France / Occitanie
Saint-Cyprien-Plage
Saint-Cyprien-Plage is a coastal resort area in Occitanie, France. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 2.0 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 22.0 °C in August, its warmest month, and 12.1 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–August.
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
- 47Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 3Public toilets
- –Showers
- 8Drinking water
- 140Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 9Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
- 8Grocery shops
- 4Water-sports spots
- 2Marinas & slipways
- 15Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
- 1Bike rental
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 38 restaurants, 2 cafés, 6 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 9 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 “Poste De Secours N°2, Plage De L'art”, 470 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 11 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Excellent
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 Saint-Cyprien-Plage
Beach-day index 4.9/10 · France median 4.9
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 12.8 °C | 12.1 °C | 12.5 °C | 13.5 °C | 15.8 °C | 19.0 °C | 21.3 °C | 22.0 °C | 20.3 °C | 18.3 °C | 16.2 °C | 14.1 °C |
| High °C | 11° | 11° | 14° | 17° | 20° | 25° | 28° | 28° | 24° | 20° | 15° | 11° |
| Low °C | 5° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 13° | 17° | 20° | 19° | 16° | 13° | 9° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 51 | 39 | 51 | 61 | 49 | 27 | 21 | 25 | 43 | 72 | 59 | 42 |
| Cloud % | 64 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 67 | 57 | 50 | 52 | 56 | 61 | 62 | 60 |
| Wind m/s | 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 6.0 |
| Daylight h | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 9.1 |
| Record high/low | 18°/-2° | 19°/-6° | 23°/-1° | 25°/4° | 30°/5° | 38°/10° | 34°/14° | 36°/14° | 33°/9° | 28°/3° | 23°/1° | 19°/-2° |
| Beach index | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 |
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 8.8/10 with highs of 28 °C, sea at 22.0 °C and 25 mm of rain.
In August that is 0.8 points above the median of the 625 beaches in France covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 16.5 °C, cooler than 66% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
October is the wettest month (72 mm) and July the driest (21 mm); the yearly total is about 540 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.1 hours in December to 15.3 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:53 and sets at 20:51 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east (85°). Open water fills about 22% of the horizon close by, which makes it a sheltered cove or bay.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 238° to 303°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the east, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 7 m deep and 26 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 1 m above sea level 500 m inland and 1 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 73% built-up land, 13% grassland and 6% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 24% of that circle.
- Built 73%
- Grass 13%
- Tree 6%
- Bare 4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport Perpignan/Rivesaltes | PGF | 18.0 km | north-west |
| Béziers Vias airport Béziers | BZR | 81.5 km | north |
| Girona-Costa Brava Airport Girona | GRO | 83.6 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 15 bus stops within 1.5 km and 140 mapped car parks within 1 km.
15 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 71.7K residents); within 30 km there are 69 (about 348.6K).
Around the beach
Lighthouses & piers
- Ponton F pier 900 m SE
- Ponton E pier 940 m SE
- Ponton D pier 970 m SE
Marinas
- Port De Plaisance Saint Cyprien Plage 830 m SE
- Port De Saint Cyprien 920 m SE
Diving & boat hire
- Quincaillerie du Port 640 m SE
- C2C Permis Bateau 740 m SE
- Artimon Location 910 m SE
- Nausicaa 950 m SE
Campsites
- Camping Marvilla Parks 690 m SW
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Cyprien-Plage | – | 22.0 °C | 2.0 km | Sand |
| Torreilles-Plage | 15.4 km N | 21.9 °C | 2.3 km | – |
| Le Barcarès | 18.4 km N | 21.9 °C | 1.9 km | – |
- Torreilles-Plage15.4 km NCompare
- Le Barcarès18.4 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 7.7 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w41415183; 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.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_31TEH_20250811_1_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site FRJ1566171M066270).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 22.2K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.