From the sea you see all of Barcelona: Port Vell with the Columbus Monument, the Barceloneta beaches, the sail-shaped W Hotel and the towers of Port Olímpic. Here are the boat tours side by side, what they cost, the cheapest option and the hour-by-hour weather and wind.
Budget option → · Barcelona, Spain
Weather at 1:00 PM. Boat trips start from 11:00.
| Tour | From | Duration | What you see | Languages | Cancellation | Departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our pickTwo-deck golondrinaTiqets | €13 | 1 h | Port Vell, beaches, Port Olímpic, Port Fòrum | No guide | Free until 11:59 pm the day before | Moll de les Drassanes (behind the Columbus Monument) |
| Wooden golondrinaTiqets | €9 | 40 min | Port Vell, cruise port | Audio guide app (languages not listed) | Until your time slot | Moll de les Drassanes |
| Catamaran, up to 150 peopleTiqets | €14 | 1 h | Barcelona coast and beaches | Guide EN, ES | Free up to 48 h before | Moll de les Drassanes (MED-Naval Tours ticket office) |
| Catamaran, up to 150 peopleTiqets | €16 | 1 h | The coast at sunset | Crew EN, ES | Free up to 48 h before | Moll de les Drassanes |
| Sailboat, max 11 peopleTiqets | €39 | 1 h 30 | Coast off Port Olímpic | Skipper (languages not listed) | Free up to 24 h before | Moll de Mestral (Port Olímpic) |
Our pick: Las Golondrinas, port and coast in one hour, from €13. These are the port’s historic boats and they leave right below the Columbus Monument, at the end of La Rambla. In an hour you see Port Vell, the beaches, Port Olímpic and the Diagonal Mar towers. Rated 4.4 from 769 reviews, cancellable until the evening before.
1 h · 4.4 from 769 Tiqets reviews
40 min · 4.1 from 200 Tiqets reviews
1 h · 4.4 from 98 Tiqets reviews
1 h · 4.1 from 45 Tiqets reviews
1 h 30 · 4.8 from 21 Tiqets reviews
Indicative prices, checked on November 8, 2026: they may change: the final price is the one shown by the seller.
Barcelona has no public scheduled boat: the cheapest trip is the Golondrinas port tour, 40 minutes from €9.
The best months are May to September: highs of 22–29 °C.
| Month | Average high | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14° | 4 |
| Feb | 15° | 3 |
| Mar | 16° | 4 |
| Apr | 19° | 6 |
| MayBest | 22° | 5 |
| JunBest | 26° | 3 |
| JulBest | 28° | 2 |
| AugBest | 29° | 4 |
| SepBest | 26° | 6 |
| Oct | 22° | 6 |
| Nov | 18° | 5 |
| Dec | 15° | 4 |
Barcelona Airport 1991–2020 averages (AEMET): mean daily high and days with at least 1 mm of rain. Source: table on Wikipedia (“Barcelona”).
Fair
Fair: partly cloudy, 19 to 21 °C, no rain, wind up to 32 km/h.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:00 | Partly cloudy | 21° | – | 28 km/h |
| 14:00 | Partly cloudy | 21° | – | 30 km/h |
| 15:00 | Partly cloudy | 21° | – | 32 km/h |
| 16:00 | Partly cloudy | 21° | – | 30 km/h |
| 17:00 | Partly cloudy | 20° | – | 26 km/h |
| 18:00 | Partly cloudy | 19° | – | 26 km/h |
Good
Good: partly cloudy, 19 to 22 °C, no rain, wind up to 26 km/h.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 | Partly cloudy | 20° | – | 15 km/h |
| 12:00 | Mostly sunny | 21° | – | 15 km/h |
| 13:00 | Partly cloudy | 22° | – | 17 km/h |
| 14:00 | Partly cloudy | 22° | – | 20 km/h |
| 15:00 | Partly cloudy | 21° | – | 23 km/h |
| 16:00 | Partly cloudy | 21° | – | 26 km/h |
| 17:00 | Partly cloudy | 20° | – | 23 km/h |
| 18:00 | Cloudy | 19° | – | 18 km/h |
The best days for a boat trip are Friday, November 13, Sunday, November 15 and Monday, November 16. The rating only looks at rain and wind during tour hours.
Today and tomorrow are accurate hour by hour; up to day seven the trend is reliable; the last days give a rough idea. Above 30 km/h the water gets choppy and small boats may postpone departures. Updated every hour.
It rarely rains in Barcelona: 2–6 days a month on average, more in September and October.
To Moll de les Drassanes: metro L3 to Drassanes, then a two-minute walk to the Columbus Monument. To Port Olímpic: metro L4 to Ciutadella | Vila Olímpica.
The Golondrinas port tour costs from €9, port and coast in one hour from €13, the catamaran from €14, at sunset from €16 and the vermouth sailing trip from €39.
Golondrinas and catamarans leave from Moll de les Drassanes, behind the Columbus Monument; the sailboat from Port Olímpic.
Yes: the eco catamaran has a live guide in English and Spanish.
Yes, the Golondrinas also sail in November; in rough seas trips may change or be cancelled.
Fair: partly cloudy, 19 to 21 °C, no rain, wind up to 32 km/h.
Saturday, November 14: Good: partly cloudy, 17 to 17 °C, 0.2 mm, wind up to 5 km/h. Sunday, November 15: Perfect day: partly cloudy, 18 to 18 °C, no rain, wind up to 18 km/h.
Reliable forecasts go about 10 days ahead: here you get the next 10, hour by hour (with wind) for today and tomorrow and as a trend after that. To choose the month, see the climate month by month.
Forecasts come from MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the tour area’s coordinates and updated every hour during the day and every 3 hours at night. Tour prices and conditions are checked on the sellers’ pages, with the date.
Las Golondrinas: port and coast in one hour · from €13
Forecast by MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the tour area’s coordinates. Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0), updated every hour. Updated: November 8, 2026.