Spain / Canary Islands
Playa del Inglés
Playa del Inglés is a coastal resort area in Canary Islands, Spain. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 3.3 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 23.3 °C in September, its warmest month, and 18.9 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–November.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 8.3 m/s in July, the windiest month.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 502Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 15Public toilets
- –Showers
- 107Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 215Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Campsites
- 45Grocery shops
- 7Water-sports spots
- 1Playgrounds & water parks
- 50Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 9Pharmacies & clinics
- 35Cash machines
- 1Bike rental
- 5Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 279 restaurants, 41 cafés, 177 bars and 5 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 215 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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Playa Ingl?S (El) Pm3”, 580 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.
Month by month
October at Playa del Inglés
Beach-day index 8.7/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 19.6 °C | 18.9 °C | 18.9 °C | 19.3 °C | 20.1 °C | 21.3 °C | 21.9 °C | 22.7 °C | 23.3 °C | 23.2 °C | 22.1 °C | 20.7 °C |
| High °C | 19° | 19° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 20° |
| Low °C | 18° | 17° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 19° |
| Rain mm | 16 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 22 |
| Cloud % | 37 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 34 | 40 | 40 |
| Wind m/s | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.0 |
| Daylight h | 10.6 | 11.2 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 10.8 | 10.4 |
| Record high/low | 22°/15° | 22°/15° | 23°/15° | 26°/16° | 26°/17° | 24°/18° | 27°/19° | 26°/20° | 26°/21° | 26°/19° | 26°/18° | 23°/17° |
| Beach index | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 6.3 |
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 August–October; September scores 8.9/10 with highs of 24 °C, sea at 23.3 °C and 5 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Spain in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 0.4 °C warmer than the Spain median for September (22.9 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 21.0 °C, warmer than 66% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
December is the wettest month (22 mm) and June the driest (2 mm); the yearly total is about 130 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.4 hours in December to 13.9 hours in June; in mid-September the sun rises at 07:46 and sets at 20:08 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east (95°). Open water fills about 28% 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 244° to 297°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the east, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves. The beach is on an island of about 1,576 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 11 m deep and 33 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 22 m above sea level 500 m inland and 14 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 57% bare ground, sand or rock, 37% built-up land and 4% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 19% of that circle.
- Bare 57%
- Built 37%
- Grass 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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gran Canaria Airport Gran Canaria Island | LPA | 27.5 km | north-east |
| Tenerife Sur Airport Tenerife | TFS | 104 km | west |
| Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport Tenerife | TFN | 111 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 50 bus stops within 1.5 km and 107 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 53.2K residents); within 30 km there are 14 (about 327.9K).
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From above
Reference
Playa del Inglés (Spanish: [ˈplaʝa ðel iŋˈɡles]; English: Englishman's Beach) is a beach resort in Maspalomas on the south coast of the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. It is part of the municipality of San Bartolomé de Tirajana, and is a popular tourist attraction.
Wikidata item Q1929363 · classified as human settlement.
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Cocodrillo Park Zoo attraction 520 m W
- ParaPark Gran Canaria attraction 790 m SE
- Sportium, Apuestas Deportivas attraction 900 m S
Nature
- The Dunes Of Maspalomas nature reserve 320 m W
Diving & boat hire
- Rent a Bike Gran Canaria 330 m SW
- Blue active sport 420 m N
- Scooter Maspalomas Bike Rental 450 m W
- Bike 10Mil 450 m NW
- Moto and Bike Rent 450 m NW
- Free Wheels Sport Club 640 m E
Campsites
- Martel House e Hijos Sl 390 m SE
- GayStay 560 m NE
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 19,684 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in January (2,191 views), 1.9× 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 14.6 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w27504565; 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_28RDR_20251207_1_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ES705M0191768).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 9.9K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.