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Satellite view of Plage de Bernardi; 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

Plage de Bernardi

FranceOccitanie · France · Mediterranean Sea

42.5050, 3.1228 · Portvendres, 2 km

  • 22°Sea · August
  • 28°High · July
  • 10.6 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Plage de Bernardi. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Plage de Bernardi in October

  • 20°CAir, daytime high14°C at night
  • 18°CSea temperature
  • 5.7 hSunshine a day
  • 9 daysRainy days in the month81 mm in total
  • 19 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
  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 48Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 33 kmAirport: Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport (PGF)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 18.9 °C — 0.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 18.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 20.4 °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 July11 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August26 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan13°4 h53 mm
  2. Feb12°6 h41 mm
  3. Mar12°7 h55 mm
  4. Apr14°8 h65 mm
  5. May16°9 h54 mm
  6. Jun19°10 h30 mm
  7. Jul21°11 h26 mm
  8. Aug22°9 h29 mm
  9. Sep20°8 h48 mm
  10. Oct18°6 h81 mm
  11. Nov16°4 h61 mm
  12. Dec14°4 h42 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: 20°Oct: 18°Nov: 16°Dec: 14°12°22°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9 °C (High 12° / Low 6°)Feb: 9 °C (High 12° / Low 6°)Mar: 11 °C (High 15° / Low 8°)Apr: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 10°)May: 17 °C (High 21° / Low 13°)Jun: 21 °C (High 25° / Low 18°)Jul: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 20°)Aug: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 20°)Sep: 20 °C (High 24° / Low 17°)Oct: 17 °C (High 20° / Low 14°)Nov: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 10°)Dec: 9 °C (High 12° / Low 7°)24°9°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 53 mmFeb: 41 mmMar: 55 mmApr: 65 mmMay: 54 mmJun: 30 mmJul: 26 mm26Aug: 29 mmSep: 48 mmOct: 81 mm81Nov: 61 mmDec: 42 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.1 h4.1Feb: 5.5 hMar: 6.7 hApr: 7.7 hMay: 8.8 hJun: 10.4 hJul: 10.6 h10.6Aug: 9.4 hSep: 7.6 hOct: 5.7 hNov: 4.5 hDec: 4.1 h4.1

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Plage de Bernardi: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January126135374.122
February126124165.523
March158125576.721
April1710146597.720
May2113165488.819
June25181930610.417
July28202126510.617
Augustwarmest sea2820222969.417
September2417204887.617
October2014188195.719
November1510166184.522
December127144274.122

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Photos

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

Plage de Bernardi: Paulilles - panoramio
Photo: Jorge Franganillo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Plage de Bernardi: Anse de Paulilles
Photo: Alan Mattingly · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Plage de Bernardi: Vermilion Coast Tracks 02
Photo: Doronenko · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 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 POWER1 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202013 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.11 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.0 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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