Spain / Andalusia
Playa de los Muertos
Playa de los Muertos is an 893 m-long sandy beach facing east, 4.8 km south of Carboneras (Andalusia, Spain). The sea averages 25.2 °C in August, its warmest month, and 14.6 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–October.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa de los Muertos
Beach-day index 8.1/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 15.0 °C | 14.6 °C | 14.9 °C | 16.1 °C | 18.0 °C | 20.8 °C | 23.6 °C | 25.2 °C | 23.8 °C | 21.2 °C | 18.4 °C | 16.3 °C |
| High °C | 15° | 16° | 17° | 20° | 23° | 27° | 29° | 29° | 27° | 23° | 19° | 16° |
| Low °C | 9° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 16° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 21° | 17° | 13° | 10° |
| Rain mm | 25 | 19 | 26 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 24 | 31 | 32 |
| Cloud % | 47 | 44 | 45 | 43 | 36 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 33 | 40 | 46 | 47 |
| Wind m/s | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Daylight h | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| Record high/low | 21°/1° | 23°/2° | 25°/4° | 28°/7° | 30°/10° | 34°/15° | 36°/18° | 36°/20° | 35°/16° | 30°/9° | 27°/6° | 23°/4° |
| Beach index | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 9.0 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.5 | 8.1 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
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–September; July scores 9.8/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 23.6 °C and 2 mm of rain.
In July that is 1.3 points above the median of the 2,246 beaches in Spain covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 2.0 °C warmer than the Spain median for August (23.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 19.0 °C, warmer than 52% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
December is the wettest month (32 mm) and July the driest (2 mm); the yearly total is about 230 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.7 hours in December to 14.7 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:59 and sets at 21:27 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east (100°). Open water fills about 47% 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 241° to 300°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east the next coast is roughly 200 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 42 m deep and 89 m at 3 km, so deep water starts close to shore. Behind the beach the ground is about 56 m above sea level 500 m inland and 50 m at 1.5 km, so the beach is backed by steep slopes or cliffs.
Within 1 km, the land is 67% grassland, 16% shrubland and 16% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 52% of that circle.
- Grass 67%
- Shrub 16%
- Bare 16%
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
- –Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 3Car 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.
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Mirador Punta de los Muertos 210 m NW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almería Airport Almería | LEI | 43.7 km | west |
| Region of Murcia International Airport Corvera | RMU | 117 km | north-east |
| F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport Granada | GRX | 169 km | west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 3 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 7.2K residents); within 30 km there are 9 (about 53.6K).
Reference
Playa de los Muertos has an article on the ES Wikipedia: Playa de los Muertos (Carboneras).
Wikidata item Q6079200.
When people look it up
The ES Wikipedia article was read 13,085 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in July (2,929 views), 86.1× 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 9.0 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w168233418; 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_30SWF_20230803_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 1.6K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.