United States / Virginia
Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach is a coastal resort area in Virginia, United States. The sea averages 25.4 °C in August, its warmest month, and 6.2 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–September.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 7.3 m/s in January, the windiest month.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 199Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 13Drinking water
- 136Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 79Hotels & guesthouses
- 9Grocery shops
- 2Water-sports spots
- 1Playgrounds & water parks
- 1Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 3Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Bike rental
- 1Viewpoints
- 2Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 157 restaurants, 16 cafés, 19 bars and 7 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 79 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 Virginia Beach
Beach-day index 5.1/10 · United States median 4.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 7.8 °C | 6.2 °C | 7.7 °C | 11.8 °C | 17.0 °C | 22.2 °C | 25.1 °C | 25.4 °C | 24.0 °C | 20.2 °C | 15.1 °C | 10.9 °C |
| High °C | 8° | 8° | 10° | 14° | 19° | 24° | 27° | 26° | 24° | 20° | 15° | 11° |
| Low °C | 4° | 4° | 6° | 11° | 16° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 18° | 12° | 8° |
| Rain mm | 93 | 90 | 96 | 90 | 98 | 100 | 126 | 148 | 140 | 115 | 94 | 106 |
| Cloud % | 73 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 59 | 59 | 55 | 60 | 67 |
| Wind m/s | 7.3 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 7.0 |
| Daylight h | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| Record high/low | 16°/-5° | 17°/-8° | 18°/-4° | 22°/3° | 28°/7° | 31°/16° | 32°/20° | 31°/21° | 29°/15° | 27°/9° | 22°/2° | 18°/-4° |
| Beach index | 2.0 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 2.2 | 2.0 |
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 June–August; July scores 8.2/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 25.1 °C and 126 mm of rain.
In July that is 0.3 points above the median of the 2,466 beaches in United States covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 2.9 °C warmer than the United States median for August (22.5 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 16.1 °C, cooler than 68% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
August is the wettest month (148 mm) and February the driest (90 mm); the yearly total is about 1,300 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.7 hours in December to 14.7 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:55 and sets at 20:23 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east (80°). Open water fills about 42% 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 241° to 300°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the 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 7 m above sea level 500 m inland and 7 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 65% built-up land, 13% grassland and 11% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 36% of that circle.
- Built 65%
- Grass 13%
- Tree 11%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norfolk International Airport Norfolk | ORF | 20.6 km | west |
| Newport News Williamsburg International Airport Newport News | PHF | 55.6 km | north-west |
| Richmond International Airport Richmond | RIC | 140 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 bus stop within 1.5 km and 136 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 454.8K residents); within 30 km there are 4 (about 1M).
Photos
From above
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Fishing Pier 860 m SE
Attractions & museums
- Flashback Old Time Photos attraction 120 m SE
- Nightmare Mansion attraction 160 m SE
- Lost Planet's - Mirror Maze attraction 210 m S
- Atlantic Park attraction 270 m SW
- Neptune Ghosts attraction 280 m N
- Old Coast Guard Station museum 290 m N
Historic sites
- Naval Aviation Monument Park monument 430 m N
- Virginia Beach Naval Memorial monument 470 m N
Lighthouses & piers
- Virginia Beach Fishing Pier pier 810 m SE
Diving & boat hire
- Cherie's Bike Rentals 140 m SE
- Cheries Bike & Blade Rental 380 m N
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 9.4 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_18SVF_20241021_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 368K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.