It is a fitting tribute to the officers and men stationed on the islands. Though located well inside the tropics, about 845 nautical miles from Tsoying near Kaohsiung in southern Taiwan, the island's climate is tempered by the ocean, and temperatures range comfortably between 21 and 35 degrees Centigrade.
南沙群島地處熱帶，又接近赤道無風帶，所以氣候炎熱，但是島上又受海洋調節氣溫的影響，氣溫最高不超過攝氏三十五度，最低也不低於攝氏二十一度，年溫差很小，非常適合人類居住。