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Satellite view of Playa de Meloneras; 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

Playa de Meloneras

SpainCanary Islands · Spain · Atlantic Ocean

27.7426, -15.6094 · Maspalomas, 3 km

  • 23°Sea · September
  • 24°High · September
  • 11.4 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Playa de Meloneras. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa de Meloneras in October

  • 24°CAir, daytime high22°C at night
  • 23°CSea temperature
  • 8.0 hSunshine a day
  • 4 daysRainy days in the month16 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

  • ExcellentBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 296Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 30 kmAirport: Gran Canaria Airport (LPA)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 23.3 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 23.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 23.8 °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 seaSeptember and October23 °C
Most sunshineMay and June11 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan20°7 h17 mm
  2. Feb19°8 h18 mm
  3. Mar19°9 h13 mm
  4. Apr19°10 h10 mm
  5. May20°11 h6 mm
  6. Jun21°11 h3 mm
  7. Jul22°11 h2 mm
  8. Aug23°10 h6 mm
  9. Sep23°9 h8 mm
  10. Oct23°8 h16 mm
  11. Nov22°7 h21 mm
  12. Dec21°7 h27 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
20°22°24°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 20°Feb: 19°Mar: 19°Apr: 19°May: 20°Jun: 21°Jul: 22°Aug: 23°Sep: 23°Oct: 23°Nov: 22°Dec: 21°19°23°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm10 mm20 mm30 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 17 mmFeb: 18 mmMar: 13 mmApr: 10 mmMay: 6 mmJun: 3 mmJul: 2 mm2Aug: 6 mmSep: 8 mmOct: 16 mmNov: 21 mmDec: 27 mm27

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.2 hFeb: 8.0 hMar: 9.2 hApr: 10.0 hMay: 11.1 hJun: 11.4 h11.4Jul: 10.9 hAug: 10.2 hSep: 9.1 hOct: 8.0 hNov: 7.1 hDec: 6.7 h6.7

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Playa de Meloneras: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Playa de Meloneras: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1918201747.223
February1917191848.025
March1918191339.224
April20181910210.023
May2119206111.124
June2220213111.425
July2321222010.931
August2422236110.229
Septemberwarmest sea242223829.122
October2422231648.019
November2221222147.122
December2019212756.723

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

Photos

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

Playa de Meloneras: Maspalomas west coast
Photo: Wouter Hagens · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa de Meloneras: Maspalomas west coast B
Photo: Wouter Hagens · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa de Meloneras: Meloneras (2288654031)
Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · 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 POWER27 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202013 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.127 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.4 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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