United States / California
Venice Beach
Venice Beach is a 4.5 km-long sandy beach facing south-west, 1.5 km south-west of Venice (California, United States). The sea averages 20.2 °C in August, its warmest month, and 14.8 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Venice is a neighborhood of Los Angeles within the Westside region of Los Angeles County, California, United States. Venice was founded by Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a seaside resort town.
Wikidata item Q1303805 · classified as white sand beach and park.
Month by month
October at Venice 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 | 14.9 °C | 14.8 °C | 14.8 °C | 15.1 °C | 16.6 °C | 18.2 °C | 19.7 °C | 20.2 °C | 20.0 °C | 19.0 °C | 17.3 °C | 15.6 °C |
| High °C | 17° | 17° | 19° | 21° | 23° | 27° | 30° | 30° | 29° | 25° | 21° | 17° |
| Low °C | 7° | 7° | 8° | 9° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 18° | 17° | 14° | 10° | 7° |
| Rain mm | 73 | 75 | 42 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 65 |
| Cloud % | 52 | 54 | 56 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 63 | 55 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 52 |
| Wind m/s | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
| 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 | 30°/-1° | 30°/-1° | 31°/2° | 35°/2° | 35°/6° | 41°/9° | 42°/13° | 39°/13° | 42°/11° | 38°/7° | 33°/1° | 28°/1° |
| Beach index | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 5.8 | 3.1 |
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 July–October; August scores 8.6/10 with highs of 30 °C, sea at 20.2 °C and 1 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 2.3 °C cooler than the United States median for August (22.5 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 17.2 °C, cooler than 63% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
February is the wettest month (75 mm) and June the driest (1 mm); the yearly total is about 330 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.9 hours in December to 14.4 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:14 and sets at 19:42 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-west (235°). Open water fills about 50% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 20:05 local time on a bearing of 299°.
Straight out to the south-west 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 12 m deep and 26 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 8 m above sea level 500 m inland and 6 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 76% built-up land, 19% bare ground, sand or rock and 4% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 50% of that circle.
- Built 76%
- Bare 19%
- 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
- 145Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 3Public toilets
- –Showers
- 10Drinking water
- 31Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 22Hotels & guesthouses
- 15Grocery shops
- 7Water-sports spots
- 1Playgrounds & water parks
- 58Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 2Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
- 5Bike rental
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 106 restaurants, 20 cafés, 15 bars and 4 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 22 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.
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Venice Graffiti Walls 910 m NW
Attractions & museums
- Venice Fishing Pier attraction 250 m S
- Sta Monica Pier Aquarium attraction 870 m NW
- Santa Monica Pier Los Angeles attraction 980 m E
Nature
- Monarch Waystation nature reserve 230 m NE
Lighthouses & piers
- Venice Fishing Pier pier 250 m S
Diving & boat hire
- Venice Beach Rentals 160 m SE
- Venice Bike & Skates 230 m E
- Spokes 'n Stuff 450 m E
- Jay's Rentals 910 m NW
- Venice Bike Tours 920 m NW
- Boneshaker Electric Bikes 920 m NW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles International Airport Los Angeles | LAX | 7.1 km | south-east |
| Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal Airport Hawthorne | HHR | 14.0 km | south-east |
| Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope Airport Burbank | BUR | 26.8 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 58 bus stops within 1.5 km and 31 mapped car parks within 1 km.
11 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 309.9K residents); within 30 km there are 83 (about 7.7M).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 16,825 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in February (2,430 views), 2.7× 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 14.6 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r6114948; 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 S2A_11SLT_20240108_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.