Montenegro / Ulcinj
Ulcinj
Ulcinj is a coastal resort area in Ulcinj, Montenegro. Its longest mapped beach (Mala plaža - Plazhi i Vogël) stretches about 366 m and has a sand surface. The sea averages 25.2 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.7 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–October.
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
- 67Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 3Drinking water
- 18Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 92Hotels & guesthouses
- 4Grocery shops
- 2Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 10Cash machines
- 4Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 38 restaurants, 7 cafés, 21 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 92 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 Ulcinj
Beach-day index 5.8/10 · Montenegro median 4.8
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.3 °C | 13.7 °C | 13.9 °C | 15.5 °C | 18.9 °C | 22.8 °C | 24.8 °C | 25.2 °C | 23.4 °C | 21.2 °C | 18.8 °C | 16.1 °C |
| High °C | 9° | 10° | 13° | 17° | 22° | 26° | 30° | 31° | 25° | 20° | 15° | 10° |
| Low °C | 3° | 4° | 7° | 11° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 13° | 9° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 142 | 131 | 125 | 94 | 80 | 57 | 32 | 33 | 104 | 126 | 170 | 163 |
| Cloud % | 66 | 65 | 60 | 56 | 51 | 36 | 24 | 23 | 40 | 48 | 61 | 64 |
| Wind m/s | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| Daylight h | 9.4 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.6 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 9.2 |
| Record high/low | 17°/-11° | 20°/-7° | 21°/-4° | 26°/-0° | 30°/8° | 35°/12° | 38°/16° | 38°/13° | 34°/9° | 29°/4° | 26°/-1° | 17°/-8° |
| Beach index | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 2.3 |
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 June–August; July scores 9.5/10 with highs of 30 °C, sea at 24.8 °C and 32 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Montenegro in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 19.1 °C, warmer than 53% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (170 mm) and July the driest (32 mm); the yearly total is about 1,260 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.2 hours in December to 15.2 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:20 and sets at 20:17 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-west (215°). Open water fills about 33% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in October–March; in mid-December it goes down at 16:12 local time on a bearing of 239°.
Straight out to the south-west the next coast is roughly 120 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 12 m deep and 34 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 70 m above sea level 500 m inland and 66 m at 1.5 km, so the beach is backed by steep slopes or cliffs.
Within 1 km, the land is 47% built-up land, 45% tree cover and 5% shrubland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 27% of that circle.
- Built 47%
- Tree 45%
- 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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Podgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci Airbase Podgorica | TGD | 48.3 km | north |
| Tivat Airport Tivat | TIV | 66.4 km | north-west |
| Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa Rinas | TIA | 71.2 km | south-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 2 bus stops within 1.5 km and 18 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 10.8K residents); within 30 km there are 10 (about 128.1K).
From above
Reference
Mala Plaža also called City Beach (Albanian: Plazhi i Qytetit; Serbian: Gradska Plaža) is a beach in Ulcinj Municipality, Montenegro. It is located between Ulcinj Castle and Jadran Peninsula.
Wikidata item Q15427318.
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Etnografski Muzej museum 150 m N
- Museum of Local History in Ulcinj museum 400 m W
- Museum Beys House museum 410 m SW
Islands in view
- Mali kamen - Guri i Vogël 610 m W
- Veliki kamen 940 m W
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 1,115 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in July (200 views), 5.9× the quietest month.
Map and nearby beaches
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- Velika plaža7.9 km SECompare
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 8.8 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w156809746; 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_34TCM_20240727_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 90 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.