Playa del Carmen Temperature by Month

Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico has a consistently comfortable climate year-round, with daytime highs averaging 29°C (84°F). Below you'll find a full monthly breakdown and a comparison with cities worldwide.

With little seasonal fluctuation, Playa del Carmen offers a predictable and steady climate. Maximum daytime temperatures reach a very warm 31°C (88°F) in August and a comfortable 27°C (81°F) in January. At night, lows range from 26°C (79°F) to 22°C (72°F) throughout the year.

The chart below illustrates the average maximum day and minimum night temperatures in Playa del Carmen by month:

From around 4 AM to 6 AM temperatures are at their lowest; by 3 PM they've climbed to their daily peak. August, the warmest month, averages 220 hours of sunshine.

The chart below shows the average temperature throughout the year:

Playa del Carmen's average annual maximum temperature is 29°C (84°F). To put that in context, here's how it compares to a few well-known destinations:

Seville, Spain averages 23°C (73°F) a year, one of the warmer cities in Western Europe, with long hot summers.

On the cooler end, Oslo, Norway averages just 10°C (50°F) annually, with pleasant summers but long, cold winters.

New York City, USA averages 17°C (63°F) a year, with hot humid summers and cold winters that bring regular snowfall.

Tokyo, Japan averages 21°C (70°F) a year, with hot summers, cool winters, and a well-defined cherry blossom spring.

Climate temperature data is typically calculated as a 30-year average. This smooths out year-to-year variability and gives a more reliable picture of what a place is actually like, rather than what happened in any single unusual year.

The readings come from a range of sources, land-based weather stations, ocean buoys, ships, and satellites. That data is collected by weather services around the world, then pooled, quality-checked, and averaged to produce the climate records you see here.

For cities and regions with significant elevation, altitude is one of the biggest factors shaping local temperatures. As a rule of thumb, temperatures fall by around 6°C for every 1,000 metres gained, so a city at 2,000 metres will typically be around 12°C cooler than a city at sea level in the same region. Higher ground also tends to see more dramatic day-to-night temperature swings, since thinner air loses heat faster after sunset.

For more on Playa del Carmen's weather, including monthly rainfall, sunshine hours, and humidity, visit our Playa del Carmen climate page.