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Folkestone (Beach) (Kent) weather

Here are our top tips to keep you, your friends and family safe at the beach with links to Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Met Office advice.



Forecast days

Heavy rain changing to sunny by lunchtime.
Beach safety today
Use caution in the sea. Waves can be bigger or stronger than you expect, strong rips likely, strong wind may blow you off course
  • • unsafe for novice surfers
  • • paddle boarding/kayaking not recommended at any level

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    6 day forecast for Folkestone (Beach)

    Tomorrow (2 November 2025)
    Time
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    14:00
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    16:00
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    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Light shower night Light shower night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Light shower night Light shower night Heavy shower night Heavy rain Heavy rain Heavy rain Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny day Sunny day Sunny day Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Clear night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    60%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    70%
    70%
    80%
    ≥95%
    ≥95%
    90%
    40%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    Temperature
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    10°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    Wind direction and speed
    WSW
    8
    WSW
    6
    WSW
    6
    WSW
    5
    WSW
    6
    SW
    7
    SSW
    10
    SW
    12
    SW
    14
    WSW
    12
    WSW
    10
    W
    10
    W
    11
    W
    12
    W
    12
    W
    11
    W
    9
    W
    8
    W
    7
    W
    7
    W
    7
    W
    6
    W
    6
    W
    6
    Wind gust (mph)
    21
    17
    13
    12
    15
    21
    29
    33
    33
    29
    25
    25
    28
    28
    27
    23
    22
    21
    21
    20
    20
    17
    15
    14
    Visibility
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    M
    G
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    88%
    87%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    80%
    84%
    91%
    90%
    87%
    80%
    72%
    67%
    67%
    74%
    78%
    82%
    83%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    85%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed
    8
    6
    6
    5
    6
    7
    10
    12
    14
    12
    10
    10
    11
    12
    12
    11
    9
    8
    7
    7
    7
    6
    6
    6
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.8
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.8
    0.9
    1.0
    1.1
    1.2
    1.2
    1.1
    1.0
    0.9
    0.8
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.7
    0.6
    0.6
    0.6
    0.5
    0.5
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    7
    7
    7
    7
    7
    8
    8
    8
    8
    8
    10
    10
    Direction of waves offshore
    Monday (3 November 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Light rain Light rain Light shower night Light shower night Cloudy Overcast Light shower day Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    50%
    60%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    50%
    40%
    40%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    10%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    W
    6
    W
    6
    WSW
    6
    WSW
    7
    WSW
    9
    SW
    11
    SW
    13
    SW
    14
    SW
    15
    SW
    16
    SW
    17
    SW
    18
    SW
    18
    SW
    18
    SW
    17
    SW
    17
    SW
    16
    SW
    16
    SW
    16
    SW
    15
    SW
    15
    SW
    16
    SW
    16
    SW
    16
    Wind gust (mph)
    14
    14
    18
    23
    27
    30
    32
    33
    36
    38
    39
    39
    38
    38
    37
    35
    34
    34
    33
    32
    34
    34
    33
    32
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    E
    E
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    E
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    84%
    84%
    85%
    86%
    90%
    91%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    92%
    90%
    89%
    89%
    88%
    86%
    87%
    87%
    87%
    87%
    86%
    87%
    89%
    90%
    91%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    6
    6
    6
    7
    9
    11
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    18
    18
    17
    17
    16
    16
    16
    15
    15
    16
    16
    16
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.5
    0.5
    0.5
    0.6
    0.8
    1.0
    1.2
    1.3
    1.4
    1.4
    1.5
    1.5
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.3
    1.3
    1.3
    1.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    10
    5
    4
    4
    5
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    Direction of waves offshore
    Tuesday (4 November 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    16
    SW
    16
    SW
    16
    SW
    16
    SSW
    16
    SSW
    15
    SSW
    15
    SSW
    15
    SSW
    15
    SSW
    15
    SSW
    16
    SSW
    16
    SSW
    15
    S
    14
    S
    14
    S
    14
    S
    13
    S
    13
    S
    13
    S
    12
    S
    11
    S
    11
    S
    11
    S
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    32
    33
    32
    33
    34
    33
    33
    32
    33
    35
    34
    34
    33
    31
    29
    28
    28
    28
    29
    28
    27
    25
    25
    25
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    91%
    91%
    91%
    91%
    90%
    89%
    88%
    87%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    84%
    82%
    82%
    82%
    82%
    83%
    84%
    86%
    86%
    86%
    86%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    16
    16
    16
    16
    16
    15
    15
    15
    15
    15
    16
    16
    15
    14
    14
    14
    13
    13
    13
    12
    11
    11
    11
    11
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.2
    1.3
    1.3
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.8
    1.8
    1.8
    1.7
    1.6
    1.5
    1.5
    1.4
    1.2
    1.2
    1.1
    1.1
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    6
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    Direction of waves offshore
    Wednesday (5 November 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    01:00
    02:00
    03:00
    04:00
    05:00
    06:00
    07:00
    08:00
    09:00
    10:00
    11:00
    12:00
    13:00
    14:00
    15:00
    16:00
    17:00
    18:00
    19:00
    20:00
    21:00
    22:00
    23:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    <5%
    <5%
    <5%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    20%
    30%
    30%
    Temperature (°C)
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    15°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    12°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    13°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    10
    S
    11
    S
    11
    S
    11
    SSE
    10
    SSE
    10
    SSE
    10
    SSE
    10
    SSE
    10
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    11
    SSE
    11
    S
    10
    S
    10
    Wind gust (mph)
    24
    24
    23
    23
    22
    23
    23
    24
    26
    26
    27
    27
    26
    25
    24
    24
    25
    25
    26
    27
    26
    25
    25
    24
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    Humidity
    86%
    86%
    87%
    87%
    88%
    88%
    88%
    89%
    86%
    85%
    85%
    84%
    81%
    79%
    78%
    80%
    83%
    83%
    83%
    84%
    84%
    85%
    85%
    87%
    UV - - - - - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - - - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    11
    11
    11
    10
    10
    10
    10
    10
    11
    11
    11
    11
    10
    10
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.1
    1.1
    1.1
    1.2
    1.2
    1.2
    1.3
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.4
    1.5
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.0
    1.1
    1.1
    1.1
    1.1
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    6
    6
    6
    6
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    5
    Direction of waves offshore
    Thursday (6 November 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Sunny intervals Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night
    Chance of precipitation
    30%
    20%
    20%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    10%
    Temperature (°C)
    15°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    12°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    13°
    13°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    12°
    11°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    S
    10
    SSW
    10
    SSW
    10
    SW
    10
    SW
    11
    SW
    10
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    Wind gust (mph)
    24
    21
    21
    22
    20
    16
    15
    15
    Visibility (description)
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    VG
    G
    Humidity
    88%
    90%
    90%
    87%
    81%
    82%
    88%
    89%
    UV - - 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    10
    10
    10
    10
    11
    10
    9
    9
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    1.0
    1.0
    1.1
    1.0
    0.8
    0.5
    0.4
    0.4
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    5
    5
    5
    5
    4
    4
    4
    3
    Direction of waves offshore
    Friday (7 November 2025)
    Time
    00:00
    03:00
    06:00
    09:00
    12:00
    15:00
    18:00
    21:00
    Weather symbols Partly cloudy night Partly cloudy night Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Cloudy Partly cloudy night Cloudy
    Chance of precipitation
    10%
    10%
    20%
    20%
    20%
    30%
    20%
    20%
    Temperature (°C)
    12°
    12°
    12°
    13°
    14°
    14°
    13°
    13°
    Feels like temperature (°C)
    10°
    10°
    10°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    11°
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    SW
    9
    SW
    9
    SSW
    9
    SSW
    11
    SSW
    14
    SSW
    13
    SSW
    12
    SW
    11
    Wind gust (mph)
    14
    14
    16
    21
    22
    19
    20
    20
    Visibility (description)
    G
    G
    G
    VG
    VG
    G
    G
    G
    Humidity
    91%
    91%
    92%
    88%
    81%
    85%
    91%
    92%
    UV - - 1 1 1 1 - -
    Wind direction and speed (mph)
    9
    Height of waves offshore (m)
    0.8
    Period of waves offshore (s)
    4
    Direction of waves offshore

    Tide times

    Sunday 2 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 2 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 2 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Sunday 2 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 3 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 3 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 3 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Monday 3 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 4 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 4 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 4 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Tuesday 4 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 5 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 5 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 5 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Wednesday 5 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 6 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 6 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 6 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Thursday 6 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 7 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 7 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 7 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

    Tide times

    Friday 7 November

    Tide times and heights are from Folkestone tidal station which is 0.4 miles away. So times may be different at this beach. What does this mean?

    Contains ADMIRALTY® tidal data: © Crown Copyright and database right.

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    London & South East England weather forecast

    Headline:

    Showers becoming confined to southern coasts

    This Evening and Tonight:

    This evening showers, occasionally heavy and perhaps thundery, become confined to southern coasts. Inland areas become dry and largely clear until a band of showery rain, heavy at times, arrives from the west towards dawn Minimum temperature 5 °C.

    Sunday:

    Showers or spells of rain clear soon east, allowing for isolated light showers and sunny spells to develop. Rain arriving overnight. Breezy with temperatures close to or slightly below average. Maximum temperature 13 °C.

    Outlook for Monday to Wednesday:

    Generally cloudy, mild and often windy. Monday and Tuesday some outbreaks of rain arrive but with drier and brighter spells in-between. Wednesday patchy rain is likely, probably becoming widespread later.

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