Spain / Canary Islands
Playa de Famara
Playa de Famara is a 2.8 km-long sandy beach facing north-west, 4.4 km south-west of Haría (Canary Islands, Spain). The sea averages 23.0 °C in September, its warmest month, and 18.2 °C in March; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–November.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa de Famara
Beach-day index 8.0/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 19.0 °C | 18.3 °C | 18.2 °C | 18.6 °C | 19.5 °C | 20.7 °C | 21.5 °C | 22.4 °C | 23.0 °C | 22.7 °C | 21.5 °C | 20.1 °C |
| High °C | 18° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 20° |
| Low °C | 17° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 19° |
| Rain mm | 15 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 27 | 23 |
| Cloud % | 57 | 56 | 55 | 56 | 56 | 52 | 58 | 52 | 42 | 51 | 58 | 58 |
| Wind m/s | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 5.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| Daylight h | 10.5 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 10.7 | 10.3 |
| Record high/low | 21°/14° | 22°/13° | 22°/14° | 24°/15° | 22°/16° | 23°/18° | 26°/19° | 25°/20° | 25°/21° | 26°/19° | 25°/17° | 23°/15° |
| Beach index | 4.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 6.6 | 5.5 |
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 8.4/10 with highs of 23 °C, sea at 23.0 °C and 3 mm of rain.
In September that is 0.4 points below the median of the 2,246 beaches in Spain covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 20.5 °C, warmer than 64% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (27 mm) and June the driest (1 mm); the yearly total is about 140 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.3 hours in December to 14.0 hours in June; in mid-September the sun rises at 07:38 and sets at 20:00 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-west (320°). Open water fills about 47% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 20:53 local time on a bearing of 297°.
Straight out to the north-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell. The beach is on Lanzarote, an island of about 811 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 12 m deep and 18 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 38 m above sea level 500 m inland and 354 m at 1.5 km, with hills rising behind it.
Within 1 km, the land is 69% grassland and 31% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a mixed, lightly developed setting. Water makes up 58% of that circle.
- Grass 69%
- Bare 31%
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.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 8.3 m/s in July, the windiest month.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- –Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- –Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 1Viewpoints
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.
Nearest services
The nearest place to eat or drink is 1.6 km south-west (Restaurante El Risco), the nearest grocery shop is 2.8 km west (GUTT Biomarket), the nearest fuel station is 4.6 km north-east (Gasolinera Cepsa Haria) and the nearest pharmacy or clinic is 7.7 km south (Farmacia La Villa de Teguise).
| Service | Nearest mapped | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and drink | Restaurante El Risco | 1.6 km | south-west |
| Groceries | GUTT Biomarket | 2.8 km | west |
| Accommodation | Magic Famara Beach House | 1.4 km | south-west |
| Pharmacy or clinic | Farmacia La Villa de Teguise | 7.7 km | south |
| Fuel station | Gasolinera Cepsa Haria | 4.6 km | north-east |
| Car park | Mirador del Bosquecillo | 1.4 km | east |
| Public toilets | — | 2.3 km | east |
| Bus stop | Caleta de Famara | 2.8 km | west |
Straight-line distance to the nearest feature within 20 km, from OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps places. A category is missing when nothing is mapped within 20 km.
Around the beach
Nature
- El Castillejo peak 1.1 km SE
- Cueva De Las Cabras cave entrance 1.2 km E
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| César Manrique-Lanzarote Airport San Bartolomé | ACE | 21.1 km | south |
| Fuerteventura Airport El Matorral | FUE | 81.3 km | south-west |
| Laayoune Hassan I International Airport El Aaiún | EUN | 223 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 25.4K residents); within 30 km there are 12 (about 195.3K).
Map and nearby beaches
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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 8.3 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r18336593; 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 S2A_28RFT_20231014_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Nearest services: OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps places within 20 km.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 33.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.