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Satellite view of Playa Benicarló; 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

Playa Benicarló

SpainValencia · Spain · Mediterranean Sea

40.4121, 0.4311 · Benicarló, 1 km

  • 26°Sea · August
  • 28°High · August
  • 11.3 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Playa Benicarló. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Benicarló in October

  • 22°CAir, daytime high17°C at night
  • 22°CSea temperature
  • 6.5 hSunshine a day
  • 9 daysRainy days in the month62 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

  • ExcellentBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • 26Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 37 kmAirport: Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport (CDT)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 23.3 °C — 1.6 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.6 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.0 °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 August26 °C
Most sunshineJune and July11 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July17 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan14°5 h35 mm
  2. Feb13°6 h27 mm
  3. Mar14°7 h37 mm
  4. Apr15°8 h45 mm
  5. May18°10 h48 mm
  6. Jun22°11 h19 mm
  7. Jul25°11 h17 mm
  8. Aug26°10 h36 mm
  9. Sep25°8 h63 mm
  10. Oct22°6 h62 mm
  11. Nov18°5 h56 mm
  12. Dec16°5 h30 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: 14°Feb: 13°Mar: 14°Apr: 15°May: 18°Jun: 22°Jul: 25°Aug: 26°Sep: 25°Oct: 22°Nov: 18°Dec: 16°13°26°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 11 °C (High 13° / Low 8°)Feb: 11 °C (High 14° / Low 8°)Mar: 13 °C (High 16° / Low 10°)Apr: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 12°)May: 18 °C (High 21° / Low 15°)Jun: 22 °C (High 25° / Low 20°)Jul: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 22°)Aug: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)Sep: 23 °C (High 25° / Low 20°)Oct: 20 °C (High 22° / Low 17°)Nov: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 12°)Dec: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 9°)25°11°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm20 mm40 mm60 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 35 mmFeb: 27 mmMar: 37 mmApr: 45 mmMay: 48 mmJun: 19 mmJul: 17 mm17Aug: 36 mmSep: 63 mm63Oct: 62 mmNov: 56 mmDec: 30 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5.2 hFeb: 6.1 hMar: 7.2 hApr: 8.2 hMay: 9.5 hJun: 11.1 hJul: 11.3 h11.3Aug: 9.8 hSep: 7.9 hOct: 6.5 hNov: 5.2 hDec: 4.8 h4.8

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Playa Benicarló: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Playa Benicarló: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January138143565.222
February148132756.121
March1610143767.219
April1812154578.217
May2115184869.516
June25202219511.114
July28222517411.315
Augustwarmest sea2823263679.815
September25202563107.916
October2217226296.517
November1712185675.221
December149163064.821

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Photos

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

Playa Benicarló: Benicarlo vista cap a peñiscola - panoramio
Photo: Olga Gairin · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Benicarló: Puerto de Benicarlo
Photo: Alvaroparis · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Benicarló: Falla infantil Nou Barri 2011
Photo: Columbusalbus · 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 POWER19 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20206 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.119 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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