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Satellite view of Grande Plage; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Grande Plage

FranceNew Aquitaine · France · Mediterranean Sea

43.4847, -1.5590 · Biarritz, 0 km

  • 22°Sea · August
  • 27°High · August
  • 8.4 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Grande Plage. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Grande Plage in October

  • 20°CAir, daytime high11°C at night
  • 18°CSea temperature
  • 4.9 hSunshine a day
  • 13 daysRainy days in the month93 mm in total
  • 12 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • ExcellentBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • 90Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 3 kmAirport: Biarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 19.3 °C — 1.1 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 18.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 19.9 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJuly and August22 °C
Most sunshineJune and July8 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August50 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan13°3 h121 mm
  2. Feb12°4 h90 mm
  3. Mar12°6 h89 mm
  4. Apr14°6 h88 mm
  5. May16°7 h89 mm
  6. Jun19°8 h73 mm
  7. Jul21°8 h50 mm
  8. Aug22°8 h53 mm
  9. Sep21°7 h65 mm
  10. Oct18°5 h93 mm
  11. Nov16°3 h144 mm
  12. Dec14°3 h112 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 13°Feb: 12°Mar: 12°Apr: 14°May: 16°Jun: 19°Jul: 21°Aug: 22°Sep: 21°Oct: 18°Nov: 16°Dec: 14°12°22°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7 °C (High 10° / Low 4°)Feb: 7 °C (High 10° / Low 4°)Mar: 10 °C (High 14° / Low 6°)Apr: 12 °C (High 16° / Low 8°)May: 15 °C (High 19° / Low 11°)Jun: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 14°)Jul: 21 °C (High 26° / Low 16°)Aug: 21 °C (High 27° / Low 16°)Sep: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 14°)Oct: 16 °C (High 20° / Low 11°)Nov: 10 °C (High 14° / Low 7°)Dec: 8 °C (High 11° / Low 5°)21°7°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 121 mmFeb: 90 mmMar: 89 mmApr: 88 mmMay: 89 mmJun: 73 mmJul: 50 mm50Aug: 53 mmSep: 65 mmOct: 93 mmNov: 144 mm144Dec: 112 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2.6 h2.6Feb: 4.0 hMar: 5.5 hApr: 6.3 hMay: 7.2 hJun: 8.1 hJul: 8.4 h8.4Aug: 7.8 hSep: 7.1 hOct: 4.9 hNov: 3.2 hDec: 2.8 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Grande Plage: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Grande Plage: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January10413121142.614
February1041290124.014
March1461289125.514
April1681488146.312
May19111689147.212
June24141973118.111
July26162150108.411
Augustwarmest sea27162253107.811
September24142165127.110
October20111893134.912
November14716144153.214
December11514112142.814

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Grande Plage: France-001922B - Tanning (15554036858)
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Grande Plage: France-001941 - Plage Miramar Beach (15554389897)
Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Grande Plage: La spiaggia - panoramio - Itto Ogami
Photo: Itto Ogami · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER25 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.125 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.1 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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