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Satellite view of Playa Hermosa; 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 Hermosa

MexicoSonora · Mexico · Gulf of California

31.3211, -113.5653 · Puerto Peñasco, 3 km

  • 31°Sea · August
  • 35°High · August
  • 13.5 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Playa Hermosa. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Hermosa in October

  • 30°CAir, daytime high21°C at night
  • 27°CSea temperature
  • 9.8 hSunshine a day
  • 1 dayRainy days in the month12 mm in total
  • 13 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 26Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 178 kmAirport: Yuma International Airport / Marine Corps Air Station Yuma (YUM)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 27.7 °C — 0.4 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 27.3 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.7 °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 seaAugust and September31 °C
Most sunshineMay and June14 h of sun a day
Least rainApril and May2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan17°8 h15 mm
  2. Feb17°9 h13 mm
  3. Mar18°11 h9 mm
  4. Apr21°12 h5 mm
  5. May23°13 h2 mm
  6. Jun26°14 h5 mm
  7. Jul29°12 h20 mm
  8. Aug31°11 h27 mm
  9. Sep30°11 h19 mm
  10. Oct27°10 h12 mm
  11. Nov23°8 h12 mm
  12. Dec19°8 h15 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
15°20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 17°Feb: 17°Mar: 18°Apr: 21°May: 23°Jun: 26°Jul: 29°Aug: 31°Sep: 30°Oct: 27°Nov: 23°Dec: 19°17°31°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 14 °C (High 19° / Low 10°)Feb: 15 °C (High 20° / Low 11°)Mar: 18 °C (High 23° / Low 13°)Apr: 21 °C (High 26° / Low 16°)May: 24 °C (High 29° / Low 19°)Jun: 28 °C (High 33° / Low 23°)Jul: 31 °C (High 35° / Low 27°)Aug: 32 °C (High 35° / Low 28°)Sep: 30 °C (High 34° / Low 26°)Oct: 25 °C (High 30° / Low 21°)Nov: 20 °C (High 24° / Low 15°)Dec: 15 °C (High 19° / Low 10°)32°14°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm10 mm20 mm30 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 15 mmFeb: 13 mmMar: 9 mmApr: 5 mmMay: 2 mm2Jun: 5 mmJul: 20 mmAug: 27 mm27Sep: 19 mmOct: 12 mmNov: 12 mmDec: 15 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 h15 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.3 hFeb: 9.1 hMar: 10.7 hApr: 12.3 hMay: 13.3 hJun: 13.5 h13.5Jul: 11.7 hAug: 11.4 hSep: 10.6 hOct: 9.8 hNov: 8.5 hDec: 7.8 h7.8

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Playa Hermosa: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1910171528.314
February2011171339.113
March2313189210.713
April2616215112.314
May2919232013.314
June3323265113.514
July35272920411.716
Augustwarmest sea35283127611.415
September34263019410.613
October3021271219.813
November2415231218.514
December1910191537.815

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Photos

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

Playa Hermosa: Puerto Peñasco Rocky Point 1
Photo: Nicholas Hartmann · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Hermosa: Puerto Peñasco Rocky Point 2
Photo: Nicholas Hartmann · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 POWER26 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20208 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.126 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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