United States / Hawaii
Waikiki
Waikiki is a 942 m-long sandy beach facing south-west, 1.6 km west of Diamond Head / Kapahulu / Saint Louis Heights (Hawaii, United States). The sea averages 26.8 °C in September, its warmest month, and 24.0 °C in February; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Waikīkī (; Hawaiian: [wɐjˈkiːkiː, vɐjˈtiːtiː]) is a Honolulu neighborhood and the eponymous Waikīkī beach on its south shore, on the island of Oʻahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii. (Despite situational use of the spelling "Waikiki", typically in materials aimed at tourists, the spelling "Waikīkī" is official and common.) Waikīkī Beach is one of six beaches in the district, along with Queen's Beach, Kuhio Beach, Gray's Beach, Fort DeRussy Beach, and Kahanamoku Beach.
Wikidata item Q254861 · classified as neighborhood.
Month by month
October at Waikiki
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 | 24.4 °C | 24.0 °C | 24.0 °C | 24.4 °C | 25.0 °C | 25.7 °C | 26.0 °C | 26.5 °C | 26.8 °C | 26.7 °C | 26.0 °C | 25.1 °C |
| High °C | 24° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 25° |
| Low °C | 23° | 22° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 23° |
| Rain mm | 56 | 70 | 77 | 42 | 33 | 26 | 29 | 34 | 36 | 57 | 67 | 74 |
| Cloud % | 52 | 57 | 61 | 58 | 50 | 48 | 47 | 47 | 47 | 56 | 58 | 54 |
| Wind m/s | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 7.4 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.4 |
| Daylight h | 11.0 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 10.9 |
| Record high/low | 26°/20° | 26°/19° | 26°/19° | 26°/20° | 27°/21° | 29°/23° | 28°/23° | 29°/24° | 29°/24° | 29°/23° | 28°/22° | 27°/20° |
| Beach index | 8.4 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.4 |
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 April–January; May scores 8.8/10 with highs of 25 °C, sea at 25.0 °C and 33 mm of rain.
In May that is 4.1 points above the median of the 2,466 beaches in United States covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 5.9 °C warmer than the United States median for September (20.9 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 25.4 °C, warmer than 77% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
March is the wettest month (77 mm) and June the driest (26 mm); the yearly total is about 600 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.9 hours in December to 13.4 hours in June; in mid-May the sun rises at 05:53 and sets at 19:01 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-west (225°). Open water fills about 44% 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 19:13 local time on a bearing of 295°.
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. The beach is on Oahu, an island of about 1,564 km².
The sea floor is still within the shallow coastal margin 1 km out; 3 km offshore the depth is about 245 m. Behind the beach the ground is about 13 m above sea level 500 m inland and 8 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 57% built-up land, 26% grassland and 11% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 51% of that circle.
- Built 57%
- Grass 26%
- Tree 11%
- Wetland 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.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 7.6 m/s in July, the windiest month.
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
- 525Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 8Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- 55Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 182Hotels & guesthouses
- 52Grocery shops
- 8Water-sports spots
- 97Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 4Pharmacies & clinics
- 4Cash machines
- 18Bike rental
- 1Viewpoints
- 2Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 376 restaurants, 68 cafés, 66 bars and 15 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 182 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
- インターナショナルマーケットプレイス 250 m SE
Attractions & museums
- Jimmy Buffets Surf Museum Bar museum 180 m SE
- Pacific Aviation Museum. Pearl Harbour museum 200 m SE
- U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii with Pierre museum 200 m NW
- Center Stage attraction 240 m SE
- Koi Pond attraction 260 m SW
- USS Missouri, Pearl Harbour, Oahu museum 320 m SE
Historic sites
- Peral Harbor monument 420 m SW
- Princess Ka'iulani Triangle monument 460 m SE
Nature
- Hawaii Volcano National Park nature reserve 220 m SW
- Canoes Surf Break reef 640 m S
- Queen's Surf Break reef 780 m S
- Popular's Surf Break reef 880 m SW
- Haleakala National Park nature reserve 900 m SE
- Paradise Surf Break reef 1.0 km SW
Diving & boat hire
- Gone Surfing Hawaii 360 m NW
- Cruzin Hawaii 670 m SE
- 808eVentures 680 m SE
- GoGo Rental 780 m NW
- Go Camp Oahu 890 m N
- Hele On Waikiki 900 m SE
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel K. Inouye International Airport Honolulu, Oahu | HNL | 11.4 km | north-west |
| Molokai Airport Kaunakakai | MKK | 76.9 km | east |
| Lanai Airport Lanai City | LNY | 106 km | south-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 97 bus stops within 1.5 km and 55 mapped car parks within 1 km.
53 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 816.6K residents); within 30 km there are 126 (about 1.8M).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 72,735 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in September (7,163 views), with little seasonal swing.
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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 12.3 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w218679862; 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 S2B_4QFJ_20260203_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 170 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.