Spain / Asturias
Playa de Xagó
Playa de Xagó is a 1.5 km-long sandy beach facing north-west, 5.5 km north of Avilés (Asturias, Spain). The sea averages 20.5 °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 Xagó
Beach-day index 3.5/10 · 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 | 13.1 °C | 14.7 °C | 16.9 °C | 19.3 °C | 20.5 °C | 19.5 °C | 17.5 °C | 15.5 °C | 13.9 °C |
| High °C | 13° | 12° | 13° | 13° | 15° | 17° | 20° | 21° | 20° | 18° | 16° | 14° |
| Low °C | 11° | 11° | 11° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 19° | 20° | 19° | 17° | 14° | 12° |
| Rain mm | 129 | 102 | 100 | 77 | 58 | 43 | 25 | 32 | 45 | 115 | 144 | 130 |
| Cloud % | 72 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 61 | 58 | 57 | 64 | 69 | 69 |
| Wind m/s | 7.2 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 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°/7° | 17°/5° | 17°/6° | 19°/8° | 24°/10° | 23°/13° | 24°/15° | 25°/17° | 24°/16° | 24°/12° | 20°/10° | 18°/7° |
| Beach index | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 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 6.3/10 with highs of 21 °C, sea at 20.5 °C and 32 mm of rain.
In August that is 2.6 points below the median of the 2,246 beaches in Spain covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 2.7 °C cooler than the Spain median for August (23.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 15.8 °C, cooler than 69% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (144 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 07:27 and sets at 21:29 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-west (320°). Open water fills about 36% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in March–October; in mid-June it goes down at 22:06 local time on a bearing of 304°.
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.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 15 m deep and 39 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 14 m above sea level 500 m inland and 39 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 50% grassland, 32% tree cover and 12% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 50% of that circle.
- Grass 50%
- Tree 32%
- Bare 12%
- Built 5%
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 De Xag? Pm1”, 410 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 7.3 m/s in February, 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
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 4Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 5Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 2 bars.
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 Playa de Xagó 850 m NE
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asturias Airport Ranón | OVD | 10.2 km | south-west |
| León Airport La Virgen del Camino | LEN | 115 km | south |
| Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport Santander | SDR | 171 km | east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 5 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station San Juan de Nieva (2.1 km) and 4 mapped car parks within 1 km.
4 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 104.2K residents); within 30 km there are 20 (about 691.3K).
Reference
Playa de Xagó has an article on the ES Wikipedia: Playa de Xagó.
Wikidata item Q6079079.
When people look it up
The ES Wikipedia article was read 2,498 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in July (571 views), 8.7× 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 4.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w36867824; 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 ES120M025496).
- 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.