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Satellite view of Playa Malecón; 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 Malecón

MexicoBaja California Sur · Mexico · Gulf of California

24.1701, -110.3088 · La Paz, 3 km

  • 29°Sea · September
  • 34°High · July
  • 11.8 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Playa Malecón. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Malecón in October

  • 31°CAir, daytime high24°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 9.2 hSunshine a day
  • 3 daysRainy days in the month27 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

  • 50Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 12 kmAirport: Manuel Márquez de León International Airport (LAP)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 29.7 °C — 1.0 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.7 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.5 °C

1991–2020 average: 30.8 °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 seaAugust and September29 °C
Most sunshineMay and June12 h of sun a day
Least rainApril and May0 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan21°8 h8 mm
  2. Feb21°9 h9 mm
  3. Mar21°10 h2 mm
  4. Apr22°11 h0 mm
  5. May23°12 h0 mm
  6. Jun25°11 h2 mm
  7. Jul27°10 h24 mm
  8. Aug29°9 h57 mm
  9. Sep29°9 h110 mm
  10. Oct29°9 h27 mm
  11. Nov26°9 h15 mm
  12. Dec23°8 h9 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
20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 21°Feb: 21°Mar: 21°Apr: 22°May: 23°Jun: 25°Jul: 27°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 26°Dec: 23°29°21°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 19 °C (High 23° / Low 15°)Feb: 19 °C (High 24° / Low 15°)Mar: 21 °C (High 26° / Low 16°)Apr: 23 °C (High 28° / Low 18°)May: 25 °C (High 31° / Low 19°)Jun: 28 °C (High 34° / Low 22°)Jul: 30 °C (High 34° / Low 26°)Aug: 30 °C (High 34° / Low 26°)Sep: 29 °C (High 32° / Low 26°)Oct: 27 °C (High 31° / Low 24°)Nov: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 20°)Dec: 20 °C (High 24° / Low 17°)30°19°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8 mmFeb: 9 mmMar: 2 mmApr: 0 mm0May: 0 mm0Jun: 2 mmJul: 24 mmAug: 57 mmSep: 110 mm110Oct: 27 mmNov: 15 mmDec: 9 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.0 hFeb: 8.9 hMar: 10.2 hApr: 10.9 hMay: 11.8 h11.8Jun: 11.4 hJul: 10.0 hAug: 9.1 hSep: 8.7 hOct: 9.2 hNov: 8.6 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 Malecón: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Playa Malecón: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January231521828.013
February241521918.913
March2616212010.212
April2818220010.912
May3119230011.812
June3422252111.412
July34262724410.011
August34262957109.110
Septemberwarmest sea322629110108.711
October3124292739.211
November2820261528.612
December241723917.814

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Photos

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

Playa Malecón: Esterito, La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico - panoramio
Photo: Maria de los Angeles… · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Malecón: Malecon la paz, b.c.s. - panoramio
Photo: Maria de los Angeles… · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Malecón: Tecolote Blue 2 (4873666213)
Photo: Steven Reynolds from Summit, NJ, United States · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · 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.

The nearest sea measurement point is 24 km away, so this figure is less precise here.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER37 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202024 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.137 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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