Meer warm genug – Monat für Monat rund um die Welt
Die Monate, in denen das Meer ohne Neoprenanzug angenehm ist.
169 Reiseziele auf SeasonMap, innerhalb jedes Monats nach Komfort-Score gerankt – denn es geht nicht nur darum, wo die Saison läuft, sondern auch darum, ob sich das Wetter währenddessen lohnt.
Wann es so weit ist
Meer warm genug im Januar
- Auckland 🇳🇿 NeuseelandSea warm enough to swim · 1. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)The gulf beaches and the harbour are properly swimmable from January into April, and the water is at its warmest well after the school holidays have emptied them.89
- Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentinienSea just about warm enough · 1. Jan. – 15. März (meist)The water is only really swimmable in January and February, and it stays that way into early March once the crowds have gone.86
- Lima 🇵🇪 PeruBeach season on the south coast · 1. Jan. – 31. MärzThe overcast lifts and Lima decamps to the beach towns south of the city at weekends.85
- Montevideo 🇺🇾 UruguayRambla and beach season · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Pocitos and Malvin fill up once the water warms, and the rambla is the city's living room from late afternoon until dark.83
- Sydney 🇦🇺 AustralienWarmest sea of the year · 15. Jan. – 31. März (meist)The ocean pools and the harbour beaches are at their best from mid-January into March, well after the school holiday crowds have gone back.82
- Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorWarm season and calm crossings · 15. Dez. – 31. MaiWarmer water, flatter seas and short heavy showers that green the islands.74
- Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSwimmable sea all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The Agulhas current runs warm down this coast, so this is the one big South African city where people swim in July without a wetsuit.72
- Ilha Grande 🇧🇷 BrasilienSea warm enough to swim · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The water on the Angra side is comfortable without a wetsuit from December to April, which is also when the visibility is worst after a storm.66
- Armação dos Búzios 🇧🇷 BrasilienCold-water upwelling · 1. Nov. – 31. März (meist)A hard north-easterly pushes the surface water offshore and cold water comes up behind it, so an ocean-facing beach can be far colder than a bay beach one headland away.65
- Florianópolis 🇧🇷 BrasilienSea warm enough to swim · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)The water is comfortable without a wetsuit from December to about mid-April, and it stays that way for a few weeks after the crowds have gone home.58
- Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 BrasilienWarmest sea of the year · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)The Atlantic off Ipanema and Copacabana holds its heat well past the summer crowds; the water is at its best in March, when the beaches have emptied.50
Meer warm genug im Februar
- Auckland 🇳🇿 NeuseelandSea warm enough to swim · 1. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)The gulf beaches and the harbour are properly swimmable from January into April, and the water is at its warmest well after the school holidays have emptied them.87
- Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentinienSea just about warm enough · 1. Jan. – 15. März (meist)The water is only really swimmable in January and February, and it stays that way into early March once the crowds have gone.84
- Lima 🇵🇪 PeruBeach season on the south coast · 1. Jan. – 31. MärzThe overcast lifts and Lima decamps to the beach towns south of the city at weekends.81
- Montevideo 🇺🇾 UruguayRambla and beach season · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Pocitos and Malvin fill up once the water warms, and the rambla is the city's living room from late afternoon until dark.81
- Sydney 🇦🇺 AustralienWarmest sea of the year · 15. Jan. – 31. März (meist)The ocean pools and the harbour beaches are at their best from mid-January into March, well after the school holiday crowds have gone back.80
- Ilha Grande 🇧🇷 BrasilienSea warm enough to swim · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The water on the Angra side is comfortable without a wetsuit from December to April, which is also when the visibility is worst after a storm.71
- Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSwimmable sea all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The Agulhas current runs warm down this coast, so this is the one big South African city where people swim in July without a wetsuit.69
- Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorWarm season and calm crossings · 15. Dez. – 31. MaiWarmer water, flatter seas and short heavy showers that green the islands.68
- Armação dos Búzios 🇧🇷 BrasilienCold-water upwelling · 1. Nov. – 31. März (meist)A hard north-easterly pushes the surface water offshore and cold water comes up behind it, so an ocean-facing beach can be far colder than a bay beach one headland away.66
- Florianópolis 🇧🇷 BrasilienSea warm enough to swim · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)The water is comfortable without a wetsuit from December to about mid-April, and it stays that way for a few weeks after the crowds have gone home.62
- Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 BrasilienWarmest sea of the year · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)The Atlantic off Ipanema and Copacabana holds its heat well past the summer crowds; the water is at its best in March, when the beaches have emptied.51
Meer warm genug im März
- Auckland 🇳🇿 NeuseelandSea warm enough to swim · 1. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)The gulf beaches and the harbour are properly swimmable from January into April, and the water is at its warmest well after the school holidays have emptied them.91
- Mar del Plata 🇦🇷 ArgentinienSea just about warm enough · 1. Jan. – 15. März (meist)The water is only really swimmable in January and February, and it stays that way into early March once the crowds have gone.89
- Montevideo 🇺🇾 UruguayRambla and beach season · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Pocitos and Malvin fill up once the water warms, and the rambla is the city's living room from late afternoon until dark.86
- Lima 🇵🇪 PeruBeach season on the south coast · 1. Jan. – 31. MärzThe overcast lifts and Lima decamps to the beach towns south of the city at weekends.83
- Sydney 🇦🇺 AustralienWarmest sea of the year · 15. Jan. – 31. März (meist)The ocean pools and the harbour beaches are at their best from mid-January into March, well after the school holiday crowds have gone back.76
- Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSwimmable sea all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The Agulhas current runs warm down this coast, so this is the one big South African city where people swim in July without a wetsuit.74
- Ilha Grande 🇧🇷 BrasilienSea warm enough to swim · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The water on the Angra side is comfortable without a wetsuit from December to April, which is also when the visibility is worst after a storm.72
- Armação dos Búzios 🇧🇷 BrasilienCold-water upwelling · 1. Nov. – 31. März (meist)A hard north-easterly pushes the surface water offshore and cold water comes up behind it, so an ocean-facing beach can be far colder than a bay beach one headland away.67
- Florianópolis 🇧🇷 BrasilienSea warm enough to swim · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)The water is comfortable without a wetsuit from December to about mid-April, and it stays that way for a few weeks after the crowds have gone home.66
- Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorWarm season and calm crossings · 15. Dez. – 31. MaiWarmer water, flatter seas and short heavy showers that green the islands.62
- Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 BrasilienWarmest sea of the year · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)The Atlantic off Ipanema and Copacabana holds its heat well past the summer crowds; the water is at its best in March, when the beaches have emptied.58
Meer warm genug im April
- Auckland 🇳🇿 NeuseelandSea warm enough to swim · 1. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)The gulf beaches and the harbour are properly swimmable from January into April, and the water is at its warmest well after the school holidays have emptied them.83
- Präfektur Okinawa 🇯🇵 JapanBeach season · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)The island beaches hold umi-biraki opening ceremonies at the start of April and pull the lifeguards and the jellyfish nets at the end of October.80
- Ilha Grande 🇧🇷 BrasilienSea warm enough to swim · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The water on the Angra side is comfortable without a wetsuit from December to April, which is also when the visibility is worst after a storm.78
- Florianópolis 🇧🇷 BrasilienSea warm enough to swim · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)The water is comfortable without a wetsuit from December to about mid-April, and it stays that way for a few weeks after the crowds have gone home.76
- Kenting-Nationalpark 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaCalm sea season · 1. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)The water here is warm all year; what changes is the wind.76
- Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JapanSea warm enough to swim · 1. Apr. – 15. Nov. (meist)The water off Yonaha Maehama is comfortable for most of the year.75
- Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSwimmable sea all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The Agulhas current runs warm down this coast, so this is the one big South African city where people swim in July without a wetsuit.74
- Rio de Janeiro 🇧🇷 BrasilienWarmest sea of the year · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)The Atlantic off Ipanema and Copacabana holds its heat well past the summer crowds; the water is at its best in March, when the beaches have emptied.69
- Ra’s al-Chaima 🇦🇪 Vereinigte Arabische EmirateSea warm enough to swim · 1. Apr. – 30. Nov. (meist)The Gulf is swimmable from spring and by August it is closer to a warm bath than a cool one.68
- Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorWarm season and calm crossings · 15. Dez. – 31. MaiWarmer water, flatter seas and short heavy showers that green the islands.66
Meer warm genug im Mai
- Paphos 🇨🇾 Republik ZypernSea warm enough to swim · 20. Mai – 15. Nov. (meist)Cyprus has the warmest water in the Mediterranean and holds it into November, which is the whole argument for coming in October rather than August.95
- Limassol 🇨🇾 Republik ZypernSea warm enough to swim · 20. Mai – 15. Nov. (meist)The city beaches are dark sand and shelve gently, and the water stays comfortable into November.91
- Antalya 🇹🇷 TürkeiSea warm enough to swim · 20. Mai – 10. Nov. (meist)The Gulf of Antalya holds its heat later than anywhere else in Turkey, which makes late October the quiet reward: the water is still swimmable and the coach tours have gone.90
- Alanya 🇹🇷 TürkeiSea warm enough to swim · 15. Mai – 20. Nov. (meist)This is the warmest stretch of the Turkish coast and the last to cool, which is why the season runs deep into November while the rest of the Mediterranean has given up.90
- Tel Aviv-Jaffa 🇮🇱 IsraelSwimming season · 15. Mai – 15. Nov.The sea is comfortable without a wetsuit from about mid-May to mid-November, and the lifeguard towers work to that calendar.88
- Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSwimmable sea all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The Agulhas current runs warm down this coast, so this is the one big South African city where people swim in July without a wetsuit.84
- Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichBeach season · 15. Mai – 15. Sep. (meist)Seven miles of sand with lifeguards on through the summer, and the reason a hot weekend puts a hundred thousand people on the trains and the A31.84
- Hamilton 🇧🇲 BermudaSea warm enough to swim · 20. Mai – 10. Nov. (meist)The Gulf Stream keeps the water in far later than the latitude suggests, and October is still comfortable without a wetsuit.83
- Den Haag 🇳🇱 NiederlandeScheveningen beach season · 15. Mai – 20. Sep. (meist)The pavilions along Scheveningen and Kijkduin run through the warm months.82
- Marsa Alam 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenSea warm enough to swim · 1. Mai – 30. Nov. (meist)Warm enough for a shorty or nothing from May into November, and the long shallow bays make it feel warmer still.76
- Hurghada 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenSea warm enough to swim · 1. Mai – 30. Nov. (meist)Warm enough for a shorty or nothing from May into November.75
- Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorWarm season and calm crossings · 15. Dez. – 31. MaiWarmer water, flatter seas and short heavy showers that green the islands.75
- Destin 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGulf warm enough to swim · 1. Mai – 31. Okt.The Gulf here is comfortable from May and genuinely warm from July to September.75
- El-Guna 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenSea warm enough to swim · 1. Mai – 30. Nov. (meist)The Red Sea holds its heat into November and the reef trips run without a wetsuit.74
- Dahab 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenSea warm enough to swim · 15. Mai – 30. Nov. (meist)Shorty-and-nothing water from late May into November.74
- Clearwater 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGulf warm enough to swim · 1. Mai – 15. Nov.The shallow Gulf shelf warms early and holds it late, so the water is comfortable from May into November and bathlike by August.72
- Scharm asch-Schaich 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenSea warm enough to swim · 1. Mai – 30. Nov. (meist)Warm enough for a shorty from May into November, at its best in September and October.71
- Sarasota 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGulf warm enough to swim · 1. Mai – 31. Okt.The Gulf here is shallow and calm and stays comfortable from May to the end of October, which is longer than the crowds who come in February would guess.71
- Präfektur Okinawa 🇯🇵 JapanBeach season · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)The island beaches hold umi-biraki opening ceremonies at the start of April and pull the lifeguards and the jellyfish nets at the end of October.64
- Akaba 🇯🇴 JordanienSea warm enough to swim · 1. Mai – 30. Nov. (meist)The gulf holds its warmth far longer than the Mediterranean does: from May a rash vest is enough, and the reef starts a five-minute walk off the shore hotels.60
- Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JapanSea warm enough to swim · 1. Apr. – 15. Nov. (meist)The water off Yonaha Maehama is comfortable for most of the year.60
- Kenting-Nationalpark 🇹🇼 Republik ChinaCalm sea season · 1. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)The water here is warm all year; what changes is the wind.59
- Ra’s al-Chaima 🇦🇪 Vereinigte Arabische EmirateSea warm enough to swim · 1. Apr. – 30. Nov. (meist)The Gulf is swimmable from spring and by August it is closer to a warm bath than a cool one.46
Meer warm genug im Juni
- Nazaré 🇵🇹 PortugalBeach season on the main praia · 15. Juni – 20. Sep. (meist)The sheltered town beach is a different ocean from the one round the headland: striped tents, sardines drying on racks, and water cold enough that most people go in twice.94
- Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSwimmable sea all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The Agulhas current runs warm down this coast, so this is the one big South African city where people swim in July without a wetsuit.93
- Kopenhagen 🇩🇰 DänemarkHarbour swimming season · 1. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)The harbour baths at Islands Brygge, Sluseholmen and Fisketorvet put lifeguards on for the summer, and on a warm evening half the city swims in the middle of the city.92
- Riga 🇱🇻 LettlandJurmala beach season · 20. Juni – 25. Aug. (meist)The Baltic is swimmable for about two months and Jurmala is half an hour by train, so the whole city goes on a hot weekend.92
- Marbella 🇪🇸 SpanienSea warm enough to swim · 20. Juni – 10. Okt. (meist)The Alboran side of the strait is slow to warm and slow to give it back, so late September and early October swim better than June does.92
- Jūrmala 🇱🇻 LettlandBaltic beach season · 15. Juni – 25. Aug. (meist)The Gulf of Riga only becomes swimmable for about ten weeks, and that is the whole of Jurmala's year: the beach cafes open, Riga moves out here at weekends, and rooms cost what they cost.92
- Genf 🇨🇭 SchweizLake swimming season · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The Bains des Paquis and the Geneve-Plage are how the city gets through July, and the lake holds its warmth into September after the crowds have gone back to work.91
- Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalSea warm enough to swim · 20. Juni – 20. Okt. (meist)The sheltered eastern Algarve warms earlier and holds longer than the west, and the island beaches across the lagoon are a boat ride rather than a drive.91
- Cádiz 🇪🇸 SpanienSea warm enough to swim · 25. Juni – 10. Okt. (meist)This is the Atlantic, not the Mediterranean, and it stays a few degrees behind the east coast all summer.91
- Cannes 🇫🇷 FrankreichSea warm enough to swim · 10. Juni – 5. Okt. (meist)The bay is swimmable from the middle of June to the start of October.91
- Portimão 🇵🇹 PortugalSea warm enough · 25. Juni – 5. Okt. (meist)This is the Atlantic rather than the Mediterranean and upwelling keeps it a couple of degrees cooler than the eastern Algarve.91
- Oslo 🇳🇴 NorwegenFjord swimming season · 15. Juni – 5. Sep. (meist)The harbour baths and the island ferries carry the summer here: Hovedoya and Langoyene fill on any warm day, and the water is at its least shocking in August.90
- Taormina 🇮🇹 ItalienSea warm enough to swim · 10. Juni – 20. Okt. (meist)The Ionian off Isola Bella and Mazzaro is warm from June to late October, and October days here still swim.90
- Kaliningrad 🇷🇺 RusslandBaltic swimming season · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The water is swimmable from mid-June to mid-September, and July-August are the two months the coast resorts at Zelenogradsk and Svetlogorsk are full of Russian holidaymakers.90
- Ajaccio 🇫🇷 FrankreichSea warm enough to swim · 15. Juni – 10. Okt. (meist)The gulf is comfortable from the middle of June and stays that way well past the September exodus, when the beaches south of town empty out but the water has not cooled.89
- Kelowna 🇨🇦 KanadaOkanagan Lake swimming season · 20. Juni – 10. Sep. (meist)The lake takes until late June to warm up and holds it into early September, which is exactly when the city fills with people from Vancouver and Calgary.89
- Milos 🇬🇷 GriechenlandSea warm enough to swim · 10. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)The Aegean here holds its heat into October, and the volcanic coves on the south coast are sheltered enough to swim on days the north side is unusable.89
- Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichBeach season · 15. Mai – 15. Sep. (meist)Seven miles of sand with lifeguards on through the summer, and the reason a hot weekend puts a hundred thousand people on the trains and the A31.89
- Algier 🇩🇿 AlgerienBeach season on the Algérois coast · 25. Juni – 5. Okt. (meist)The city moves west to Sidi Fredj and Zeralda and east to the Kabylie corniche, and the coast road is solid on Fridays.88
- Málaga 🇪🇸 SpanienSea warm and espetos lit · 1. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)The chiringuitos run their sardine boats aground on the sand and grill on them from early summer to autumn.88
- Marseille 🇫🇷 FrankreichSea warm enough to swim · 15. Juni – 10. Okt. (meist)The city swims from the Corniche and the Prado beaches from the middle of June into October.88
- Maui 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenCalmest water and warmest sea · 15. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)Summer flattens the north and west shores and warms the water into the high twenties, which is why the snorkelling boats to Molokini run best then.88
- Odessa 🇺🇦 UkraineSea warm enough to swim · 15. Juni – 20. Sep. (meist)The Black Sea here is shallow and warms quickly, so it is comfortable from the middle of June to about the equinox, and it cools just as fast once the autumn winds start.88
- Sotschi 🇷🇺 RusslandBlack Sea swimming season · 1. Juni – 5. Okt. (meist)The sea is comfortable from June and stays that way through September, when the beaches empty and the pebbles are finally yours.88
- Albufeira 🇵🇹 PortugalSea warm enough to swim · 25. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)This stretch of Algarve coast faces south and is sheltered from the Atlantic swell, so it holds its warmth weeks longer than the west-facing beaches around Sagres.88
… und 108 weitere im Juni.
Meer warm genug im Juli
- Oslo 🇳🇴 NorwegenFjord swimming season · 15. Juni – 5. Sep. (meist)The harbour baths and the island ferries carry the summer here: Hovedoya and Langoyene fill on any warm day, and the water is at its least shocking in August.94
- La Rochelle 🇫🇷 FrankreichAtlantic swimming season · 25. Juni – 20. Sep. (meist)The bay only really warms up from the end of June and cools quickly after the first September gales.94
- Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichBeach season · 15. Mai – 15. Sep. (meist)Seven miles of sand with lifeguards on through the summer, and the reason a hot weekend puts a hundred thousand people on the trains and the A31.94
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalSea at its warmest · 20. Juli – 5. Okt. (meist)Cold Atlantic upwelling means the water only comes round late, and even at its best most people here are in a wetsuit rather than out of one.93
- Nazaré 🇵🇹 PortugalBeach season on the main praia · 15. Juni – 20. Sep. (meist)The sheltered town beach is a different ocean from the one round the headland: striped tents, sardines drying on racks, and water cold enough that most people go in twice.93
- Brighton 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichBeach season · 1. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Day trippers from London fill the pebbles on any warm weekend and the trains down are rationed by capacity rather than timetable.92
- Saint Helier JerseyBeach season · 20. Juni – 20. Sep. (meist)The Channel only really warms up for three months, and the tide does the rest of the work: the sea goes out far enough at St Aubin's Bay to double the beach.92
- Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSwimmable sea all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The Agulhas current runs warm down this coast, so this is the one big South African city where people swim in July without a wetsuit.91
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalSea at its warmest · 20. Juli – 5. Okt. (meist)The Atlantic upwelling keeps this coast cold well into summer and it only comes round in August and September.91
- Mundaka 🇪🇸 SpanienSummer beach season · 1. Juli – 15. Sep. (meist)The wave almost never breaks in summer, and the estuary becomes a swimming and paddling spot instead.91
- Den Haag 🇳🇱 NiederlandeScheveningen beach season · 15. Mai – 20. Sep. (meist)The pavilions along Scheveningen and Kijkduin run through the warm months.90
- Kopenhagen 🇩🇰 DänemarkHarbour swimming season · 1. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)The harbour baths at Islands Brygge, Sluseholmen and Fisketorvet put lifeguards on for the summer, and on a warm evening half the city swims in the middle of the city.89
- Riga 🇱🇻 LettlandJurmala beach season · 20. Juni – 25. Aug. (meist)The Baltic is swimmable for about two months and Jurmala is half an hour by train, so the whole city goes on a hot weekend.89
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanienSea at its warmest · 15. Juli – 30. Nov. (meist)The Canary current keeps the water cooler than the latitude suggests and it peaks late, in September and October rather than August.89
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanienSea at its warmest · 15. Juli – 30. Nov. (meist)Las Canteras has a natural reef breaking the swell, so it is swimmable most of the year and genuinely warm from late summer into November, when nobody else in Europe can say that.89
- Santander 🇪🇸 SpanienBeach season on the Sardinero · 1. Juli – 20. Sep. (meist)The northern coast warms late and cools fast, so the swimming window is roughly July to mid-September.89
- Jūrmala 🇱🇻 LettlandBaltic beach season · 15. Juni – 25. Aug. (meist)The Gulf of Riga only becomes swimmable for about ten weeks, and that is the whole of Jurmala's year: the beach cafes open, Riga moves out here at weekends, and rooms cost what they cost.89
- Donostia / San Sebastián 🇪🇸 SpanienLa Concha swimming season · 1. Juli – 25. Sep. (meist)The Cantabrian sea is cold and slow to warm, so the bay only really swims from July to late September.88
- Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalSea warm enough to swim · 1. Juli – 5. Okt. (meist)The western Algarve sits closer to the Atlantic than the eastern half and runs a few degrees behind it all summer.88
- Kaliningrad 🇷🇺 RusslandBaltic swimming season · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The water is swimmable from mid-June to mid-September, and July-August are the two months the coast resorts at Zelenogradsk and Svetlogorsk are full of Russian holidaymakers.88
- Genf 🇨🇭 SchweizLake swimming season · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The Bains des Paquis and the Geneve-Plage are how the city gets through July, and the lake holds its warmth into September after the crowds have gone back to work.87
- Danzig 🇵🇱 PolenBaltic swimming season · 1. Juli – 31. Aug. (meist)The sea at Sopot and Brzezno is swimmable for about two months and no longer.87
- Portimão 🇵🇹 PortugalSea warm enough · 25. Juni – 5. Okt. (meist)This is the Atlantic rather than the Mediterranean and upwelling keeps it a couple of degrees cooler than the eastern Algarve.87
- Maui 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenCalmest water and warmest sea · 15. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)Summer flattens the north and west shores and warms the water into the high twenties, which is why the snorkelling boats to Molokini run best then.86
- Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalSea warm enough to swim · 20. Juni – 20. Okt. (meist)The sheltered eastern Algarve warms earlier and holds longer than the west, and the island beaches across the lagoon are a boat ride rather than a drive.86
… und 127 weitere im Juli.
Meer warm genug im August
- Danzig 🇵🇱 PolenBaltic swimming season · 1. Juli – 31. Aug. (meist)The sea at Sopot and Brzezno is swimmable for about two months and no longer.93
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalSea at its warmest · 20. Juli – 5. Okt. (meist)Cold Atlantic upwelling means the water only comes round late, and even at its best most people here are in a wetsuit rather than out of one.93
- Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSwimmable sea all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The Agulhas current runs warm down this coast, so this is the one big South African city where people swim in July without a wetsuit.92
- La Rochelle 🇫🇷 FrankreichAtlantic swimming season · 25. Juni – 20. Sep. (meist)The bay only really warms up from the end of June and cools quickly after the first September gales.92
- Kaliningrad 🇷🇺 RusslandBaltic swimming season · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The water is swimmable from mid-June to mid-September, and July-August are the two months the coast resorts at Zelenogradsk and Svetlogorsk are full of Russian holidaymakers.92
- Nazaré 🇵🇹 PortugalBeach season on the main praia · 15. Juni – 20. Sep. (meist)The sheltered town beach is a different ocean from the one round the headland: striped tents, sardines drying on racks, and water cold enough that most people go in twice.91
- Bournemouth 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichBeach season · 15. Mai – 15. Sep. (meist)Seven miles of sand with lifeguards on through the summer, and the reason a hot weekend puts a hundred thousand people on the trains and the A31.91
- Genf 🇨🇭 SchweizLake swimming season · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The Bains des Paquis and the Geneve-Plage are how the city gets through July, and the lake holds its warmth into September after the crowds have gone back to work.90
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalSea at its warmest · 20. Juli – 5. Okt. (meist)The Atlantic upwelling keeps this coast cold well into summer and it only comes round in August and September.90
- Brighton 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichBeach season · 1. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Day trippers from London fill the pebbles on any warm weekend and the trains down are rationed by capacity rather than timetable.90
- San Diego 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSea at its warmest · 1. Aug. – 30. Sep. (meist)The Pacific here takes all summer to warm up and only gets comfortable without a wetsuit in August and September, which is also when the marine layer has finally gone.89
- Den Haag 🇳🇱 NiederlandeScheveningen beach season · 15. Mai – 20. Sep. (meist)The pavilions along Scheveningen and Kijkduin run through the warm months.89
- Saint Helier JerseyBeach season · 20. Juni – 20. Sep. (meist)The Channel only really warms up for three months, and the tide does the rest of the work: the sea goes out far enough at St Aubin's Bay to double the beach.89
- Kopenhagen 🇩🇰 DänemarkHarbour swimming season · 1. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)The harbour baths at Islands Brygge, Sluseholmen and Fisketorvet put lifeguards on for the summer, and on a warm evening half the city swims in the middle of the city.88
- Santander 🇪🇸 SpanienBeach season on the Sardinero · 1. Juli – 20. Sep. (meist)The northern coast warms late and cools fast, so the swimming window is roughly July to mid-September.88
- Sylt 🇩🇪 DeutschlandNorth Sea swimming season · 1. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist)The water reaches the high teens in late summer and no higher.88
- Newquay 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichSea at its warmest · 1. Aug. – 30. Sep. (meist)The water lags the air by about two months, so late August into September is the best of it.88
- Riga 🇱🇻 LettlandJurmala beach season · 20. Juni – 25. Aug. (meist)The Baltic is swimmable for about two months and Jurmala is half an hour by train, so the whole city goes on a hot weekend.87
- South Lake Tahoe 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenLake warm enough to swim · 10. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist)The lake is 500 metres deep and never really warms, but the shallow bays at Baldwin and Zephyr Cove get tolerable for about eight weeks from mid-July.87
- Maui 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenCalmest water and warmest sea · 15. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)Summer flattens the north and west shores and warms the water into the high twenties, which is why the snorkelling boats to Molokini run best then.87
- Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalSea warm enough to swim · 1. Juli – 5. Okt. (meist)The western Algarve sits closer to the Atlantic than the eastern half and runs a few degrees behind it all summer.87
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanienSea at its warmest · 15. Juli – 30. Nov. (meist)Las Canteras has a natural reef breaking the swell, so it is swimmable most of the year and genuinely warm from late summer into November, when nobody else in Europe can say that.87
- Annecy 🇫🇷 FrankreichLake warm enough to swim · 25. Juni – 10. Sep. (meist)The lake comes up to swimming temperature in the last week of June and holds it into September.87
- Montreux 🇨🇭 SchweizLake swimming season · 20. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The Vaud shore swims from late June, and the water holds into September after the festival crowd has gone.87
- Jūrmala 🇱🇻 LettlandBaltic beach season · 15. Juni – 25. Aug. (meist)The Gulf of Riga only becomes swimmable for about ten weeks, and that is the whole of Jurmala's year: the beach cafes open, Riga moves out here at weekends, and rooms cost what they cost.87
… und 133 weitere im August.
Meer warm genug im September
- Odessa 🇺🇦 UkraineSea warm enough to swim · 15. Juni – 20. Sep. (meist)The Black Sea here is shallow and warms quickly, so it is comfortable from the middle of June to about the equinox, and it cools just as fast once the autumn winds start.95
- Kelowna 🇨🇦 KanadaOkanagan Lake swimming season · 20. Juni – 10. Sep. (meist)The lake takes until late June to warm up and holds it into early September, which is exactly when the city fills with people from Vancouver and Calgary.94
- Mamaia 🇷🇴 RumänienSea warm enough to swim · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The Black Sea here is shallow and slow to warm: June still catches people out, and a northerly blowing for a day or two can turn the water over and drop it again in August.93
- Ohrid 🇲🇰 NordmazedonienLake warm enough to swim · 1. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist)Three million years old and nearly three hundred metres deep, so it takes all summer to warm and only the top few metres do.92
- Nazaré 🇵🇹 PortugalBeach season on the main praia · 15. Juni – 20. Sep. (meist)The sheltered town beach is a different ocean from the one round the headland: striped tents, sardines drying on racks, and water cold enough that most people go in twice.92
- Sonnenstrand 🇧🇬 BulgarienBlack Sea swimming season · 15. Juni – 25. Sep. (meist)The water is comfortable from the second half of June to late September, and the beach is shallow a long way out, which is why the package families come.92
- Chalkidiki 🇬🇷 GriechenlandSea warm enough to swim · 1. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)Three sheltered peninsulas mean the water warms early and there is always a lee shore.91
- Cascais 🇵🇹 PortugalSea at its warmest · 20. Juli – 5. Okt. (meist)The Atlantic upwelling keeps this coast cold well into summer and it only comes round in August and September.91
- San Diego 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenSea at its warmest · 1. Aug. – 30. Sep. (meist)The Pacific here takes all summer to warm up and only gets comfortable without a wetsuit in August and September, which is also when the marine layer has finally gone.90
- Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalSea warm enough to swim · 1. Juli – 5. Okt. (meist)The western Algarve sits closer to the Atlantic than the eastern half and runs a few degrees behind it all summer.90
- Faro 🇵🇹 PortugalSea warm enough to swim · 20. Juni – 20. Okt. (meist)The sheltered eastern Algarve warms earlier and holds longer than the west, and the island beaches across the lagoon are a boat ride rather than a drive.90
- Cannes 🇫🇷 FrankreichSea warm enough to swim · 10. Juni – 5. Okt. (meist)The bay is swimmable from the middle of June to the start of October.90
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 PortugalSea at its warmest · 20. Juli – 5. Okt. (meist)Cold Atlantic upwelling means the water only comes round late, and even at its best most people here are in a wetsuit rather than out of one.90
- La Rochelle 🇫🇷 FrankreichAtlantic swimming season · 25. Juni – 20. Sep. (meist)The bay only really warms up from the end of June and cools quickly after the first September gales.90
- Lissabon 🇵🇹 PortugalSea at its warmest · 15. Aug. – 10. Okt. (meist)The Atlantic here is never warm, but it holds what heat it has into early autumn, and the Costa da Caparica beaches empty out after the first week of September.89
- Nizza 🇫🇷 FrankreichSea warm enough to swim · 25. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)The Mediterranean here holds its heat into October, well after the crowds have gone.89
- Monaco 🇲🇨 MonacoSea warm enough to swim · 25. Juni – 10. Okt. (meist)Larvotto is the only public beach and it is small, so it fills by mid-morning through the summer.89
- Marseille 🇫🇷 FrankreichSea warm enough to swim · 15. Juni – 10. Okt. (meist)The city swims from the Corniche and the Prado beaches from the middle of June into October.89
- Portimão 🇵🇹 PortugalSea warm enough · 25. Juni – 5. Okt. (meist)This is the Atlantic rather than the Mediterranean and upwelling keeps it a couple of degrees cooler than the eastern Algarve.89
- Genf 🇨🇭 SchweizLake swimming season · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)The Bains des Paquis and the Geneve-Plage are how the city gets through July, and the lake holds its warmth into September after the crowds have gone back to work.88
- Cádiz 🇪🇸 SpanienSea warm enough to swim · 25. Juni – 10. Okt. (meist)This is the Atlantic, not the Mediterranean, and it stays a few degrees behind the east coast all summer.88
- Marbella 🇪🇸 SpanienSea warm enough to swim · 20. Juni – 10. Okt. (meist)The Alboran side of the strait is slow to warm and slow to give it back, so late September and early October swim better than June does.88
- Ajaccio 🇫🇷 FrankreichSea warm enough to swim · 15. Juni – 10. Okt. (meist)The gulf is comfortable from the middle of June and stays that way well past the September exodus, when the beaches south of town empty out but the water has not cooled.88
- Rimini 🇮🇹 ItalienSea warm enough · 20. Juni – 20. Sep. (meist)Shallow enough that the water warms quickly and you can wade a long way out, which is why this coast is where Italian families bring small children.88
- Saint-Tropez 🇫🇷 FrankreichSea warm enough to swim · 10. Juni – 5. Okt. (meist)The gulf is swimmable from June into early October.88
… und 129 weitere im September.
Meer warm genug im Oktober
- Athen 🇬🇷 GriechenlandSea warm enough to swim · 1. Juni – 31. Okt. (meist)The coastal suburbs down the tram line from the centre are swimmable from June, and the water is at its warmest in September, well after the air has stopped being punishing.94
- Nafplio 🇬🇷 GriechenlandSea warm enough · 15. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)The town beach at Arvanitia is a slab of rock rather than sand; the swimming is at Karathona round the headland or at Tolo.93
- Izmir 🇹🇷 TürkeiSea warm enough to swim · 10. Juni – 20. Okt. (meist)Nobody swims in the gulf itself; the season is measured by the peninsula, Cesme and Urla, forty minutes west.93
- Ölüdeniz 🇹🇷 TürkeiSwimming season · 1. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)The lagoon is a paid nature reserve and it is at its worst for space in July and August, when the package flights land and Belcekiz beach is full end to end.93
- Iraklio 🇬🇷 GriechenlandSea warm enough to swim · 1. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist)Crete's water runs a month ahead of the mainland at both ends of the season.92
- Cagliari 🇮🇹 ItalienPoetto swimming season · 10. Juni – 10. Okt. (meist)The city beach runs eight kilometres and the kiosks work from June until the water goes off in October.92
- Çeşme 🇹🇷 TürkeiSea warm enough to swim · 5. Juni – 20. Okt. (meist)Ilica and the shallow bays warm up fast and stay swimmable into October, once the beach clubs have stopped charging for a sunbed.92
- Bonifacio 🇫🇷 FrankreichSea warm enough to swim · 10. Juni – 10. Okt. (meist)The water off the Lavezzi and the beaches east of town is swimmable from June into early October.92
- Santorin 🇬🇷 GriechenlandSea still warm · 15. Aug. – 25. Okt. (meist)The Aegean holds August heat into late October, which is why the shoulder is the better swim: warm water, thinning crowds, and the caldera path walkable again.91
- Algier 🇩🇿 AlgerienBeach season on the Algérois coast · 25. Juni – 5. Okt. (meist)The city moves west to Sidi Fredj and Zeralda and east to the Kabylie corniche, and the coast road is solid on Fridays.91
- Olbia 🇮🇹 ItalienSea warm enough · 20. Juni – 5. Okt. (meist)The gulf and the Maddalena beaches are comfortable from late June and best in September, when the water is at its warmest and the yacht traffic has gone.91
- Paros 🇬🇷 GriechenlandSea warm enough to swim · 10. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)Warm from mid-June to mid-October.91
- Side 🇹🇷 TürkeiSwimming season · 1. Juni – 31. Okt. (meist)The bay warms early and holds it deep into October, well past the point the package flights taper off.91
- Mykonos 🇬🇷 GriechenlandSea warm enough to swim · 10. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)Warm through to mid-October, though which beach is swimmable on a given day is decided by the wind rather than the temperature.90
- Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalSea warm enough to swim · 1. Juli – 5. Okt. (meist)The western Algarve sits closer to the Atlantic than the eastern half and runs a few degrees behind it all summer.90
- Ajaccio 🇫🇷 FrankreichSea warm enough to swim · 15. Juni – 10. Okt. (meist)The gulf is comfortable from the middle of June and stays that way well past the September exodus, when the beaches south of town empty out but the water has not cooled.90
- Bari 🇮🇹 ItalienSea warm enough · 20. Juni – 10. Okt. (meist)The Adriatic here holds its warmth into October, which is why the lidi along the Bari coast keep running past the end of the school holidays.90
- Portimão 🇵🇹 PortugalSea warm enough · 25. Juni – 5. Okt. (meist)This is the Atlantic rather than the Mediterranean and upwelling keeps it a couple of degrees cooler than the eastern Algarve.90
- Alghero 🇮🇹 ItalienSea warm enough to swim · 20. Juni – 5. Okt. (meist)The bay holds its heat into early October, and the beaches north towards Fertilia are usable a fortnight after the Italian season has officially ended.90
- Nerja 🇪🇸 SpanienSwimming season · 15. Juni – 20. Okt. (meist)The Alboran sea is warm enough for a comfortable swim from about mid-June into late October, which is longer than the beach cafes stay busy.90
- Naxos 🇬🇷 GriechenlandSea warm enough to swim · 10. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)The long west-coast sand at Plaka and Agios Prokopios shelves shallowly, so it warms early and stays comfortable well into October.90
- Rhodos 🇬🇷 GriechenlandSea warm enough to swim · 10. Juni – 31. Okt. (meist)The east coast is the swimmable side and stays comfortable to the end of October.89
- Paphos 🇨🇾 Republik ZypernSea warm enough to swim · 20. Mai – 15. Nov. (meist)Cyprus has the warmest water in the Mediterranean and holds it into November, which is the whole argument for coming in October rather than August.89
- Málaga 🇪🇸 SpanienSea warm and espetos lit · 1. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)The chiringuitos run their sardine boats aground on the sand and grill on them from early summer to autumn.89
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanienSea at its warmest · 15. Juli – 30. Nov. (meist)The Canary current keeps the water cooler than the latitude suggests and it peaks late, in September and October rather than August.89
… und 89 weitere im Oktober.
Meer warm genug im November
- Limassol 🇨🇾 Republik ZypernSea warm enough to swim · 20. Mai – 15. Nov. (meist)The city beaches are dark sand and shelve gently, and the water stays comfortable into November.93
- Larnaka 🇨🇾 Republik ZypernSea warm enough · 1. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)The eastern Mediterranean is the warmest water in Europe by late summer and it stays swimmable here into November.92
- Paphos 🇨🇾 Republik ZypernSea warm enough to swim · 20. Mai – 15. Nov. (meist)Cyprus has the warmest water in the Mediterranean and holds it into November, which is the whole argument for coming in October rather than August.92
- Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 🇪🇸 SpanienSea at its warmest · 15. Juli – 30. Nov. (meist)Las Canteras has a natural reef breaking the swell, so it is swimmable most of the year and genuinely warm from late summer into November, when nobody else in Europe can say that.92
- Lanzarote 🇪🇸 SpanienSea at its warmest · 15. Juli – 30. Nov. (meist)The Canary current keeps the water cool for the latitude and it stays flat and warm from July through October rather than peaking in August alone.90
- Teneriffa 🇪🇸 SpanienWarmest sea of the year · 1. Sep. – 5. Nov. (meist)The Atlantic here is at its best in early autumn rather than midsummer, which is the argument for September and October over August.90
- Iraklio 🇬🇷 GriechenlandSea warm enough to swim · 1. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist)Crete's water runs a month ahead of the mainland at both ends of the season.89
- Tel Aviv-Jaffa 🇮🇱 IsraelSwimming season · 15. Mai – 15. Nov.The sea is comfortable without a wetsuit from about mid-May to mid-November, and the lifeguard towers work to that calendar.89
- Fuerteventura 🇪🇸 SpanienSea at its warmest · 15. Juli – 30. Nov. (meist)The Canary current keeps the water cooler than the latitude suggests and it peaks late, in September and October rather than August.89
- Dahab 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenSea warm enough to swim · 15. Mai – 30. Nov. (meist)Shorty-and-nothing water from late May into November.86
- Alanya 🇹🇷 TürkeiSea warm enough to swim · 15. Mai – 20. Nov. (meist)This is the warmest stretch of the Turkish coast and the last to cool, which is why the season runs deep into November while the rest of the Mediterranean has given up.86
- Hurghada 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenSea warm enough to swim · 1. Mai – 30. Nov. (meist)Warm enough for a shorty or nothing from May into November.85
- El-Guna 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenSea warm enough to swim · 1. Mai – 30. Nov. (meist)The Red Sea holds its heat into November and the reef trips run without a wetsuit.85
- Clearwater 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGulf warm enough to swim · 1. Mai – 15. Nov.The shallow Gulf shelf warms early and holds it late, so the water is comfortable from May into November and bathlike by August.85
- Scharm asch-Schaich 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenSea warm enough to swim · 1. Mai – 30. Nov. (meist)Warm enough for a shorty from May into November, at its best in September and October.84
- Marsa Alam 🇪🇬 ÄgyptenSea warm enough to swim · 1. Mai – 30. Nov. (meist)Warm enough for a shorty or nothing from May into November, and the long shallow bays make it feel warmer still.84
- Akaba 🇯🇴 JordanienSea warm enough to swim · 1. Mai – 30. Nov. (meist)The gulf holds its warmth far longer than the Mediterranean does: from May a rash vest is enough, and the reef starts a five-minute walk off the shore hotels.83
- Valletta 🇲🇹 MaltaSea warm enough to swim · 1. Juni – 10. Nov. (meist)Valletta itself has no beach; swimming means the rocks at Sliema across the harbour or a bus to the north.82
- Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSwimmable sea all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The Agulhas current runs warm down this coast, so this is the one big South African city where people swim in July without a wetsuit.81
- Antalya 🇹🇷 TürkeiSea warm enough to swim · 20. Mai – 10. Nov. (meist)The Gulf of Antalya holds its heat later than anywhere else in Turkey, which makes late October the quiet reward: the water is still swimmable and the coach tours have gone.80
- Chania 🇬🇷 GriechenlandSea warm enough to swim · 1. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist)Crete's water is usable a month either side of the Greek mainland's season, and the shallow lagoons at Balos and Elafonissi are warm well before the open coast.80
- Ra’s al-Chaima 🇦🇪 Vereinigte Arabische EmirateSea warm enough to swim · 1. Apr. – 30. Nov. (meist)The Gulf is swimmable from spring and by August it is closer to a warm bath than a cool one.76
- Hamilton 🇧🇲 BermudaSea warm enough to swim · 20. Mai – 10. Nov. (meist)The Gulf Stream keeps the water in far later than the latitude suggests, and October is still comfortable without a wetsuit.75
- Armação dos Búzios 🇧🇷 BrasilienCold-water upwelling · 1. Nov. – 31. März (meist)A hard north-easterly pushes the surface water offshore and cold water comes up behind it, so an ocean-facing beach can be far colder than a bay beach one headland away.71
- Miyako-jima 🇯🇵 JapanSea warm enough to swim · 1. Apr. – 15. Nov. (meist)The water off Yonaha Maehama is comfortable for most of the year.70
Meer warm genug im Dezember
- Montevideo 🇺🇾 UruguayRambla and beach season · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)Pocitos and Malvin fill up once the water warms, and the rambla is the city's living room from late afternoon until dark.88
- Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 EcuadorWarm season and calm crossings · 15. Dez. – 31. MaiWarmer water, flatter seas and short heavy showers that green the islands.81
- Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSwimmable sea all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The Agulhas current runs warm down this coast, so this is the one big South African city where people swim in July without a wetsuit.73
- Ilha Grande 🇧🇷 BrasilienSea warm enough to swim · 1. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The water on the Angra side is comfortable without a wetsuit from December to April, which is also when the visibility is worst after a storm.73
- Armação dos Búzios 🇧🇷 BrasilienCold-water upwelling · 1. Nov. – 31. März (meist)A hard north-easterly pushes the surface water offshore and cold water comes up behind it, so an ocean-facing beach can be far colder than a bay beach one headland away.69
- Florianópolis 🇧🇷 BrasilienSea warm enough to swim · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)The water is comfortable without a wetsuit from December to about mid-April, and it stays that way for a few weeks after the crowds have gone home.68