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Satellite view of Tulum beach; 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

Tulum beach

MexicoMexico · Caribbean Sea

20.2077, -87.4306 · Tulum, 3 km

  • 29°Sea · September
  • 30°High · May
  • 8.5 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Tulum beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Tulum beach in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high25°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 6.8 hSunshine a day
  • 21 daysRainy days in the month208 mm in total
  • 8 km/hAverage wind

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

The beach itself

  • 260Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 24 kmAirport: Felipe Carrillo Puerto International Airport Tulum (TQO)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 30.0 °C — 1.0 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.0 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.5 °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 May8 h of sun a day
Least rainFebruary and March41 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan27°6 h50 mm
  2. Feb26°7 h41 mm
  3. Mar27°8 h41 mm
  4. Apr27°8 h41 mm
  5. May28°8 h110 mm
  6. Jun29°7 h181 mm
  7. Jul29°8 h116 mm
  8. Aug29°8 h149 mm
  9. Sep29°7 h185 mm
  10. Oct29°7 h208 mm
  11. Nov28°7 h111 mm
  12. Dec27°6 h60 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: 27°Feb: 26°Mar: 27°Apr: 27°May: 28°Jun: 29°Jul: 29°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 28°Dec: 27°26°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 21°)Feb: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 22°)Mar: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 23°)Apr: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 24°)May: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)Jun: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 26°)Jul: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 26°)Aug: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 26°)Sep: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 26°)Oct: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Nov: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 23°)Dec: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)28°24°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 50 mmFeb: 41 mmMar: 41 mm41Apr: 41 mmMay: 110 mmJun: 181 mmJul: 116 mmAug: 149 mmSep: 185 mmOct: 208 mm208Nov: 111 mmDec: 60 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.4 h6.4Feb: 7.3 hMar: 8.2 hApr: 8.5 h8.5May: 8.3 hJun: 6.9 hJul: 8.1 hAug: 7.8 hSep: 7.0 hOct: 6.8 hNov: 6.8 hDec: 6.5 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Tulum beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January27212750116.410
February2822264167.310
March2923274168.210
April3024274168.510
May302528110128.310
June302629181186.99
July302629116208.18
August302629149217.88
Septemberwarmest sea292629185247.08
October282529208216.88
November272328111136.89
December27222760116.59

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Photos

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

Tulum beach: Beautiful beach in tulum mexico (21397377331)
Photo: dronepicr · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Tulum beach: Beautiful tulum beach mexico (21200985000)
Photo: dronepicr · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Tulum beach: Mexico yucatan - panoramio - brunobarbato (84)
Photo: brunobarbato · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0 · 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 POWER24 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202011 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.124 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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