Mexico / Sinaloa
Mazatlán
Mazatlán is a coastal resort area in Sinaloa, Mexico. Its longest mapped beach (Playa Olas Altas) stretches about 458 m. The sea averages 30.0 °C in August, its warmest month, and 22.2 °C in March; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 352Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 9Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 67Hotels & guesthouses
- 60Grocery shops
- 1Water-sports spots
- 2Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 14Pharmacies & clinics
- 3Cash machines
- 5Viewpoints
- 5Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 285 restaurants, 27 cafés, 35 bars and 5 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 67 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.
Month by month
October at Mazatlán
Beach-day index 9.2/10 · Mexico median 8.4
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 23.3 °C | 22.5 °C | 22.2 °C | 23.2 °C | 25.6 °C | 27.8 °C | 29.3 °C | 30.0 °C | 29.9 °C | 29.6 °C | 27.4 °C | 24.7 °C |
| High °C | 27° | 28° | 30° | 31° | 33° | 33° | 31° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 29° | 27° |
| Low °C | 15° | 15° | 16° | 18° | 21° | 23° | 23° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 8 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 156 | 226 | 203 | 62 | 26 | 11 |
| Cloud % | 46 | 40 | 34 | 35 | 25 | 44 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 35 | 31 | 44 |
| Wind m/s | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
| Daylight h | 10.9 | 11.4 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 13.2 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 11.0 | 10.7 |
| Record high/low | 35°/8° | 35°/8° | 36°/9° | 37°/15° | 38°/15° | 39°/19° | 37°/21° | 36°/21° | 35°/18° | 35°/15° | 35°/12° | 33°/8° |
| Beach index | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.5 |
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 October–April; January scores 9.5/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 23.3 °C and 8 mm of rain.
In January that is 0.5 points above the median of the 345 beaches in Mexico covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 26.3 °C, warmer than 80% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
August is the wettest month (226 mm) and April the driest (0 mm); the yearly total is about 760 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.7 hours in December to 13.6 hours in June; in mid-January the sun rises at 06:48 and sets at 17:39 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-north-west (330°). Open water fills about 8% of the horizon close by, which makes it a sheltered cove or bay.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 245° to 296°, behind the land.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the north-north-west, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
The sea floor is still within the shallow coastal margin 1 km out; 3 km offshore the depth is about 2 m. Behind the beach the ground is about 9 m above sea level 500 m inland and 1 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 96% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 10% of that circle.
- Built 96%
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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Rafael Buelna International Airport Mazatlàn | MZT | 16.6 km | east |
| Bachigualato Federal International Airport Culiacán | CUL | 204 km | north-west |
| General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport Durango | DGO | 218 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 2 bus stops within 1.5 km and 9 mapped car parks within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 390.1K residents); within 30 km there are 10 (about 414.2K).
Photos
From above
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Playa Norte (white sandy beach & sunset spot) 610 m NW
- Playa Los Pinitos (beach) 860 m NW
- Playa Del Marino (nature preserve) 900 m NW
- Viewpoint Park 930 m W
Attractions & museums
- Museo Casa De Los Pérez Meza museum 230 m SW
- Museo El Rincon de Pedro Infante museum 570 m SE
- Museo Arqueológico de Mazatlán museum 900 m SW
- Museo de Arte de Mazatlán museum 940 m SW
- Plazuela Del Burro attraction 940 m NE
Historic sites
- Monumento a La Vida monument 400 m NW
- Monumento al Pescador monument 890 m N
- Alegoría Marina monument 900 m N
- Monumento a la Continuidad de la Vida monument 960 m W
- Monumento a Pablo Neruda monument 970 m SW
Nature
- Puente De Cristal nature reserve 180 m SE
- La Cueva del Diablo cave entrance 980 m W
Diving & boat hire
- Baikas 970 m SW
Map
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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 9.9 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w250042450; 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 S2B_13QCF_20180126_1_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 6.6K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.