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Best month to visit

There is no best month, only a best month for you. Say what matters and the twelve sort themselves.

What matters most to you?

Pick as many as you like. Months are scored against what you chose, nothing else.

Best for you

  1. January

    6.0 score

    The most comfortable weather of the year, and the price of that is company.

    28°C
    Rain
    Crowds

    In season: flamingos

  2. November

    5.6 score

    Widely the sweet spot: dry enough, cool enough, not yet full.

    30°C
    Rain
    Crowds

  3. December

    5.5 score

    Lovely weather, and from the middle of the month the busiest and dearest of the year.

    28°C
    Rain
    Crowds

    In season: flamingos

  4. February

    5.3 score

    Dry, warm, busy. Carnaval fills Mérida for a week.

    29°C
    Rain
    Crowds

    In season: flamingos

  5. October

    5.1 score

    Rain easing, prices low, and Hanal Pixán at the end of the month.

    32°C
    Rain
    Crowds

  6. September

    4.9 score

    The wettest month and the peak of hurricane season. Also the emptiest and the cheapest.

    33°C
    Rain
    Crowds

    In season: whale sharks · turtles

  7. March

    3.4 score

    Spring break and the equinox at Chichén Itzá. Cenotes near the ruins are at their worst for crowds.

    31°C
    Rain
    Crowds

    In season: flamingos

  8. June

    2.7 score

    Rains start, usually as a heavy afternoon hour. Whale shark season opens.

    34°C
    Rain
    Crowds

    In season: whale sharks · flamingos · turtles

  9. May

    2.5 score

    The hottest month. A cenote stops being a nice idea and becomes the plan.

    35°C
    Rain
    Crowds

    In season: flamingos · turtles

  10. April

    2.4 score

    Heat builds and Semana Santa fills every cenote with domestic visitors.

    33°C
    Rain
    Crowds

    In season: flamingos

  11. August

    2.2 score

    Hot, humid, and the last of the whale sharks.

    34°C
    Rain
    Crowds

    In season: whale sharks · turtles

  12. July

    1.7 score

    Wet and busy at once — northern school holidays against the rainy season.

    34°C
    Rain
    Crowds

    In season: whale sharks · flamingos · turtles

Typical values for the peninsula, not a forecast and not a measurement of any one town. Weather varies year to year, and sargassum varies day to day and only on the Caribbean coast — the Gulf side and the cenotes are unaffected by it entirely.