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Tulum: a stone structure on a rocky outcrop near the ocean

Tulum in September

ok · worth considering · the wettest month of the year

The year in Tulum

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  1. Tulum in January: ok, busy
  2. Tulum in February: good, busy
  3. Tulum in March: good, busy
  4. Tulum in April: sweet spot
  5. Tulum in May: sweet spot
  6. Tulum in June: good
  7. Tulum in July: good
  8. Tulum in August: good
  9. Tulum in September: ok
  10. Tulum in October: good
  11. Tulum in November: good
  12. Tulum in December: ok, busy
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  • Busy
September at Tulum is 31°C by day and 25°C at night, with 11 rainy days and about 11 hours of sun a day. 31C max, 11 rainy days.

The numbers

Daily high31°C
Nightly low25°C
Feels like, afternoon37°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more11 · 177 mm
Humidity84%
Sunshine10.6 h/day
Daylight12.2 h/day
Beach and sea19 of 30 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 30 °C, warm fair
Crowds100 / 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 Tulum town (or the beach hotels), 21 km from the airport (TQO): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

September: quiet. Busiest from December to March; quietest in May, June, September and October.

Public holidays in September

Holidays crowd a place out and push fares up around them; they count toward the crowd score above.

Tulum in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 31°C.
  • A packable rain jacket for the 11 or so rainy days.
  • Sun protection: about 11 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 84%; 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. Everything for Mexico: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Tulum: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

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