United States / Florida
Jacksonville Beach
Jacksonville Beach is a coastal resort area in Florida, United States. The sea averages 28.0 °C in August, its warmest month, and 16.1 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in May–November.
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
- 119Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 128Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 16Hotels & guesthouses
- 13Grocery shops
- 1Water-sports spots
- 5Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 4Pharmacies & clinics
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 74 restaurants, 10 cafés, 28 bars and 7 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 16 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 Jacksonville Beach
Beach-day index 8.6/10 · United States median 4.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 16.4 °C | 16.1 °C | 17.3 °C | 20.3 °C | 23.9 °C | 26.8 °C | 27.8 °C | 28.0 °C | 27.9 °C | 25.3 °C | 21.2 °C | 18.4 °C |
| High °C | 16° | 17° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 25° | 21° | 18° |
| Low °C | 12° | 13° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 23° | 18° | 14° |
| Rain mm | 64 | 76 | 71 | 60 | 90 | 169 | 133 | 170 | 136 | 89 | 52 | 73 |
| Cloud % | 64 | 62 | 51 | 46 | 45 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 51 | 56 | 66 |
| Wind m/s | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
| Daylight h | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.2 |
| Record high/low | 24°/0° | 24°/2° | 27°/6° | 30°/10° | 32°/15° | 33°/20° | 35°/24° | 33°/23° | 32°/19° | 30°/11° | 27°/7° | 25°/2° |
| Beach index | 3.1 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 4.3 |
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 May and July–October; May scores 8.7/10 with highs of 26 °C, sea at 23.9 °C and 90 mm of rain.
In May that is 4.0 points above the median of the 2,466 beaches in United States covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 5.5 °C warmer than the United States median for August (22.5 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 22.4 °C, warmer than 70% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
August is the wettest month (170 mm) and November the driest (52 mm); the yearly total is about 1,180 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.2 hours in December to 14.1 hours in June; in mid-May the sun rises at 06:31 and sets at 20:11 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-north-east (75°). Open water fills about 28% 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 243° to 298°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east-north-east 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 6 m deep and 13 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 5 m above sea level 500 m inland and 9 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 66% built-up land, 19% grassland and 10% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 27% of that circle.
- Built 66%
- Grass 19%
- Tree 10%
- 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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville International Airport Jacksonville | JAX | 35.8 km | north-west |
| Northeast Florida Regional Airport St Augustine | UST | 37.7 km | south |
| Brunswick Golden Isles Airport Brunswick | BQK | 107 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 5 bus stops within 1.5 km and 128 mapped car parks within 1 km.
4 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 78.9K residents); within 30 km there are 9 (about 1.2M).
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Beaches Museum & History Center museum 670 m S
- Beaches Museum museum 680 m S
- Beaches Museum Chapel museum 710 m S
Lighthouses & piers
- Jacksonville Beach Fishing Pier pier 540 m E
Diving & boat hire
- Rent Beach Stuff 680 m SE
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 9.1 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); 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 S2C_17RMP_20251223_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 74K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.