Acapulco weather by month & the best time to visit
🇲🇽 Mexico · coastal city break · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Acapulco is December — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 98/100), with January and November close behind. Acapulco averages about 3,241 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in December.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,241
- Sunniest month
- December
- Peak score
- 98/100
- Rain / year
- 1,239 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 12 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 716k
- Elevation
- Sea level
When is the best time to visit Acapulco?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Acapulco is December, then January and November. The dullest month is April (69/100, 2 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Acapulco?
Acapulco is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,241 hours of sunshine a year. December (98/100) is noticeably better than April (69). It ranks #26 of 62 destinations in Mexico for annual sunshine, above the national median of 3,138 hours. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 63% of the year's 1,239 mm falls in the three months around August.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 97 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 10 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| February | 87 | 33° / 91°F | 23° / 73°F | 8 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| March | 78 | 34° / 93°F | 23° / 73°F | 5 mm | 12 | 26° / 79°F |
| April | 69 | 35° / 95°F | 24° / 75°F | 2 mm | 12 | 27° / 81°F |
| May | 71 | 34° / 93°F | 26° / 79°F | 50 mm | 10 | 28° / 82°F |
| June | 71 | 32° / 90°F | 26° / 79°F | 212 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| July | 71 | 31° / 88°F | 26° / 79°F | 197 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| August | 71 | 31° / 88°F | 26° / 79°F | 279 mm | 11 | 31° / 88°F |
| September | 71 | 30° / 86°F | 26° / 79°F | 300 mm | 10 | 31° / 88°F |
| October | 72 | 31° / 88°F | 26° / 79°F | 142 mm | 10 | 30° / 86°F |
| November | 93 | 31° / 88°F | 24° / 75°F | 30 mm | 9 | 30° / 86°F |
| December | 98 | 32° / 90°F | 24° / 75°F | 4 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
Sea temperature in Acapulco by month
The sea off Acapulco is warmest in July at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in March at 26°C / 79°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo Mexico · 204 km · best in Mar · 3,154 h sun/yr
- Toluca Mexico · 288 km · best in Feb · 2,945 h sun/yr
- Puerto Escondido Mexico · 301 km · best in Nov · 3,127 h sun/yr
- Puebla Mexico · 304 km · best in Jan · 3,005 h sun/yr
- Mexico City Mexico · 306 km · best in Jan · 2,945 h sun/yr
- Oaxaca Mexico · 323 km · best in Jan · 2,891 h sun/yr
Head-to-head
How Acapulco compares month by month: Acapulco vs Toluca · Acapulco vs Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo · Acapulco vs Puerto Escondido · all comparisons
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