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Satellite view of Las Gatas; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Las Gatas

MexicoGuerrero · Mexico · Pacific Ocean

17.6238, -101.5466 · Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, 2 km

  • 30°Sea · August
  • 30°High · May
  • 11.0 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Las Gatas. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Las Gatas in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high24°C at night
  • 30°CSea temperature
  • 7.4 hSunshine a day
  • 17 daysRainy days in the month140 mm in total
  • 9 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 25Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 9 kmAirport: Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport (ZIH)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.6 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: ±0.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.6 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 27.8 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJuly and August30 °C
Most sunshineMarch and April11 h of sun a day
Least rainApril and December1 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan28°9 h9 mm
  2. Feb28°10 h13 mm
  3. Mar27°11 h6 mm
  4. Apr27°11 h1 mm
  5. May28°9 h33 mm
  6. Jun29°8 h182 mm
  7. Jul30°8 h173 mm
  8. Aug30°7 h252 mm
  9. Sep30°6 h289 mm
  10. Oct30°7 h140 mm
  11. Nov29°9 h32 mm
  12. Dec29°9 h6 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28°Feb: 28°Mar: 27°Apr: 27°May: 28°Jun: 29°Jul: 30°Aug: 30°Sep: 30°Oct: 30°Nov: 29°Dec: 29°27°30°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 21°)Feb: 25 °C (High 29° / Low 21°)Mar: 25 °C (High 29° / Low 21°)Apr: 26 °C (High 30° / Low 22°)May: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 23°)Jun: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Jul: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Aug: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Sep: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Oct: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Nov: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 22°)Dec: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 22°)27°25°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mm300 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 9 mmFeb: 13 mmMar: 6 mmApr: 1 mm1May: 33 mmJun: 182 mmJul: 173 mmAug: 252 mmSep: 289 mm289Oct: 140 mmNov: 32 mmDec: 6 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.6 hFeb: 9.7 hMar: 10.6 hApr: 11.0 h11.0May: 9.3 hJun: 7.7 hJul: 8.1 hAug: 7.4 hSep: 6.5 h6.5Oct: 7.4 hNov: 8.6 hDec: 8.8 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Las Gatas: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Las Gatas: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January282128928.68
February2921281319.79
March2921276110.69
April3022271011.09
May3023283369.310
June292429182227.711
July282430173268.110
Augustwarmest sea282430252277.410
September282430289276.511
October282430140177.49
November2822293248.68
December282229618.88

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Las Gatas: Playa Las Gatas - panoramio
Photo: jc_castaneda · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Las Gatas: Las Gatas - panoramio
Photo: jc_castaneda · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Las Gatas: Camino a la playa " las gatas" - panoramio
Photo: ArCaRa · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER34 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20208 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.134 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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