 11 m deep and 19 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 2 m above sea level 500 m inland and 2 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 72% built-up land, 13% tree cover and 8% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 20% of that circle.
- Built 72%
- Tree 13%
- Grass 8%
- Bare 4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ostend-Bruges International Airport Oostende | OST | 55.6 km | south-west |
| Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) Antwerp | ANR | 68.4 km | south-east |
| Rotterdam The Hague Airport Rotterdam | RTM | 82.3 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 37 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Vlissingen (1.9 km) and 216 mapped car parks within 1 km.
16 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 126.9K residents); within 30 km there are 59 (about 437.5K).
Photos
From above
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Panorama Walcheren museum 120 m NW
- Museum Scheldewerf museum 600 m E
- De Oude Verbandkamer museum 600 m E
- Iguana reptile Zoo attraction 710 m S
- Museumschip Hr.Ms. Mercuur museum 750 m SE
- Zeeland maritime muZEEum museum 850 m SE
Historic sites
- Watertoren monument 270 m W
Lighthouses & piers
- The White Cliffs Of Dover lighthouse 450 m W
Marinas
- Het Dok 670 m SE
- Haven van Vlissingen 940 m SE
Diving & boat hire
- Vlissingen Fietsverhuur 660 m SE
Campsites
- Camping De Nolle 970 m NW
- Strandpark Zeeland 980 m W
Map and nearby beaches
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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 15.8 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w854494209; 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_31UET_20250621_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 5.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.