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Satellite view of Playa de los Arcipreses; 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 de los Arcipreses

Western SaharaWestern Sahara · Atlantic Ocean

23.7000, -15.9667 · Dakhla, 2 km

  • 20°Sea · October
  • 24°High · September
  • 11.7 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Playa de los Arcipreses. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa de los Arcipreses in October

  • 23°CAir, daytime high20°C at night
  • 20°CSea temperature
  • 9.0 hSunshine a day
  • 1 dayRainy days in the month16 mm in total
  • 21 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 30Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 4 kmAirport: Dakhla Airport (VIL)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 20.2 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 20.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 23.3 °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 seaSeptember and October20 °C
Most sunshineMay and June12 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July0 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan18°9 h3 mm
  2. Feb18°10 h2 mm
  3. Mar18°11 h2 mm
  4. Apr18°11 h2 mm
  5. May18°12 h1 mm
  6. Jun19°11 h0 mm
  7. Jul19°10 h0 mm
  8. Aug20°10 h3 mm
  9. Sep20°9 h7 mm
  10. Oct20°9 h16 mm
  11. Nov20°9 h2 mm
  12. Dec19°8 h2 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
18°19°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 18°Feb: 18°Mar: 18°Apr: 18°May: 18°Jun: 19°Jul: 19°Aug: 20°Sep: 20°Oct: 20°Nov: 20°Dec: 19°20°18°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm5 mm10 mm15 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3 mmFeb: 2 mmMar: 2 mmApr: 2 mmMay: 1 mmJun: 0 mm0Jul: 0 mm0Aug: 3 mmSep: 7 mmOct: 16 mm16Nov: 2 mmDec: 2 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9.0 hFeb: 9.7 hMar: 10.6 hApr: 11.2 hMay: 11.7 h11.7Jun: 11.3 hJul: 10.3 hAug: 9.8 hSep: 9.1 hOct: 9.0 hNov: 8.8 hDec: 8.2 h8.2

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Playa de los Arcipreses: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January201618319.024
February201618209.724
March2016182110.624
April2017182011.225
May2118181011.726
June2119190011.327
July2219190010.328
August232020319.826
September242020719.126
Octoberwarmest sea2320201619.021
November221920208.821
December211719218.221

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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 POWER36 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202018 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.136 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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