Mexico / Nayarit
Rincón de Guayabitos
Rincón de Guayabitos is a coastal resort area in Nayarit, Mexico. Its longest mapped beach (Playa de Guayabitos) stretches about 2.9 km. The sea averages 30.3 °C in August, its warmest month, and 24.4 °C in March; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Rainfall reaches 339 mm in August and stays above 250 mm in July, August and September.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 73Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- –Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 117Hotels & guesthouses
- 7Grocery shops
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 61 restaurants, 3 cafés, 8 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 117 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 Rincón de Guayabitos
Beach-day index 8.7/10 · Mexico median 8.4
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 25.1 °C | 24.6 °C | 24.4 °C | 25.1 °C | 26.9 °C | 28.4 °C | 29.8 °C | 30.3 °C | 30.0 °C | 30.0 °C | 28.4 °C | 26.1 °C |
| High °C | 27° | 28° | 29° | 31° | 33° | 31° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 29° | 28° | 26° |
| Low °C | 16° | 16° | 17° | 18° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 16° |
| Rain mm | 13 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 130 | 304 | 339 | 297 | 101 | 24 | 19 |
| Cloud % | 52 | 50 | 47 | 51 | 45 | 60 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 48 | 38 | 51 |
| Wind m/s | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 |
| Daylight h | 11.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 10.9 |
| Record high/low | 33°/10° | 36°/12° | 36°/10° | 37°/15° | 37°/16° | 39°/20° | 36°/21° | 34°/22° | 33°/21° | 34°/15° | 35°/12° | 33°/11° |
| Beach index | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 8.7 | 9.4 | 9.3 |
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; March scores 9.5/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 24.4 °C and 9 mm of rain.
In March that is 0.3 points above the median of the 345 beaches in Mexico covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 27.4 °C, warmer than 84% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
August is the wettest month (339 mm) and April the driest (0 mm); the yearly total is about 1,270 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.9 hours in December to 13.4 hours in June; in mid-March the sun rises at 06:10 and sets at 18:10 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-north-west (340°). Open water fills about 42% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in March–September; in mid-June it goes down at 18:43 local time on a bearing of 295°.
Straight out to the north-north-west the next coast is roughly 200 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 77 m deep and 52 m at 3 km, so deep water starts close to shore. Behind the beach the ground is about 8 m above sea level 500 m inland and 25 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 54% built-up land, 29% tree cover and 9% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 67% of that circle.
- Built 54%
- Tree 29%
- Grass 9%
- 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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Vallarta International Airport Puerto Vallarta | PVR | 39.0 km | south |
| Amado Nervo National Airport Tepic | TPQ | 61.8 km | north-east |
| Guadalajara International Airport Guadalajara | GDL | 211 km | east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
4 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 15.4K residents); within 30 km there are 13 (about 82.7K).
Photos
From above
Reference
Rincón de Guayabitos (also known simply as Guayabitos) is a popular beach resort area located in the municipality of Compostela, in the Mexican state of Nayarit. The resort area occupies about two km of beachfront and is a popular vacation places due to its gentle waves and proximity to the cities of Tepic and Guadalajara.
Wikidata item Q18168443.
Around the beach
Islands in view
- Isla Cangrejito 1.9 km NW
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 4,124 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in January (591 views), 3.9× the quietest month.
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 15.3 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w886865515; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- 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_13QDD_20251220_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.