Spain / Asturias
Playa de Gulpiyuri
Playa de Gulpiyuri is a 63 m-long sandy beach facing north-north-east, 3.2 km north-west of Posada (Asturias, Spain). The sea averages 21.2 °C in August, its warmest month, and 12.6 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in August.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Playa de Gulpiyuri is a flooded sinkhole with an inland beach located near Llanes, in Asturias, northern Spain, around 100 m from the Cantabrian Sea. Roughly 40 meters in length, it is fully tidal due to a series of tunnels carved by the salt water of the Cantabrian Sea, which allows water from the Bay of Biscay to create small waves.
Wikidata item Q3753808 · classified as protected area and natural monument of Spain.
Month by month
October at Playa de Gulpiyuri
Beach-day index 4.4/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 13.1 °C | 12.6 °C | 12.6 °C | 13.3 °C | 14.9 °C | 17.4 °C | 20.0 °C | 21.2 °C | 20.1 °C | 18.0 °C | 15.7 °C | 14.0 °C |
| High °C | 12° | 12° | 14° | 15° | 17° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 22° | 20° | 15° | 13° |
| Low °C | 9° | 8° | 9° | 10° | 13° | 16° | 18° | 18° | 17° | 15° | 11° | 9° |
| Rain mm | 123 | 103 | 94 | 77 | 62 | 53 | 34 | 37 | 50 | 100 | 137 | 118 |
| Cloud % | 81 | 78 | 76 | 75 | 73 | 71 | 67 | 67 | 66 | 74 | 79 | 79 |
| Wind m/s | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| Daylight h | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| Record high/low | 20°/3° | 20°/1° | 22°/1° | 26°/6° | 28°/7° | 33°/11° | 35°/14° | 34°/15° | 31°/12° | 28°/7° | 24°/5° | 20°/1° |
| Beach index | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 6.7 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
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 August; August scores 7.8/10 with highs of 23 °C, sea at 21.2 °C and 37 mm of rain.
In August that is 1.1 points below the median of the 2,246 beaches in Spain covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 2.0 °C cooler than the Spain median for August (23.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 16.1 °C, cooler than 68% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (137 mm) and July the driest (34 mm); the yearly total is about 990 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.0 hours in December to 15.4 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 07:23 and sets at 21:25 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-north-east (20°). 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 May–July; in mid-June it goes down at 22:01 local time on a bearing of 304°.
Sunrise is over the sea in March–October.
Straight out to the north-north-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 13 m deep and 33 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 29 m above sea level 500 m inland and 127 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 47% grassland, 45% tree cover and 8% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 52% of that circle.
- Grass 47%
- Tree 45%
- Built 8%
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.
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
- 5Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- 5Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 2Hotels & guesthouses
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 5 restaurants. Accommodation: 2 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
Islands in view
- Castro de las Gaviotas 640 m W
- Pistaña 2.2 km E
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport Santander | SDR | 86.1 km | east |
| Asturias Airport Ranón | OVD | 93.5 km | west |
| León Airport La Virgen del Camino | LEN | 114 km | south-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 5 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 1.6K residents); within 30 km there are 8 (about 36.5K).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 5,275 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in November (1,267 views), 6.2× the quietest month.
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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 19.7 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w520663412; 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_30TUP_20230928_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 1.3K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.