Spain / Murcia
Playa Honda
Playa Honda is a 682 m-long sandy beach facing north on the Mar Menor, 700 m north-west of Playa Honda (Murcia, Spain). The sea averages 25.9 °C in August, its warmest month, and 14.4 °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 Honda
Beach-day index 8.2/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 15.0 °C | 14.4 °C | 14.8 °C | 16.0 °C | 18.3 °C | 21.5 °C | 24.4 °C | 25.9 °C | 24.5 °C | 21.8 °C | 18.9 °C | 16.3 °C |
| High °C | 15° | 15° | 17° | 19° | 22° | 26° | 29° | 29° | 27° | 23° | 19° | 16° |
| Low °C | 8° | 9° | 10° | 13° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 13° | 10° |
| Rain mm | 33 | 20 | 37 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 38 | 45 | 38 |
| Cloud % | 46 | 44 | 45 | 45 | 40 | 27 | 21 | 23 | 34 | 40 | 46 | 46 |
| Wind m/s | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Daylight h | 9.8 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.5 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 9.6 |
| Record high/low | 21°/1° | 22°/1° | 26°/4° | 28°/7° | 31°/10° | 33°/14° | 35°/19° | 36°/19° | 35°/14° | 30°/9° | 26°/6° | 22°/3° |
| Beach index | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.5 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 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 24.4 °C and 4 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 2.7 °C warmer than the Spain median for August (23.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 19.3 °C, warmer than 57% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (45 mm) and July the driest (4 mm); the yearly total is about 340 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.6 hours in December to 14.8 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:52 and sets at 21:24 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north (350°). Open water fills about 31% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in May–July; in mid-June it goes down at 21:25 local time on a bearing of 301°.
Straight out to the north the next coast is roughly 20 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
Within 1 km, the land is 43% built-up land, 27% cropland and 16% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 46% of that circle.
- Built 43%
- Crop 27%
- Grass 16%
- Bare 8%
- Tree 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 Honda 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.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
Facilities within 1 km
- 12Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 2Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 4Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Grocery shops
- 6Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 7 restaurants, 1 café and 4 bars. Accommodation: 4 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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Region of Murcia International Airport Corvera | RMU | 39.2 km | north-west |
| Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport Alicante | ALC | 73.9 km | north |
| Almería Airport Almería | LEI | 169 km | south-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 6 bus stops within 1.5 km and 2 mapped car parks within 1 km.
8 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 53K residents); within 30 km there are 26 (about 491.8K).
Reference
Playa Honda has an article on the ES Wikipedia: Playa Honda (Mar Menor).
Wikidata item Q25413571.
When people look it up
The ES Wikipedia article was read 1,443 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in August (253 views), 3.8× 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 9.7 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w294035582; 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.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ES620M0161613).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 1.9K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.