Chile / Valparaiso
Playa del Deporte
Playa del Deporte is a 415 m-long beach facing west, 3.5 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 del Deporte
Beach-day index 4.6/10 · 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 | 26° | 26° | 24° | 22° | 19° | 16° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 20° | 23° | 25° |
| Low °C | 15° | 14° | 14° | 11° | 10° | 8° | 7° | 7° | 8° | 9° | 11° | 13° |
| Rain mm | 2 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 54 | 70 | 56 | 48 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
| Cloud % | 57 | 56 | 58 | 57 | 66 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 61 | 60 | 56 | 56 |
| Wind m/s | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| 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 | 35°/10° | 33°/11° | 33°/10° | 31°/6° | 31°/5° | 25°/2° | 26°/1° | 28°/1° | 28°/2° | 30°/4° | 31°/6° | 30°/7° |
| Beach index | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 6.9 |
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 January–March; February scores 7.6/10 with highs of 26 °C, sea at 17.2 °C and 3 mm of rain.
In February that is 0.6 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 (70 mm) and January the driest (2 mm); the yearly total is about 280 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 west (280°). Open water fills about 47% 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 west there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
The sea floor is still within the shallow coastal margin 1 km out; 3 km offshore the depth is about 72 m. Behind the beach the ground is about 29 m above sea level 500 m inland and 102 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 37% built-up land, 33% tree cover and 15% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 50% of that circle.
- Built 37%
- Tree 33%
- Grass 15%
- Shrub 7%
- Bare 7%
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.
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 4Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 3Public toilets
- –Showers
- 16Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 2Hotels & guesthouses
- 11Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 3Pharmacies & clinics
- 2Cash machines
- 3Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 3 restaurants and 1 café. Accommodation: 2 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
Viewpoints
- Bandera de Chile 240 m N
- Punta Osas 260 m N
Attractions & museums
- Museo De Cañones Navales museum 750 m S
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport Santiago | SCL | 83.8 km | south-east |
| Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport Mendoza | MDZ | 258 km | east |
| Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport San Juan | UAQ | 334 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 11 bus stops within 1.5 km and 16 mapped car parks within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 658.8K residents); within 30 km there are 9 (about 1M).
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playa del Deporte | – | 17.2 °C | 415 m | – |
| Playa Acapulco | 2.3 km S | 17.2 °C | 394 m | – |
| Viña del Mar | 3.5 km S | 17.2 °C | 612 m | – |
- Playa Acapulco2.3 km SCompare
- Viña del Mar3.5 km SCompare
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 14.9 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w1473866774; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- 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 8.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.