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Satellite view of Plage du Moulin Blanc; 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 du Moulin Blanc

FranceBrittany · France · Atlantic Ocean

48.3972, -4.4310 · Le Relecq-Kerhuon, 3 km

  • 16°Sea · August
  • 20°High · August
  • 8.5 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Plage du Moulin Blanc. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Plage du Moulin Blanc in October

  • 16°CAir, daytime high11°C at night
  • 14°CSea temperature
  • 4.1 hSunshine a day
  • 15 daysRainy days in the month95 mm in total
  • 22 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
  • 47Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 6 kmAirport: Brest Bretagne airport (BES)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 15.2 °C — 0.7 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 14.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.9 °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 August16 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJune and July8 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and September45 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan11°2 h104 mm
  2. Feb10°3 h87 mm
  3. Mar10°5 h66 mm
  4. Apr11°7 h55 mm
  5. May12°8 h56 mm
  6. Jun14°8 h54 mm
  7. Jul15°8 h55 mm
  8. Aug16°7 h59 mm
  9. Sep15°7 h45 mm
  10. Oct14°4 h95 mm
  11. Nov14°2 h111 mm
  12. Dec12°1 h110 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°12°14°16°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 11°Feb: 10°Mar: 10°Apr: 11°May: 12°Jun: 14°Jul: 15°Aug: 16°Sep: 15°Oct: 14°Nov: 14°Dec: 12°10°16°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 6°)Feb: 7 °C (High 9° / Low 5°)Mar: 8 °C (High 11° / Low 6°)Apr: 10 °C (High 13° / Low 7°)May: 13 °C (High 16° / Low 10°)Jun: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 12°)Jul: 17 °C (High 20° / Low 14°)Aug: 17 °C (High 20° / Low 14°)Sep: 16 °C (High 19° / Low 12°)Oct: 13 °C (High 16° / Low 11°)Nov: 10 °C (High 12° / Low 8°)Dec: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 6°)17°7°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 104 mmFeb: 87 mmMar: 66 mmApr: 55 mmMay: 56 mmJun: 54 mmJul: 55 mmAug: 59 mmSep: 45 mm45Oct: 95 mmNov: 111 mm111Dec: 110 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 1.6 hFeb: 3.0 hMar: 4.6 hApr: 7.3 hMay: 8.2 hJun: 8.5 h8.5Jul: 8.3 hAug: 7.3 hSep: 6.6 hOct: 4.1 hNov: 2.2 hDec: 1.4 h1.4

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Plage du Moulin Blanc: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Plage du Moulin Blanc: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January10611104181.626
February951087143.026
March1161066134.624
April1371155127.321
May16101256118.220
June18121454108.518
July20141555118.318
Augustwarmest sea20141659117.318
September19121545116.619
October16111495154.122
November12814111172.225
December10612110181.426

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Plage du Moulin Blanc: Moulin blanc brest
Photo: Gaëlle Fily · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Plage du Moulin Blanc: Plage-du-Moulin-Blanc-20060526-001
Photo: Gary Houston · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Plage du Moulin Blanc: Port-de-Plaisance-du-Moulin-Blanc-20060526-002
Photo: Gary Houston · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · 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 POWER12 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202014 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.112 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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