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Satellite view of Plage des Chalets; 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 des Chalets

FranceOccitanie · France · Mediterranean Sea

43.1021, 3.1167 · Gruissan, 2 km

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

Your month at the beach

Plage des Chalets in October

  • 20°CAir, daytime high13°C at night
  • 18°CSea temperature
  • 5.0 hSunshine a day
  • 9 daysRainy days in the month72 mm in total
  • 20 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
  • 21Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 31 kmAirport: Béziers Vias airport (BZR)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 18.7 °C — 0.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 18.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 20.0 °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 August21 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan12°4 h52 mm
  2. Feb12°5 h39 mm
  3. Mar12°6 h50 mm
  4. Apr14°7 h61 mm
  5. May16°9 h49 mm
  6. Jun19°11 h27 mm
  7. Jul21°11 h21 mm
  8. Aug22°10 h25 mm
  9. Sep20°8 h43 mm
  10. Oct18°5 h72 mm
  11. Nov16°4 h59 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
10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 12°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: 8 °C (High 11° / Low 5°)Feb: 8 °C (High 11° / Low 5°)Mar: 11 °C (High 14° / Low 7°)Apr: 13 °C (High 17° / Low 10°)May: 17 °C (High 20° / Low 13°)Jun: 21 °C (High 25° / Low 17°)Jul: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 20°)Aug: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 19°)Sep: 20 °C (High 24° / Low 16°)Oct: 17 °C (High 20° / Low 13°)Nov: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 9°)Dec: 9 °C (High 11° / Low 6°)24°8°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 52 mmFeb: 39 mmMar: 50 mmApr: 61 mmMay: 49 mmJun: 27 mmJul: 21 mm21Aug: 25 mmSep: 43 mmOct: 72 mm72Nov: 59 mmDec: 42 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3.8 hFeb: 5.2 hMar: 6.3 hApr: 7.3 hMay: 8.6 hJun: 10.6 hJul: 11.1 h11.1Aug: 9.6 hSep: 7.8 hOct: 5.0 hNov: 4.1 hDec: 3.7 h3.7

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Plage des Chalets: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January115125293.822
February115123975.223
March147125086.321
April1710146197.320
May2013164988.620
June25171927610.618
July28202121511.118
Augustwarmest sea2819222569.617
September2416204387.818
October2013187295.020
November1591659104.122
December116144293.722

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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 POWER11 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20203 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.111 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.5 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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