Spain / Asturias
Playa de la Ñora
Playa de la Ñora is a 150 m-long sandy beach facing north, 5.9 km east of Gijón (Asturias, Spain). The sea averages 20.7 °C in August, its warmest month, and 12.6 °C in March; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa de la Ñora
Beach-day index 3.7/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 13.1 °C | 12.7 °C | 12.6 °C | 13.2 °C | 14.7 °C | 17.0 °C | 19.5 °C | 20.7 °C | 19.7 °C | 17.7 °C | 15.6 °C | 13.9 °C |
| High °C | 13° | 12° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 21° | 20° | 19° | 16° | 14° |
| Low °C | 11° | 11° | 11° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 20° | 19° | 17° | 14° | 12° |
| Rain mm | 131 | 107 | 100 | 76 | 56 | 43 | 25 | 31 | 46 | 112 | 146 | 131 |
| Cloud % | 72 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 61 | 58 | 57 | 64 | 69 | 69 |
| Wind m/s | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 7.2 |
| Daylight h | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| Record high/low | 17°/6° | 17°/5° | 18°/6° | 19°/9° | 23°/10° | 24°/13° | 25°/15° | 27°/16° | 25°/16° | 24°/12° | 21°/10° | 18°/7° |
| Beach index | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 5.6 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
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 6.4/10 with highs of 21 °C, sea at 20.7 °C and 31 mm of rain.
In August that is 2.5 points below the median of the 2,246 beaches in Spain covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 2.5 °C cooler than the Spain median for August (23.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 15.9 °C, cooler than 69% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (146 mm) and July the driest (25 mm); the yearly total is about 1,000 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.0 hours in December to 15.4 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 07:26 and sets at 21:28 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north (0°). Open water fills about 42% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in May–August; in mid-June it goes down at 22:04 local time on a bearing of 304°.
Sunrise is over the sea in May–August.
Straight out to the north about 800 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 14 m deep and 32 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 73 m above sea level 500 m inland and 102 m at 1.5 km, so the beach is backed by steep slopes or cliffs.
Within 1 km, the land is 55% tree cover and 42% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 40% of that circle.
- Tree 55%
- Grass 42%
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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Playa La ?Ora Pm1”, 110 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.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 7.2 m/s in December, 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
- 2Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 4Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 2Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 2 restaurants.
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
- Islote las Gemelas 1.8 km NW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asturias Airport Ranón | OVD | 35.9 km | west |
| León Airport La Virgen del Camino | LEN | 107 km | south |
| Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport Santander | SDR | 143 km | east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 2 bus stops within 1.5 km and 4 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 291.8K residents); within 30 km there are 24 (about 770.8K).
Reference
Playa de la Ñora has an article on the ES Wikipedia: Playa de la Ñora.
Wikidata item Q6079149.
When people look it up
The ES Wikipedia article was read 2,861 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in July (568 views), 8.5× 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 9.1 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w38292539; 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_29TQJ_20230809_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ES120M076534).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 70 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.