Climate averages 1991–2020
Playa del Carmen weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Playa del Carmen: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 50 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cozumel (20 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Playa del Carmen, with 107 mm of rain.
Among the 153 cities listed in Mexico, Playa del Carmen ranks 60th of 153 for the warmest August highs and joint 53rd of 153 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 153 cities is 27.9°C; Playa del Carmen is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 166 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Playa del Carmen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 55 | 10.5 | 11.011 h |
| February | 26.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 27 | 6.5 | 11.511 h |
| March | 27.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 27 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| April | 28.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 32 | 5.9 | 12.613 h |
| May | 29.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 82 | 11.6 | 13.113 h |
| June | 29.4°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 154 | 17.2 | 13.413 h |
| July | 30.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 80 | 14.1 | 13.313 h |
| August, selected | 30.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 99 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| September | 29.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 166 | 21.7 | 12.312 h |
| October | 28.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 188 | 19.6 | 11.712 h |
| November | 27.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 84 | 11.9 | 11.211 h |
| December | 26.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 54 | 10.6 | 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
August in nearby cities
- Cozumel in AugustMexico · 20 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 27.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Cancún in AugustMexico · 65 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 26.4°C · 87 mm rain
- Kanasín in AugustMexico · 260 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 24.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Mérida in AugustMexico · 267 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Chetumal in AugustMexico · 267 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 158 mm rain
- Campeche in AugustMexico · 369 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 25.3°C · 126 mm rain
- Pinar del Río in AugustCuba · 403 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 154 mm rain
- Belmopan in AugustBelize · 415 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 126 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 Playa del Carmen) is explained once on the Playa del Carmen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.