Spain / Canary Islands
Playa de San Juan
Playa de San Juan is a 295 m-long beach facing south-west in Playa de San Juan (Canary Islands, Spain). The sea averages 23.8 °C in September, its warmest month, and 19.1 °C in March; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–December.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa de San Juan
Beach-day index 8.5/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 19.9 °C | 19.3 °C | 19.1 °C | 19.5 °C | 20.3 °C | 21.5 °C | 22.3 °C | 23.2 °C | 23.8 °C | 23.6 °C | 22.4 °C | 21.0 °C |
| High °C | 18° | 18° | 19° | 19° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 21° | 20° |
| Low °C | 16° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 19° | 18° |
| Rain mm | 25 | 32 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 39 |
| Cloud % | 59 | 60 | 61 | 60 | 60 | 55 | 58 | 53 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 60 |
| Wind m/s | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 5.2 |
| Daylight h | 10.5 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| Record high/low | 24°/13° | 23°/13° | 25°/13° | 27°/15° | 28°/15° | 28°/17° | 28°/18° | 28°/20° | 29°/20° | 30°/19° | 26°/17° | 24°/15° |
| Beach index | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 7.1 | 5.9 |
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–October; September scores 8.9/10 with highs of 24 °C, sea at 23.8 °C and 10 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Spain in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 0.9 °C warmer than the Spain median for September (22.9 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 21.3 °C, warmer than 67% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
December is the wettest month (39 mm) and July the driest (2 mm); the yearly total is about 220 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.4 hours in December to 13.9 hours in June; in mid-September the sun rises at 07:51 and sets at 20:13 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-west (225°). Open water fills about 39% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in August–May; in mid-December it goes down at 18:13 local time on a bearing of 244°.
Straight out to the south-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 2,050 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 35 m deep and 329 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 39 m above sea level 500 m inland and 127 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 40% tree cover, 28% built-up land and 21% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 42% of that circle.
- Tree 40%
- Built 28%
- Bare 21%
- Grass 9%
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 San Juan Pm1” 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.
The beach is tagged as supervised.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 55Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- 3Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 5Hotels & guesthouses
- 5Grocery shops
- 25Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 36 restaurants, 8 cafés and 11 bars. Accommodation: 5 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
Nature
- Cueva del Burro cave entrance 90 m SE
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tenerife Sur Airport Tenerife | TFS | 28.0 km | south-east |
| Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport Tenerife | TFN | 57.1 km | north-east |
| La Palma Airport Sta Cruz de la Palma, La Palma Island | SPC | 105 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 25 bus stops within 1.5 km and 3 mapped car parks within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 30.3K residents); within 30 km there are 19 (about 300.4K).
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 8.6 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r1465563; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- 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_28RCS_20231012_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ES709M0191858).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 110K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.