About Beachmap
Beachmap is a free interactive map of 361 of Europe's best beaches across 31 countries — each plotted on a spinning globe with the details that matter: sea temperature, sand, best season, swimming and surf.
How the data is made
The dataset is hand-curated, beach by beach. Each entry records the beach's coordinates, its typical warm-season sea-surface temperature (rounded, indicative — actual readings vary year to year), the sand or shore type, the months when it is at its best, swimming conditions, surf quality, its setting, and Blue Flag status where held. Photographs come from Wikimedia Commons and are credited to their photographers on every page.
Reuse the data (CC BY 4.0)
The dataset is free to use for articles, research, apps and maps under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0: credit “Beachmap” and link to europebeachmap.com. Download it here:
https://europebeachmap.com/data/beaches.jsonReady-made credit line:
Beach data: <a href="https://europebeachmap.com">Beachmap — map of Europe's beaches</a> (CC BY 4.0)Note: the photos are not covered by this licence — each carries its own Wikimedia Commons licence, credited on its beach page.
Popular starting points
- Sea temperature at Europe's beaches, ranked
- White-sand beaches in Europe
- Blue Flag beaches in Europe
- All 361 beaches, by country and type
Sister atlases
Beachmap is part of a small family of hand-made travel atlases: TrainRouter (legendary train journeys), Sunshine Atlas (where the sun is) and Castlemap (Europe's castles).
Reuse this data
The sea-temperature table and beach data are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 — credit “Beachmap” with a link. Copy a ready-made credit:
<a href="https://europebeachmap.com/best-beaches/sea-temperature/">Sea temperature at Europe's beaches — Beachmap</a>Prefer raw data? Download the full dataset: beaches.json — 361 beaches with coordinates, sea temperature, sand, season, swimming and surf. See About & data.