United StatesLine IslandsCoral island

Kingman Reef

0.012 km² of land in the Pacific Ocean.

When to go

USFWS - Pacific Region , Susan White/USFWS · Public domain

In numbers

0.012km²

Area

Highest point

People

29°C

Warmest sea

September

5,356km

To the mainland

When to go to Kingman Reef

Best for the beach from January to May.

The sea is warmest in September (29 °C) and coolest in February (28 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

28°28°27°

Jan22

28°28°27°

Feb20

28°28°27°

Mar23

28°28°27°

Apr23

28°28°27°

May26

28°28°27°

Jun27

28°28°27°

Jul28

29°28°27°

Aug27

29°28°27°

Sep24

29°28°27°

Oct26

29°28°27°

Nov26

28°28°27°

Dec25

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.

Reef and unincorporated U.S. territory in the Pacific Ocean

Kingman Reef is an coral island in United States. It belongs to Line Islands. It covers 0.012 km². Its highest point rises to 1 m. Nobody lives on it. The nearest mainland is 5,356 km away.

Getting there

5,356 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From January to Maybest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Night low (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Sea (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	28
Rain (mm)	154	123	171	198	233	270	280	258	219	251	291	271
Wet days	22	20	23	23	26	27	28	27	24	26	26	25
Sun h/day	6.2	6.6	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.5	6.4	6.5	6.3	6.1	5.3	5.3
Wind (km/h)	28	28	30	30	26	23	20	17	16	16	20	26

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	+0.8	+0.9	+0.7	+0.5	+0.2	+0.5	+0.5	+0.1	+0.1	−0.3	−0.5	−0.4
2021	−0.6	−0.2	−0.2	−0.3	−0.2	±0.0	±0.0	±0.0	−0.1	−0.4	−0.2	−0.2
2022	±0.0	−0.1	−0.2	−0.2	−0.2	±0.0	−0.2	−0.6	−0.7	−0.5	−0.5	−0.4
2023	−0.2	−0.3	±0.0	+0.2	+0.2	+0.3	+0.2	+0.5	+0.7	+0.9	+1.4	+1.2
2024	+1.2	+1.1	+0.8	+0.5	+0.5	+0.7	+0.5	+0.4	+0.5	+0.3	+0.4	+0.4
2025	−0.2	−0.2	−0.4	−0.2	−0.4	+0.1	+0.2	±0.0	±0.0	−0.1	−0.2	±0.0

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Kingman Reef Oct 2003 — Joann94024 at en.wikipedia · Public domain

A school of manini at Kingman Reef NWR (12197790793) — USFWS - Pacific Region · Public domain

Reef2322 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library — LCDR Eric Johnson, NOAA Corps. · Public domain

Nearby

More islands nearby.

Palmyra Atoll

United States3.9 km²2 m67 km away

Teraina

Kiribati15 km²5 m294 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q130895) · CC0
Outline	Natural Earth · public domain
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