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Satellite view of Prainha de Angra; 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

Prainha de Angra

PortugalAzores · Portugal · Atlantic Ocean

38.6537, -27.2200 · Angra do Heroísmo, 0 km

  • 23°Sea · August
  • 23°High · August
  • 9.2 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Prainha de Angra. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Prainha de Angra in October

  • 21°CAir, daytime high19°C at night
  • 21°CSea temperature
  • 5.3 hSunshine a day
  • 16 daysRainy days in the month82 mm in total
  • 26 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • GoodBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • AccessibleWheelchair accessOfficial list, Portuguese Environment Agency
  • LifeguardedLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 23Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Prainha de Angra ↗
  • 16 kmAirport: Lajes Airport (TER)In a straight line; by road it is further Car hire at Lajes Airport (TER) ↗

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 21.8 °C — 1.1 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 20.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 20.6 °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 seaAugust and September23 °C
Most sunshineJuly and August9 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August23 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan16°4 h79 mm
  2. Feb16°5 h76 mm
  3. Mar16°6 h79 mm
  4. Apr16°7 h62 mm
  5. May17°8 h56 mm
  6. Jun19°8 h40 mm
  7. Jul21°9 h23 mm
  8. Aug23°9 h27 mm
  9. Sep22°8 h62 mm
  10. Oct21°5 h82 mm
  11. Nov19°4 h70 mm
  12. Dec17°3 h115 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°18°20°22°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 16°Feb: 16°Mar: 16°Apr: 16°May: 17°Jun: 19°Jul: 21°Aug: 23°Sep: 22°Oct: 21°Nov: 19°Dec: 17°16°23°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 79 mmFeb: 76 mmMar: 79 mmApr: 62 mmMay: 56 mmJun: 40 mmJul: 23 mm23Aug: 27 mmSep: 62 mmOct: 82 mmNov: 70 mmDec: 115 mm115

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3.6 hFeb: 4.7 hMar: 5.7 hApr: 6.9 hMay: 7.9 hJun: 8.4 hJul: 9.2 h9.2Aug: 9.2 h9.2Sep: 7.6 hOct: 5.3 hNov: 4.0 hDec: 3.0 h3.0

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Prainha de Angra: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January17151679143.628
February16151676144.727
March16151679135.728
April16151662116.925
May18161756117.922
June2018194088.420
July2221212369.216
Augustwarmest sea2322232789.217
September23212262137.620
October21192182165.326
November18171970144.027
December171617115173.029

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Photos

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

Prainha de Angra: Angra do Heroísmo (Portugal) (213170629)
Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Prainha de Angra: Angra do Heroísmo - Portugal (11593794746)
Photo: Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Prainha de Angra: Beach and Harbor (15059056852)
Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · 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 POWER30 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20209 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.130 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.0 km away
Wheelchair accessOfficial list, Portuguese Environment Agencyat 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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