Chile / Biobio
Tomé
Tomé is a coastal resort area in Biobio, Chile. Its longest mapped beach (Playa Tomé) stretches about 897 m. 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.
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.
Services in the resort
- 53Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 2Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 16Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
- 20Grocery shops
- 8Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 12Pharmacies & clinics
- 2Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 36 restaurants, 8 cafés, 5 bars and 4 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 16 hotels and guesthouses.
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.
Month by month
October at Tomé
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 | 14.6 |
| 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 14.6 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 west-south-west (250°). 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-south-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 22 m deep and 27 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 29 m above sea level 500 m inland and 117 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 65% built-up land, 27% tree cover and 5% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 49% of that circle.
- Built 65%
- Tree 27%
- Grass 5%
- Bare 3%
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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carriel Sur International Airport Concepcion | CCP | 19.1 km | south-west |
| La Araucanía International Airport Temuco | ZCO | 258 km | south |
| Pichoy Airport Valdivia | ZAL | 337 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 8 bus stops within 1.5 km and 2 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 57.7K residents); within 30 km there are 8 (about 701.9K).
Photos
From above
Around the beach
Campsites
- Cojuvi 760 m N
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomé | – | 14.5 °C | 897 m | – |
| Playa Negra | 13.4 km S | 14.5 °C | 722 m | Sand |
| Playa Los Burros | 27.4 km SW | 14.4 °C | 91 m | – |
- Playa Negra13.4 km SCompare
- Playa Los Burros27.4 km SWCompare
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 14.8 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w30929810; 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.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- 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 880 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.