United States / New York
Coney Island
Coney Island is a beach facing south, 1.0 km east of Coney Island (New York, United States). The sea averages 23.1 °C in August, its warmest month, and 4.3 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–September.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Coney Island is a neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Brighton Beach to its east, Lower New York Bay to the south and west, and Gravesend to the north and includes the subsection of Sea Gate on its west.
Wikidata item Q628201 · classified as neighborhood and seaside resort.
Month by month
October at Coney Island
Beach-day index 3.5/10 · United States median 4.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 6.0 °C | 4.3 °C | 4.8 °C | 7.9 °C | 12.6 °C | 18.1 °C | 22.2 °C | 23.1 °C | 21.4 °C | 17.3 °C | 12.7 °C | 9.0 °C |
| High °C | 2° | 3° | 8° | 14° | 20° | 25° | 29° | 28° | 25° | 18° | 11° | 5° |
| Low °C | -6° | -5° | -2° | 4° | 10° | 16° | 19° | 19° | 15° | 8° | 2° | -3° |
| Rain mm | 81 | 81 | 100 | 102 | 98 | 117 | 109 | 114 | 105 | 122 | 91 | 116 |
| Cloud % | 62 | 60 | 60 | 61 | 63 | 59 | 54 | 53 | 51 | 55 | 57 | 63 |
| Wind m/s | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| Daylight h | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.3 |
| Record high/low | 19°/-21° | 20°/-24° | 22°/-20° | 32°/-5° | 30°/1° | 34°/6° | 39°/11° | 39°/12° | 35°/6° | 33°/-3° | 23°/-12° | 21°/-16° |
| Beach index | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
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 July–September; August scores 8.6/10 with highs of 28 °C, sea at 23.1 °C and 114 mm of rain.
In August that is 0.5 points above the median of the 2,466 beaches in United States covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 0.6 °C warmer than the United States median for August (22.5 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 13.3 °C, cooler than 79% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
October is the wettest month (122 mm) and January the driest (81 mm); the yearly total is about 1,240 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.3 hours in December to 15.1 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:05 and sets at 19:55 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south (179°). Open water fills about 36% 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 240° to 302°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in December–January.
Straight out to the south there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell. The beach is on Coney Island, an island of about 3,449 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 4 m deep and 3 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 3 m above sea level 500 m inland and 5 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 74% built-up land, 15% bare ground, sand or rock and 6% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 30% of that circle.
- Built 74%
- Bare 15%
- Grass 6%
- Tree 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.
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
- 146Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 10Public toilets
- –Showers
- 15Drinking water
- 46Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 1Rescue equipment
- 22Grocery shops
- 4Playgrounds & water parks
- 94Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 14Pharmacies & clinics
- 2Cash machines
- 2Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 116 restaurants, 8 cafés, 13 bars and 9 fast-food outlets.
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
Attractions & museums
- Coney Island Raceway attraction 200 m SE
- Soarin' Eagle attraction 200 m SE
- Thunderbolt attraction 220 m S
- Zenobio attraction 220 m SE
- B&B Carousell attraction 230 m S
- Sideshows by the Seashore attraction 230 m E
Historic sites
- Wall of Remembrance monument 210 m SW
- Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument monument 350 m W
Lighthouses & piers
- Coney Island's Steeplechase Pier pier 550 m S
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy International Airport New York | JFK | 18.6 km | north-east |
| Newark Liberty International Airport Newark | EWR | 20.3 km | north-west |
| LaGuardia Airport New York | LGA | 24.3 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 94 bus stops within 1.5 km and 46 mapped car parks within 1 km.
26 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 4M residents); within 30 km there are 225 (about 23.2M).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 327,843 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in July (37,805 views), 1.6× the quietest month.
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 10.6 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); 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_18TWL_20241018_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).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.