Mexico / Veracruz
Playa Villa Rica
Playa Villa Rica is a 240 m-long sandy beach facing east, 8.2 km north-east of Tinajitas (Veracruz, Mexico). The sea averages 29.4 °C in August, its warmest month, and 22.8 °C in February; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa Villa Rica
Beach-day index 7.2/10 · Mexico median 8.4
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 23.1 °C | 22.8 °C | 23.7 °C | 25.3 °C | 27.2 °C | 28.5 °C | 29.0 °C | 29.4 °C | 29.4 °C | 28.2 °C | 26.3 °C | 24.4 °C |
| High °C | 23° | 23° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 25° | 24° |
| Low °C | 20° | 21° | 22° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 23° | 21° |
| Rain mm | 61 | 41 | 43 | 52 | 97 | 244 | 229 | 281 | 366 | 252 | 120 | 58 |
| Cloud % | 59 | 53 | 49 | 49 | 54 | 62 | 59 | 59 | 66 | 57 | 52 | 53 |
| Wind m/s | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 6.1 | 6.2 |
| Daylight h | 11.1 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 11.0 |
| Record high/low | 27°/10° | 28°/14° | 29°/13° | 32°/19° | 33°/20° | 31°/25° | 31°/25° | 31°/26° | 31°/23° | 31°/17° | 30°/13° | 29°/14° |
| Beach index | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.2 | 8.2 | 8.0 |
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 March–May; April scores 8.9/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 25.3 °C and 52 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Mexico in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 0.6 °C cooler than the Mexico median for August (30.0 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 26.4 °C, warmer than 80% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
September is the wettest month (366 mm) and February the driest (41 mm); the yearly total is about 1,840 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.0 hours in December to 13.3 hours in June; in mid-April the sun rises at 06:08 and sets at 18:43 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east (95°). Open water fills about 50% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 246° to 295°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east about 500 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 41 m deep and 61 m at 3 km, so deep water starts close to shore. Behind the beach the ground is about 14 m above sea level 500 m inland and 45 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 40% grassland, 34% tree cover and 12% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 57% of that circle.
- Grass 40%
- Tree 34%
- Bare 12%
- Mangrove 8%
- Built 6%
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.
Rainfall reaches 366 mm in September and stays above 250 mm in August, September and October.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- –Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- –Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 5Hotels & 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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Heriberto Jara International Airport Veracruz | VER | 63.6 km | south |
| El Tajín National Airport Poza Rica | PAZ | 152 km | north-west |
| Hermanos Serdán International Airport Puebla | PBC | 215 km | west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 2.1K residents); within 30 km there are 14 (about 32.2K).
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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 6.2 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w447526289; 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 S2A_14QQG_20240227_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 5.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.