Spain / Valencia
Playa de Xeraco
Playa de Xeraco is a 2.4 km-long sandy beach facing east-north-east on the Mediterranean Sea, 2.6 km north-east of Xeraco (Valencia, Spain). The sea averages 26.0 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.7 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–October.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa de Xeraco
Beach-day index 7.6/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.3 °C | 13.7 °C | 14.1 °C | 15.4 °C | 18.0 °C | 21.6 °C | 24.6 °C | 26.0 °C | 24.6 °C | 21.9 °C | 18.6 °C | 15.9 °C |
| High °C | 14° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 26° | 23° | 18° | 15° |
| Low °C | 10° | 10° | 11° | 13° | 16° | 21° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 19° | 14° | 11° |
| Rain mm | 43 | 35 | 49 | 48 | 42 | 19 | 10 | 25 | 63 | 55 | 60 | 46 |
| Cloud % | 53 | 52 | 54 | 59 | 53 | 38 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 52 | 53 | 53 |
| Wind m/s | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| Daylight h | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| Record high/low | 20°/4° | 21°/3° | 23°/4° | 23°/8° | 31°/10° | 33°/15° | 34°/19° | 36°/19° | 33°/16° | 30°/11° | 26°/8° | 21°/5° |
| Beach index | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 7.6 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
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 9.6/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 24.6 °C and 10 mm of rain.
In July that is 1.1 points above the median of the 2,246 beaches in Spain covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 2.8 °C warmer than the Spain median for August (23.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 19.1 °C, warmer than 53% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
September is the wettest month (63 mm) and July the driest (10 mm); the yearly total is about 500 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.5 hours in December to 14.9 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:46 and sets at 21:26 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-north-east (60°). 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 240° to 301°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east-north-east 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 10 m deep and 18 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 2 m above sea level 500 m inland and 1 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 57% grassland, 26% built-up land and 9% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 48% of that circle.
- Grass 57%
- Built 26%
- Bare 9%
- Tree 4%
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 Xeraco Pm1”, 60 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.
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
- 28Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 7Drinking water
- 12Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 1Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Campsites
- 3Grocery shops
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 24 restaurants, 1 café, 2 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 1 hotel or guesthouse.
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
Historic sites
- Torre de Guaita monument 930 m SW
Campsites
- Xeraco Campers 570 m SW
- Camping San Vicente 690 m NW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valencia Airport Valencia | VLC | 54.9 km | north-west |
| Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport Alicante | ALC | 90.9 km | south |
| Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport Castellón de la Plana | CDT | 132 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 12 mapped car parks within 1 km.
7 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 104.1K residents); within 30 km there are 80 (about 439.3K).
Reference
Playa de Xeraco has an article on the CA Wikipedia: Platja de Xeraco.
Wikidata item Q11941969.
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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 10.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r2071554; 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_31SBD_20260908_1_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ES523M1431033).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 4.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.