Spain / Valencia
Benidorm
Benidorm is a coastal resort area in Valencia, Spain on the Mediterranean Sea. Its longest mapped beach (Platja de Ponent) stretches about 2.8 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 26.2 °C in August, its warmest month, and 14.1 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–October. Recorded status on Wikidata: Blue Flag beach.
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
- 672Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 7Public toilets
- –Showers
- 12Drinking water
- 1,061Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 167Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
- 70Grocery shops
- 7Water-sports spots
- 1Marinas & slipways
- 1Playgrounds & water parks
- 97Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 24Pharmacies & clinics
- 62Cash machines
- 2Bike rental
- 2Viewpoints
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 358 restaurants, 67 cafés, 237 bars and 10 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 167 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 “Playa Del Mal Pas Pm1”, 750 m from the beach centre, was rated Good for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 8 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Good
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Good
- 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 Benidorm
Beach-day index 7.8/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.8 °C | 14.1 °C | 14.5 °C | 15.9 °C | 18.3 °C | 21.7 °C | 24.8 °C | 26.2 °C | 24.8 °C | 22.0 °C | 18.9 °C | 16.3 °C |
| High °C | 14° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 26° | 28° | 29° | 26° | 23° | 18° | 15° |
| Low °C | 9° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 13° | 10° |
| Rain mm | 44 | 32 | 45 | 45 | 36 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 57 | 52 | 58 | 47 |
| Cloud % | 54 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 51 | 35 | 26 | 32 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 54 |
| Wind m/s | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| Daylight h | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| Record high/low | 20°/3° | 22°/2° | 24°/4° | 26°/7° | 32°/9° | 35°/14° | 36°/19° | 37°/18° | 34°/17° | 30°/10° | 26°/7° | 21°/4° |
| Beach index | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 6.2 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
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–September; July scores 9.7/10 with highs of 28 °C, sea at 24.8 °C and 7 mm of rain.
In July that is 1.2 points above the median of the 2,246 beaches in Spain covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 3.0 °C warmer than the Spain median for August (23.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 19.4 °C, warmer than 58% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (58 mm) and July the driest (7 mm); the yearly total is about 460 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.5 hours in December to 14.8 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:47 and sets at 21:24 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south (185°). Open water fills about 17% 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 240° to 301°, behind the land.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the south, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 10 m deep and 31 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 45 m above sea level 500 m inland and 78 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 78% built-up land, 14% tree cover and 5% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 14% of that circle.
- Built 78%
- Tree 14%
- Bare 5%
- Grass 3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport Alicante | ALC | 47.2 km | south-west |
| Valencia Airport Valencia | VLC | 110 km | north |
| Region of Murcia International Airport Corvera | RMU | 120 km | south-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 97 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Benidorm Intermodal (990 m), rail station Benidorm (1.0 km) and 1,061 mapped car parks within 1 km.
7 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 174.2K residents); within 30 km there are 42 (about 275K).
Photos
From above
Reference
Benidorm has an article on the ES Wikipedia: Playa de Levante (Benidorm).
Wikidata item Q3380106 · classified as golden sand beach and urban beach.
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Punta Canfali 820 m S
Attractions & museums
- Hort de Colon Museum museum 410 m SW
- Museo Boca del Calvari museum 510 m S
- Sould Park Festilandia Benidorm attraction 790 m SE
Historic sites
- Ruinas castillo monument 790 m S
Nature
- Parque Natural Sierra Helada nature reserve 590 m NW
Marinas
- Club Náutico Benidorm 720 m SW
Diving & boat hire
- RENT A SCOOTER PARADISE OF CONFORT 370 m W
- Quadadventure Benidorm 530 m SW
- Kayak en benidorm 600 m SW
- Capitán Kayak 690 m SW
- Benidorm Marine 820 m SW
- Carlos Water Sports Benidorm 850 m SW
Campsites
- Benidorm 170 m S
When people look it up
The ES Wikipedia article was read 4,847 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in August (751 views), 4.5× the quietest month.
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 18.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w25092651; 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_31SBC_20240414_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ES521M031881).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 4.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.