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Satellite view of Playa Bruja; 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 Bruja

MexicoSinaloa · Mexico · Pacific Ocean

23.2902, -106.4776 · El Habal, 9 km

  • 30°Sea · August
  • 33°High · May
  • 11.7 hSunshine · May
The dot marks Playa Bruja. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Bruja in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high21°C at night
  • 30°CSea temperature
  • 9.0 hSunshine a day
  • 7 daysRainy days in the month62 mm in total
  • 7 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 42Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 26 kmAirport: General Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)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 30.7 °C — 1.1 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.6 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.1 °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 September30 °C
Most sunshineApril and May12 h of sun a day
Least rainApril and May0 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan23°8 h8 mm
  2. Feb22°9 h15 mm
  3. Mar22°10 h3 mm
  4. Apr23°11 h0 mm
  5. May25°12 h1 mm
  6. Jun28°10 h44 mm
  7. Jul29°8 h156 mm
  8. Aug30°8 h226 mm
  9. Sep30°7 h203 mm
  10. Oct30°9 h62 mm
  11. Nov27°9 h26 mm
  12. Dec24°8 h11 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
25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 23°Feb: 22°Mar: 22°Apr: 23°May: 25°Jun: 28°Jul: 29°Aug: 30°Sep: 30°Oct: 30°Nov: 27°Dec: 24°30°22°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 21 °C (High 27° / Low 15°)Feb: 22 °C (High 28° / Low 15°)Mar: 23 °C (High 30° / Low 16°)Apr: 25 °C (High 31° / Low 18°)May: 27 °C (High 33° / Low 20°)Jun: 28 °C (High 33° / Low 23°)Jul: 27 °C (High 31° / Low 23°)Aug: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Sep: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 23°)Oct: 25 °C (High 29° / Low 21°)Nov: 23 °C (High 28° / Low 18°)Dec: 21 °C (High 27° / Low 16°)28°21°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8 mmFeb: 15 mmMar: 3 mmApr: 0 mm0May: 1 mmJun: 44 mmJul: 156 mmAug: 226 mm226Sep: 203 mmOct: 62 mmNov: 26 mmDec: 11 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.2 hFeb: 9.2 hMar: 10.5 hApr: 11.3 hMay: 11.7 h11.7Jun: 9.9 hJul: 8.2 hAug: 7.9 hSep: 7.4 h7.4Oct: 9.0 hNov: 9.0 hDec: 8.2 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Playa Bruja: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January271523828.28
February2815221529.28
March3016223010.58
April3118230011.38
May3320251111.79
June3323284489.910
July312329156248.28
Augustwarmest sea292430226277.97
September292330203237.47
October2921306279.07
November2818272639.08
December2716241128.27

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Photos

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

Playa Bruja: Playa Zona Dorada Mazatlán (1)
Photo: Gzzz · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Bruja: Playa en Mazatlán 19
Photo: Dan · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Bruja: Anadara tuberculosa 543702130
Photo: Mauricio Calderón · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 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 POWER33 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202018 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.133 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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