Chile / Biobio
Playa Negra
Playa Negra is a 722 m-long sandy beach facing north-north-west, 900 m north-west of Penco (Biobio, Chile). The sea averages 14.5 °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 Negra
Beach-day index 3.6/10 · Chile median 4.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.5 °C | 14.5 °C | 14.4 °C | 13.5 °C | 12.9 °C | 12.5 °C | 12.0 °C | 11.7 °C | 12.1 °C | 12.6 °C | 13.2 °C | 13.9 °C |
| High °C | 30° | 30° | 26° | 21° | 16° | 13° | 12° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 23° | 27° |
| Low °C | 11° | 11° | 9° | 6° | 5° | 4° | 3° | 3° | 4° | 5° | 7° | 9° |
| Rain mm | 14 | 20 | 20 | 44 | 94 | 135 | 119 | 106 | 53 | 48 | 28 | 17 |
| Cloud % | 21 | 22 | 28 | 42 | 63 | 66 | 64 | 61 | 51 | 48 | 34 | 27 |
| Wind m/s | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| Daylight h | 14.4 | 13.5 | 12.4 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 14.7 |
| Record high/low | 43°/5° | 40°/6° | 41°/4° | 35°/1° | 26°/-2° | 21°/-4° | 20°/-6° | 22°/-5° | 25°/-2° | 33°/-1° | 38°/2° | 38°/3° |
| Beach index | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 4.9 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 5.9 | 7.1 |
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 December–March; January scores 7.2/10 with highs of 30 °C, sea at 14.5 °C and 14 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Chile in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 1.4 °C cooler than the Chile median for January (15.9 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 13.2 °C, cooler than 80% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
June is the wettest month (135 mm) and January the driest (14 mm); the yearly total is about 700 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.7 hours in June to 14.7 hours in December; in mid-January the sun rises at 06:48 and sets at 21:12 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-north-west (335°). Open water fills about 39% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in March–September; in mid-June it goes down at 17:41 local time on a bearing of 299°.
The opposite shore is only about 8.0 km away to the north-north-west, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 9 m deep and 15 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 42 m above sea level 500 m inland and 71 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 57% built-up land, 19% tree cover and 12% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 50% of that circle.
- Built 57%
- Tree 19%
- Grass 12%
- Bare 7%
- Crop 5%
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 14.5 °C in January. Most swimmers find water below 20 °C cold; a wetsuit is common here.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Facilities within 1 km
- 18Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 11Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 1Hotels & guesthouses
- 9Grocery shops
- 79Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 6Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 10 restaurants, 1 café, 5 bars and 2 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 1 hotel or guesthouse.
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
Attractions & museums
- Museo de la Historia de Penco museum 690 m E
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carriel Sur International Airport Concepcion | CCP | 6.6 km | south-west |
| La Araucanía International Airport Temuco | ZCO | 245 km | south |
| Pichoy Airport Valdivia | ZAL | 324 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 79 bus stops within 1.5 km and 11 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 46.1K residents); within 30 km there are 9 (about 795.2K).
Reference
Playa Negra has an article on the ES Wikipedia: Playa Negra.
Wikidata item Q6078474.
When people look it up
The ES Wikipedia article was read 393 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in January (68 views), 5.7× the quietest month.
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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 16.5 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w1154808417; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- 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 590 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.