Spain / Catalonia
Playa de Aro
Playa de Aro is a coastal resort area in Catalonia, Spain. Its longest mapped beach (la Platja d'Aro) stretches about 991 m and has a sand surface. The sea averages 23.5 °C in August, its warmest month, and 12.8 °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
- 150Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 5Public toilets
- –Showers
- 8Drinking water
- 26Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 37Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Campsites
- 6Grocery shops
- 1Water-sports spots
- 1Playgrounds & water parks
- 6Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 3Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
- 1Bike rental
- 2Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 100 restaurants, 8 cafés, 41 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 37 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 Gran Pm1”, 50 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 de Aro
Beach-day index 5.6/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 13.3 °C | 12.8 °C | 13.1 °C | 14.0 °C | 16.2 °C | 19.6 °C | 22.3 °C | 23.5 °C | 22.0 °C | 19.1 °C | 16.5 °C | 14.5 °C |
| High °C | 12° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 25° | 28° | 28° | 25° | 21° | 16° | 13° |
| Low °C | 6° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 20° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 7° |
| Rain mm | 52 | 44 | 60 | 71 | 63 | 35 | 34 | 37 | 58 | 91 | 65 | 42 |
| Cloud % | 69 | 66 | 63 | 62 | 58 | 47 | 38 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 68 | 68 |
| Wind m/s | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Daylight h | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.6 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 9.2 |
| Record high/low | 20°/-1° | 20°/-3° | 25°/-0° | 25°/5° | 29°/6° | 34°/11° | 35°/14° | 36°/15° | 34°/11° | 29°/6° | 23°/2° | 19°/-0° |
| Beach index | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 8.5 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 |
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; August scores 9.3/10 with highs of 28 °C, sea at 23.5 °C and 37 mm of rain.
In August that is 0.4 points above the median of the 2,246 beaches in Spain covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 17.2 °C, cooler than 62% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
October is the wettest month (91 mm) and July the driest (34 mm); the yearly total is about 650 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.2 hours in December to 15.2 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 06:55 and sets at 20:50 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-south-east (120°). Open water fills about 42% 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 239° to 303°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east-south-east about 1,200 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 29 m deep and 55 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 16 m above sea level 500 m inland and 82 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 58% built-up land, 28% tree cover and 7% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 48% of that circle.
- Built 58%
- Tree 28%
- Grass 7%
- Bare 7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Girona-Costa Brava Airport Girona | GRO | 27.4 km | west |
| Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport Barcelona | BCN | 101 km | south-west |
| Perpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) Airport Perpignan/Rivesaltes | PGF | 104 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 6 bus stops within 1.5 km and 26 mapped car parks within 1 km.
6 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 67.2K residents); within 30 km there are 59 (about 377.8K).
From above
Reference
Playa de Aro has an article on the ES Wikipedia: Playa de Aro.
Wikidata item Q11941952 · classified as single entity of population and municipality capital.
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Punta d'en Ramis 430 m NE
Nature
- Puig d'en Pitxolí peak 1.4 km NE
Islands in view
- Belladona Grossa 1.2 km NE
- Illots de Sant Jordi 1.4 km NE
- Niells de Terra de Cap Roig 1.6 km NE
- Niells de Fora de Cap Roig 1.6 km NE
- l'Illot 1.7 km NE
- el Puget de la Cadira 2.0 km NE
Diving & boat hire
- Kayak & Paddle Surf Cavall Bernat 240 m NE
Campsites
- Camping Ridaura 320 m NE
- Plaja D'aro 960 m NE
When people look it up
The ES Wikipedia article was read 27,273 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in August (4,281 views), 3.9× 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 7.9 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r8280402; 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_31TEG_20240809_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ES512M048718).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 50 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.