Editing Acapulco (section)

== Geography ==
[[File:Aeropuerto Acapulco 03.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Acapulco International Airport]].]]
The city, located on the Pacific coast of [[Mexico]] in the state of [[Guerrero]], is classified as one of the state's seven regions, dividing the rest of the Guerrero coast into the [[Costa Grande of Guerrero|Costa Grande]] and the [[Costa Chica of Guerrero|Costa Chica]].<ref name="regionalizacion">{{cite web |url=http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_guerrero |title=Regionalización |year=2010 |work=Enciclopedia de Los Municipios y Delegaciones de México |publisher=INAFED Instituto para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal SEGOB Secretaría de Gobernación |location=Mexico |language=es |trans-title=Regions |access-date=April 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306003153/http://www.e-local.gob.mx/wb2/ELOCAL/EMM_guerrero |archive-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> Forty percent of the municipality is mountainous terrain; another forty percent is semi-flat; and the other twenty percent is flat. Elevation varies from sea level to {{convert|1699|m|ft|0|abbr=off}}. The highest peaks are ''Potrero, San Nicolas'', and ''Alto Camarón''. One major river runs through the municipality, the ''Papagayo'', along with a number of ''arroyos'' (streams). There are also two small lagoons, Tres Palos and Coyuca, along with a number of thermal springs.<ref>{{cite map |author1=Comisión de estudios del territorio nacional (CETENAL) |author2=Instituto nacional de estadística geografía e informática (INEGI) |year=1991 |title=Acapulco: Guerrero |edition=Primera |scale=1:50,000 |publisher=CETENAL, INEGI |oclc=494416658}}</ref>

===Climate===
Acapulco features a [[tropical wet and dry climate]] ([[Köppen-Geiger climate classification system|Köppen]]: Aw): hot with distinct wet and dry seasons, with more even temperatures between seasons than resorts farther north in Mexico, but this varies depending on altitude. The warmest areas are next to the sea where the city is. [[Pacific hurricane]]s and tropical storms are threats from May through November; notably, the city was struck directly by Category&nbsp;5 [[Hurricane Otis]] on October 25, 2023, which caused extensive damage.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Antonio Rivera |first1=José |last2=Verza |first2=María |title=Hurricane Otis now a catastrophic Category 5 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast nearing Acapulco |url=https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-otis-mexico-acapulco-993f639be22b1013e3faf0c5828da078 |access-date=October 25, 2023 |work=AP News |publisher=The Associated Press |date=October 24, 2023 |language=en}}</ref> The forested area tends to lose leaves during the winter dry season, with evergreen pines in the highest elevations. Fauna consists mostly of deer, small mammals, a wide variety of both land and seabirds, and marine animals such as turtles.<ref name="encmuc" /> Oddly enough, January, its coolest month, also features its all-time record high.

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{{Weather box
|location = Acapulco (1991–2020)
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|temperature colour = 
|Jan record high C = 39.5
|Feb record high C = 35.5
|Mar record high C = 35.5
|Apr record high C = 37.0
|May record high C = 38.0
|Jun record high C = 36.0
|Jul record high C = 37.5
|Aug record high C = 37.5
|Sep record high C = 36.0
|Oct record high C = 36.0
|Nov record high C = 35.5
|Dec record high C = 36.5
|year record high C = 39.5
|Jan high C = 30.3
|Feb high C = 30.4
|Mar high C = 30.5
|Apr high C = 30.8
|May high C = 31.8
|Jun high C = 32.1
|Jul high C = 32.5
|Aug high C = 32.5
|Sep high C = 31.9
|Oct high C = 31.8
|Nov high C = 31.6
|Dec high C = 30.8
|year high C = 31.4
|Jan mean C = 26.8
|Feb mean C = 26.8
|Mar mean C = 26.9
|Apr mean C = 27.2
|May mean C = 28.4
|Jun mean C = 28.6
|Jul mean C = 28.8
|Aug mean C = 28.7
|Sep mean C = 28.2
|Oct mean C = 28.3
|Nov mean C = 28.1
|Dec mean C = 27.3
|year mean C = 27.8
|Jan low C = 23.2
|Feb low C = 23.3
|Mar low C = 23.3
|Apr low C = 23.7
|May low C = 25.0
|Jun low C = 25.1
|Jul low C = 25.1
|Aug low C = 25.0
|Sep low C = 24.5
|Oct low C = 24.8
|Nov low C = 24.7
|Dec low C = 23.9
|year low C = 
|Jan record low C = 18.5
|Feb record low C = 19.5
|Mar record low C = 17.0
|Apr record low C = 16.0
|May record low C = 19.0
|Jun record low C = 18.0
|Jul record low C = 19.0
|Aug record low C = 19.0
|Sep record low C = 20.5
|Oct record low C = 16.0
|Nov record low C = 20.0
|Dec record low C = 20.0
|year record low C = 16.0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 9.3
|Feb precipitation mm = 5.5
|Mar precipitation mm = 5.4
|Apr precipitation mm = 1.9
|May precipitation mm = 41.0
|Jun precipitation mm = 265.4
|Jul precipitation mm = 237.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 302.8
|Sep precipitation mm = 346.7
|Oct precipitation mm = 187.1
|Nov precipitation mm = 24.2
|Dec precipitation mm = 8.4
|year precipitation mm = 
|unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 0.7
|Feb precipitation days = 0.4
|Mar precipitation days = 0.3
|Apr precipitation days = 0.1
|May precipitation days = 2.7
|Jun precipitation days = 11.3
|Jul precipitation days = 11.7
|Aug precipitation days = 13.8
|Sep precipitation days = 15.9
|Oct precipitation days = 8.7
|Nov precipitation days = 1.7
|Dec precipitation days = 0.6
|year precipitation days = 67.8
|Jan humidity = 77.3
|Feb humidity = 77.1
|Mar humidity = 77.0
|Apr humidity = 76.8
|May humidity = 77.2
|Jun humidity = 78.8
|Jul humidity = 78.6
|Aug humidity = 79.1
|Sep humidity = 81.4
|Oct humidity = 82.0
|Nov humidity = 80.6
|Dec humidity = 78.5
|year humidity = 78.7
|Jan sun = 266.9
|Feb sun = 266.6
|Mar sun = 275.8
|Apr sun = 294.3
|May sun = 273.4
|Jun sun = 231.2
|Jul sun = 253.4
|Aug sun = 243.1
|Sep sun = 203.7
|Oct sun = 246.6
|Nov sun = 271.1
|Dec sun = 266.4
|year sun = 3092.5
|source 1 = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional<ref name=SMN>{{cite web
| url = https://smn.conagua.gob.mx/tools/RESOURCES/Normales_Climatologicas/Normales9120/gro/nor9120_12142.txt
| title = Estado de Aguasalientes-Estacion: ACAPULCO DE JUAREZ (SMN)
| work = Normales Climatologicas 1991–2020
| publisher = Servicio Meteorológico Nacional 
| language = es
| access-date = 15 February 2025}}</ref><ref name=obs>{{cite web |url=http://smn.cna.gob.mx/observatorios/historica/acapulco.pdf |title=NORMALES CLIMATOLÓGICAS 1981–2000 |publisher=Servicio Meteorológico Nacional |language=es |access-date=April 25, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150425170752/http://www.smn.cna.gob.mx/observatorios/historica/acapulco.pdf |archive-date=April 25, 2015}}</ref>
|source 2 = [[NCEI]]<ref name=WMOCLINO>{{cite web
| url = https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/archive/arc0216/0253808/2.2/data/0-data/Region-4-WMO-Normals-9120/Mexico/CSV/Acapulco_76805.csv
| title = World Meteorological Organization Climate Normals for 1991–2020: Acapulco |format=CSV | publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] | access-date = 2 August 2023}}</ref>
}}

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|+Acapulco mean sea temperature<ref name="Seatemperature">{{cite web |url=http://www.seatemperature.org/central-america/mexico/acapulco-de-juarez-december.htm |title=Monthly Acapulco de Juárez water temperature chart |website=SeaTemperatures.org |access-date=2014-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223235709/http://www.seatemperature.org/central-america/mexico/acapulco-de-juarez-december.htm |archive-date=December 23, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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|{{convert|28.1|°C}}
|{{convert|28.2|°C}}
|{{convert|27.6|°C}}
|{{convert|28.6|°C}}
|{{convert|29.4|°C}}
|{{convert|29.7|°C}}
|{{convert|29.9|°C}}
|{{convert|30.0|°C}}
|{{convert|29.9|°C}}
|{{convert|29.5|°C}}
|{{convert|29.1|°C}}
|{{convert|28.7|°C}}
|}

The temperature of the sea is quite stable, with lows of {{convert|82|°F|°C|abbr=on}} between January – March, and a high of {{convert|86|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in August.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seatemperature.org/central-america/mexico/acapulco-de-juarez-december.htm |title=Acapulco de Juárez Sea Temperature December Average, Mexico |author=Global Sea Temperatures (A-Connect Ltd) |website=World Sea Temperatures |access-date=December 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223235709/http://www.seatemperature.org/central-america/mexico/acapulco-de-juarez-december.htm |archive-date=December 23, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> These [[sea surface temperature]]s are much warmer than those further north along the Pacific coast, and indeed warmer than most places further south, as sea surface temperatures begin to decline with proximity to the Southern Hemisphere's [[Humboldt Current]].