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Satellite view of Playa Azul; 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 Azul

MexicoMichoacán · Mexico · Pacific Ocean

17.9815, -102.3502 · Playa Azul, 0 km

  • 30°Sea · August
  • 31°High · May
  • 11.1 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Playa Azul. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Azul in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high24°C at night
  • 30°CSea temperature
  • 7.4 hSunshine a day
  • 16 daysRainy days in the month107 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

  • 5Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 103 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 29.7 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.3 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.6 °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 seaJuly and August30 °C
Most sunshineMarch and April11 h of sun a day
Least rainMarch and April2 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan28°9 h12 mm
  2. Feb27°10 h13 mm
  3. Mar27°11 h7 mm
  4. Apr27°11 h2 mm
  5. May28°10 h25 mm
  6. Jun29°8 h142 mm
  7. Jul30°8 h172 mm
  8. Aug30°7 h213 mm
  9. Sep30°6 h225 mm
  10. Oct30°7 h107 mm
  11. Nov29°9 h30 mm
  12. Dec29°9 h8 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: 27°Mar: 27°Apr: 27°May: 28°Jun: 29°Jul: 30°Aug: 30°Sep: 30°Oct: 30°Nov: 29°Dec: 29°30°27°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 12 mmFeb: 13 mmMar: 7 mmApr: 2 mm2May: 25 mmJun: 142 mmJul: 172 mmAug: 213 mmSep: 225 mm225Oct: 107 mmNov: 30 mmDec: 8 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.6 hFeb: 9.6 hMar: 10.7 hApr: 11.1 h11.1May: 9.7 hJun: 7.6 hJul: 7.6 hAug: 7.2 hSep: 6.5 h6.5Oct: 7.4 hNov: 8.6 hDec: 8.7 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Playa Azul: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2821281228.611
February2821271319.611
March2921277110.712
April3022272011.113
May3123282559.713
June292429142217.613
July292530172277.611
Augustwarmest sea292530213287.212
September282430225266.512
October292430107167.411
November2923293048.610
December282229828.710

Swipe sideways to see the other columns.

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 POWER16 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202012 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.116 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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