Poland / Pomerania
Sopot
Sopot is a coastal resort area in Pomerania, Poland. Its longest mapped beach (Plaża dla psów) stretches about 144 m and has a sand surface. The sea averages 18.8 °C in August, its warmest month, and 3.1 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
The sea peaks at 18.8 °C in August. Most swimmers find water below 20 °C cold; a wetsuit is common here.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 7.2 m/s in January, the windiest month.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 250Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 13Public toilets
- –Showers
- 5Drinking water
- 104Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 171Hotels & guesthouses
- 24Grocery shops
- 3Water-sports spots
- 2Marinas & slipways
- 62Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 15Pharmacies & clinics
- 27Cash machines
- 12Bike rental
- 10Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 154 restaurants, 35 cafés, 52 bars and 9 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 171 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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Sopot-K22”, 360 m from the beach centre, was rated Good for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 3 of its 5 classified seasons since 2021.
- 2018Not classified
- 2019Not classified
- 2020Not classified
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Good
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Good
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
Month by month
October at Sopot
Beach-day index 2.3/10 · Poland median 2.4
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 4.3 °C | 3.1 °C | 3.1 °C | 5.1 °C | 9.2 °C | 13.9 °C | 17.4 °C | 18.8 °C | 16.4 °C | 12.8 °C | 9.1 °C | 6.2 °C |
| High °C | 1° | 2° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 12° | 7° | 3° |
| Low °C | -2° | -2° | -0° | 3° | 8° | 13° | 16° | 16° | 12° | 7° | 4° | 0° |
| Rain mm | 58 | 42 | 44 | 36 | 55 | 58 | 86 | 71 | 63 | 67 | 69 | 65 |
| Cloud % | 88 | 85 | 77 | 64 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 63 | 65 | 74 | 85 | 88 |
| Wind m/s | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.0 |
| Daylight h | 7.8 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 16.8 | 15.0 | 12.8 | 10.6 | 8.6 | 7.3 |
| Record high/low | 11°/-17° | 9°/-17° | 16°/-11° | 22°/-2° | 24°/1° | 30°/7° | 31°/11° | 31°/11° | 28°/6° | 19°/0° | 14°/-7° | 10°/-12° |
| Beach index | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 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 August; August scores 5.7/10 with highs of 21 °C, sea at 18.8 °C and 71 mm of rain.
In August that is 0.3 points below the median of the 121 beaches in Poland covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 9.9 °C, cooler than 90% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
July is the wettest month (86 mm) and April the driest (36 mm); the yearly total is about 710 mm.
Daylight runs from 7.3 hours in December to 17.2 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 05:20 and sets at 20:20 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-north-east (65°). Open water fills about 33% 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 229° to 314°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in February–November.
Straight out to the east-north-east the next coast is roughly 80 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 3 m deep and 9 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 18 m above sea level 500 m inland and 62 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 49% built-up land, 41% tree cover and 6% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 30% of that circle.
- Built 49%
- Tree 41%
- Bare 6%
- Grass 3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport Gdańsk | GDN | 10.0 km | south-west |
| Khrabrovo Airport Kaliningrad | KGD | 140 km | east |
| Ignacy Jan Paderewski Bydgoszcz Airport Bydgoszcz | BZG | 155 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 62 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Sopot (660 m), rail station Sopot Wyścigi (1.5 km), ferry terminal Molo Sopot (630 m) and 104 mapped car parks within 1 km.
23 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 595.3K residents); within 30 km there are 65 (about 1.4M).
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Królewskie Wzgórze 860 m W
- Lisie Wzgórze 1.2 km W
- Wzgórze Augusty 1.4 km NW
Attractions & museums
- Muzeum Iluzji - Krzywy Domek - Amaze World attraction 130 m W
- Molo w Sopocie attraction 520 m NE
- Muzeum Sztuki Polskiej w Sopocie museum 540 m NW
- Twierdza Wisłoujście - Muzeum Historyczne Miasta Gdańska museum 650 m S
- Muzeum Sopotu museum 730 m SE
- Grodzisko w Sopocie museum 950 m NW
Nature
- Królewskie Wzgórze peak 880 m W
- Lisie Wzgórze peak 1.2 km W
- Wzgórze Augusty peak 1.4 km NW
Lighthouses & piers
- Latarnia Morska Sopot lighthouse 140 m NE
- Molo w Sopocie pier 520 m NE
- Małe Molo pier 550 m N
Marinas
- Sopot Marina 590 m N
- Marina Sopot 650 m NE
Diving & boat hire
- Panda JetSki 70 m SW
- Grupa Extreme 510 m SE
- Wypożyczalnia rowerów MINI GOLF Tawerna 590 m N
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sopot | – | 18.8 °C | 144 m | Sand |
| Plaża Jelitkowo | 2.8 km SE | 19.0 °C | – | Sand |
| Plaża Brzeźno | 6.0 km SE | 19.0 °C | – | Sand |
| Plaża Miejska Gdynia | 7.8 km N | 18.8 °C | 523 m | Sand |
| Plaża Stogi | 13.2 km SE | 19.0 °C | 1.9 km | Sand |
| Mechelinki | 18.7 km N | 18.8 °C | 1.8 km | Sand |
| Rewa | 21.2 km N | 18.8 °C | 1.8 km | Sand |
- Plaża Jelitkowo2.8 km SECompare
- Plaża Brzeźno6.0 km SECompare
- Plaża Miejska Gdynia7.8 km NCompare
- Plaża Stogi13.2 km SECompare
- Mechelinki18.7 km NCompare
- Rewa21.2 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 20.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w350622650; 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.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_34UCF_20230410_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site PL6336401122000106).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 8.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.