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Satellite view of Platja de Santa Margalida; 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

Platja de Santa Margalida

SpainBalearic Islands · Spain · Mediterranean Sea

39.7693, 3.1508 · Can Picafort, 0 km

  • 26°Sea · August
  • 28°High · August
  • 11.6 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Platja de Santa Margalida. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Platja de Santa Margalida in October

  • 22°CAir, daytime high19°C at night
  • 22°CSea temperature
  • 6.2 hSunshine a day
  • 11 daysRainy days in the month77 mm in total
  • 18 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
  • 82Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 43 kmAirport: Palma de Mallorca Airport (PMI)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 23.8 °C — 1.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.2 °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 September26 °C
Most sunshineJune and July12 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July21 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan15°4 h46 mm
  2. Feb14°6 h40 mm
  3. Mar14°7 h44 mm
  4. Apr15°8 h52 mm
  5. May18°10 h49 mm
  6. Jun21°12 h23 mm
  7. Jul25°12 h21 mm
  8. Aug26°10 h42 mm
  9. Sep25°8 h78 mm
  10. Oct22°6 h77 mm
  11. Nov19°5 h71 mm
  12. Dec16°4 h46 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°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 15°Feb: 14°Mar: 14°Apr: 15°May: 18°Jun: 21°Jul: 25°Aug: 26°Sep: 25°Oct: 22°Nov: 19°Dec: 16°26°14°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 11°)Feb: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 10°)Mar: 13 °C (High 15° / Low 12°)Apr: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 14°)May: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 17°)Jun: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 21°)Jul: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Aug: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Sep: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 22°)Oct: 21 °C (High 22° / Low 19°)Nov: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 15°)Dec: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 12°)26°12°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 46 mmFeb: 40 mmMar: 44 mmApr: 52 mmMay: 49 mmJun: 23 mmJul: 21 mm21Aug: 42 mmSep: 78 mm78Oct: 77 mmNov: 71 mmDec: 46 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.5 hFeb: 5.6 hMar: 7.3 hApr: 8.5 hMay: 9.9 hJun: 11.6 h11.6Jul: 11.5 hAug: 10.3 hSep: 7.7 hOct: 6.2 hNov: 4.6 hDec: 4.2 h4.2

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Platja de Santa Margalida: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Platja de Santa Margalida: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1411154684.521
February1310144075.621
March1512144477.320
April1714155278.517
May2017184969.915
June24212123411.612
July27242521311.512
Augustwarmest sea28242642610.313
September25222578117.715
October22192277116.218
November18151971104.622
December1512164694.222

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Photos

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

Platja de Santa Margalida: Santa Margalida, Balearic Islands, Spain - panoramio (2)
Photo: trolvag · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Platja de Santa Margalida: European Searocket (Cakile maritima) - Santa Margalida, Spain 2022-04-14
Photo: Ryan Hodnett · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Platja de Santa Margalida: Sea Lettuce (Ulva sp.) - Santa Margalida, Spain 2022-04-14 (01)
Photo: Ryan Hodnett · 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.

The nearest sea measurement point is 22 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER26 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202022 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.126 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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