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Satellite view of Le Platin; 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.

Bay

Le Platin

FranceNew Aquitaine · France · Mediterranean Sea

46.1208, -1.1333 · Aytré, 2 km

  • 20°Sea · August
  • 23°High · August
  • 9.2 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Le Platin. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Le Platin in October

  • 18°CAir, daytime high12°C at night
  • 17°CSea temperature
  • 4.7 hSunshine a day
  • 14 daysRainy days in the month77 mm in total
  • 19 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 17.2 °C — 0.3 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 16.9 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 17.7 °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 August20 °C
Most sunshineJune and July9 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and September44 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan10°2 h83 mm
  2. Feb10°4 h57 mm
  3. Mar10°6 h66 mm
  4. Apr12°7 h52 mm
  5. May15°8 h58 mm
  6. Jun18°9 h47 mm
  7. Jul19°9 h45 mm
  8. Aug20°8 h46 mm
  9. Sep19°8 h44 mm
  10. Oct17°5 h77 mm
  11. Nov14°3 h87 mm
  12. Dec12°2 h87 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
10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10°Feb: 10°Mar: 10°Apr: 12°May: 15°Jun: 18°Jul: 19°Aug: 20°Sep: 19°Oct: 17°Nov: 14°Dec: 12°10°20°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 6°)Feb: 7 °C (High 10° / Low 5°)Mar: 9 °C (High 12° / Low 6°)Apr: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 9°)May: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 12°)Jun: 18 °C (High 21° / Low 15°)Jul: 20 °C (High 23° / Low 17°)Aug: 20 °C (High 23° / Low 17°)Sep: 18 °C (High 21° / Low 15°)Oct: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 12°)Nov: 11 °C (High 13° / Low 9°)Dec: 8 °C (High 10° / Low 6°)20°7°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 83 mmFeb: 57 mmMar: 66 mmApr: 52 mmMay: 58 mmJun: 47 mmJul: 45 mmAug: 46 mmSep: 44 mm44Oct: 77 mmNov: 87 mm87Dec: 87 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2.4 h2.4Feb: 4.2 hMar: 5.6 hApr: 7.4 hMay: 8.0 hJun: 9.1 hJul: 9.2 h9.2Aug: 8.4 hSep: 7.6 hOct: 4.7 hNov: 3.2 hDec: 2.4 h2.4

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Le Platin: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1061083142.422
February1051057114.222
March1261066115.621
April1591252117.418
May18121558128.018
June21151847109.116
July2317194589.216
Augustwarmest sea2317204688.416
September21151944107.617
October18121777144.719
November1391487143.222
December1061287152.422

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Photos

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

Le Platin: La plage et la dune d'Aytré
Photo: Jmdigne · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Le Platin: Coastal path south of La Rochelle - panoramio
Photo: Maarten Sepp · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Le Platin: Gare Aytré Plage - Aytré (FR17) - 2026-08-03 - 1
Photo: Chabe01 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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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 POWER16 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202019 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.116 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.7 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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