United States / South Carolina
Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach is a coastal resort area in South Carolina, United States. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 3.1 km. The sea averages 27.9 °C in August, its warmest month, and 15.3 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in May–October.
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
- 94Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 15Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 21Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
- 19Grocery shops
- 1Bus stops (1.5 km)
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 77 restaurants, 3 cafés, 13 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 21 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 Myrtle Beach
Beach-day index 8.1/10 · United States median 4.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 16.2 °C | 15.3 °C | 16.3 °C | 18.6 °C | 22.4 °C | 25.9 °C | 27.7 °C | 27.9 °C | 26.9 °C | 23.7 °C | 20.0 °C | 17.6 °C |
| High °C | 13° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 27° | 30° | 31° | 30° | 28° | 24° | 18° | 15° |
| Low °C | 3° | 5° | 8° | 13° | 18° | 22° | 24° | 23° | 20° | 15° | 9° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 64 | 88 | 90 | 81 | 105 | 133 | 154 | 174 | 159 | 106 | 88 | 96 |
| Cloud % | 53 | 57 | 53 | 47 | 49 | 54 | 53 | 56 | 52 | 44 | 44 | 54 |
| Wind m/s | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Daylight h | 10.1 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.0 | 13.9 | 14.4 | 14.2 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 9.9 |
| Record high/low | 24°/-10° | 24°/-7° | 27°/-5° | 34°/0° | 37°/7° | 38°/14° | 38°/17° | 38°/15° | 35°/10° | 34°/2° | 27°/-4° | 25°/-8° |
| Beach index | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 3.5 |
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–October; May scores 8.4/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 22.4 °C and 105 mm of rain.
In May that is 3.7 points above the median of the 2,466 beaches in United States covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 5.4 °C warmer than the United States median for August (22.5 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 21.5 °C, warmer than 68% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
August is the wettest month (174 mm) and January the driest (64 mm); the yearly total is about 1,340 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.9 hours in December to 14.4 hours in June; in mid-May the sun rises at 06:15 and sets at 20:07 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-east (135°). Open water fills about 44% 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 242° to 299°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the south-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 7 m deep and 8 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 0 m above sea level 500 m inland and 1 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 58% built-up land, 16% tree cover and 14% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 50% of that circle.
- Built 58%
- Tree 16%
- Grass 14%
- Bare 11%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Beach International Airport Myrtle Beach | MYR | 6.1 km | south-west |
| Florence Regional Airport Florence | FLO | 95.6 km | north-west |
| Wilmington International Airport Wilmington | ILM | 109 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 bus stop within 1.5 km and 15 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 35.6K residents); within 30 km there are 9 (about 126.5K).
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Myrtle Beach Colored School Museum and Education Center museum 620 m NE
- Family Kingdom Amusement Park attraction 880 m W
Campsites
- Lakewood Camping Resort Inc 930 m E
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 8.5 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w44762285; 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_17SPT_20230319_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 550K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.