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Satellite view of Playa de Los Alemanes; 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 de Los Alemanes

EcuadorGalápagos · Ecuador · Pacific Ocean

-0.7529, -90.3113 · Puerto Ayora, 1 km

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

Your month at the beach

Playa de Los Alemanes in October

  • 22°CAir, daytime high21°C at night
  • 22°CSea temperature
  • 6.8 hSunshine a day
  • 2 daysRainy days in the month10 mm in total
  • 18 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

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 21.8 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.2 °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 rainSeptember and November9 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan25°8 h39 mm
  2. Feb26°9 h60 mm
  3. Mar27°9 h53 mm
  4. Apr26°9 h58 mm
  5. May25°8 h16 mm
  6. Jun24°8 h10 mm
  7. Jul23°7 h9 mm
  8. Aug22°6 h10 mm
  9. Sep22°6 h9 mm
  10. Oct22°7 h10 mm
  11. Nov23°7 h9 mm
  12. Dec23°7 h14 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°22°27°
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 26° / 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: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 23°)26°21°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm20 mm40 mm60 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 39 mmFeb: 60 mm60Mar: 53 mmApr: 58 mmMay: 16 mmJun: 10 mmJul: 9 mmAug: 10 mmSep: 9 mm9Oct: 10 mmNov: 9 mm9Dec: 14 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 de Los Alemanes: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Playa de Los Alemanes: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January2524253988.015
February27262660118.612
Marchwarmest sea27262753109.311
April2725265898.812
May2624251648.416
June2423241027.518
July232223926.619
August2221221026.219
September222122916.019
October2221221026.818
November232223926.918
December2423231447.417

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Photos

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

Playa de Los Alemanes: Playa de los Alemanes, Galapagos - Ecuador, 2023 (cropped)
Photo: Melissamarzo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa de Los Alemanes: Duck in playa Alemanes - Ecuador, 2023
Photo: Melissamarzo · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa de Los Alemanes: Santa Cruz Manhole Covers M.G
Photo: SPBer · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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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 POWER44 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202015 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.144 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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