Spain / Valencia
Playa Romana
Playa Romana is a 500 m-long sandy beach facing east-south-east on the Mediterranean Sea, 2.1 km south-west of Alcocéber (Valencia, Spain). The sea averages 26.3 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.3 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–October. Recorded status on Wikidata: Blue Flag beach.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa Romana
Beach-day index 7.1/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.1 °C | 13.3 °C | 13.8 °C | 15.4 °C | 18.1 °C | 21.8 °C | 25.0 °C | 26.3 °C | 24.7 °C | 21.8 °C | 18.5 °C | 15.7 °C |
| High °C | 13° | 14° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 25° | 28° | 28° | 25° | 22° | 17° | 14° |
| Low °C | 8° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 20° | 17° | 12° | 9° |
| Rain mm | 35 | 27 | 37 | 45 | 48 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 63 | 62 | 56 | 30 |
| Cloud % | 68 | 65 | 63 | 61 | 56 | 44 | 35 | 41 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 68 |
| Wind m/s | 6.0 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 5.8 |
| Daylight h | 9.6 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.3 |
| Record high/low | 21°/1° | 21°/0° | 24°/2° | 25°/7° | 29°/9° | 33°/13° | 34°/16° | 35°/17° | 33°/13° | 29°/8° | 26°/5° | 21°/1° |
| Beach index | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 5.6 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 8.9 | 7.1 | 3.7 | 3.0 |
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 June–September; July scores 9.5/10 with highs of 28 °C, sea at 25.0 °C and 17 mm of rain.
In July that is 1.0 points above the median of the 2,246 beaches in Spain covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 3.1 °C warmer than the Spain median for August (23.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 19.0 °C, warmer than 53% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
September is the wettest month (63 mm) and July the driest (17 mm); the yearly total is about 480 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.3 hours in December to 15.0 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:41 and sets at 21:28 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-south-east (110°). 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 302°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east-south-east the next coast is roughly 120 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 10 m deep and 21 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 12 m above sea level 500 m inland and 24 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 37% grassland, 32% built-up land and 19% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 47% of that circle.
- Grass 37%
- Built 32%
- Tree 19%
- Bare 6%
- Crop 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 La Romana Pm1”, 110 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
- 15Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 3Public toilets
- –Showers
- 18Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 14Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
- 10Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 4Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 13 restaurants and 2 bars. Accommodation: 14 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
Viewpoints
- Mirador de la Roca del Moro 660 m S
Campsites
- Camping Playa Tropicana 990 m N
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castellón-Costa Azahar Airport Castellón de la Plana | CDT | 17.1 km | west |
| Valencia Airport Valencia | VLC | 105 km | south-west |
| Reus Airport Reus | REU | 127 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 10 bus stops within 1.5 km and 18 mapped car parks within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 17.2K residents); within 30 km there are 16 (about 89K).
Reference
Playa Romana has an article on the ES Wikipedia: Playa de la Romana.
Wikidata item Q11941946 · classified as golden sand beach and urban beach.
When people look it up
The ES Wikipedia article was read 1,282 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in August (259 views), 7.4× 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 14.9 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r2172037; 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 S2B_30TYK_20240723_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ES522M004962).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.