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Satellite view of Plage de la Boutinardière; 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 la Boutinardière

FrancePays de la Loire · France · Atlantic Ocean

47.0940, -2.0527 · La Bernerie-en-Retz, 2 km

  • 19°Sea · August
  • 24°High · July
  • 8.3 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Plage de la Boutinardière. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Plage de la Boutinardière in October

  • 17°CAir, daytime high10°C at night
  • 16°CSea temperature
  • 4.1 hSunshine a day
  • 14 daysRainy days in the month82 mm in total
  • 17 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • GoodBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • 28Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 34 kmAirport: Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)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 16.1 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 17.4 °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 August19 °C
Most sunshineJune and July8 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and September44 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan10°2 h86 mm
  2. Feb9°4 h65 mm
  3. Mar10°5 h65 mm
  4. Apr12°7 h50 mm
  5. May14°8 h57 mm
  6. Jun17°8 h46 mm
  7. Jul18°8 h46 mm
  8. Aug19°8 h48 mm
  9. Sep17°7 h44 mm
  10. Oct16°4 h82 mm
  11. Nov14°3 h89 mm
  12. Dec11°2 h93 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
10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10°Feb: 9°Mar: 10°Apr: 12°May: 14°Jun: 17°Jul: 18°Aug: 19°Sep: 17°Oct: 16°Nov: 14°Dec: 11°9°19°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6 °C (High 9° / Low 4°)Feb: 6 °C (High 10° / Low 3°)Mar: 8 °C (High 12° / Low 4°)Apr: 11 °C (High 15° / Low 7°)May: 14 °C (High 18° / Low 10°)Jun: 18 °C (High 22° / Low 13°)Jul: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 15°)Aug: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 15°)Sep: 17 °C (High 22° / Low 12°)Oct: 14 °C (High 17° / Low 10°)Nov: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 7°)Dec: 7 °C (High 10° / Low 4°)19°6°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 86 mmFeb: 65 mmMar: 65 mmApr: 50 mmMay: 57 mmJun: 46 mmJul: 46 mmAug: 48 mmSep: 44 mm44Oct: 82 mmNov: 89 mmDec: 93 mm93

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2.0 h2.0Feb: 3.7 hMar: 5.0 hApr: 6.9 hMay: 7.5 hJun: 8.3 h8.3Jul: 8.3 h8.3Aug: 7.6 hSep: 7.0 hOct: 4.1 hNov: 2.8 hDec: 2.1 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Plage de la Boutinardière: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January941086142.020
February103965113.720
March1241065115.019
April1571250116.917
May18101457117.516
June2213174698.315
July2415184698.316
Augustwarmest sea2415194897.615
September2212174497.015
October17101682144.117
November1371489152.819
December1041193142.120

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Photos

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

Plage de la Boutinardière: Carrelet - Plage de la boutinardière
Photo: JadeRacoon · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 POWER17 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20206 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.117 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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