France / Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Plage Notre-Dame
Plage Notre-Dame is a beach facing north-north-west on the Mediterranean Sea, 14.2 km south of La Londe-les-Maures (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France). The sea averages 23.5 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.3 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–September.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Plage Notre-Dame
Beach-day index 5.3/10 · France median 4.9
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 13.8 °C | 13.3 °C | 13.5 °C | 14.3 °C | 16.8 °C | 20.0 °C | 22.4 °C | 23.5 °C | 21.8 °C | 19.6 °C | 17.3 °C | 15.3 °C |
| High °C | 9° | 10° | 14° | 17° | 22° | 28° | 31° | 31° | 25° | 20° | 14° | 10° |
| Low °C | 2° | 2° | 4° | 7° | 11° | 16° | 19° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 6° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 52 | 46 | 50 | 49 | 51 | 29 | 14 | 20 | 48 | 87 | 109 | 72 |
| Cloud % | 59 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 39 | 28 | 33 | 41 | 54 | 58 | 56 |
| Wind m/s | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| Daylight h | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 9.0 |
| Record high/low | 20°/-5° | 20°/-7° | 24°/-4° | 27°/-1° | 32°/3° | 41°/7° | 38°/11° | 40°/11° | 34°/6° | 32°/1° | 23°/-3° | 18°/-6° |
| Beach index | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 8.4 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 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; August scores 9.5/10 with highs of 31 °C, sea at 23.5 °C and 20 mm of rain.
In August that is 1.5 points above the median of the 625 beaches in France covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 1.4 °C warmer than the France median for August (22.1 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 17.6 °C, cooler than 60% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (109 mm) and July the driest (14 mm); the yearly total is about 630 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.0 hours in December to 15.3 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:40 and sets at 20:39 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-north-west (330°). 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 May–August; in mid-June it goes down at 21:15 local time on a bearing of 304°.
The opposite shore is only about 8.0 km away to the north-north-west, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves. The beach is on an island of about 13 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 12 m deep and 24 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 23 m above sea level 500 m inland and 2 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 77% tree cover, 15% grassland and 5% shrubland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 34% of that circle.
- Tree 77%
- Grass 15%
- Shrub 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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Porquerolles-Notre Dame”, 250 m from the beach centre, was rated Good for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 4 of its 9 classified seasons since 2017.
- 2016Not classified
- 2017Good
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Good
- 2023Good
- 2024Good
- 2025Good
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- –Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- –Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 2Historic sites
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.
Nearest services
The nearest place to eat or drink is 2.4 km west (Bar la Plage), the nearest grocery shop is 2.5 km south-west (Nicolas), the nearest fuel station is 10.7 km north-west (TotalEnergies) and the nearest pharmacy or clinic is 7.1 km west (Hopital De Hyeres).
| Service | Nearest mapped | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and drink | Bar la Plage | 2.4 km | west |
| Groceries | Nicolas | 2.5 km | south-west |
| Accommodation | IGESA | 2.5 km | south-west |
| Pharmacy or clinic | Hopital De Hyeres | 7.1 km | west |
| Fuel station | TotalEnergies | 10.7 km | north-west |
| Car park | — | 2.5 km | west |
| Public toilets | — | 2.1 km | south-west |
| Bus stop | Presqu'Île | 6.2 km | west |
Straight-line distance to the nearest feature within 20 km, from OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps places. A category is missing when nothing is mapped within 20 km.
Around the beach
Historic sites
- Fort de la Repentance-aval fort 820 m SW
- Fort de l'Alycastre fort 850 m W
Nature
- La Poncha dau Bòn Dieu peak 670 m NE
- Pouncho dou Bouan Diéu peak 680 m E
- Monts Sarranier peak 1.4 km SE
Islands in view
- Rocher des Mèdes 2.0 km NE
- Île de Porquerolles 2.2 km W
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toulon-Hyères Airport Hyères, Var | TLN | 11.9 km | north-west |
| Marseille Provence Airport Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône | MRS | 95.3 km | north-west |
| Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport Nice, Alpes-Maritimes | NCE | 107 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
No town of 1,000+ people lies within 10 km; within 30 km there are 18 (about 380.5K).
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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 15.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature n14019587452; 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 S2A_31TGH_20250808_1_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site FRL0583069M083313).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Nearest services: OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps places within 20 km.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 2.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.