Spain / Andalusia
Roquetas de Mar
Roquetas de Mar is a coastal resort area in Andalusia, Spain. Its longest mapped beach (Playa Las Salinas) stretches about 1.6 km. The sea averages 24.3 °C in August, its warmest month, and 14.9 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–September.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
The beach is tagged as supervised.
Services in the resort
- 129Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 3Public toilets
- –Showers
- 20Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 11Hotels & guesthouses
- 37Grocery shops
- 1Marinas & slipways
- 1Playgrounds & water parks
- 6Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 10Pharmacies & clinics
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 67 restaurants, 30 cafés, 31 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 11 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 Romanillas Pm2”, 640 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 Roquetas de Mar
Beach-day index 7.2/10 · Spain median 6.7
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 15.2 °C | 14.9 °C | 15.2 °C | 16.0 °C | 17.7 °C | 20.3 °C | 22.8 °C | 24.3 °C | 22.8 °C | 20.4 °C | 17.8 °C | 16.2 °C |
| High °C | 13° | 13° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 28° | 31° | 31° | 26° | 22° | 16° | 13° |
| Low °C | 4° | 4° | 7° | 9° | 12° | 17° | 20° | 20° | 17° | 13° | 8° | 5° |
| Rain mm | 25 | 23 | 29 | 26 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 34 | 32 |
| Cloud % | 47 | 44 | 45 | 43 | 36 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 33 | 40 | 46 | 47 |
| Wind m/s | 3.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| Daylight h | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| Record high/low | 21°/-4° | 24°/-3° | 26°/-2° | 29°/2° | 34°/5° | 35°/11° | 38°/14° | 39°/15° | 37°/12° | 30°/4° | 26°/1° | 24°/-1° |
| Beach index | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 4.1 | 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; August scores 9.7/10 with highs of 31 °C, sea at 24.3 °C and 5 mm of rain.
In August that is 0.8 points above the median of the 2,246 beaches in Spain covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 1.1 °C warmer than the Spain median for August (23.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 18.6 °C, cooler than 52% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (34 mm) and July the driest (1 mm); the yearly total is about 240 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.7 hours in December to 14.7 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 07:27 and sets at 21:03 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-south-east (105°). Open water fills about 17% of the horizon close by, which makes it a sheltered cove or bay.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 241° to 300°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in September–April.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the east-south-east, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 9 m deep and 52 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 13 m above sea level 500 m inland and 13 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 84% built-up land, 7% grassland and 7% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 15% of that circle.
- Built 84%
- Grass 7%
- Bare 7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almería Airport Almería | LEI | 23.3 km | north-east |
| F.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport Granada | GRX | 114 km | north-west |
| Melilla Airport Melilla | MLN | 168 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 6 bus stops within 1.5 km and 20 mapped car parks within 1 km.
4 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 141.4K residents); within 30 km there are 30 (about 468.9K).
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Aula del Mar museum 710 m SE
- Roquetas de Mar Aquarium attraction 960 m N
Marinas
- Real Club Nautico Roquetas de Mar 740 m SE
Map and nearby beaches
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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 15.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w186053977; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2C_30SWF_20251024_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site ES611M0791335).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 3.6K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.