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Satellite view of Playa San Francisco; 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 San Francisco

UruguayMaldonado · Uruguay · Atlantic Ocean

-34.8913, -55.2644 · Piriápolis, 3 km

  • 23°Sea · February
  • 25°High · January
  • 9.8 hSunshine · January
The dot marks Playa San Francisco. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa San Francisco in October

  • 18°CAir, daytime high12°C at night
  • 15°CSea temperature
  • 7.4 hSunshine a day
  • 11 daysRainy days in the month103 mm in total
  • 20 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, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 17.5 °C — 2.0 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +2.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 15.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +2.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 17.6 °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 seaJanuary and February23 °C
Most sunshineJanuary and December10 h of sun a day
Least rainMay and December86 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan22°10 h97 mm
  2. Feb23°8 h118 mm
  3. Mar22°8 h117 mm
  4. Apr20°6 h110 mm
  5. May17°5 h91 mm
  6. Jun13°5 h104 mm
  7. Jul11°5 h96 mm
  8. Aug12°5 h100 mm
  9. Sep13°6 h98 mm
  10. Oct15°7 h103 mm
  11. Nov18°9 h93 mm
  12. Dec21°10 h86 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: 22°Feb: 23°Mar: 22°Apr: 20°May: 17°Jun: 13°Jul: 11°Aug: 12°Sep: 13°Oct: 15°Nov: 18°Dec: 21°23°11°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 22 °C (High 25° / Low 19°)Feb: 22 °C (High 25° / Low 20°)Mar: 21 °C (High 23° / Low 18°)Apr: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 16°)May: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 13°)Jun: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 10°)Jul: 11 °C (High 13° / Low 8°)Aug: 12 °C (High 14° / Low 9°)Sep: 12 °C (High 15° / Low 10°)Oct: 15 °C (High 18° / Low 12°)Nov: 18 °C (High 21° / Low 15°)Dec: 20 °C (High 24° / Low 17°)22°11°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 97 mmFeb: 118 mm118Mar: 117 mmApr: 110 mmMay: 91 mmJun: 104 mmJul: 96 mmAug: 100 mmSep: 98 mmOct: 103 mmNov: 93 mmDec: 86 mm86

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: 9.3 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 San Francisco: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Playa San Francisco: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2519229799.820
Februarywarmest sea252023118118.420
March231822117117.720
April201620110106.520
May1713179195.220
June141013104104.820
July138119694.720
August14912100105.320
September1510139896.421
October181215103117.420
November21151893109.321
December2417218699.820

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Photos

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

Playa San Francisco: Playa de San Francisco Maldonado - panoramio
Photo: Andrés Franchi Ugart… · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 POWER27 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202010 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.127 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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