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Satellite view of Playa Acapulco; 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

Playa Acapulco

ChileValparaiso · Chile · Pacific Ocean

-33.0134, -71.5554 · Viña del Mar, 1 km

  • 17°Sea · February
  • 28°High · January
  • 10.2 hSunshine · December
The dot marks Playa Acapulco. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Acapulco in October

  • 21°CAir, daytime high8°C at night
  • 13°CSea temperature
  • 8.6 hSunshine a day
  • 2 daysRainy days in the month11 mm in total
  • 11 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 111Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 83 kmAirport: Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL)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 13.0 °C — 0.4 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 13.4 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 20.6 °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 seaJanuary and February17 °CThe sea stays below 18 °C all year here.
Most sunshineJanuary and December10 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan17°10 h2 mm
  2. Feb17°9 h2 mm
  3. Mar17°8 h4 mm
  4. Apr15°7 h11 mm
  5. May14°5 h55 mm
  6. Jun14°5 h71 mm
  7. Jul13°6 h58 mm
  8. Aug13°6 h50 mm
  9. Sep13°7 h15 mm
  10. Oct13°9 h11 mm
  11. Nov14°10 h6 mm
  12. Dec16°10 h3 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
12°14°16°18°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 17°Feb: 17°Mar: 17°Apr: 15°May: 14°Jun: 14°Jul: 13°Aug: 13°Sep: 13°Oct: 13°Nov: 14°Dec: 16°13°17°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 20 °C (High 28° / Low 13°)Feb: 20 °C (High 27° / Low 13°)Mar: 19 °C (High 26° / Low 12°)Apr: 16 °C (High 22° / Low 10°)May: 14 °C (High 18° / Low 8°)Jun: 11 °C (High 16° / Low 7°)Jul: 10 °C (High 15° / Low 6°)Aug: 11 °C (High 16° / Low 6°)Sep: 12 °C (High 18° / Low 6°)Oct: 14 °C (High 21° / Low 8°)Nov: 17 °C (High 24° / Low 10°)Dec: 19 °C (High 26° / Low 11°)20°10°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 2 mm2Feb: 2 mmMar: 4 mmApr: 11 mmMay: 55 mmJun: 71 mm71Jul: 58 mmAug: 50 mmSep: 15 mmOct: 11 mmNov: 6 mmDec: 3 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 10.1 hFeb: 9.3 hMar: 8.3 hApr: 7.1 hMay: 5.3 hJun: 5.1 h5.1Jul: 5.7 hAug: 6.3 hSep: 7.4 hOct: 8.6 hNov: 9.8 hDec: 10.2 h10.2

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Playa Acapulco: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2813172010.112
Februarywarmest sea271317209.312
March261217418.311
April2210151127.110
May188145565.39
June167147175.19
July156135865.79
August166135056.39
September186131537.410
October218131128.611
November241014619.812
December2611163010.213

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Photos

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

Playa Acapulco: Viña del Mar, Valparaiso Region, Chile - panoramio (25)
Photo: Andrew Latham · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Acapulco: Viña del Mar, Valparaiso Region, Chile - panoramio (27)
Photo: Andrew Latham · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Acapulco: Viña del Mar, Chile - panoramio
Photo: Colin W · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 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 POWER28 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202017 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.128 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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