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Satellite view of Cala d'Alcaufar; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Cala d'Alcaufar

SpainBalearic Islands · Spain · Mediterranean Sea

39.8298, 4.2948 · Sant Lluís, 4 km

  • 26°Sea · August
  • 26°High · August
  • 11.7 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Cala d'Alcaufar. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Cala d'Alcaufar in October

  • 22°CAir, daytime high20°C at night
  • 22°CSea temperature
  • 6.2 hSunshine a day
  • 11 daysRainy days in the month82 mm in total
  • 21 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • ExcellentBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • 10Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 7 kmAirport: Menorca Airport (MAH)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 23.7 °C — 1.7 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.9 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September26 °C
Most sunshineJune and July12 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July17 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan14°4 h50 mm
  2. Feb14°5 h51 mm
  3. Mar14°7 h53 mm
  4. Apr15°8 h49 mm
  5. May18°10 h42 mm
  6. Jun21°12 h21 mm
  7. Jul24°12 h17 mm
  8. Aug26°10 h29 mm
  9. Sep25°8 h68 mm
  10. Oct22°6 h82 mm
  11. Nov19°4 h85 mm
  12. Dec16°4 h55 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 14°Feb: 14°Mar: 14°Apr: 15°May: 18°Jun: 21°Jul: 24°Aug: 26°Sep: 25°Oct: 22°Nov: 19°Dec: 16°26°14°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 13 °C (High 14° / Low 12°)Feb: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 11°)Mar: 13 °C (High 14° / Low 12°)Apr: 15 °C (High 16° / Low 14°)May: 18 °C (High 19° / Low 17°)Jun: 22 °C (High 23° / Low 21°)Jul: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 24°)Aug: 26 °C (High 26° / Low 25°)Sep: 24 °C (High 24° / Low 23°)Oct: 21 °C (High 22° / Low 20°)Nov: 17 °C (High 18° / Low 16°)Dec: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 14°)26°12°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 50 mmFeb: 51 mmMar: 53 mmApr: 49 mmMay: 42 mmJun: 21 mmJul: 17 mm17Aug: 29 mmSep: 68 mmOct: 82 mmNov: 85 mm85Dec: 55 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.2 hFeb: 5.3 hMar: 7.1 hApr: 8.5 hMay: 10.0 hJun: 11.7 h11.7Jul: 11.7 h11.7Aug: 10.4 hSep: 7.9 hOct: 6.2 hNov: 4.4 hDec: 4.0 h4.0

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Cala d'Alcaufar: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Cala d'Alcaufar: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January14121450104.225
February1311145185.325
March1412145387.123
April1614154998.520
May19171842710.018
June23212121411.715
July26242417311.715
Augustwarmest sea26252629510.416
September24232568117.918
October22202282116.221
November18161985124.425
December15141655104.026

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Cala d'Alcaufar: Alcaufar Litoral 003 - panoramio
Photo: Gui Gon Se · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Cala d'Alcaufar: Alcaufar Litoral Cova 002 - panoramio
Photo: Gui Gon Se · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Cala d'Alcaufar: Cala Alcalfar (Término municipal de Sant Lluis - Menorca)
Photo: Andrómeda7 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER20 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20208 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.120 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.2 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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