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Satellite view of Praia de Albarquel; 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

Praia de Albarquel

PortugalSetúbal · Portugal · Atlantic Ocean

38.5109, -8.9156 · Setúbal, 3 km

  • 19°Sea · September
  • 31°High · August
  • 12.6 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Praia de Albarquel. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Praia de Albarquel in October

  • 23°CAir, daytime high14°C at night
  • 18°CSea temperature
  • 6.9 hSunshine a day
  • 10 daysRainy days in the month78 mm in total
  • 15 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
  • 36Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 36 kmAirport: Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)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 18.2 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 18.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +2.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 23.4 °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 September19 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August13 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August3 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan15°5 h60 mm
  2. Feb15°6 h51 mm
  3. Mar15°7 h60 mm
  4. Apr16°9 h54 mm
  5. May17°10 h34 mm
  6. Jun18°12 h13 mm
  7. Jul18°13 h3 mm
  8. Aug19°12 h5 mm
  9. Sep19°9 h28 mm
  10. Oct18°7 h78 mm
  11. Nov17°6 h86 mm
  12. Dec16°5 h61 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
14°16°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 15°Feb: 15°Mar: 15°Apr: 16°May: 17°Jun: 18°Jul: 18°Aug: 19°Sep: 19°Oct: 18°Nov: 17°Dec: 16°19°15°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 11 °C (High 15° / Low 6°)Feb: 11 °C (High 16° / Low 6°)Mar: 13 °C (High 18° / Low 8°)Apr: 15 °C (High 20° / Low 10°)May: 18 °C (High 24° / Low 12°)Jun: 22 °C (High 28° / Low 15°)Jul: 23 °C (High 30° / Low 16°)Aug: 24 °C (High 31° / Low 16°)Sep: 22 °C (High 28° / Low 16°)Oct: 18 °C (High 23° / Low 14°)Nov: 14 °C (High 18° / Low 9°)Dec: 11 °C (High 15° / Low 7°)24°11°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 60 mmFeb: 51 mmMar: 60 mmApr: 54 mmMay: 34 mmJun: 13 mmJul: 3 mm3Aug: 5 mmSep: 28 mmOct: 78 mmNov: 86 mm86Dec: 61 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5.0 hFeb: 6.3 hMar: 7.2 hApr: 8.6 hMay: 10.3 hJun: 11.7 hJul: 12.6 h12.6Aug: 11.7 hSep: 9.4 hOct: 6.9 hNov: 5.5 hDec: 4.9 h4.9

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Praia de Albarquel: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Praia de Albarquel: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January156156095.016
February166155186.316
March188156087.217
April2010165498.616
May24121734710.316
June28151813211.716
July3016183112.618
August3116195111.716
Septemberwarmest sea2816192859.414
October23141878106.915
November1891786115.516
December1571661104.916

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Photos

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

Praia de Albarquel: Praia de Albarquel, Setúbal, Portugal
Photo: Ivan Oliveira · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Praia de Albarquel: Praia de Albarquel - Portugal (6035379160)
Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Praia de Albarquel: Praia de Albarquel - Portugal (273035688)
Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · 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 POWER14 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.114 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.3 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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