Alicante sea temperature today: 26°C – beach water temperature, Alicante, Spain
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Alicante
Sea
26.3°C79.3°F
Air
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UV
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Beach day
⁦23–28°C⁩

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Today, September 13, the sea temperature at Alicante is 26.3 °C (79 °F). That is 0.9 °C warmer than the usual 25.4 °C in September. Comfortable for swimming from May to November.

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Climate · monthly averages

Sea temperature by month

5-year averages (2021–2025). Min/Max are typical daily lows and highs, not record extremes.

Warmest in August (27.0°C). Coldest in February (13.9°C). Comfortable for swimming from May to November.

5-year averages (2021–2025). Min/Max are typical daily lows and highs, not record extremes.
MonthSea · MinSea · AvgSea · MaxAir · MinAir · AvgAir · Max
January13.7°C14.3°C14.7°C11.0°C12.9°C15.9°C
February13.3°C13.9°C14.4°C11.8°C13.7°C16.3°C
March14.1°C14.3°C14.6°C12.9°C14.8°C17.1°C
April15.0°C15.8°C16.5°C14.4°C16.6°C18.7°C
May18.2°C18.8°C19.4°C17.7°C19.9°C21.9°C
June22.0°C22.9°C24.0°C22.0°C24.2°C26.3°C
July25.0°C26.1°C27.0°C24.9°C27.0°C29.1°C
August26.1°C27.0°C27.6°C25.4°C27.5°C29.6°C
September24.9°C25.4°C25.8°C22.8°C24.6°C26.7°C
October21.7°C22.3°C22.7°C19.6°C21.4°C23.7°C
November15.9°C18.4°C20.1°C15.3°C17.2°C20.0°C
December14.7°C15.8°C16.5°C12.7°C14.4°C17.1°C

About Alicante

Costa Blanca's capital sits below the Castillo de Santa Bárbara, a Moorish fortress with 9th-century origins crowning the 166-metre Mount Benacantil and ranking among Spain's largest medieval strongholds. Directly below runs the Playa del Postiguet, a 600-metre arc of golden sand at the city's heart; ten kilometres north, the suburban Playa de San Juan unfolds seven uninterrupted kilometres of strand. Sea temperatures hold between 24 and 26 °C75 and 79 °F from July through September, with Alicante-Elche airport twenty minutes by the N-332.

Frequently asked questions

Today, September 13, the sea at Alicante is 26.3 °C (79 °F)79 °F (26.3 °C) – ideal for swimming for most people. The usual September average is 25.4 °C78 °F.

No single number works for everyone, so the scale on this page is only a guide to how the water feels: below 13 °C55 °F icy, 13–18 °C55–64 °F cold, 18–23 °C64–73 °F refreshing, 23–28 °C73–82 °F pleasantly warm and above 28 °C82 °F like a bath. Right now the sea at Alicante is 26.3 °C79 °F.

In May the sea at Alicante (Spain) averages 18.8 °C66 °F – refreshing, good for a short swim. It keeps warming until August, when it peaks at 27 °C81 °F.

In October the sea at Alicante (Spain) still averages 22.3 °C72 °F – refreshing, good for a short swim. It peaks in August at 27 °C81 °F and cools slowly from there.