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Satellite view of Playa Baquerizo; 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 Baquerizo

EcuadorGalápagos · Ecuador · Pacific Ocean

-0.8853, -89.6061 · Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, 2 km

  • 27°Sea · March
  • 27°High · March
  • 9.3 hSunshine · March
The dot marks Playa Baquerizo. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Baquerizo in October

  • 22°CAir, daytime high21°C at night
  • 22°CSea temperature
  • 6.8 hSunshine a day
  • 2 daysRainy days in the month11 mm in total
  • 19 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 61Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Playa Baquerizo ↗
  • 88 kmAirport: Seymour Galapagos Ecological Airport (GPS)In a straight line; by road it is further

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

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 22.4 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: ±0.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.4 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.3 °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 seaFebruary and March27 °C
Most sunshineMarch and April9 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and November8 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan25°8 h36 mm
  2. Feb26°9 h54 mm
  3. Mar27°9 h48 mm
  4. Apr26°9 h52 mm
  5. May25°8 h15 mm
  6. Jun24°8 h9 mm
  7. Jul23°7 h9 mm
  8. Aug22°6 h12 mm
  9. Sep22°6 h11 mm
  10. Oct22°7 h11 mm
  11. Nov23°7 h8 mm
  12. Dec23°7 h16 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
22°24°26°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 25°Feb: 26°Mar: 27°Apr: 26°May: 25°Jun: 24°Jul: 23°Aug: 22°Sep: 22°Oct: 22°Nov: 23°Dec: 23°27°22°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

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

Rain

0 mm20 mm40 mm60 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 36 mmFeb: 54 mm54Mar: 48 mmApr: 52 mmMay: 15 mmJun: 9 mmJul: 9 mmAug: 12 mmSep: 11 mmOct: 11 mmNov: 8 mm8Dec: 16 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.0 hFeb: 8.6 hMar: 9.3 h9.3Apr: 8.8 hMay: 8.4 hJun: 7.5 hJul: 6.6 hAug: 6.2 hSep: 6.0 h6.0Oct: 6.8 hNov: 6.9 hDec: 7.4 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Playa Baquerizo: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2524253688.015
February27262654128.611
Marchwarmest sea27262748129.310
April2725265298.812
May2524251548.416
June242324927.517
July232223926.619
August2221221226.219
September2221221126.019
October2221221126.819
November232223826.918
December2423231667.417

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Photos

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

Playa Baquerizo: Colony of sea lions at Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Galapagos Islands
Photo: MusikAnimal · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

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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 POWER29 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–20202 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.129 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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