Mexico / Oaxaca
Zipolite Beach
Zipolite Beach is a 1.4 km-long sandy beach facing south, 2.7 km 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 Zipolite Beach
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 44% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in October–February; in mid-December it goes down at 17:57 local time on a bearing of 246°.
Sunrise is over the sea in November–January.
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 748 m deep and 844 m at 3 km, so deep water starts close to shore. Behind the beach the ground is about 24 m above sea level 500 m inland and 61 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 75% tree cover, 10% built-up land and 6% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 47% of that circle.
- Tree 75%
- Built 10%
- Grass 6%
- Bare 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.
OpenStreetMap marks nudism here as “designated”.
The beach is tagged as supervised.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 65Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 5Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 58Hotels & guesthouses
- 3Campsites
- 3Grocery shops
- 2Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 2Pharmacies & clinics
- 2Cash machines
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 41 restaurants, 4 cafés, 19 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 58 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 1.7 km W
- Roca Negra 2.1 km W
Campsites
- La Habana 350 m W
- Los Mangos 780 m NW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bahías de Huatulco International Airport Huatulco | HUX | 30.1 km | north-east |
| Puerto Escondido International Airport Puerto Escondido | PXM | 65.8 km | west |
| Xoxocotlán International Airport Oaxaca | OAX | 150 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 2 bus stops within 1.5 km and 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 4.5K 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 12.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w536453109; 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 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 5.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.