France / Hauts-de-France
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage is a coastal resort area in Hauts-de-France, France. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 8.1 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 17.7 °C in August, its warmest month, and 7.9 °C in February; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
The sea peaks at 17.7 °C in August. Most swimmers find water below 20 °C cold; a wetsuit is common here.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 7.7 m/s in January, the windiest month.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 107Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 9Public toilets
- –Showers
- 30Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 41Hotels & guesthouses
- 24Grocery shops
- 3Water-sports spots
- 14Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 3Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 81 restaurants, 5 cafés and 21 bars. Accommodation: 41 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 “Le Touquet Centre Plage”, 680 m from the beach centre, was rated Good for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 0 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Sufficient
- 2016Good
- 2017Sufficient
- 2018Good
- 2019Good
- 2020Good
- 2021Good
- 2022Sufficient
- 2023Sufficient
- 2024Sufficient
- 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 Le Touquet-Paris-Plage
Beach-day index 2.4/10 · France median 4.9
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 8.9 °C | 7.9 °C | 7.9 °C | 9.3 °C | 11.4 °C | 13.8 °C | 16.1 °C | 17.7 °C | 17.5 °C | 15.7 °C | 13.3 °C | 10.8 °C |
| High °C | 7° | 7° | 9° | 12° | 15° | 17° | 20° | 20° | 18° | 15° | 11° | 8° |
| Low °C | 4° | 4° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 14° | 11° | 8° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 70 | 58 | 52 | 39 | 52 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 56 | 81 | 86 | 84 |
| Cloud % | 79 | 76 | 71 | 63 | 66 | 64 | 62 | 64 | 65 | 73 | 79 | 79 |
| Wind m/s | 7.7 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 7.1 | 7.5 |
| Daylight h | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 12.7 | 10.8 | 9.0 | 8.0 |
| Record high/low | 13°/-4° | 14°/-4° | 16°/-4° | 21°/-0° | 23°/6° | 27°/8° | 31°/12° | 29°/12° | 25°/8° | 23°/4° | 17°/0° | 14°/-3° |
| Beach index | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
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
No month reaches 5.5 on the beach-day index; the best is August at 4.7/10, held back mainly by cold water (17.7 °C) and cool air (highs of 20 °C).
At its warmest the water here is 4.4 °C cooler than the France median for August (22.1 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 12.5 °C, cooler than 82% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (86 mm) and April the driest (39 mm); the yearly total is about 760 mm.
Daylight runs from 8.0 hours in December to 16.4 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:40 and sets at 21:16 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west (280°). Open water fills about 25% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in January–November; in mid-June it goes down at 22:06 local time on a bearing of 310°.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the west, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
The sea floor is still within the shallow coastal margin 1 km out; 3 km offshore the depth is about 8 m. Behind the beach the ground is about 13 m above sea level 500 m inland and 12 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 45% built-up land, 41% tree cover and 8% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 13% of that circle.
- Built 45%
- Tree 41%
- Grass 8%
- Bare 6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lille Airport Lesquin | LIL | 107 km | east |
| Ostend-Bruges International Airport Oostende | OST | 118 km | north-east |
| Beauvais-Tillé airport Beauvais | BVA | 124 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 14 bus stops within 1.5 km and 30 mapped car parks within 1 km.
7 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 29.8K residents); within 30 km there are 36 (about 212.8K).
Photos
From above
Reference
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage has an article on the FR Wikipedia: Plage du Touquet-Paris-Plage.
Wikidata item Q3390879.
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Caroussel bord de plage Touquet attraction 650 m NW
Historic sites
- Vila Le Quart d'Heure monument 450 m NW
Lighthouses & piers
- Phare Le Touquet lighthouse 550 m NE
Diving & boat hire
- Royal Whale 270 m NW
- Bike 4 You 520 m NW
- Mobilboard Le Touquet 600 m NW
When people look it up
The FR Wikipedia article was read 3,068 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in July (593 views), 7.4× the quietest month.
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Touquet-Paris-Plage | – | 17.7 °C | 12.0 km | Sand |
| Sainte-Cécile-Plage | 6.1 km N | 17.7 °C | 2.1 km | Sand |
| Hardelot-Plage | 13.0 km N | 17.7 °C | – | – |
| Berck-Plage | 13.0 km S | 18.1 °C | 2.4 km | Sand |
| Équihen-Plage | 17.8 km N | 17.7 °C | 173 m | – |
- Sainte-Cécile-Plage6.1 km NCompare
- Hardelot-Plage13.0 km NCompare
- Berck-Plage13.0 km SCompare
- Équihen-Plage17.8 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 12.0 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w239544467; 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.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_31UCR_20260318_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site FRE1262826M062240).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 60.5K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.