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Satellite view of Plage du Prado; 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

Plage du Prado

FranceProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur · France · Mediterranean Sea

43.2627, 5.3714 · La Plage, 0 km

  • 22°Sea · August
  • 31°High · July
  • 12.3 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Plage du Prado. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Plage du Prado in October

  • 20°CAir, daytime high10°C at night
  • 19°CSea temperature
  • 6.1 hSunshine a day
  • 9 daysRainy days in the month75 mm in total
  • 16 km/hAverage wind

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

And a month earlier or later?

SeptemberOctoberNovember
Air, daytime high25°20°14°
Sea21°19°17°
Sunshine a day8.7 h6.1 h4.7 h
Rainy days799

Warmest sea of the year: August (22.4 °C) · most sunshine: July (12.3 h a day).

The beach itself

  • SufficientBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • AccessibleWheelchair accessOpenStreetMap
  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 132Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 23 kmAirport: Marseille Provence Airport (MRS)In a straight line; by road it is further Car hire at MRS airport (Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône)

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 19.6 °C — 0.5 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 19.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 20.1 °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 July12 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August13 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan13°4 h48 mm
  2. Feb13°6 h38 mm
  3. Mar13°7 h40 mm
  4. Apr14°8 h47 mm
  5. May16°10 h47 mm
  6. Jun19°12 h29 mm
  7. Jul21°12 h13 mm
  8. Aug22°11 h21 mm
  9. Sep21°9 h50 mm
  10. Oct19°6 h75 mm
  11. Nov17°5 h94 mm
  12. Dec15°4 h54 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: 13°Feb: 13°Mar: 13°Apr: 14°May: 16°Jun: 19°Jul: 21°Aug: 22°Sep: 21°Oct: 19°Nov: 17°Dec: 15°22°13°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5 °C (High 9° / Low 1°)Feb: 6 °C (High 10° / Low 1°)Mar: 9 °C (High 14° / Low 4°)Apr: 12 °C (High 18° / Low 7°)May: 17 °C (High 22° / Low 11°)Jun: 22 °C (High 28° / Low 16°)Jul: 25 °C (High 31° / Low 18°)Aug: 24 °C (High 30° / Low 18°)Sep: 20 °C (High 25° / Low 14°)Oct: 15 °C (High 20° / Low 10°)Nov: 10 °C (High 14° / Low 6°)Dec: 6 °C (High 10° / Low 2°)25°5°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 48 mmFeb: 38 mmMar: 40 mmApr: 47 mmMay: 47 mmJun: 29 mmJul: 13 mm13Aug: 21 mmSep: 50 mmOct: 75 mmNov: 94 mm94Dec: 54 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.4 hFeb: 5.9 hMar: 7.3 hApr: 8.5 hMay: 9.8 hJun: 11.8 hJul: 12.3 h12.3Aug: 10.9 hSep: 8.7 hOct: 6.1 hNov: 4.7 hDec: 4.2 h4.2

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Plage du Prado: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Plage du Prado: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January91134874.416
February101133865.916
March144134067.317
April187144788.517
May2211164779.817
June28161929511.815
July31182113312.316
Augustwarmest sea30182221410.916
September2514215078.715
October2010197596.116
November146179494.716
December102155474.216

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Photos

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

Plage du Prado: Mistral gagnant Plages du Prado, Marseille
Photo: Alpha du centaure · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Plage du Prado: Beach - panoramio (52)
Photo: michiel1972 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Plage du Prado: Beach, clouds and art students looking in the bins - panoramio
Photo: michiel1972 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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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 POWER33 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.133 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.1 km away
Wheelchair accessOpenStreetMapat this spot
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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