Mexico climate - Perfect beach weather

Mexico climate

In a nutshell: the Mexican climate means you won't need to pack a suitcase full of woolly jumpers! The climate in Mexico is good pretty much all year round, with temperatures that don't vary too much.
 
The Mexico climate around the Yucatan peninsula has an average daily temperature of around 26-30 degrees. In the evenings it cools down to a milder 18 degrees, though from May to September temperatures remain generally higher. There's an occasional tropical shower but they're usually short and shouldn't hamper your trip much.
 
It's a big country and the Mexico climate varies with the different regions of course: in the higher inland regions it can get quite chilly, particularly in the evenings. From mid August - September it's the hurricane season in the Caribbean, see below.

Mexico Climate - The coast

In the winter months (November - April) the temperature in the Yucatan is comfortably warm and the humidity is low. The summer months (May - August) are hot and humid. Showers can be fierce but are usually short. On the whole it's a good time of year to travel to Mexico.

Mexico climate in September and October is the most unstable due to the hurricanes that form off the Caribbean coast in the gulf of Mexico. Further inland the hurricane lose their strength but even if you're a hundred miles away it can still cause some strong winds and a lot of rain, which can obviously really hamper your trip if you're on the coast in the Yucatan or Belize a little further south.
Mexico Climate - Afternoon rains
Mexico Climate - Blue skies

Mexico Climate - Interior Mexico and Guatemala

The climate in Mexico's interior and that of Guatemala is determined not only by the time of year which you travel, but also by the altitude. It's similar to the coastal climate; drier in the winter, humid in the summer and the lower the altitude the hotter it gets. 

Up to 700m altitude (e.g. Chichen Itza and Palenque) it's always hot, around 28 degrees in winter (around Christmas) and 35 degrees in summer
700m-1800m (e.g. Oaxaca) it's a lot milder like spring months in the UK.
Above 1800m (e.g. San Cristobal de las Casas, Puebla and Mexico City) it can get quite chilly and you'll need a warm sweater in the evenings. 

Mexico climate charts:

Cancun - Caribbean coast: 

 

Jan 

Feb

Mar

Apr

May 

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Temperature

23

23

25

26

27

28

28

28

28

27

25

24

Rainfall (mm)

100

60

40

40

120

180

110

150

230

220

100

110


Mexico City - Interior and highlands:

 

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Temperature

13

15

17

18

19

19

18

18

17

17

15

14

Rainfall (mm)

7

5

12

20

48

106

129

121

109

43

15

14


Oaxaca - Interior, hills:

 

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Temperature

17

19

21

22

23

22

21

21

20

20

19

17

Rainfall (mm)

2

5

15

38

81

170

88

104

124

50

10

5


Merida - Interior, lowlands:

 

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Temperature

23

23

26

27

29

28

28

28

27

26

25

23

Rainfall (mm)

35

22

25

25

71

147

132

142

160

91

38

33




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