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Satellite view of La Playa; 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 Playa

United StatesCalifornia · United States · Pacific Ocean

32.7092, -117.2370 · Coronado, 6 km

  • 21°Sea · August
  • 22°High · September
  • 9.1 hSunshine · April
The dot marks La Playa. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

La Playa in October

  • 21°CAir, daytime high18°C at night
  • 19°CSea temperature
  • 7.5 hSunshine a day
  • 2 daysRainy days in the month14 mm in total
  • 11 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • No lifeguardLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 28Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 5 kmAirport: San Diego International Airport (SAN)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 18.6 °C — 0.7 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 19.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 20.6 °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 seaAugust and September21 °C
Most sunshineApril and August9 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan15°7 h42 mm
  2. Feb15°7 h52 mm
  3. Mar15°8 h29 mm
  4. Apr16°9 h17 mm
  5. May17°8 h7 mm
  6. Jun19°7 h26 mm
  7. Jul20°8 h4 mm
  8. Aug21°9 h2 mm
  9. Sep21°8 h4 mm
  10. Oct19°8 h14 mm
  11. Nov18°7 h22 mm
  12. Dec16°6 h48 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
16°18°20°22°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 15°Feb: 15°Mar: 15°Apr: 16°May: 17°Jun: 19°Jul: 20°Aug: 21°Sep: 21°Oct: 19°Nov: 18°Dec: 16°21°15°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
12°15°18°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 15 °C (High 16° / Low 14°)Feb: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)Mar: 15 °C (High 16° / Low 13°)Apr: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 14°)May: 16 °C (High 17° / Low 15°)Jun: 17 °C (High 18° / Low 16°)Jul: 19 °C (High 20° / Low 18°)Aug: 20 °C (High 21° / Low 19°)Sep: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 19°)Oct: 19 °C (High 21° / Low 18°)Nov: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 16°)Dec: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 14°)20°14°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm20 mm40 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 42 mmFeb: 52 mm52Mar: 29 mmApr: 17 mmMay: 7 mmJun: 26 mmJul: 4 mmAug: 2 mm2Sep: 4 mmOct: 14 mmNov: 22 mmDec: 48 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.8 hFeb: 7.4 hMar: 8.2 hApr: 9.1 h9.1May: 8.3 hJun: 7.4 hJul: 8.3 hAug: 8.8 hSep: 8.3 hOct: 7.5 hNov: 7.0 hDec: 6.4 h6.4

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at La Playa: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1614154266.812
February1613155277.413
March1613152968.213
April1714161739.114
May171517718.312
June1816192617.410
July201820418.310
Augustwarmest sea211921208.810
September221921418.311
October2118191427.511
November1916182237.012
December1714164856.413

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Photos

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

La Playa: Black sea nettle on sand
Photo: Port of San Diego from San Diego, CA · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
La Playa: Black sea nettle in shallow water
Photo: Port of San Diego from San Diego, CA · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
La Playa: Black sea nettle in San Diego Bay 1
Photo: James Jackson of the Port of San Diego from San Diego, CA · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · 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 POWER34 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202014 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.134 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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