Weekly note

Mexico in August

7 of the 9 destinations in Mexico are in season in August: 1 a sweet spot, 4 good, 2 ok.

August is a sweet spot at 1 of these 9 places: Cancún. Best avoided at 2 of them.

Ranked for August

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Why
1 Cancún sweet spot 29° 4d 29C max, 4 rainy days
2 Cozumel good 31° 4d 31C max, 4 rainy days
3 Cabo San Lucas good 33° 3d 33C max, 3 rainy days
4 Tulum good 31° 9d 31C max, 9 rainy days
5 Playa del Carmen good 31° 10d 31C max, 10 rainy days
6 Oaxaca ok 26° 16d 26C max, 16 rainy days
7 Puebla ok 23° 17d 23C max, 17 rainy days

Not this August

Other months for Mexico

August elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Mexico as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.