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Satellite view of Playa La Balconada; 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 La Balconada

UruguayRocha Department · Uruguay · Atlantic Ocean

-34.6613, -54.1794 · La Paloma, 1 km

  • 23°Sea · February
  • 29°High · January
  • 9.8 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Playa La Balconada. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa La Balconada in October

  • 20°CAir, daytime high10°C at night
  • 15°CSea temperature
  • 7.4 hSunshine a day
  • 10 daysRainy days in the month118 mm in total
  • 15 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: bathing water quality, wheelchair access.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 16.6 °C — 1.5 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.1 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +3.3 °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 seaFebruary and March23 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and December10 h of sun a day
Least rainNovember and December88 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan22°10 h104 mm
  2. Feb23°8 h130 mm
  3. Mar22°8 h134 mm
  4. Apr20°6 h120 mm
  5. May17°5 h105 mm
  6. Jun14°5 h112 mm
  7. Jul12°5 h99 mm
  8. Aug12°5 h117 mm
  9. Sep13°6 h108 mm
  10. Oct15°7 h118 mm
  11. Nov18°9 h88 mm
  12. Dec20°10 h90 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: 22°Feb: 23°Mar: 22°Apr: 20°May: 17°Jun: 14°Jul: 12°Aug: 12°Sep: 13°Oct: 15°Nov: 18°Dec: 20°23°12°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23 °C (High 29° / Low 17°)Feb: 22 °C (High 27° / Low 17°)Mar: 20 °C (High 25° / Low 15°)Apr: 17 °C (High 22° / Low 12°)May: 14 °C (High 18° / Low 10°)Jun: 11 °C (High 15° / Low 7°)Jul: 10 °C (High 14° / Low 6°)Aug: 11 °C (High 16° / Low 7°)Sep: 12 °C (High 17° / Low 8°)Oct: 15 °C (High 20° / Low 10°)Nov: 18 °C (High 23° / Low 12°)Dec: 21 °C (High 27° / Low 15°)23°10°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 104 mmFeb: 130 mmMar: 134 mm134Apr: 120 mmMay: 105 mmJun: 112 mmJul: 99 mmAug: 117 mmSep: 108 mmOct: 118 mmNov: 88 mm88Dec: 90 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9.8 h9.8Feb: 8.4 hMar: 7.7 hApr: 6.5 hMay: 5.2 hJun: 4.8 hJul: 4.7 h4.7Aug: 5.3 hSep: 6.4 hOct: 7.4 hNov: 9.2 hDec: 9.8 h9.8

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Playa La Balconada: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January291722104109.815
Februarywarmest sea271723130118.414
March251522134117.714
April221220120106.514
May18101710595.213
June1571411294.814
July146129994.714
August1671211795.314
September1781310896.415
October201015118107.415
November2312188899.215
December2715209099.815

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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 POWER25 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20206 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.125 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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