Playa del Carmen month by month
Plan your visit to Playa del Carmen by month. Compare weather, crowds, events, and prices across all twelve months with historical climate data.
- January
- High
- 27°C
- Low
- 22°C
- Rain
- 81 mm
January is the most expensive month to visit Playa del Carmen. Tens of thousands of Canadians and Americans arrive in the Riviera Maya right after New Year's, and accommodation…
- February
- High
- 27°C
- Low
- 23°C
- Rain
- 40 mm
February in Playa del Carmen is dry-season Caribbean at its most reliable. Daytime highs sit around 27°C (81°F) with nights dipping to 22°C (72°F), and the salt-heavy breeze off…
- March
- High
- 29°C
- Low
- 24°C
- Rain
- 35 mm
March in Playa del Carmen is defined by Spring Break. Tens of thousands of American and Canadian university students arrive throughout the month. They concentrate along the beach…
- April
- High
- 29°C
- Low
- 24°C
- Rain
- 29 mm
April in Playa del Carmen splits cleanly at Easter. Semana Santa, Mexico's biggest domestic holiday, fills the first week with families from Mexico City, Guadalajara, and…
- May
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 26°C
- Rain
- 66 mm
May in Playa del Carmen is the gap between seasons. The North American winter crowds left in April, summer families won't arrive until July, and the heavy Caribbean rains of June…
- June
- High
- 30°C
- Low
- 26°C
- Rain
- 226 mm
June brings more rainfall to Playa del Carmen than any other month of the year, and sargassum seaweed tends to wash up on the Caribbean-facing beaches at the same time. Afternoon…
- July
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 26°C
- Rain
- 92 mm
July in Playa del Carmen means heat that sticks to your skin. Daytime highs reach 31°C (88°F) with 80% humidity, the sort that fogs your sunglasses the moment you step out of an…
- August
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 26°C
- Rain
- 157 mm
August in Playa del Carmen means sargassum. Brown seaweed washes onto Riviera Maya beaches in unpredictable summer waves, and August tends to bring heavier accumulations than July.…
- September
- High
- 31°C
- Low
- 26°C
- Rain
- 158 mm
September in Playa del Carmen sits at the statistical peak of Atlantic hurricane season, and that single fact shapes everything about the month. The humidity holds near 82%, the…
- October
- High
- 30°C
- Low
- 24°C
- Rain
- 131 mm
October in Playa del Carmen means hurricane season, and that single fact should shape every booking decision. Daytime temperatures hover around 29.8°C (86°F) with 81% humidity, the…
- November
- High
- 29°C
- Low
- 23°C
- Rain
- 99 mm
November in Playa del Carmen opens with Día de los Muertos on November 1-2, and that first week is probably the most culturally textured window of the year along the Riviera Maya.…
- December
- High
- 28°C
- Low
- 23°C
- Rain
- 88 mm
December is when Playa del Carmen hits its annual ceiling for both crowds and prices. Temperatures settle in the high 20s°C (low 80s°F) during the day and dip into the low 20s°C…