Mexico / Guerrero
Playa Quieta
Playa Quieta is a 691 m-long beach facing west, 1.4 km north of Ixtapa (Guerrero, Mexico). The sea averages 30.3 °C in August, its warmest month, and 27.2 °C in March; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa Quieta
Beach-day index 8.6/10 · Mexico median 8.4
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 28.3 °C | 27.7 °C | 27.2 °C | 27.2 °C | 28.2 °C | 29.4 °C | 30.1 °C | 30.3 °C | 29.9 °C | 29.6 °C | 29.4 °C | 28.9 °C |
| High °C | 29° | 30° | 32° | 33° | 33° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° |
| Low °C | 16° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 20° | 18° | 17° |
| Rain mm | 7 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 147 | 156 | 199 | 221 | 100 | 24 | 6 |
| Cloud % | 37 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 44 | 69 | 72 | 75 | 78 | 61 | 38 | 33 |
| Wind m/s | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Daylight h | 11.2 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 11.8 | 11.3 | 11.1 |
| Record high/low | 33°/11° | 35°/10° | 37°/13° | 38°/15° | 38°/15° | 37°/17° | 34°/19° | 34°/19° | 33°/18° | 33°/13° | 33°/9° | 34°/11° |
| Beach index | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 9.6 |
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–March; February scores 9.7/10 with highs of 30 °C, sea at 27.7 °C and 10 mm of rain.
In February that is 0.5 points above the median of the 345 beaches in Mexico covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 28.8 °C, warmer than 96% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
September is the wettest month (221 mm) and April the driest (1 mm); the yearly total is about 900 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.1 hours in December to 13.2 hours in June; in mid-February the sun rises at 07:14 and sets at 18:47 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west (280°). Open water fills about 36% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in April–August; in mid-June it goes down at 19:21 local time on a bearing of 295°.
Straight out to the 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 100 m deep and 99 m at 3 km, so deep water starts close to shore. Behind the beach the ground is about 57 m above sea level 500 m inland and 123 m at 1.5 km, so the beach is backed by steep slopes or cliffs.
Within 1 km, the land is 65% tree cover, 15% built-up land and 10% mangroves (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 52% of that circle.
- Tree 65%
- Built 15%
- Mangrove 10%
- Grass 5%
- Bare 4%
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 shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 14Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 8Hotels & guesthouses
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 14 restaurants. Accommodation: 8 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
Nature
- Ciclopista Ecológica, Ixtapa nature reserve 270 m N
- Cerro La Hedionda peak 1.2 km SE
Islands in view
- Isla Grande (Isla Ixtapa) 1.3 km W
- Isla de A Pie 2.0 km S
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo International Airport Ixtapa | ZIH | 21.4 km | south-east |
| Uruapan - Licenciado y General Ignacio Lopez Rayon International Airport Uruapan | UPN | 195 km | north |
| General Juan N. Álvarez International Airport Acapulco | ACA | 226 km | south-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
4 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 23.3K residents); within 30 km there are 12 (about 105.6K).
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 6.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r10156528; 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_13QHV_20230124_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 2.9K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.