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Satellite view of Playa Fuengirola; 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 Fuengirola

SpainAndalusia · Spain · Mediterranean Sea

36.5365, -4.6216 · Fuengirola, 0 km

  • 23°Sea · August
  • 27°High · August
  • 12.3 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Playa Fuengirola. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Fuengirola in October

  • 21°CAir, daytime high18°C at night
  • 20°CSea temperature
  • 7.1 hSunshine a day
  • 8 daysRainy days in the month60 mm in total
  • 14 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
  • 315Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 19 kmAirport: Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (AGP)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 21.0 °C — 1.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 19.6 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.3 °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 August23 °C
Most sunshineJune and July12 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July1 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan16°6 h56 mm
  2. Feb15°6 h56 mm
  3. Mar15°8 h68 mm
  4. Apr16°9 h51 mm
  5. May18°11 h24 mm
  6. Jun20°12 h3 mm
  7. Jul22°12 h1 mm
  8. Aug23°11 h3 mm
  9. Sep21°9 h29 mm
  10. Oct20°7 h60 mm
  11. Nov18°6 h82 mm
  12. Dec16°5 h71 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: 16°Feb: 15°Mar: 15°Apr: 16°May: 18°Jun: 20°Jul: 22°Aug: 23°Sep: 21°Oct: 20°Nov: 18°Dec: 16°23°15°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 13 °C (High 15° / Low 11°)Feb: 13 °C (High 15° / Low 11°)Mar: 14 °C (High 16° / Low 12°)Apr: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)May: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 16°)Jun: 21 °C (High 24° / Low 19°)Jul: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)Aug: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)Sep: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 20°)Oct: 20 °C (High 21° / Low 18°)Nov: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)Dec: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 12°)25°13°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 56 mmFeb: 56 mmMar: 68 mmApr: 51 mmMay: 24 mmJun: 3 mmJul: 1 mm1Aug: 3 mmSep: 29 mmOct: 60 mmNov: 82 mm82Dec: 71 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.0 hFeb: 6.5 hMar: 7.5 hApr: 8.8 hMay: 10.6 hJun: 12.2 hJul: 12.3 h12.3Aug: 11.0 hSep: 8.8 hOct: 7.1 hNov: 5.8 hDec: 5.4 h5.4

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Playa Fuengirola: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1511165686.018
February1511155676.519
March1612156877.519
April1814165178.817
May20161824510.615
June2419203112.213
July2722221012.313
Augustwarmest sea2722233111.013
September2420212948.813
October2118206087.114
November1814188285.817
December1512167185.418

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Photos

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

Playa Fuengirola: Algunos valientes - panoramio
Photo: joselito2311 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Fuengirola: Anchovies Cooking on the BBQ (48847403821)
Photo: Michael Gaylard from Horsham, UK · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Fuengirola: Life's A Beach (48847596782)
Photo: Michael Gaylard from Horsham, 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 POWER22 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202018 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.122 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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