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Ellis Island

0.11 km² of land in the Atlantic Ocean.

N 0.1 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

0.11km²

Area

2km

Coastline

Highest point

23°C

Warmest sea

August

When to go to Ellis Island

Best for the beach from July to September.

The sea is warmest in August (23 °C) and coolest in February (4 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from July to September.

6°4°-2°

Jan10

4°4°-1°

Feb9

5°7°1°

Mar11

8°12°6°

Apr11

13°17°12°

May12

18°22°17°

Jun13

22°26°21°

Jul13

23°26°21°

Aug13

21°23°18°

Sep10

17°18°12°

Oct9

13°12°7°

Nov8

9°7°2°

Dec11

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in New York Harbor in the United States of America

Ellis Island is an island in United States. It covers 0.11 km², with 2 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 2 m.

Getting there

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From July to Septemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 6 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

100 %0–50 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Ellis Island0 km²

Alcatraz Island0 km²

0.2 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	4	4	7	12	17	22	26	26	23	18	12	7
Night low (°C)	-2	-1	1	6	12	17	21	21	18	12	7	2
Sea (°C)	6	4	5	8	13	18	22	23	21	17	13	9
Rain (mm)	99	95	114	107	101	115	114	114	97	124	101	133
Wet days	10	9	11	11	12	13	13	13	10	9	8	11
Sun h/day	3.7	4.9	5.8	7.1	7.4	8.3	8.8	8.0	7.0	5.1	4.4	3.2
Wind (km/h)	23	23	22	19	17	15	15	15	17	21	21	23

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.9	+1.7	+2.2	+0.9	−0.7	+0.4	+2.3	+0.4	+0.8	+0.5	+1.2	+0.8
2021	+0.1	−1.2	+0.9	+1.2	+1.2	+0.6	+0.4	+1.3	+1.1	+2.8	+1.5	+1.0
2022	+0.8	−0.2	+1.2	+0.6	+0.1	+1.1	+0.8	+0.7	+0.9	−0.7	+1.7	−0.6
2023	+0.2	+1.9	+1.4	+2.2	+1.7	+0.5	+1.6	−0.5	+0.5	+0.3	+0.4	+0.3
2024	+0.4	+0.8	+2.6	+1.4	+2.0	+1.9	−0.2	−0.1	+0.2	+0.5	+1.3	−0.2
2025	−0.1	−0.4	+1.0	+0.7	+0.8	+1.0	+1.8	+0.4	+0.4	+1.5	−0.3	−1.3

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Ellis Island hospital (01849) — Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0

Ellis Island with Jersey City in the background, 20231003 1610 2006 — Jakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0

Ellis Island with Jersey City in the background, 20231003 1611 2008 — Jakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0

Ellis Island hospital window mural (01897) — Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

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United States54 km²172 m12 km away

Staten Island

United States150 km²49 m16 km away

Liberty Island

United States0.06 km²2 m1 km away

Long Island

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Fire Island

United States22 km²7 m76 km away

Aquidneck Island

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Martha's Vineyard

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Nantucket

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q202175) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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