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Satellite view of La Herradura Bay; 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

La Herradura Bay

SpainAndalusia · Spain · Mediterranean Sea

36.7295, -3.6880 · Almuñécar, 0 km

  • 24°Sea · August
  • 26°High · August
  • 12.4 hSunshine · June
The dot marks La Herradura Bay. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

La Herradura Bay in October

  • 21°CAir, daytime high18°C at night
  • 20°CSea temperature
  • 7.5 hSunshine a day
  • 7 daysRainy days in the month49 mm in total
  • 14 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
  • 41Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 52 kmAirport: F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)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 21.4 °C — 1.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 19.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.1 °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 August24 °C
Most sunshineJune and July12 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July1 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan15°6 h47 mm
  2. Feb15°7 h48 mm
  3. Mar15°8 h57 mm
  4. Apr16°9 h44 mm
  5. May18°11 h20 mm
  6. Jun20°12 h3 mm
  7. Jul22°12 h1 mm
  8. Aug24°11 h4 mm
  9. Sep22°9 h27 mm
  10. Oct20°8 h49 mm
  11. Nov17°6 h68 mm
  12. Dec16°6 h56 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°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 15°Feb: 15°Mar: 15°Apr: 16°May: 18°Jun: 20°Jul: 22°Aug: 24°Sep: 22°Oct: 20°Nov: 17°Dec: 16°15°24°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 13 °C (High 15° / Low 12°)Feb: 13 °C (High 15° / Low 12°)Mar: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)Apr: 16 °C (High 17° / Low 14°)May: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 17°)Jun: 22 °C (High 23° / Low 20°)Jul: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 23°)Aug: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 23°)Sep: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 21°)Oct: 20 °C (High 21° / Low 18°)Nov: 16 °C (High 17° / Low 15°)Dec: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 13°)25°13°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm20 mm40 mm60 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 47 mmFeb: 48 mmMar: 57 mmApr: 44 mmMay: 20 mmJun: 3 mmJul: 1 mm1Aug: 4 mmSep: 27 mmOct: 49 mmNov: 68 mm68Dec: 56 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.3 hFeb: 7.0 hMar: 8.0 hApr: 9.2 hMay: 10.8 hJun: 12.4 h12.4Jul: 12.3 hAug: 11.1 hSep: 9.0 hOct: 7.5 hNov: 6.2 hDec: 5.9 h5.9

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at La Herradura Bay: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at La Herradura Bay: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1512154786.318
February1512154877.020
March1613155778.019
April1714164469.218
May20171820410.816
June2320203112.414
July2623221012.312
Augustwarmest sea2623244111.112
September2421222749.014
October2118204977.514
November1715176886.218
December1513165685.919

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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 POWER26 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202013 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.126 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.2 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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