France / Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Juan-les-Pins
Juan-les-Pins is a coastal resort area in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Its longest mapped beach (Plages de l'Ouest) stretches about 1.2 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 24.7 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.4 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–September.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 139Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 8Public toilets
- –Showers
- 5Drinking water
- 34Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 57Hotels & guesthouses
- 25Grocery shops
- 5Water-sports spots
- 91Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 5Pharmacies & clinics
- 2Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 104 restaurants, 11 cafés, 19 bars and 5 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 57 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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Grande Plage Juan Les Pins”, 680 m from the beach centre, was rated Good for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 3 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Good
- 2018Good
- 2019Good
- 2020Good
- 2021Good
- 2022Good
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Good
- 2025Good
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
Month by month
October at Juan-les-Pins
Beach-day index 4.4/10 · France median 4.9
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.0 °C | 13.4 °C | 13.6 °C | 14.7 °C | 17.5 °C | 21.1 °C | 23.7 °C | 24.7 °C | 22.6 °C | 20.0 °C | 17.7 °C | 15.6 °C |
| High °C | 6° | 7° | 10° | 14° | 18° | 24° | 27° | 27° | 22° | 17° | 11° | 7° |
| Low °C | -1° | -1° | 2° | 5° | 9° | 14° | 16° | 16° | 12° | 8° | 3° | 0° |
| Rain mm | 51 | 51 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 42 | 28 | 30 | 52 | 84 | 120 | 77 |
| Cloud % | 60 | 58 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 39 | 28 | 30 | 41 | 52 | 59 | 57 |
| Wind m/s | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 |
| Daylight h | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| Record high/low | 18°/-8° | 18°/-16° | 21°/-11° | 23°/-2° | 28°/1° | 36°/5° | 33°/9° | 34°/9° | 30°/4° | 27°/-1° | 20°/-5° | 17°/-8° |
| Beach index | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 8.2 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 7.6 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.0 |
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 July–August; July scores 9.5/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 23.7 °C and 28 mm of rain.
In July that is 1.6 points above the median of the 625 beaches in France covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 2.6 °C warmer than the France median for August (22.1 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 18.2 °C, cooler than 56% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (120 mm) and July the driest (28 mm); the yearly total is about 720 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.0 hours in December to 15.4 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:03 and sets at 21:11 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-west (230°). Open water fills about 31% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in September–April; in mid-December it goes down at 16:55 local time on a bearing of 238°.
The opposite shore is only about 5.0 km away to the south-west, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 8 m deep and 21 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 24 m above sea level 500 m inland and 0 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 66% built-up land and 32% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 33% of that circle.
- Built 66%
- Tree 32%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport Nice, Alpes-Maritimes | NCE | 13.0 km | north-east |
| Toulon-Hyères Airport Hyères, Var | TLN | 94.2 km | south-west |
| Cuneo International Airport Levaldigi (CN) | CUF | 116 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 91 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Juan-les-Pins (440 m), rail station Antibes (2.1 km) and 34 mapped car parks within 1 km.
7 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 298.4K residents); within 30 km there are 91 (about 1.3M).
Photos
From above
Around the beach
Islands in view
- La Petite Grenille 1.5 km E
- La Boutte 2.2 km E
- La Grande Grenille 2.2 km E
- Îlot Sud 2.4 km W
- Îlot Nord 2.4 km W
Lighthouses & piers
- Chenal Hôtel Belles Rives pier 130 m S
- Chenal Hôtel Méridien pier 130 m SW
- Chenal Épi Holywood pier 490 m W
- Chenal Épi Saint-Honorat pier 630 m W
- Chenal Épi n°4 pier 1.0 km W
Diving & boat hire
- Booking Bikes Antibes Juan les Pins 410 m N
- Antibes Bateaux Services 510 m S
- Xtreme Bike 580 m N
- Dream Yachting 680 m SE
- Cap Kayak 690 m SE
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan-les-Pins | – | 24.7 °C | 1.2 km | Sand |
| Plage Keller | 2.3 km SE | 24.7 °C | 79 m | Sand |
| Cannes | 8.3 km W | 24.7 °C | 1.3 km | Sand |
- Plage Keller2.3 km SECompare
- Cannes8.3 km WCompare
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 6.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r2811893; 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_32TLP_20230926_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site FRL0306004M006210).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 2.9K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.