Peru / Ica
Playa La Mina
Playa La Mina is a 203 m-long beach facing east-south-east, 7.5 km south-west of Paracas (Ica, Peru). The sea averages 20.7 °C in February, its warmest month, and 16.0 °C in September; it never reaches 21 °C on average.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Playa La Mina
Beach-day index 5.8/10 · Peru median 6.0
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 20.3 °C | 20.7 °C | 20.3 °C | 18.9 °C | 18.3 °C | 17.6 °C | 16.8 °C | 16.2 °C | 16.0 °C | 16.2 °C | 17.2 °C | 18.6 °C |
| High °C | 25° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 23° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 23° | 23° |
| Low °C | 18° | 20° | 19° | 18° | 16° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 14° | 15° | 17° |
| Rain mm | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Cloud % | 74 | 76 | 70 | 55 | 60 | 75 | 80 | 79 | 73 | 70 | 70 | 76 |
| Wind m/s | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
| Daylight h | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.6 | 12.0 | 12.4 | 12.8 | 12.9 |
| Record high/low | 28°/16° | 28°/17° | 28°/17° | 27°/15° | 26°/13° | 25°/13° | 26°/12° | 26°/11° | 26°/11° | 26°/12° | 26°/12° | 28°/14° |
| Beach index | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 7.1 |
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–March; February scores 8.5/10 with highs of 25 °C, sea at 20.7 °C and 6 mm of rain.
In February that is 0.7 points above the median of the 340 beaches in Peru covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 0.8 °C cooler than the Peru median for February (21.5 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 18.1 °C, cooler than 57% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
February is the wettest month (6 mm) and April the driest (1 mm); the yearly total is about 30 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.3 hours in June to 12.9 hours in December; in mid-February the sun rises at 06:02 and sets at 18:36 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-south-east (105°). 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 294°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
The opposite shore is only about 3.0 km away to the east-south-east, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 19 m deep. Behind the beach the ground is about 102 m above sea level 500 m inland and 59 m at 1.5 km, so the beach is backed by steep slopes or cliffs.
Within 1 km, the land is 100% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): open dunes, sand or rock. Water makes up 49% of that circle.
- Bare 100%
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.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- –Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 3Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 1Campsites
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
Campsites
- campamento libre 30 m SW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Reiche Neuman Airport Nazca | NZC | 180 km | south-east |
| Jorge Chávez International Airport Lima | LIM | 227 km | north |
| Air Force Colonel Alfredo Mendivil Duarte Airport Ayacucho | AYP | 244 km | 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 1.2K residents); within 30 km there are 4 (about 74.2K).
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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 7.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w654830081; 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_18LUK_20250404_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 9.9K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.