Peru / Lima region
Ancón
Ancón is a coastal resort area in Lima region, Peru. Its longest mapped beach (Playa Ancón) stretches about 333 m. The sea averages 21.4 °C in February, its warmest month, and 16.8 °C in October; it is 21 °C or warmer in February–March.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 24Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 2Drinking water
- 3Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 5Hotels & guesthouses
- 5Grocery shops
- 1Water-sports spots
- 1Playgrounds & water parks
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 22 restaurants, 1 bar and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 5 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 Ancón
Beach-day index 5.6/10 · Peru median 6.0
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 20.7 °C | 21.4 °C | 21.1 °C | 19.7 °C | 18.9 °C | 18.4 °C | 17.7 °C | 17.1 °C | 16.9 °C | 16.8 °C | 17.6 °C | 19.1 °C |
| High °C | 21° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° |
| Low °C | 12° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 10° | 9° | 9° | 9° | 10° | 11° | 11° | 11° |
| Rain mm | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Cloud % | 71 | 72 | 70 | 55 | 61 | 75 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 77 | 72 | 73 |
| Wind m/s | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| Daylight h | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 11.9 | 11.6 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 12.8 |
| Record high/low | 26°/10° | 26°/10° | 26°/11° | 26°/9° | 26°/8° | 26°/8° | 25°/7° | 25°/7° | 26°/8° | 25°/8° | 25°/8° | 25°/9° |
| Beach index | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
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 January–May; March scores 7.1/10 with highs of 21 °C, sea at 21.1 °C and 7 mm of rain.
In March that is 0.5 points below the median of the 340 beaches in Peru covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 18.8 °C, warmer than 50% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
February is the wettest month (7 mm) and June the driest (1 mm); the yearly total is about 40 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.4 hours in June to 12.8 hours in December; in mid-March the sun rises at 06:12 and sets at 18:23 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-north-east (15°). Open water fills about 28% 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 294°, behind the land.
The opposite shore is only about 5.0 km away to the north-north-east, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 9 m deep and 19 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 74 m above sea level 500 m inland and 8 m at 1.5 km, so the beach is backed by steep slopes or cliffs.
Within 1 km, the land is 85% bare ground, sand or rock and 15% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 40% of that circle.
- Bare 85%
- Built 15%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima | LIM | 28.6 km | south |
| Francisco Carle Airport Jauja | JAU | 186 km | east |
| Alferez Fap David Figueroa Fernandini Airport Huánuco | HUU | 236 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 3 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 0 residents); within 30 km there are 7 (about 35.9K).
Photos
From above
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Museo de Ancón museum 210 m SE
Islands in view
- Isla Mata Cuatro 2.1 km SW
- Isla 2.5 km W
Diving & boat hire
- Multiservicios Yarlequé 740 m SE
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 13.0 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w395201269; 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_18LTM_20240427_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.