Playa del Carmen in May
sweet spot · one of the best months to go · the sunniest month of the year
The year in Playa del Carmen
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- JanJPlaya del Carmen in January: ok, busy
- FebFPlaya del Carmen in February: good, busy
- MarMPlaya del Carmen in March: good, busy
- AprAPlaya del Carmen in April: sweet spot
- MayMPlaya del Carmen in May: sweet spot
- JunJPlaya del Carmen in June: good
- JulJPlaya del Carmen in July: good
- AugAPlaya del Carmen in August: good
- SepSPlaya del Carmen in September: ok
- OctOPlaya del Carmen in October: good
- NovNPlaya del Carmen in November: good
- DecDPlaya del Carmen in December: good
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
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The numbers
| Daily high | 30°C |
|---|---|
| Nightly low | 26°C |
| Feels like, afternoon | 35°C |
| Rainy days, 1 mm or more | 5 · 105 mm |
| Humidity | 78% |
| Sunshine | 11.8 h/day |
| Daylight | 13.1 h/day |
| Beach and sea | 26 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 28 °C, warm good |
| Crowds | 100 / 100, higher is quieter |
Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.
Weather read at Quinta Avenida, by the beach: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
How busy it gets
Public holidays in May
Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.
Playa del Carmen in pictures
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Erik Cleves Kristensen, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
What to pack
- Summer clothes by day, highs around 30°C.
- Sun protection: about 12 hours of sunshine a day.
- Humidity averages 78%; breathable fabrics dry faster.
Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.
Before you go
Type A and B plugs at 127 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Peso. UK Foreign Office: avoid all but essential travel to parts. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for Mexico: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
On arrival in Playa del Carmen: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.
May elsewhere
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The other months at Playa del Carmen
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