Climate averages 1991–2020
Cancún weather
in February.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Cancún: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Playa del Carmen (65 km away). In February its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Cancún, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cancún ranks joint 43rd of 153 for the warmest February highs and joint 132nd of 153 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 153 cities is 24.3°C; Cancún is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 25 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Playa del Carmen in FebruaryMexico · 65 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Cozumel in FebruaryMexico · 76 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 28 mm rain
- Kanasín in FebruaryMexico · 283 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Mérida in FebruaryMexico · 289 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 15 mm rain
- Chetumal in FebruaryMexico · 332 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 24 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in FebruaryCuba · 353 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Campeche in FebruaryMexico · 410 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Belmopan in FebruaryBelize · 480 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 38 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.