# Weather in Playa de Palma: forecast and summer on the beach > Forecast for Playa de Palma up to day 10, the summer climate from June to September at the airport station and the sea temperature off the beach. Canonical: https://wettermallorca.com/en/playa-de-palma/ Updated on: 2026-10-08 Playa de Palma is the long sandy beach on the eastern side of the Bay of Palma, between Can Pastilla and S'Arenal. The forecast for a point in the eastern part of the beach comes first, then the climate of the bathing season. ## In short At Playa de Palma the nearest AEMET station, at Palma airport, averages 32.1 °C by day in July and August, and only 3.7 mm of rain falls in July. The sea reaches 26.9 °C in August and is still 25.9 °C in September. Averages for 2011 to 2025 (AEMET, NOAA OISST), with the station 4.8 km north of the beach in a straight line. ## Key points - Playa de Palma is hottest in July and August, with 32.1 °C by day in each, and nights reach 20.3 °C in August (AEMET, 2011 to 2025). - July is the driest month, with 3.7 mm on 0.7 rain days. - Rain returns in September, with 53.1 mm on 5.3 rain days. - The sea is 22.7 °C in June and 26.9 °C in August (NOAA OISST). - Depending on the source the beach measures 4.5 to 6 km, and it is divided into 15 balnearios, from number 15 in Can Pastilla to number 1 in S'Arenal. ## Playa de Palma forecast: the next 10 days The forecast below is calculated for a point in the eastern part of the beach, at 39.5178 N and 2.7426 E, and comes live from MET Norway. According to the service's documentation, the values for this region come from the global ECMWF model, on a grid of about 9 km, recalculated four times a day and running to day 10. After the tenth day there is no forecast for Playa de Palma, only averages from past years. For a look at the coming week across the island, see the page on [Mallorca weather for 7 days](https://wettermallorca.com/en/7-day-weather/). ## Playa de Palma climate from June to September The table gives the average high and low, the rain days and the rainfall for every month over 2011 to 2025, measured at the AEMET station at Palma airport. The same station supplies the figures for El Arenal and Can Pastilla, so the table there is identical. June: Summer at Playa de Palma starts with 29.2 °C by day and 17.0 °C at night. In June 18.5 mm falls on 1.7 rain days. July and August: Both months average 32.1 °C by day. July is the driest month of the year, with 3.7 mm on 0.7 rain days. In August 19.7 mm falls on 1.7 rain days, and the night averages 20.3 °C in August. September: The high is still 28.8 °C in September. With 53.1 mm on 5.3 rain days, though, rain comes back in September, almost three times as much as in June. A day-by-day calendar for high summer is on the page about the [weather in Mallorca in August](https://wettermallorca.com/en/august/). Travelling to Playa de Palma in April and May, or in November and December? Those months are on the pages about [Can Pastilla](https://wettermallorca.com/en/can-pastilla/) and [El Arenal](https://wettermallorca.com/en/el-arenal/), with the same station figures. ## Sea temperature at Playa de Palma in the bathing season In June the sea off Playa de Palma averages 22.7 °C. It rises to 25.7 °C in July and to 26.9 °C in August, the highest value of the year. In September it is still 25.9 °C, so the water is warmer in September than in July. The figures come from the NOAA OISST v2.1 satellite analysis of the sea surface. The grid cell at 39.375 N and 2.625 E lies 18.8 km south-west of the forecast point on the beach, in open water off the bay. Near the shore, where the water is shallow, it can be warmer or cooler. The page on [sea temperature in Mallorca](https://wettermallorca.com/en/sea-temperature/) compares the coasts. ## The beach at Playa de Palma: 15 balnearios over 4.5 to 6 km How long the beach is depends on the source: the German Wikipedia article on Platja de Palma gives about 4.5 km, the one on S'Arenal six kilometres, the Catalan Wikipedia more than 4.6 km. The beach runs from Can Pastilla in the west to S'Arenal in the east. Where the Torrent des Jueus reaches the sea, the municipality of Palma ends and Llucmajor begins. The beach is divided into 15 sections, the balnearios, each with a beach bar that carries its number. Since 1993 the count starts with 15 in Can Pastilla and ends with 1 in S'Arenal. Before that there were ten balnearios, numbered from 0 in Can Pastilla to 9 in S'Arenal. On this page's own reading of the map, the coast between Can Pastilla and El Arenal runs from north-west to south-east, so the beach faces south-west across the bay. A south-westerly wind comes over the water onto the sand, while a north-easterly arrives over land and blows from the beach out to sea. ## Playa de Palma, Platja de Palma or Palma de Playa Playa de Palma is the Spanish name and Platja de Palma the Catalan one, and both mean beach of Palma. The city of Palma also uses the name for a district that includes, besides the beach, Can Pastilla, the Palma side of S'Arenal and the airport grounds, among others. Anyone who swaps the words and writes Palma de Playa means this same beach. ## Where the Playa de Palma figures come from AEMET does not measure on the beach itself. The values come from station B278 Palma de Mallorca, Aeropuerto, at 5 m above sea level and 4.8 km north of the forecast point on the beach in a straight line. They are based on daily values from 2011 to 2025 from AEMET OpenData, with 15 complete years for every June to September value quoted in the text. Rain days are counted here from 1 mm of precipitation in a day. The airport station is not the harbour station that the page on the [weather in Palma](https://wettermallorca.com/en/palma/) relies on. Its averages therefore differ from those of the city. ## Frequently asked questions ### How hot does Playa de Palma get in August? In August the station near Playa de Palma averages 32.1 °C by day and 20.3 °C at night. In August 19.7 mm falls on 1.7 rain days, and the sea is 26.9 °C. These are 2011 to 2025 averages from the AEMET station at Palma airport and from NOAA OISST. ### Does it rain at Playa de Palma in summer? Hardly. In July Playa de Palma averages 3.7 mm on 0.7 rain days, in June 18.5 mm on 1.7 rain days. Only in September does the amount rise to 53.1 mm. Figures from the AEMET station at Palma airport, averages for 2011 to 2025. ### How warm is the sea at Playa de Palma in June? In June the sea off Playa de Palma averages 22.7 °C. By July it rises to 25.7 °C. The values come from the NOAA OISST satellite analysis for open water 18.8 km south-west of the forecast point on the beach, and the shallow water near the shore can differ. ### Can you still swim at Playa de Palma in September? Yes, the sea averages 25.9 °C in September, more than in July. The air reaches 28.8 °C by day in September. With 53.1 mm on 5.3 rain days, though, September brings clearly more rain again. Averages for 2011 to 2025 from AEMET and NOAA OISST. ### How long is the beach at Playa de Palma? According to the German Wikipedia the beach is about 4.5 km long, from Can Pastilla in the west to S'Arenal in the east. The German article on S'Arenal gives six kilometres instead, the Catalan Wikipedia more than 4.6 km. The municipality of Palma ends at the Torrent des Jueus, and the eastern end at S'Arenal belongs to Llucmajor. ### What do the balneario numbers at Playa de Palma mean? Playa de Palma is divided into 15 sections, the balnearios, each with a beach bar that carries its number. Since 1993 the count runs from 15 in Can Pastilla to 1 in S'Arenal. Before that, according to Wikipedia, there were ten balnearios, counted in the opposite direction. ### Is Palma de Playa the same as Playa de Palma? Yes. Palma de Playa is the name with its words swapped. It means Playa de Palma, in Catalan Platja de Palma, the beach of Palma between Can Pastilla and S'Arenal. The city of Palma also gives the name to one of its districts. ### Where does the weather data for Playa de Palma come from? From AEMET station B278 Palma de Mallorca, Aeropuerto, 4.8 km north of the forecast point on the beach in a straight line, at 5 m above sea level. It uses daily values from 2011 to 2025. The same station supplies El Arenal and Can Pastilla, so the monthly averages on the three pages are the same. ## Sources - [AEMET OpenData, daily climate values](https://opendata.aemet.es/), checked on 2026-10-08 - [AEMET station inventory, station B278 Palma de Mallorca, Aeropuerto (39.5608 N, 2.7367 E, 5 m)](https://opendata.aemet.es/centrodedescargas/productosAEMET), checked on 2026-10-08 - [NOAA OISST v2.1, daily sea surface temperature, via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP](https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap/griddap/ncdcOisst21Agg_LonPM180.html), checked on 2026-10-08 - [MET Norway, Locationforecast 2.0](https://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/2.0/documentation), checked on 2026-10-08 - [MET Norway, Locationforecast data model: outside the Nordic and Arctic regions ECMWF global, about 9 km, four times a day, days 0 to 10, note on wind speed](https://api.met.no/doc/locationforecast/datamodel), checked on 2026-10-08 - [MET Norway, licence and attribution (NLOD 2.0, CC BY 4.0)](https://api.met.no/doc/License), checked on 2026-10-08 - [Wikipedia (de), Platja de Palma: district of the city of Palma and beach of about 4.5 km between Can Pastilla and S'Arenal, Torrent des Jueus as the Palma and Llucmajor boundary, 15 balnearios since 1993](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platja_de_Palma), checked on 2026-10-08 - [Wikipedia (de), S'Arenal: town in Palma and Llucmajor, beach of six kilometres, Torrent des Jueus boundary, 2011 population, meaning sandy field, fishing harbour, first record 1887, marina with 630 berths, balnearios 1 to 3, Ses Cadenes](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%E2%80%99Arenal), checked on 2026-10-08 - [Wikipedia (ca), Platja de s'Arenal: more than 4.6 km long, between the harbours of Can Pastilla and s'Arenal](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platja_de_s%27Arenal), checked on 2026-10-08