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Satellite view of Playa Sol; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Playa Sol

MexicoMexico · Caribbean Sea

21.2565, -86.7508 · Isla Mujeres, 4 km

  • 29°Sea · September
  • 30°High · August
  • 9.1 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Playa Sol. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Playa Sol in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high26°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 6.8 hSunshine a day
  • 21 daysRainy days in the month200 mm in total
  • 14 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 57Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 27 kmAirport: Cancún International Airport (CUN)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 29.7 °C — 1.1 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.6 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.8 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.4 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaAugust and September29 °C
Most sunshineApril and July9 h of sun a day
Least rainMarch and April34 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan26°6 h59 mm
  2. Feb26°7 h49 mm
  3. Mar26°9 h34 mm
  4. Apr27°9 h39 mm
  5. May28°9 h89 mm
  6. Jun28°8 h176 mm
  7. Jul29°9 h82 mm
  8. Aug29°9 h103 mm
  9. Sep29°8 h155 mm
  10. Oct29°7 h200 mm
  11. Nov28°7 h105 mm
  12. Dec27°6 h63 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°27°28°29°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26°Feb: 26°Mar: 26°Apr: 27°May: 28°Jun: 28°Jul: 29°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 28°Dec: 27°29°26°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
22°25°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 24 °C (High 26° / Low 23°)Feb: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 23°)Mar: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 23°)Apr: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)May: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 26°)Jun: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Jul: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 27°)Aug: 29 °C (High 30° / Low 27°)Sep: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 27°)Oct: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Nov: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 25°)Dec: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 24°)29°24°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 59 mmFeb: 49 mmMar: 34 mm34Apr: 39 mmMay: 89 mmJun: 176 mmJul: 82 mmAug: 103 mmSep: 155 mmOct: 200 mm200Nov: 105 mmDec: 63 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.3 h6.3Feb: 7.4 hMar: 8.6 hApr: 9.1 h9.1May: 8.9 hJun: 7.7 hJul: 9.1 h9.1Aug: 8.8 hSep: 7.6 hOct: 6.8 hNov: 6.6 hDec: 6.4 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Playa Sol: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Playa Sol: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January26232659106.316
February2623264977.416
March2723263468.616
April2824273969.116
May29262889128.915
June292728176187.713
July30272982199.111
August302729103228.811
Septemberwarmest sea302729155247.612
October282629200216.814
November272528105136.615
December26242763106.415

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Playa Sol: Isla Mujeres by ovedc 55
Photo: Ovedc · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Sol: Beach with palm trees at Isla Mujeres - panoramio
Photo: René Bongard · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Playa Sol: Isla Mujeres in Mexico (41791811700)
Photo: dronepicr · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER30 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202018 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.130 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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