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Praia de São Rafael

Portugal · sea 20.3 °C at its warmest, in August

Praia de São Rafael

Photo: Beeston · CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sea temperature month by month

15.9Jan
15.2Feb
15.3Mar
16.1Apr
17.1May
18.8Jun
19.7Jul
20.3Aug
20.3Sep
19.5Oct
18.1Nov
16.8Dec

Monthly means in °C, NOAA OISST v2.1 climatology 1991–2020.

About

Praia de São Rafael is a beach on the Atlantic south coast of the Algarve, close to the village resort of Sesmarias which is within the Municipality of Albufeira, Portugal.

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Questions

How warm is the sea at Praia de São Rafael?

The sea off Praia de São Rafael averages 20.3 °C at its warmest, in August, and 15.2 °C at its coolest. These are monthly means from NOAA's OISST v2.1 satellite and buoy record for 1991 to 2020, sampled at the beach's own coordinates.

When can you swim at Praia de São Rafael?

The sea reaches 20 °C or more from August to September. Twenty degrees is where most swimmers stop calling water cold; below it, a wetsuit helps.

Where is Praia de São Rafael?

Praia de São Rafael is on the coast of Portugal, at 37.0747, -8.2815. The globe on this site flies straight to it.

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