When to Go
When to Visit Mexico: Month by Month
Average highs, rainfall and public holidays across all twelve months in Mexico — and the quietest hours at the places worth going.
- Best month
- Feb
- Average high
- 20–27°C
- Rainfall
- 818mm
The year at a glance
- Good time to go
- Middling
- Less good
- Best avoided
Colours rank each country's twelve months against one another: how far the month sits from a mild 22°C in either direction, and how much of the year's rain falls in it. The number is that month's average daytime high.
Easiest months to travel
Ranked by how mild and dry each month is on average. A comfortable month can still be a busy one — check its holidays.
Every month compared
| Month | Average high | Average low | Rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 20° | 5° | 8mm |
| Feb | 23° | 6° | 8mm |
| Mar | 25° | 7° | 14mm |
| Apr | 27° | 9° | 26mm |
| May | 27° | 11° | 58mm |
| Jun | 24° | 11° | 139mm |
| Jul | 22° | 11° | 152mm |
| Aug | 21° | 11° | 170mm |
| Sep | 21° | 10° | 148mm |
| Oct | 21° | 8° | 65mm |
| Nov | 20° | 6° | 24mm |
| Dec | 20° | 5° | 6mm |
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Verified quiet times
Real foot-traffic data for places worth timing right.
- Templo Mayor Museum Mexico City Tue·Wed·Thu·Fri 9–10 AM
- Monumento Al Pipila Guanajuato Weekdays 7–10 AM
- Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral Mexico City 9–11 AM
- Portal Maya Playa del Carmen 7–8 AM
- Museo Amparo Puebla
Places to go in Mexico
attraction Fundidora Park
Fundidora Park (Parque Fundidora) is a large public park on the grounds of Monterrey's old steel foundry in the Obrera neighbourhood, open daily from 6:00 AM to 10:00 PM. 4.8★ (146,071 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Tulum
The Tulum ruins sit on a limestone bluff above the Caribbean at the north end of Tulum's Zona Hotelera, and the best time to visit is right at the 8:00 AM opening, before the day-trip coaches from Cancún and Playa del Carmen arrive. 4.7★ (71,898 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Monumento a La Patria
Monumento a La Patria stands in a traffic circle on Paseo de Montejo in Mérida's Centro, a carved stone homage to Mexican history by Colombian sculptor Rómulo Rozo. 4.8★ (12,987 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
attraction Plaza de la Liberación
Plaza de la Liberación is the broad stone square in Guadalajara's Zona Centro that links the back of the Catedral to the columned front of Teatro Degollado. 4.7★ (14,440 reviews) — what visitors say, hours, and tips.
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Climate figures are 10-year averages for Mexico City, from NASA POWER; holidays from public calendars. Updated monthly.