Ixtapa Zihuatanejo - Location, Local Time, Weather, Temperatures, etc.
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Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo
is located southwest of Mexico City in the coastline of the State of
Guerrero, in the area know as The Golden Pacific
which is part of the famous Mexican Riviera.
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We
are on Mexico's Coastal-Highway MEX-200, at 250 kms. (156 miles)
northwest of Acapulco and 115 kms. (72 miles) southeast of Lazaro Cardenas,
Michoacan. It is only a 45 minutes plane ride from Mexico City or City
of Toluca and 55 minutes from the City of Guadalajara in the State of
Jalisco.
From
cities in USA and Canada on direct flights the approximate times
are: Los Angeles 3h15m, Denver 3h30m, Dallas/Fort Worth 2h45m, Houston
2h20m, Chicago 4h15m, Seattle 5h15m, New York 5h15m, Minneapolis/Saint
Paul 4h20m, Edmonton 5h35m, Toronto 4h55m and Montreal 5h30m.
In
regard to the clock, Mexico has 3 time zones.
Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo is located in the Central Time (CST) zone
which it's minus 6 hours from GMT (Greenwich Meridian Time). We go into
Horario de Verano (Daylight Saving Time -
CDT) during the summer months and it applies from the first Sunday in
April to the last Sunday in October, so we will be minus 5 hrs. GMT
during this period.
Northwest
Mexico is on Mountain Time (States of Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa,
Nayarit and Baja California Sur). Baja California is the only
state on Pacific Time. The rest of Mexico is on Central Time.
We
have the same time as Mexico City.
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Clock will refresh itself every minute |
In
Mexico, most boards, brochures, information signs, etc. that refers to
schedules for services (flight times, bus runs, show times,
etc.) are posted based on a 24 hours clock or also known as "Military
Time". So 13:00 means 1:00p.m., 14:00 means 2:00p.m., etc.
Zihuatanejo
and Ixtapa are 6 kms. (4 miles) apart from
each other connected by a four lanes freeway that extends all the way up
to the International Airport.
To
view above satellite map in Interactive Mode, with zoom-in, zoom-out, scrolling, etc.
(Courtesy Google Maps, a pop-up window will open)
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We
enjoy a semi-tropical climate year around with an average of 300 sunny
days a year and temperatures ranging from 23 to 33 degrees Celsius
(73-93 Fahrenheit).
Our
rainy season goes from late June through September and sometimes to
middle October with precipitation usually in the evenings or nights,
which still gives you many sunny hours per day to spend on the beach and
outdoors activities.
At
this time of the year the countryside and the mountains turn brilliantly
green with multicolored blossoms of trees and flowers. A few months
after the rainy season, vegetation turns gradually brown until the rainy
season begins again.
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In
Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo casual and beachwear
clothing is suggested for all year round.
It's
recommended to take along a light sweater at nights if planning to dine
outside near the beach from November to April. After sundown the
wind-chill factor will usually go down due to sea breeze.
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Water Temperatures by season |
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Sunrise and Sunset Hours |
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