What is the weather in Playa del Carmen, in one minute?
Playa del Carmen is warm all year, and the question is how wet and how sticky. There is no cold month: highs go from 26° in January to 31° in July and August, and lows stay between 22° and 26°. Here is the year:
Playa del Carmen: Average high and low temperature, °C
Playa del Carmen: Rainfall, mm
Averages 2015-2025 · Source: Open-Meteo, CHIRPS · How we measure
Read the rain line: low from February to April, a bump in May, then a long wet stretch from June to November. Humidity barely drops, from 75 percent at its lowest in March to 84 percent in September and October. If you only want one month, the Playa del Carmen page is faster.
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When is the dry season, really?
Later than the tourism calendar suggests. High season is December to April, but in our data the rain does not drop until February. December gets 107 mm and January 115 mm, so the first winter weeks are mixed, with clouds and showers that pass. From February the rain falls to 42, 40 and 48 mm, and cloud is at its lowest, about a third of the sky.
That is the clean window for a long stay: February to April, with highs of 27° to 29° and nights of 23° to 25°. April is the hottest of the three, and May (82 mm, 30°) starts the build-up to summer. To compare warm winter bases, see where is warm in February.
Is it too hot and humid in summer?
For a month-long stay, humidity matters more than the temperature. From June to October the high is 29° to 31° and the low 25° to 26°. That is not extreme heat, but nights stay warm, laundry does not dry and air conditioning runs all day. If you work from a laptop and need a comfortable room, pick February to April or accept a higher electricity bill in summer. If you do not mind heat, July is a lighter break (81 mm) between the two wet peaks of June and August to October.
What about hurricane season?
The rainy season and the Atlantic hurricane season overlap: the hurricane season officially runs from June to November, and the Yucatán coast is in its path. Our data shows what that period looks like for rain: June and August to November each get 188 to 245 mm, on 11 to 13 days a month in June, August, September and October, against 2 days in February to April. That is the wet half of the year, not a storm forecast.
We hold monthly rain, cloud and wind averages, not storm tracks, so we cannot tell you the chance of a hurricane in a given month. Rain on its own does not mean a storm. If you book in the season, book flexible, watch the official forecasts for the week you travel and know where your accommodation stands in a power cut. Seaweed (sargassum) is not in our numbers either, so this page makes no claim about it.
How different is it from Mérida and Mexico City?
Very. Mérida, inland in the Yucatán, is hotter by day and drier in February, and Mexico City is high and cool, with a different dry season:
February, June and October averages, side by side
| Place | High | Low | Rain | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playa del Carmen Feb | 27° | 23° | 42 mm | 2 |
| Playa del Carmen Jun | 30° | 26° | 245 mm | 11 |
| Playa del Carmen Oct | 29° | 25° | 243 mm | 12 |
| Mérida Feb | 30° | 20° | 21 mm | 2 |
| Mérida Jun | 34° | 24° | 192 mm | 10 |
| Mérida Oct | 32° | 23° | 164 mm | 7 |
| Mexico City Feb | 24° | 8° | 5 mm | 1 |
| Mexico City Jun | 25° | 13° | 124 mm | 14 |
| Mexico City Oct | 22° | 11° | 52 mm | 7 |
Averages 2015-2025 · Source: Open-Meteo, CHIRPS · How we measure
The Mexico City guide shows the capital, and the best time to go to Mexico puts five bases side by side. For the Pacific side, see Puerto Escondido. For a circuit, the usual choice is the coast from February to April and somewhere higher when the humidity peaks.
What would we do?
Come from February to April. If you must come in December or January, expect it to be warm and pleasant (26° to 27°) but wetter than the name "dry season" suggests, and busy. May is the shoulder, with the heat building. June to October is wet and humid, and the core of hurricane season. November is still wet while highs fall to 28°, which surprises people who expect the dry season to start.
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How sure are these numbers?
They are month-of-year averages for one point on the coast, from stored climate data (Open-Meteo archive and CHIRPS rain totals), so any single year can be wetter or drier, and a few kilometres inland or along the beach can differ. Cloud is the average share of sky covered, not hours of sunshine. A rainy day here is a day with at least 4 mm because the area is tropical.
Frequently asked questions
When is the dry season in Playa del Carmen?
February to April is the driest stretch in our data, with 42 mm, 40 mm and 48 mm of rain. December to January is usually called dry season too, but our data shows 107 mm and 115 mm, so expect some wet days.
What is the wettest month in Playa del Carmen?
June, with 245 mm, closely followed by October at 243 mm. September (203 mm) and November (201 mm) are also very wet, and August is 188 mm.
Is Playa del Carmen too humid in summer?
It is the most humid time of the year: 83 percent in June and 84 percent in September, against 76 percent in February and 75 percent in March. With highs of 30°C to 31°C and lows of 26°C, nights do not cool down, so plan for air conditioning.
When is hurricane season in Playa del Carmen?
The Atlantic hurricane season officially runs from June to November. We store rain, not storm tracks, so we cannot say how likely a hurricane is in a given month; check the national weather service forecasts if you travel in the season.
How hot is Playa del Carmen in winter?
Mild and warm: highs of 26°C to 27°C and lows of 22°C to 23°C from December to February. It is a beach climate, but not the hottest of the year.
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Weather data: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), open-meteo.com; rain totals: CHIRPS (Climate Hazards Center, UC Santa Barbara). Processed by NomadWeather from stored copies of the data.