Climate averages 1991–2020
Cancún weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Cancún: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Playa del Carmen (65 km away). In April its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Cancún, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cancún ranks joint 90th of 153 for the warmest April highs and joint 91st of 153 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 153 cities is 28.7°C; Cancún is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 75 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cancún climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 67 | 10.7 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 33 | 6.7 | 11.411 h |
| March | 26.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 25 | 5.0 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 28.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 26 | 4.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.0°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 75 | 9.6 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.1°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 133 | 15.3 | 13.413 h |
| July | 29.7°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 65 | 11.3 | 13.313 h |
| August | 29.8°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 87 | 14.3 | 12.913 h |
| September | 29.2°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 162 | 20.2 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 190 | 19.1 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 90 | 11.7 | 11.111 h |
| December | 25.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 61 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Playa del Carmen in AprilMexico · 65 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Cozumel in AprilMexico · 76 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 25.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Kanasín in AprilMexico · 283 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Mérida in AprilMexico · 289 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 23 mm rain
- Chetumal in AprilMexico · 332 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in AprilCuba · 353 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.1°C · 37 mm rain
- Campeche in AprilMexico · 410 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Belmopan in AprilBelize · 480 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 39 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cancún) is explained once on the Cancún year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.