Mexico / Oaxaca
Playa del Amor
Playa del Amor is an 80 m-long sandy beach facing south, 2.1 km south-west of Puerto Ángel (Oaxaca, Mexico). The sea averages 30.0 °C in August, its warmest month, and 27.7 °C in January; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa del Amor
Beach-day index 8.4/10 · Mexico median 8.4
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 27.7 °C | 27.8 °C | 28.1 °C | 28.5 °C | 29.5 °C | 29.7 °C | 29.9 °C | 30.0 °C | 29.7 °C | 29.4 °C | 29.1 °C | 28.1 °C |
| High °C | 26° | 28° | 29° | 30° | 29° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 26° |
| Low °C | 13° | 14° | 15° | 17° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 18° | 17° | 15° | 13° |
| Rain mm | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 51 | 215 | 139 | 176 | 183 | 92 | 10 | 3 |
| Cloud % | 25 | 22 | 23 | 26 | 54 | 75 | 72 | 73 | 78 | 62 | 36 | 29 |
| Wind m/s | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Daylight h | 11.3 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 12.9 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 11.4 | 11.2 |
| Record high/low | 31°/9° | 32°/9° | 34°/8° | 34°/11° | 35°/14° | 33°/15° | 30°/16° | 31°/16° | 29°/16° | 31°/9° | 30°/9° | 30°/7° |
| Beach index | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 9.7 |
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 November–April; February scores 9.8/10 with highs of 28 °C, sea at 27.8 °C and 1 mm of rain.
In February that is 0.6 points above the median of the 345 beaches in Mexico covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 29.0 °C, warmer than 96% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
June is the wettest month (215 mm) and February the driest (1 mm); the yearly total is about 890 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.2 hours in December to 13.1 hours in June; in mid-February the sun rises at 06:51 and sets at 18:29 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south (185°). Open water fills about 50% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in September–March; in mid-December it goes down at 17:57 local time on a bearing of 246°.
Sunrise is over the sea in October–February.
Straight out to the south 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 756 m deep and 912 m at 3 km, so deep water starts close to shore. Behind the beach the ground is about 33 m above sea level 500 m inland and 88 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 78% tree cover, 8% built-up land and 6% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 52% of that circle.
- Tree 78%
- Built 8%
- Bare 6%
- Grass 5%
- Shrub 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.
OpenStreetMap marks nudism here as “customary”.
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
- 32Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 6Public toilets
- –Showers
- 3Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 36Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Campsites
- 1Grocery shops
- 1Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 19 restaurants, 1 café and 12 bars. Accommodation: 36 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
Islands in view
- Roca Blanca 2.1 km W
Campsites
- La Habana 830 m NW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahías de Huatulco International Airport Huatulco | HUX | 29.6 km | north-east |
| Puerto Escondido International Airport Puerto Escondido | PXM | 66.6 km | west |
| Xoxocotlán International Airport Oaxaca | OAX | 151 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 bus stop within 1.5 km and 3 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 2.6K residents); within 30 km there are 16 (about 42.7K).
Map and nearby beaches
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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 13.0 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w1126806088; 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_14PQC_20260211_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 14.8K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.