United States / Florida
New Smyrna Beach
New Smyrna Beach is a coastal resort area in Florida, United States. The sea averages 27.9 °C in September, its warmest month, and 19.4 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in April–December.
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
- 50Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 68Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 7Hotels & guesthouses
- 7Grocery shops
- 1Water-sports spots
- 4Marinas & slipways
- 5Pharmacies & clinics
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 38 restaurants, 4 cafés and 8 bars. Accommodation: 7 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 New Smyrna Beach
Beach-day index 8.4/10 · United States median 4.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 20.0 °C | 19.4 °C | 20.0 °C | 21.9 °C | 24.4 °C | 26.6 °C | 27.6 °C | 27.8 °C | 27.9 °C | 26.3 °C | 23.3 °C | 21.3 °C |
| High °C | 20° | 20° | 21° | 23° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 29° | 28° | 26° | 23° | 21° |
| Low °C | 17° | 17° | 19° | 21° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 21° | 19° |
| Rain mm | 75 | 79 | 81 | 67 | 108 | 194 | 189 | 199 | 175 | 95 | 62 | 80 |
| Cloud % | 67 | 64 | 58 | 54 | 52 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 60 | 54 | 60 | 65 |
| Wind m/s | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
| Daylight h | 10.5 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| Record high/low | 25°/6° | 25°/7° | 26°/9° | 27°/13° | 29°/17° | 30°/22° | 31°/25° | 31°/25° | 30°/23° | 30°/15° | 27°/12° | 26°/6° |
| Beach index | 5.0 | 5.1 | 5.8 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 6.2 |
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 October; May scores 8.4/10 with highs of 25 °C, sea at 24.4 °C and 108 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 7.0 °C warmer than the United States median for September (20.9 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 23.9 °C, warmer than 74% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
August is the wettest month (199 mm) and November the driest (62 mm); the yearly total is about 1,400 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.3 hours in December to 14.0 hours in June; in mid-May the sun rises at 06:32 and sets at 20:07 local time.
Setting
Within 1 km, the land is 43% built-up land, 42% tree cover and 9% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 10% of that circle.
- Built 43%
- Tree 42%
- Grass 9%
- Mangrove 3%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m).
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona Beach International Airport Daytona Beach | DAB | 21.7 km | north-west |
| Orlando Sanford International Airport Orlando | SFB | 41.0 km | south-west |
| Orlando International Airport Orlando | MCO | 76.1 km | south-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 68 mapped car parks within 1 km.
4 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 51.6K residents); within 30 km there are 11 (about 219.9K).
Photos
From above
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Museum of East Coast Surfing museum 290 m SE
- New Smyrna Museum of History museum 470 m E
- Mary S Harrell Black Heritage Museum museum 580 m W
Islands in view
- Chicken Island 1.5 km E
Marinas
- New Smyrna Beach City Marina 580 m E
- River Deck Bait & Tackle 600 m E
- River Deck Marina 620 m E
- North Causeway Marine 750 m NE
Diving & boat hire
- Boat Rental New Smyrna 750 m NE
Map and nearby beaches
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- Daytona Beach22.6 km NWCompare
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 12.1 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.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_17RNN_20241014_0_L2A.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 110K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.