Climate averages 1991–2020
Cozumel weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Cozumel: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Playa del Carmen (20 km away). In October its highs average 28.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Cozumel, with 188 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Cozumel ranks 54th of 153 for the warmest October highs and 144th of 153 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 153 cities is 25.7°C; Cozumel is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 215 mm to 103 mm.
The annual picture
October 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
Cozumel climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 64 | 11.6 | 11.011 h |
| February | 25.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 28 | 6.9 | 11.511 h |
| March | 26.3°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 26 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| April | 27.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 29 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| May | 28.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 84 | 11.1 | 13.113 h |
| June | 28.5°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 168 | 17.4 | 13.413 h |
| July | 28.9°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 82 | 14.1 | 13.213 h |
| August | 29.1°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 107 | 16.2 | 12.813 h |
| September | 28.8°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 179 | 21.1 | 12.312 h |
| October, selected | 27.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 215 | 19.7 | 11.712 h |
| November | 26.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 103 | 12.9 | 11.211 h |
| December | 25.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 66 | 11.7 | 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
October in nearby cities
- Playa del Carmen in OctoberMexico · 20 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 188 mm rain
- Cancún in OctoberMexico · 76 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 190 mm rain
- Chetumal in OctoberMexico · 262 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 190 mm rain
- Kanasín in OctoberMexico · 276 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.8°C · 86 mm rain
- Mérida in OctoberMexico · 284 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 86 mm rain
- Campeche in OctoberMexico · 380 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in OctoberCuba · 398 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 110 mm rain
- Belmopan in OctoberBelize · 409 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.5°C · 169 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 Cozumel) is explained once on the Cozumel year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.