Spain / Canary Islands
Playa Blanca
Playa Blanca is a coastal resort area in Canary Islands, Spain. Its longest mapped beach (Playa Dorada) stretches about 359 m. The sea averages 23.0 °C in September, its warmest month, and 18.3 °C in March; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–November.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 8.1 m/s in July, the windiest month.
The mapped beach is tagged as not allowing dogs.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 157Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 9Public toilets
- –Showers
- 33Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 49Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
- 11Grocery shops
- 3Water-sports spots
- 2Marinas & slipways
- 1Playgrounds & water parks
- 26Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 3Pharmacies & clinics
- 7Cash machines
- 3Bike rental
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 98 restaurants, 13 cafés, 42 bars and 4 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 49 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 Blanca Pm1”, 90 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 Playa Blanca
Beach-day index 8.6/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 19.1 °C | 18.4 °C | 18.3 °C | 18.7 °C | 19.6 °C | 20.8 °C | 21.6 °C | 22.4 °C | 23.0 °C | 22.8 °C | 21.5 °C | 20.1 °C |
| High °C | 19° | 19° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 20° |
| Low °C | 17° | 16° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 18° |
| Rain mm | 13 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 17 |
| Cloud % | 53 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 52 | 60 | 51 | 40 | 48 | 55 | 54 |
| Wind m/s | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 7.3 | 5.7 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 6.1 |
| Daylight h | 10.5 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| Record high/low | 23°/13° | 23°/14° | 27°/14° | 28°/15° | 28°/16° | 26°/17° | 27°/19° | 28°/20° | 29°/20° | 28°/19° | 28°/16° | 24°/16° |
| Beach index | 5.1 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 8.6 | 7.1 | 5.9 |
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 September–October; September scores 9.0/10 with highs of 24 °C, sea at 23.0 °C and 2 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Spain in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 20.5 °C, warmer than 64% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (20 mm) and June the driest (1 mm); the yearly total is about 110 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.3 hours in December to 14.0 hours in June; in mid-September the sun rises at 07:39 and sets at 20:01 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south (170°). Open water fills about 25% 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 244° to 297°, behind the land.
Straight out to the south the next coast is roughly 200 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 815 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 13 m deep and 31 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 26 m above sea level 500 m inland and 38 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 57% built-up land, 40% bare ground, sand or rock and 3% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 32% of that circle.
- Built 57%
- Bare 40%
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport San Bartolomé | ACE | 23.7 km | north-east |
| Fuerteventura Airport El Matorral | FUE | 45.8 km | south |
| Gran Canaria Airport Gran Canaria Island | LPA | 184 km | south-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 26 bus stops within 1.5 km, ferry terminal Fred. Olsen Express Terminal Playa Blanca (670 m), ferry terminal Líneas Romero Terminal Playa Blanca (700 m) and 33 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 10K residents); within 30 km there are 11 (about 203K).
Photos
From above
Reference
Playa Blanca (Spanish for "White Beach") is the southernmost town of the Spanish island of Lanzarote. It is the newest resort on the island, and is part of the municipality of Yaiza.
Wikidata item Q2000517 · classified as human settlement.
Around the beach
Nature
- Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote nature reserve 500 m E
- Los Hervideros, Lanzarote, Canary Islands nature reserve 800 m E
Marinas
- Villas Puerto Rubicon 480 m SE
- Rubicon Marina 510 m E
Diving & boat hire
- Lanzarote Bike Sensations 50 m NE
- Papagayo Bike - Playa Blanca 200 m E
- Sunny Rent Lanzarote 460 m E
Campsites
- Camping de Papagayo 300 m E
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 28,664 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in January (3,447 views), 1.9× the quietest month.
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playa Blanca | – | 23.0 °C | 359 m | – |
| Playa del Papagayo | 4.7 km SE | 23.0 °C | 143 m | Sand |
| Playa Quemada | 10.5 km NE | 22.9 °C | 619 m | Sand |
- Playa del Papagayo4.7 km SECompare
- Playa Quemada10.5 km NECompare
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 4.6 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r18313887; 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_28RFT_20240127_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ES708M0341812).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 90.5K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.