Climate averages 1991–2020
Cancún weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Cancún: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes November a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 09 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Playa del Carmen (65 km away). In November its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Cancún, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cancún ranks joint 37th of 153 for the warmest November highs and 139th of 153 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 153 cities is 24.1°C; Cancún is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Playa del Carmen in NovemberMexico · 65 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 23.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Cozumel in NovemberMexico · 76 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Kanasín in NovemberMexico · 283 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Mérida in NovemberMexico · 289 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Chetumal in NovemberMexico · 332 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in NovemberCuba · 353 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Campeche in NovemberMexico · 410 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Belmopan in NovemberBelize · 480 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 121 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.