Best time to visit Cozumel

The best time to visit Cozumel is February, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico

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  • Best month
  • Made good or best by an event
Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January25.5 °C / 78 °F23.8 °C / 75 °F70 mm / 2.7 ingood month
February25.8 °C / 78 °F24.2 °C / 76 °F31 mm / 1.2 inbest month
March26.1 °C / 79 °F24.7 °C / 76 °F27 mm / 1.1 ingood month
April26.9 °C / 80 °F25.6 °C / 78 °F32 mm / 1.2 ingood month
May27.7 °C / 82 °F26.5 °C / 80 °F83 mm / 3.3 inneither best nor good
June28.3 °C / 83 °F26.8 °C / 80 °F188 mm / 7.4 inneither best nor good
July28.7 °C / 84 °F27.3 °C / 81 °F78 mm / 3.1 inneither best nor good
August29 °C / 84 °F27.4 °C / 81 °F110 mm / 4.3 inneither best nor good
September28.8 °C / 84 °F27 °C / 81 °F155 mm / 6.1 inneither best nor good
October28.1 °C / 83 °F26.2 °C / 79 °F192 mm / 7.5 inneither best nor good
November26.9 °C / 80 °F25.2 °C / 77 °F114 mm / 4.5 inneither best nor good
December26.2 °C / 79 °F24.6 °C / 76 °F80 mm / 3.2 ingood month
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: good
  2. FFebruary: best
  3. MMarch: good
  4. AApril: good
  5. MMay: neither
  6. JJune: neither
  7. JJuly: neither
  8. AAugust: neither
  9. SSeptember: neither
  10. OOctober: neither
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: good
Best
February
Good
March–April, December–January
Why these months
  • January · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 26.9 °C / 80 °F, average daily high 25.5 °C / 78 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 86%, precipitation 70 mm / 2.7 in, days with heavy rain 1.6 days, relative humidity 75%.

    Against: wet days 12.8 days, average daily low 23.8 °C / 75 °F.

  • February · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.6 °C / 82 °F, average daily high 25.8 °C / 78 °F, precipitation 31 mm / 1.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, days with heavy rain 0.7 days, wet days 7.3 days, relative humidity 75%.

    Against: average daily low 24.2 °C / 76 °F.

  • March · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 28.3 °C / 83 °F, precipitation 27 mm / 1.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 96%, average daily high 26.1 °C / 79 °F, days with heavy rain 0.5 days, wet days 6.2 days, relative humidity 75%.

    Against: average daily low 24.7 °C / 76 °F.

  • April · good

    In its favour: precipitation 32 mm / 1.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 94%, average daily high 26.9 °C / 80 °F, feels like (high) 30.3 °C / 87 °F, wet days 5.8 days, days with heavy rain 0.8 days.

    Against: average daily low 25.6 °C / 78 °F, relative humidity 78%.

  • December · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 28.1 °C / 83 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 91%, average daily high 26.2 °C / 79 °F, precipitation 80 mm / 3.2 in, days with heavy rain 1.6 days, relative humidity 76%.

    Against: average daily low 24.6 °C / 76 °F, wet days 13.1 days.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is Sugar Mountain Resort, 1814 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 26.9 °C27.6 °C28.3 °C30.3 °C32 °C33.1 °C34.2 °C34.6 °C34.1 °C32 °C29.1 °C28.1 °C
Days with heavy rain 1.6 days0.7 days0.5 days0.8 days2.4 days5.1 days1.8 days2.5 days4.2 days5.8 days3.7 days1.6 days
Time rain usually falls 8 am1 pm4 pm5 pm7 am5 am6 am3 am1 am4 am6 am6 am
Sunshine per day 9.5 h10.5 h11.5 h11.9 h12 h11 h11.9 h11.5 h10.7 h10 h10.2 h9.9 h
Relative humidity 75%75%75%78%80%83%82%81%82%80%76%76%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–20259.6 µg/m³10.1 µg/m³11.3 µg/m³10.8 µg/m³10.5 µg/m³12.4 µg/m³15.6 µg/m³10.2 µg/m³7.3 µg/m³7.7 µg/m³7.5 µg/m³7.7 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202511.7 µg/m³12.2 µg/m³13.6 µg/m³12.9 µg/m³12.4 µg/m³16.3 µg/m³20.6 µg/m³13 µg/m³9.6 µg/m³9.6 µg/m³9.3 µg/m³9.8 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).