Spain / Andalusia
Fuengirola
Fuengirola is a coastal resort area in Andalusia, Spain. Its longest mapped beach (Playa de los Boliches) stretches about 1.7 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 22.7 °C in August, its warmest month, and 15.2 °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
- 673Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 5Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- 30Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 59Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
- 69Grocery shops
- 6Water-sports spots
- 1Marinas & slipways
- 1Playgrounds & water parks
- 58Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 22Pharmacies & clinics
- 24Cash machines
- 2Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 421 restaurants, 52 cafés, 191 bars and 9 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 59 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 Fuengirola Pm1”, 310 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 Fuengirola
Beach-day index 6.9/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 15.6 °C | 15.2 °C | 15.4 °C | 16.2 °C | 17.5 °C | 19.5 °C | 21.6 °C | 22.7 °C | 21.4 °C | 19.6 °C | 17.5 °C | 16.3 °C |
| High °C | 13° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 24° | 30° | 33° | 33° | 28° | 23° | 16° | 14° |
| Low °C | 4° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 16° | 19° | 20° | 16° | 13° | 7° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 48 | 50 | 66 | 48 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 59 | 72 | 65 |
| Cloud % | 57 | 55 | 55 | 52 | 41 | 25 | 19 | 23 | 35 | 48 | 58 | 61 |
| Wind m/s | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Daylight h | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 9.7 |
| Record high/low | 21°/-4° | 22°/-4° | 28°/-2° | 28°/2° | 36°/4° | 38°/8° | 41°/12° | 41°/14° | 40°/11° | 33°/1° | 26°/-1° | 23°/-3° |
| Beach index | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 6.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
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–September; September scores 8.9/10 with highs of 28 °C, sea at 21.4 °C and 28 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Spain in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 0.5 °C cooler than the Spain median for August (23.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 18.2 °C, cooler than 56% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (72 mm) and July the driest (1 mm); the yearly total is about 470 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.7 hours in December to 14.6 hours in June; in mid-September the sun rises at 07:59 and sets at 20:27 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-south-east (115°). Open water fills about 33% 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 241° to 300°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east-south-east about 300 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 19 m deep and 63 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 13 m above sea level 500 m inland and 25 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 89% built-up land, 6% tree cover and 4% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 31% of that circle.
- Built 89%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport Málaga | AGP | 19.0 km | north-east |
| Gibraltar Airport Gibraltar | GIB | 78.0 km | south-west |
| F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport Granada | GRX | 104 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 58 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Fuengirola (330 m), rail station Los Boliches (1.9 km) and 30 mapped car parks within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 211K residents); within 30 km there are 18 (about 1.2M).
Photos
From above
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Snakeroom Serpentarium attraction 130 m SE
- Galleri SoHo.se museum 210 m W
- Sould Park Fuengirola attraction 320 m NE
- Bioparc Fuengirola attraction 450 m SW
- Marbella Puerto Banus museum 490 m W
- Zoo Fuengirola attraction 520 m SW
Historic sites
- Monumento a la Peseta monument 370 m SW
Marinas
- Club Náutico Fuengirola 710 m NE
Diving & boat hire
- BEST BIKE Fuengirola 330 m S
- Terral Bike Rental 440 m NE
- Chamuel Dolphin Trips the Boathouse Fuengirola 570 m NE
- Escuela de Vela y Náutica 600 m NE
- Monarca Nautica 660 m NE
- Fuengirola Sea Trips 670 m NE
Campsites
- Costa del Sol Glamping Village 290 m N
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 18.2 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w23911405; 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 S2C_30SUF_20251024_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ES617M0541521).
- 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.