Tulum Temperatures & Rainfall: Averages by Month

Here you'll find information on the typical weather for each month in Tulum, Mexico.

There are averages for maximum and minimum temperatures in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit. These are followed by details about extremes – how hot and cold the beach resort can actually get during each month.

For rainfall in Tulum there are monthly totals of the number of days with wet weather and for the amount of rain the ^^ receives. Besides these averages, there are also data on how much a month's precipitation can vary from year to year.

The averages for temperature and rainfall are from weather data collected during 1981 to 2010. The usual ranges for hottest and coldest temperatures and total precipitation are based on the extremes recorded from 1964 to 2011.

Monthly Temperature Averages

The temperature remains fairly steady year-round at Tulum, with winters averaging daily highs of 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 °C) and lows of 64 °F (18 °C). Summers are just a few degrees hotter, with days typically heating up to 91 °F (33 °C) and nights cooling off to 71 °F (21 °C).

Tulum daily average temperatures

High °F	Low °F		High °C	Low °C
85	63	January	29	17
87	65	February	30	18
88	67	March	31	20
89	69	April	32	20
91	70	May	33	21
90	71	June	32	22
91	71	July	33	21
91	70	August	33	21
90	69	September	32	21
89	69	October	31	20
87	66	November	31	19
86	65	December	30	18
89	68	Year	31	20

How Hot Can Tulum Get?

The temperature usually reaches at least 81.5 °F (27.5 °C) every month at Tulum. But the ^^ normally gets no hotter than 113 °F (45 °C).

This table gives the range for each month of the highest officially recorded temperatures from 1964 to 2011. For example, some Januarys only get as hot as 86 °F, while in other years the month's temperature has climbed as high as 100 °F. Usually the hottest day for any January falls in between those two extremes.

Range for the highest monthly temperature at Tulum

Range °F		Range °C
86 - 100	January	30 - 38
82 - 102	February	28 - 39
88 - 107	March	31 - 42
84 - 108	April	29 - 42
84 - 109	May	29 - 43
86 - 113	June	30 - 45
89 - 100	July	32 - 38
86 - 111	August	30 - 44
82 - 106	September	28 - 41
83 - 102	October	29 - 39
85 - 103	November	30 - 40
82 - 99	December	28 - 37

How Cold Does it Get in Tulum?

Every month, the temperature at Tulum usually drops to 78.8 °F (26 °C) or lower. Generally the ^^ gets no colder than 39.7 °F (4.3 °C).

Typical range of lowest monthly temperatures at Tulum

Range °F		Range °C
45 - 66	January	7 - 19
40 - 64	February	4 - 18
45 - 68	March	7 - 20
45 - 71	April	7 - 22
47 - 72	May	8 - 22
52 - 72	June	11 - 22
48 - 73	July	9 - 23
50 - 76	August	10 - 25
42 - 75	September	5 - 24
40 - 79	October	4 - 26
48 - 68	November	9 - 20
45 - 67	December	7 - 19

Total Rainfall Averages per Month

Winters bring dry weather to Tulum, with averages of five days and two inches (58 millimetres) of rain a month.

During summer, the monthly rainfall averages out to eight days totalling five inches (116 mm) a month. Usually [] is Tulum's rainiest time of year.

The number of rainy days includes those when rainfall amounted to 0.004 inches (0.1 mm) or more.

Average amount of rain at Tulum

Days		Inches	Milli­metres
6	January	2.5	65
4	February	1.9	48
3	March	1.2	30
3	April	1.5	38
6	May	3.8	97
9	June	5.8	147
8	July	4.0	103
8	August	3.9	99
11	September	6.2	158
10	October	6.6	168
8	November	3.4	87
6	December	2.4	61
82	Year	43.3	1099

How Rainy is Tulum?

How much it rains each month at Tulum varies from year to year. To show what's possible, here's the range of total rainfall that's been measured – the driest and wettest per month.

Except June and August, Tulum can go through an entire month without any rain. During October, the beach town can get as much as 18 inches (464 mm).

Typical range of total rainfall

Inches		Milli­metres
0 - 7.1	January	0 - 180
0 - 9.8	February	0 - 249
0 - 3.6	March	0 - 93
0 - 4.6	April	0 - 116
0 - 15	May	0 - 380
0.3 - 16.2	June	8 - 411
0 - 16.4	July	0 - 417
0.3 - 14.5	August	8 - 370
0 - 16.2	September	0 - 411
0 - 18.3	October	0 - 464
0 - 10.2	November	0 - 260
0 - 6.8	December	0 - 172
0.8 - 71.1	Year	19 - 1806