Spain / Catalonia
Barcelona
Barcelona is a coastal resort area in Catalonia, Spain. Its longest mapped beach (Platja del Somorrostro) stretches about 597 m and has a sand surface. The sea averages 25.3 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.0 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–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
- 1,794Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 40Public toilets
- –Showers
- 75Drinking water
- 47Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 411Hotels & guesthouses
- 171Grocery shops
- 21Water-sports spots
- 8Marinas & slipways
- 4Playgrounds & water parks
- 227Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 55Pharmacies & clinics
- 32Cash machines
- 75Bike rental
- 3Viewpoints
- 31Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 1,267 restaurants, 178 cafés, 317 bars and 32 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 411 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 Barcelona
Beach-day index 6.2/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 13.5 °C | 13.0 °C | 13.3 °C | 14.4 °C | 17.0 °C | 20.6 °C | 23.8 °C | 25.3 °C | 23.7 °C | 20.9 °C | 17.3 °C | 14.9 °C |
| High °C | 12° | 13° | 15° | 17° | 20° | 25° | 27° | 27° | 24° | 21° | 16° | 13° |
| Low °C | 7° | 7° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 22° | 19° | 16° | 11° | 8° |
| Rain mm | 47 | 42 | 57 | 67 | 64 | 39 | 44 | 56 | 76 | 93 | 68 | 36 |
| Cloud % | 69 | 66 | 63 | 62 | 58 | 47 | 38 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 68 | 68 |
| Wind m/s | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.9 |
| Daylight h | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 9.2 |
| Record high/low | 20°/0° | 21°/-2° | 23°/-0° | 24°/5° | 28°/7° | 31°/12° | 33°/16° | 34°/15° | 31°/12° | 28°/6° | 24°/3° | 19°/1° |
| Beach index | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 6.2 | 3.5 | 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 9.3/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 23.8 °C and 44 mm of rain.
In July that is 0.8 points above the median of the 2,246 beaches in Spain covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 2.1 °C warmer than the Spain median for August (23.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 18.1 °C, cooler than 57% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
October is the wettest month (93 mm) and December the driest (36 mm); the yearly total is about 690 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.2 hours in December to 15.2 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:30 and sets at 21:24 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-south-east (155°). Open water fills about 6% 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 239° to 303°, behind the land.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the south-south-east, 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 31 m. Behind the beach the ground is about 29 m above sea level 500 m inland and 43 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 89% built-up land and 8% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 5% of that circle.
- Built 89%
- Tree 8%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport Barcelona | BCN | 12.6 km | south-west |
| Girona-Costa Brava Airport Girona | GRO | 75.7 km | north-east |
| Reus Airport Reus | REU | 88.3 km | west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 227 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Barcelona-Estació de França (740 m), rail station Barcelona-Plaça de Catalunya (860 m), ferry terminal Moll de Drassanes (860 m) and 47 mapped car parks within 1 km.
92 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 5.8M residents); within 30 km there are 159 (about 7.7M).
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Torre de l'esglesia 100 m E
- Mirador Maria Aurèlia Capmany 110 m SE
- бар на крыше отеля 290 m N
Attractions & museums
- MUHBA Domus Sant Honorat museum 90 m W
- Temple d'August de Barcelona museum 90 m N
- Casa Natal Joan Miró museum 100 m SW
- Centre d'interpretació del Call museum 120 m W
- MUHBA El Call museum 140 m W
- Dali Museum Figueras Spain museum 140 m N
Historic sites
- Palau de la Generalitat monument 30 m NW
- Carrer del paradís monument 90 m N
- Major Synagogue, Barcelona monument 110 m W
- Palau del Lloctinent monument 160 m N
- Topos V monument 160 m N
- Palau Reial Major castle 190 m N
Nature
- Mont Tàber peak 90 m N
- Sierra de Catllarás nature reserve 480 m S
- Jardí del Baluard i Portal de Santa Madrona nature reserve 870 m S
Lighthouses & piers
- Rambla de Mar pier 820 m S
Marinas
- Las Ramblas Del Mar 260 m N
- Puerta Barcelona 360 m E
- Moll De Bosch I Alsina S/N 530 m SE
- Marina View Barcelona 570 m S
- Puerto viejo, Barcelona, España 570 m SE
- Puerto Olímpico de Barcelona 610 m NW
Diving & boat hire
- Barcelona E-Bike Rent 150 m S
- We Barcelona 170 m NW
- Baja Bikes 250 m S
- Barcelona Cycle Co. 270 m NE
- Scooter Bike BCN 280 m SE
- BudgetBikes Barcelona 310 m NE
Map
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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 16.5 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w23430607; 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 S2B_31TDF_20260521_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 2.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.