Chile / Biobio
Playa Blanca
Playa Blanca is a 2.4 km-long beach facing west-north-west, 3.2 km north of Lota (Biobio, Chile). The sea averages 14.4 °C in January, its warmest month, and 11.7 °C in August; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa Blanca
Beach-day index 3.0/10 · Chile median 4.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.4 °C | 14.4 °C | 14.3 °C | 13.4 °C | 12.8 °C | 12.3 °C | 11.9 °C | 11.7 °C | 12.0 °C | 12.5 °C | 13.1 °C | 13.8 °C |
| High °C | 25° | 25° | 22° | 19° | 15° | 13° | 12° | 12° | 14° | 16° | 19° | 22° |
| Low °C | 13° | 13° | 11° | 9° | 8° | 7° | 6° | 6° | 6° | 8° | 9° | 11° |
| Rain mm | 16 | 18 | 26 | 52 | 122 | 166 | 146 | 131 | 65 | 56 | 30 | 21 |
| Cloud % | 32 | 35 | 37 | 49 | 63 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 55 | 47 | 40 |
| Wind m/s | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| Daylight h | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 14.7 |
| Record high/low | 36°/8° | 34°/8° | 35°/8° | 31°/5° | 25°/1° | 20°/-0° | 19°/-1° | 20°/-1° | 24°/2° | 29°/3° | 33°/5° | 32°/6° |
| Beach index | 6.9 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 5.7 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in January–February; January scores 6.9/10 with highs of 25 °C, sea at 14.4 °C and 16 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Chile in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 1.5 °C cooler than the Chile median for January (15.9 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 13.0 °C, cooler than 80% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
June is the wettest month (166 mm) and January the driest (16 mm); the yearly total is about 850 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.6 hours in June to 14.7 hours in December; in mid-January the sun rises at 06:48 and sets at 21:14 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west-north-west (290°). Open water fills about 42% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 17:41 local time on a bearing of 299°.
Straight out to the west-north-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 16 m deep and 23 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 36 m above sea level 500 m inland and 113 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 58% tree cover, 16% grassland and 16% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 58% of that circle.
- Tree 58%
- Grass 16%
- Built 16%
- Bare 8%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
The sea peaks at 14.4 °C in January. Most swimmers find water below 20 °C cold; a wetsuit is common here.
The beach is tagged as supervised.
Facilities within 1 km
- 8Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 1Campsites
- 9Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 6 restaurants and 2 bars.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- El Edén 410 m N
Attractions & museums
- Canopy Playa Blanca attraction 530 m S
Campsites
- El Edén 400 m NE
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carriel Sur International Airport Concepcion | CCP | 33.1 km | north |
| La Araucanía International Airport Temuco | ZCO | 212 km | south |
| Pichoy Airport Valdivia | ZAL | 288 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 9 bus stops within 1.5 km and 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 155.1K residents); within 30 km there are 8 (about 647.2K).
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playa Blanca | – | 14.4 °C | 2.4 km | – |
| Playa Los Burros | 31.5 km N | 14.4 °C | 91 m | – |
| Playa Negra | 38.3 km N | 14.5 °C | 722 m | Sand |
| Tomé | 51.8 km N | 14.5 °C | 897 m | – |
- Playa Los Burros31.5 km NCompare
- Playa Negra38.3 km NCompare
- Tomé51.8 km NCompare
Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 20.9 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w87216683; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_18HXE_20230826_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 9.9K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.