Spain / Balearic Islands
Cala Ratjada Strand
Cala Ratjada Strand is a 300 m-long sandy beach facing north-north-east on the Mediterranean Sea, 4.4 km north-west of Cala Rajada (Balearic Islands, Spain). The sea averages 26.0 °C in August, its warmest month, and 14.0 °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.
Month by month
October at Cala Ratjada Strand
Beach-day index 7.2/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.7 °C | 14.0 °C | 14.2 °C | 15.5 °C | 18.0 °C | 21.5 °C | 24.6 °C | 26.0 °C | 24.8 °C | 22.3 °C | 19.2 °C | 16.5 °C |
| High °C | 14° | 13° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 24° | 27° | 27° | 25° | 22° | 18° | 15° |
| Low °C | 12° | 11° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 21° | 24° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 16° | 13° |
| Rain mm | 49 | 47 | 46 | 47 | 42 | 19 | 16 | 29 | 73 | 76 | 83 | 50 |
| Cloud % | 54 | 52 | 50 | 48 | 43 | 29 | 23 | 25 | 40 | 45 | 53 | 51 |
| Wind m/s | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 6.6 |
| Daylight h | 9.6 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.4 |
| Record high/low | 18°/5° | 18°/4° | 20°/6° | 21°/9° | 25°/11° | 30°/15° | 31°/19° | 32°/20° | 29°/17° | 27°/13° | 23°/9° | 20°/8° |
| Beach index | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 7.2 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
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 9.6/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 24.6 °C and 16 mm of rain.
In July that is 1.1 points above the median of the 2,246 beaches in Spain covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 2.8 °C warmer than the Spain median for August (23.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 19.3 °C, warmer than 57% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (83 mm) and July the driest (16 mm); the yearly total is about 580 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.4 hours in December to 15.0 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:29 and sets at 21:14 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-north-east (30°). Open water fills about 36% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 240° to 302°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in March–September.
Straight out to the north-north-east about 300 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build. The beach is on Mallorca, an island of about 3,616 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 17 m deep and 41 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 30 m above sea level 500 m inland and 28 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 61% tree cover, 19% grassland and 8% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 34% of that circle.
- Tree 61%
- Grass 19%
- Bare 8%
- Built 7%
- Shrub 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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Playa Cala Mesquida Pm1”, 60 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.
OpenStreetMap marks nudism here as “yes”.
The beach is tagged as supervised.
Photos
Facilities within 1 km
- 5Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 3Public toilets
- –Showers
- 6Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 4Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Grocery shops
- 1Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Cash machines
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 4 restaurants and 1 bar. Accommodation: 4 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.
Around the beach
Nature
- Puig de ses Camamil·les peak 720 m NW
- el Pujolet peak 1.3 km SW
- puig de l'Àguila peak 1.4 km S
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palma de Mallorca Airport Palma de Mallorca | PMI | 63.2 km | west |
| Menorca Airport Mahón (Maó) | MAH | 68.3 km | east |
| Ibiza Airport Ibiza (Eivissa) | IBZ | 202 km | south-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 bus stop within 1.5 km and 6 mapped car parks within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 24.6K residents); within 30 km there are 14 (about 143.1K).
Reference
Cala Ratjada Strand has an article on the CA Wikipedia: Cala Mesquida (Mallorca).
Wikidata item Q1026149 · classified as white sand beach.
When people look it up
The CA Wikipedia article was read 265 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in August (51 views), 12.8× 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 14.2 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w583995195; 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.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ES532M0141119).
- 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.