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Satellite view of La Dune; 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

La Dune

FranceNew Aquitaine · France · Mediterranean Sea

43.8165, -1.4049 · Vieux-Boucau-les-Bains, 3 km

  • 22°Sea · August
  • 26°High · August
  • 9.6 hSunshine · July
The dot marks La Dune. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

La Dune in October

  • 20°CAir, daytime high13°C at night
  • 18°CSea temperature
  • 5.2 hSunshine a day
  • 12 daysRainy days in the month83 mm in total
  • 11 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • GoodBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 45Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 40 kmAirport: Biarritz Pays Basque airport (BIQ)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 19.1 °C — 0.9 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 18.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 19.8 °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 seaJuly and August22 °C
Most sunshineJune and July10 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August44 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan12°2 h107 mm
  2. Feb12°4 h76 mm
  3. Mar12°6 h77 mm
  4. Apr13°8 h74 mm
  5. May16°9 h78 mm
  6. Jun19°9 h64 mm
  7. Jul21°10 h44 mm
  8. Aug22°9 h46 mm
  9. Sep21°8 h57 mm
  10. Oct18°5 h83 mm
  11. Nov16°3 h126 mm
  12. Dec14°3 h101 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°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 12°Feb: 12°Mar: 12°Apr: 13°May: 16°Jun: 19°Jul: 21°Aug: 22°Sep: 21°Oct: 18°Nov: 16°Dec: 14°22°12°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8 °C (High 11° / Low 6°)Feb: 8 °C (High 11° / Low 5°)Mar: 11 °C (High 14° / Low 7°)Apr: 13 °C (High 17° / Low 9°)May: 16 °C (High 20° / Low 12°)Jun: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 15°)Jul: 21 °C (High 26° / Low 17°)Aug: 22 °C (High 26° / Low 17°)Sep: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 15°)Oct: 16 °C (High 20° / Low 13°)Nov: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 9°)Dec: 9 °C (High 11° / Low 6°)22°8°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 107 mmFeb: 76 mmMar: 77 mmApr: 74 mmMay: 78 mmJun: 64 mmJul: 44 mm44Aug: 46 mmSep: 57 mmOct: 83 mmNov: 126 mm126Dec: 101 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2.5 h2.5Feb: 4.4 hMar: 5.9 hApr: 7.5 hMay: 8.6 hJun: 9.4 hJul: 9.6 h9.6Aug: 8.8 hSep: 7.8 hOct: 5.2 hNov: 3.3 hDec: 2.6 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at La Dune: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at La Dune: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January11612107142.514
February1151276124.413
March1471277125.913
April1791374147.511
May20121678128.611
June24151964109.410
July2617214499.610
Augustwarmest sea2617224698.810
September24152157117.810
October20131883125.211
November14916126153.313
December11614101142.614

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

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 POWER24 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20207 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.124 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.1 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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