Chile / Valparaiso
Playa Acapulco
Playa Acapulco is a 394 m-long beach facing north-west, 1.3 km north of Viña del Mar (Valparaiso, Chile). The sea averages 17.2 °C in February, its warmest month, and 12.7 °C in August; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa Acapulco
Beach-day index 5.0/10 · Chile median 4.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 16.8 °C | 17.2 °C | 16.7 °C | 15.4 °C | 14.4 °C | 13.7 °C | 13.0 °C | 12.7 °C | 12.8 °C | 13.4 °C | 14.3 °C | 15.6 °C |
| High °C | 28° | 27° | 26° | 22° | 19° | 16° | 15° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 24° | 26° |
| Low °C | 13° | 13° | 12° | 10° | 9° | 7° | 6° | 6° | 7° | 8° | 10° | 11° |
| Rain mm | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 55 | 71 | 58 | 50 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 |
| Cloud % | 40 | 42 | 44 | 48 | 62 | 60 | 58 | 56 | 54 | 53 | 43 | 41 |
| Wind m/s | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.5 |
| Daylight h | 14.1 | 13.3 | 12.3 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 10.2 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 12.9 | 13.8 | 14.3 |
| Record high/low | 38°/8° | 35°/9° | 36°/8° | 32°/4° | 32°/3° | 28°/-1° | 26°/-0° | 28°/-1° | 29°/1° | 32°/3° | 33°/5° | 34°/6° |
| Beach index | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 5.8 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 7.3 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in December–March; February scores 7.8/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 17.2 °C and 2 mm of rain.
In February that is 0.8 points above the median of the 204 beaches in Chile covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 1.0 °C warmer than the Chile median for February (16.2 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 14.7 °C, cooler than 76% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
June is the wettest month (71 mm) and January the driest (2 mm); the yearly total is about 290 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.0 hours in June to 14.3 hours in December; in mid-February the sun rises at 07:21 and sets at 20:38 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-west (305°). Open water fills about 39% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 17:45 local time on a bearing of 298°.
Straight out to the north-west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 24 m deep and 71 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 19 m above sea level 500 m inland and 19 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 86% built-up land, 6% tree cover and 5% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 44% of that circle.
- Built 86%
- Tree 6%
- Bare 5%
- Grass 3%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
The sea peaks at 17.2 °C in February. Most swimmers find water below 20 °C cold; a wetsuit is common here.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 356Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 3Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- 42Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 71Hotels & guesthouses
- 28Grocery shops
- 52Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 50Pharmacies & clinics
- 8Cash machines
- 4Viewpoints
- 3Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 255 restaurants, 49 cafés, 33 bars and 19 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 71 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Muelle Vergara attraction 190 m N
- Plaza Peru attraction 560 m SW
- Circo Solari attraction 600 m SE
- Playa Acapulco attraction 670 m SE
- Museo Fonck museum 900 m SE
Historic sites
- Muelle Vergara monument 200 m N
- Monumento Capitan Larraguibel monument 800 m NE
- La Défense monument 880 m SE
Lighthouses & piers
- Muelle Vergara pier 190 m N
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago | SCL | 83.1 km | south-east |
| Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport Mendoza | MDZ | 259 km | east |
| Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport San Juan | UAQ | 336 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 52 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Miramar (1.5 km), rail station Viña del Mar (1.5 km) and 42 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 616.7K residents); within 30 km there are 9 (about 1M).
Reference
Playa Acapulco has an article on the ES Wikipedia: Playa Acapulco.
Wikidata item Q100996360.
When people look it up
The ES Wikipedia article was read 558 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in February (90 views), 4.7× the quietest month.
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playa Acapulco | – | 17.2 °C | 394 m | – |
| Viña del Mar | 1.3 km S | 17.2 °C | 612 m | – |
| Playa del Deporte | 2.3 km N | 17.2 °C | 415 m | – |
- Viña del Mar1.3 km SCompare
- Playa del Deporte2.3 km NCompare
Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 16.7 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w729700081; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2C_19HBD_20260502_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 720 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.